# How-To Guides

Practical operational recipes for working with ZQK:

- [Knowledge Kernel Object Model & Usage Guide](../guides/KERNEL_OBJECT_USAGE_GUIDE.md) — Comprehensive guide and taxonomy across all 10 packs, standard envelopes, VDS cascade, and copy-pasteable CLI recipes.
- [Knowledge Management & Semantic Recall Guide](../guides/KNOWLEDGE_MANAGEMENT_AND_SEMANTIC_RECALL_GUIDE.md) — Practical recipes for operational glossaries, lens taxonomies, composable libraries, `docman` CAS verification, and on-demand recall.
- [Headless / Edge First-Run](../onboarding/EDGE_HEADLESS_FIRST_RUN.md) — Set up ZQK on appliances or remote headless nodes.
- [MCP Pairing & Configuration](../onboarding/QUICKSTART.md) — Connect IDE assistants via Model Context Protocol.
- [Scheduler and Maintenance Daemons](./SCHEDULER_AND_MAINTENANCE.md) — Configure, operate, and monitor background kernel daemons.
- [Inspect and Validate Kernel Objects](./INSPECT_AND_VALIDATE_OBJECTS.md) — Interactive drill-downs, agent semantic projections, live DSL policy dry-runs, and DoD verification.
- [Object Inspection & Health Checks](../onboarding/FIRST_RUN_OBJECT_TUTORIAL.md) — Run health checks and query system state.