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@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+'@objectstack/skills': patch
+---
+
+docs(skills): the objectstack-platform bootstrap example pins every `@objectstack/*` dependency to one exact version
+
+Clause-②: no
+
+The 〈Complete Working Example〉 `package.json` in `objectstack-platform/references/bootstrap.md` gave `^17.0.0` for its five `@objectstack/*` packages, a major behind and a caret range the v18 docs advise against. It now gives `18.1.0` for each, the exact form `create-objectstack` writes, with all of them on one version.
diff --git a/skills/objectstack-platform/references/bootstrap.md b/skills/objectstack-platform/references/bootstrap.md
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--- a/skills/objectstack-platform/references/bootstrap.md
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@@ -144,13 +144,13 @@ A minimal but complete project from scratch:
     "validate": "objectstack validate"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@objectstack/spec": "^17.0.0",
-    "@objectstack/runtime": "^17.0.0",
-    "@objectstack/driver-memory": "^17.0.0",
-    "@objectstack/plugin-hono-server": "^17.0.0"
+    "@objectstack/spec": "18.1.0",
+    "@objectstack/runtime": "18.1.0",
+    "@objectstack/driver-memory": "18.1.0",
+    "@objectstack/plugin-hono-server": "18.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@objectstack/cli": "^17.0.0",
+    "@objectstack/cli": "18.1.0",
     "typescript": "^5.3.0"
   }
 }