diff --git a/src/docs/Modules/Process-PSModule/index.md b/src/docs/Modules/Process-PSModule/index.md
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--- a/src/docs/Modules/Process-PSModule/index.md
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@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ This section documents how module repositories are formed and how they move from
 - [Module Anatomy](module-anatomy.md)
 - [Build, Test, Pack, Publish](build-test-pack-publish.md)
 - [Template Quickstart](template-quickstart.md)
+- [Module Bootstrap](module-bootstrap.md)
 
 For broader framework context, see [MSX Frameworks / Process-PSModule](https://msxorg.github.io/docs/Frameworks/Process-PSModule/).
diff --git a/src/docs/Modules/Process-PSModule/module-bootstrap.md b/src/docs/Modules/Process-PSModule/module-bootstrap.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# Module Bootstrap
+
+A brand-new module usually has a small **load-bearing core**: the piece(s) every other function will depend on, without which nothing else in the module can work at all. A single feature PR cannot carry that much scope and still be small and focused, so bootstrap uses one integration branch instead.
+
+## Identify the load-bearing core first
+
+What counts as "load-bearing" follows the module's archetype from [Module types](../Module-Types.md):
+
+- **Data modules** — the conversion pivot: `ConvertFrom-<Format>` / `ConvertTo-<Format>` (and whatever parser/serializer they wrap). Every other function (`Import-`, `Export-`, `Format-`, `Merge-`, ...) is built on top of this pivot and is meaningless without it.
+- **Integration (API) modules** — a [`Context`](https://github.com/PSModule/Context)-backed credential/config store, the client setup that uses it, and at least one API function that consumes the context end-to-end. Every other API function needs the same context and client to do anything.
+
+Scope the integration branch to exactly that core, not to everything planned for v1. Keeping it to the minimum that "everyone needs" gets a usable release out faster, and lets independent follow-up functions be developed in parallel — by different people or agents — as soon as the core is stable enough to build against, even before it merges.
+
+## Pattern
+
+1. Cut one long-lived branch from the default branch for the initial release, named for the outcome, e.g. `build-thing-module`.
+2. Open one pull request per function (or small group of related functions) targeting that branch instead of `main`. These PRs can land in parallel — there is no strict order between them, unlike a [stacked pull request](https://msxorg.github.io/docs/Ways-of-Working/Branching-and-Merging/#stacked-pull-requests).
+3. Once the load-bearing core is coherent and complete, open the pull request that merges the integration branch into `main`. This becomes the module's first real release (`v1.0.0`).
+4. Smaller follow-up features (one more function, a formatter, an alias) can keep targeting the integration branch before it lands, the same way they targeted it during bootstrap.
+
+## After the core lands
+
+Once the core has merged as `v1.0.0`, ordinary [SemVer](../Versioning.md) applies: a new function built on the stable core is a **minor** bump, a fix is a **patch** bump, and only a change to the core's own contract (signature, exported class shape, behavior) is a **major** bump. No special versioning exception is needed once the core is in place — the bootstrap phase exists only to get that core to a first release quickly.
+
+```mermaid
+gitGraph
+    commit id: "main"
+    branch build-thing-module
+    checkout build-thing-module
+    commit id: "load-bearing core"
+    branch function-a
+    branch function-b
+    checkout function-a
+    commit id: "PR: function A"
+    checkout function-b
+    commit id: "PR: function B"
+    checkout build-thing-module
+    merge function-a
+    merge function-b
+    checkout main
+    merge build-thing-module id: "v1.0.0"
+```
+
+`function-a` and `function-b` are independent — both cut from `build-thing-module` and merged back in any order, unlike a stacked pull request where each layer depends on the one before it.
+
+## Example
+
+A module bootstrapped this way:
+
+| PR | Targets | Contents |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| #1 | `main` | `build-thing-module` branch, the load-bearing core (e.g. conversion pivot, or context + client + first API function) |
+| #2 | `build-thing-module` | a follow-up function built on the core, added before the integration branch merged |
+
+## When to use this
+
+- The module has no usable release yet, and the load-bearing core hasn't landed.
+- Use this only for the initial bootstrap. Once `main` has a first release, ongoing feature work targets `main` directly with ordinary topic branches, or a [stacked pull request](https://msxorg.github.io/docs/Ways-of-Working/Branching-and-Merging/#stacked-pull-requests) when changes genuinely depend on each other.
+
+For the general branching and merge model, see [MSX Branching and Merging](https://msxorg.github.io/docs/Ways-of-Working/Branching-and-Merging/).
diff --git a/src/docs/Modules/Process-PSModule/template-quickstart.md b/src/docs/Modules/Process-PSModule/template-quickstart.md
index f144a61..0a0fad5 100644
--- a/src/docs/Modules/Process-PSModule/template-quickstart.md
+++ b/src/docs/Modules/Process-PSModule/template-quickstart.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Start new modules from the PSModule template repository:
 4. Validate `.github/PSModule.yml` defaults for your module.
 5. Open a draft pull request and run the full pipeline.
 
+If the module needs several interdependent commands before it is usable at all, see [Module Bootstrap](module-bootstrap.md) instead of shipping them as one command per step.
+
 ## Expected outcomes
 
 - repository follows Process-PSModule structure
diff --git a/src/zensical.toml b/src/zensical.toml
index 5990c31..ad6c524 100644
--- a/src/zensical.toml
+++ b/src/zensical.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ nav = [
       {"Module Anatomy" = "Modules/Process-PSModule/module-anatomy.md"},
       {"Build, Test, Pack, Publish" = "Modules/Process-PSModule/build-test-pack-publish.md"},
       {"Template Quickstart" = "Modules/Process-PSModule/template-quickstart.md"},
+      {"Module Bootstrap" = "Modules/Process-PSModule/module-bootstrap.md"},
     ]},
   ]},
   {"Dictionary" = [