Editing VASP beginners (section)

==Checklist== 
Before dealing with your first project, you must: 
* Read Sholl&Steckel Density Functional Theory: A Practical Introduction. 
* Complete the VASP hands-on.
* Know how to visualize and edit structures in p4vasp or ASE. 
* Know how to [[nfreq|visualize frequency calculations]].  
* Know how to define the key flags in the INCAR file: density functional, energy cutoff, smearing, ionic algorithm, convergence criteria.
* Know what are the additional flags you need to include in the INCAR, depending on your system.
* Know where to get your pseudopotentials and which ones to select for each element.
* Know which kpoint density to use and if such number is already converged for your system.
* Learn to how to automate the generation of the POSCAR files. Many projects require automation. There are plenty of tools in this wiki.  


For a more detailed understanding please refer to [https://www.vasp.at/documentation/ VASP documentation].

Additional tips are available here[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MO7bWKFVjqtq2T9jX-H7mchk_UOkAsr6/view?usp=sharing] (''by Federico'').