--- title: "Command Stone — Help and How-To" description: "Type help and the stone deals real lines to try, by category. Ask how to do something, or where something is, in plain words, and it answers from this manual with a button to the feature." category: "app" keywords: ["help", "how to", "where is", "what is", "categories", "manual", "docs", "what can you do"] last_updated: "2026-10-19" --- # Command Stone — Help and How-To The stone started as a way to ask how PD works, and it still does that best. Two cards cover it: HELP shows what you can type, and HOW TO answers a question from this manual. **How:** Type `help` into the stone, or ask it a question that starts with how, where or what. ## The help card `help`, `commands`, `menu` or `what can you do` deal the help card: a few real lines for every category, Help first. Tap a row and its line lands in the pill, ready to send. `help` plus a category name (`help stickers`, `help with market`) deals that category alone. ```show stone { "caption": "The help card, whole, and one category on its own. Tap TRY to switch.", "asks": [ { "ask": "help", "try": "HELP", "line": "Here.", "cards": [ { "title": "WHAT I CAN DO", "glyph": "⌘", "hits": [ {"sect":"HELP"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"ASK HOW TO DO ANYTHING","sub":"how do i buy stickers"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"OR WHERE ANYTHING IS","sub":"where are my offers"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"OR WHAT ANYTHING IS","sub":"what is pricescore"}, {"sect":"MARKET"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"YOUR OFFERS, IN AND OUT","sub":"my offers"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"TAKE THE TOP BID","sub":"accept the best offer"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"THE CALC","sub":"calc"}, {"sect":"STATS"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"YOUR LAST 30 DAYS","sub":"wrapped"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"WHO SPENDS MOST","sub":"top 10 spenders"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"WHAT THE STONE KNOWS","sub":"about me"}, {"sect":"ART"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"A GALLERY","sub":"gallery"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"YOUR PRYNT","sub":"my taste"}, {"sect":"COLORS"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"YOUR BAG IN COLOR","sub":"paint me"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"TODAY IN COLOR","sub":"paint today"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"ANY COLOR, LOOKED UP","sub":"color #ff5ea8"}, {"sect":"STICKERS"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"EVERY SHEET, PRICED","sub":"sticker shop"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"ONE SHEET, IN FULL","sub":"genesis sheet"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"WHAT YOU HAVE, WHAT YOU NEED","sub":"my stickers"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"FLOORS, OFFERS, LAST SALES","sub":"sticker market"}, {"sect":"KEYCHAINS"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"THE MACHINE + YOUR ODDS","sub":"keychains"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"YOUR RACK","sub":"my charms"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"THE KEYCHAIN MARKET","sub":"keychains for sale"}, {"sect":"TOOLS"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"YOUR WEEK","sub":"calendar"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"THE GLANCE","sub":"brief"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"THE TAG TABLE","sub":"tags"}, {"sect":"LORE"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"THE STONE","sub":"who are you"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"ASK IT","sub":"do you dream"}, {"sect":"DOCS"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"THE MANUAL ON OFFERS","sub":"docs offers"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"THE MANUAL ON MINTING","sub":"docs minting"}, {"sect":"FUN"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"A ROAST","sub":"roast me"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"TODAY'S FORTUNE","sub":"fortune"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"THE FLOOR GAME","sub":"the floor is right"} ], "hint": "help market · help fun · help stickers" } ] }, { "ask": "help stickers", "try": "HELP STICKERS", "line": "Here.", "cards": [ { "title": "WHAT I CAN DO", "glyph": "⌘", "titleSub": "STICKERS", "hits": [ {"sect":"STICKERS"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"EVERY SHEET, PRICED","sub":"sticker shop"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"ONE SHEET, IN FULL","sub":"genesis sheet"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"WHAT YOU HAVE, WHAT YOU NEED","sub":"my stickers"}, {"glyph":"⌘","main":"FLOORS, OFFERS, LAST SALES","sub":"sticker market"} ] } ] } ] } ``` ## The categories Every card the stone can deal belongs to one category. The help card is laid out by them, and so are your [starred commands](/docs/command-stone#star-a-command). A line the stone answers with a plain search has no category. | Category | What's in it | Try | |---|---|---| | Market | Buy, offer, list, accept, counter, sweep, your offers, deals, bid heat, the Calc, what-if, watches from a sentence, questions about the whole catalog | `my offers` | | Stats | Trends, holders, rarity, the good-price read, rankings, firsts and release dates, your recap, your money, why a floor moved, $PRICE and coin cards | `wrapped` | | Art | The gallery, what the stone sees, looks-like, your Prynt, taste twins, Projects like one | `gallery arcology` | | Colors | Any color looked up, art by feel, your bag in color, today in color, the moods, wear it | `color cinnabar` | | Stickers | Every sheet priced, one sheet in full, your stickers, the sticker market | `sticker shop` | | Keychains | The machine and your odds, your rack, one charm taken apart, the keychain market | `keychains` | | Tools | Calendar, PriceDay, a date, math, money conversion, your day, the Glance, your wallet's ASCII mark, the Tag Table | `brief` | | Lore | The stone on itself, and the history of the medium | `who are you` | | Help | The help card and the how-to card | `help` | | Docs | The manual, searched | `docs offers` | | Fun | Roast, fortune, the 8-ball, the DJ, jokes, the floor game, sell-out prophecy | `roast me` | ## Ask how to do something Ask in plain words: `how do I…`, `how to…`, `where is…`, `where are my…`, `what is…`, `I can't find…`. The HOW TO card answers with the one line the manual gives for that thing (each page's **How:** line), names the page, and offers two more pages in case you meant something else. ```show stone { "caption": "Two how-to answers. The first has no button of its own, so it points at the manual; the second opens the feature.", "asks": [ { "ask": "how do i open the stone", "try": "OPEN THE STONE", "heard": "HOW TO · OPEN STONE", "line": "Here.", "cards": [ { "title": "HOW TO", "glyph": "⌘", "titleSub": "COMMAND STONE — ABILITIES", "say": "Signed in, triple-tap the background of any page to summon the stone, then type any of these.", "list": [ { "sect": "OR DID YOU MEAN" }, { "doc": "The Command Stone ⌘", "section": "Command Stone", "snippet": "Signed in, triple-tap the background of any page." }, { "doc": "Command Stone — The Eye", "section": "Command Stone", "snippet": "With an Output on your screen, ask the stone what do you see, or name one: describe voltaic 8." } ] } ], "foot": "READ IT IN THE MANUAL", "does": "Opens the Abilities page in the manual." }, { "ask": "how do i crank the machine", "try": "CRANK THE MACHINE", "heard": "HOW TO · CRANK MACHINE", "line": "Here.", "cards": [ { "title": "HOW TO", "glyph": "⌘", "titleSub": "KEYCHAINS — LE DEPANNEUR", "say": "Tap KEYCHAINS ⚷︎ on your PriceSprite card, or the ⚷︎ key in the wallet settings row. Pick YIN or YANG, then tap CRANK.", "list": [ { "doc": "Keychains — Le Depanneur", "section": "THE FULL PAGE IN THE MANUAL" }, { "sect": "OR DID YOU MEAN" }, { "doc": "Contracts — PDKeychains", "heading": "The crank", "section": "Smart Contracts", "snippet": "Open Le Depanneur, pick a coin slot, and crank; the confirm card names the whole price before your wallet opens." }, { "doc": "Keychains — Overview", "section": "Keychains", "snippet": "Open Le Depanneur from the KEYCHAINS ⚷︎ button on your PriceSprite card, or the ⚷︎ key in the wallet settings row, and crank the machine." } ] } ], "foot": "⚷︎ OPEN LE DÉPANNEUR", "does": "Opens Le Dépanneur on top of the page you're on." } ] } ``` - **The answer is the manual's own words.** The line on the card is the How line of the page that answers, so the stone and this manual never disagree. - **The button opens the feature** when it has a door of its own: the Sticker Exchange, Le Dépanneur, your Exchange, Cartography, the Composer, Ping Central, PriceStream, the Dispatch, the Marketplace or PD Studio. Anything else gets READ IT IN THE MANUAL. - **Common questions land on the right page.** Buying, selling, listing and offers go to the Secondary Market page; your own offers go to its Offers Desk; selling a sticker sheet goes to the sticker marketplace; trading a keychain goes to the Exchange; your stickers go to the Binder. - **A how-to question names features, not Projects,** so a near-miss word is never read as a Project's name. - **When the manual has nothing,** the card says THE MANUAL IS SILENT ON THAT. and points at `help`. - **Gnomes are the exception.** Ask the stone about them and it won't say. ## Search the manual `docs` plus any words searches this manual and lists the five closest pages, each with its section and a line of the page around your words. Tap one to read it. `docs` alone shows how to use it. Global search reads the same manual: a how-to question typed there lists the same pages. **How:** Type `docs` and your words into the stone, for example `docs offers`. ## Further reading - [The Command Stone](/docs/command-stone): how it opens, how an answer reads, starred commands - [Abilities](/docs/command-stone/abilities): every phrase, in one reference