# Session 0004.0 — Transcript

> App: wiggleverse-www
> Start: 2026-06-08T11-46 (PST)
> End: 2026-06-08T16-56 (PST)
> Type: planning-and-executing
> Status: **FINALIZED**

## Launch prompt

> Let's add that this is an Open Core model with a partner ecosystem. Add
> "Partner" as one of the cards on the front page as well as nav. Then have a page
> that talks about custom software on open platforms being the future because
> software is not commoditized.

## Pre-state

`wiggleverse-www` content-complete, in pre-prod on `wiggleverse-www.pages.dev`,
apex deliberately held (operator's call, 2026-06-05). Baseline `main` at `b8a2fd0`
(session 0003). Nav was About · Build · Learn · Give. Static site, no build step,
benbetson pattern. Worked on branch `claude/jolly-wiles-8b577d` in a git worktree.

## The arc

**Session open.** Classified the opening prompt as planning-and-executing; ran
`wgl-planning-and-executing`, claimed session **0004** (clean push at `ff2b896`),
verified a clean pushed `main` baseline.

**Brainstorm + structural decisions.** Ran `superpowers:brainstorming`. Explored
the two home card grids and the existing `/the-model/` (OHM) page to avoid a
naming collision. Via `AskUserQuestion`, the operator chose: a **new 3rd home
section** for the Partner card; nav order **About · Build · Partner · Learn ·
Give**; a **new `/partner/` page** (OHM stays "the model"). Operator approved the
design with "Great, let's preview."

**Build (Partner).** Scripted the nav `<li>` + footer insertion across all 8 nav
pages (first attempt's regex matched the 10-space footer `<li>` as an 8-space
substring → double-inserted; reverted with `git checkout` and redid line-anchored
— correct). Added the Home "Open Core · a partner ecosystem" section + Partner
card; wrote `/partner/`; added to sitemap. Started a localhost `http.server`.

**Spacing bug (caught on preview).** Operator: "the spacing is all off." Diagnosed
via screenshot/zoom: `.wrap.prose` (one element is both `.wrap` and `.prose`) let
`max-width:68ch` shrink the wrap and `margin-inline:auto` re-center it as a narrow
column, while hero/footer hugged the gutter. Fixed sitewide:
`.wrap.prose{max-width:min(1080px,92vw)}` + `.wrap.prose > *{max-width:68ch}`.
The browser kept serving cached CSS (Python `http.server` sends no cache headers),
so restarted the dev server with a `Cache-Control: no-store` handler to make the
preview loop reliable. Confirmed the fix renders (prose left-aligns to gutter).

**Copy rework.** Operator disliked "software was never a commodity" (it also
repeated across 3 spots, and *clashed* with the About page's "every era
commoditizes something / commoditized custom software" thesis). Chose a **"fit
you"** direction; reworded hero/heading/home-lead distinctly, scrubbed the phrase
incl. meta/OG tags.

**Migration section + word choice.** Operator added the "Switch to an alternative
any time" content (APIs expose *everything* → cheap to migrate off *and* on; an
"army" of "trust-but-verify" consultants). Operator: use **"network"** not "army"
(fits the no-center motif).

**Ecomm.** Operator supplied a "why ecomm first" transcript. Chose (via
`AskUserQuestion`) a **dedicated `/ecomm/`** page (parallel to `/partner/`).
Built it: why commerce first, non-extraction "only what it takes," fee
commitments; linked from the Home Ecomm card + Building page; sitemap.

**Finances open book.** Built `/finances/` (referenced by `/ecomm/`). Refused to
fabricate figures (the whole point of an open book). Added a ledger table style.
Operator gave numbers piecewise: Anthropic = one Max plan $100 (+tax on total),
Workspace $7/mo (→$14/seat after Aug), GCP $0-on-credits → then "call GCP
$32/month now, anticipating $75/month in July." Restructured the ledger to two
columns (**Current / Anticipated per month**) per operator request, moved "+ tax"
to the Total, and **removed** the now-redundant "after the credits" component
breakdown (its premise — "the number we still owe you" — was satisfied by the $75
forecast). Cadence set to **monthly, hand-kept** (operator: "update monthly for
now"), automation as the goal — corrected the earlier "daily automated job"
claim for honesty. Team **unpaid**; revenue **$0**.

**Automation question.** Operator asked about a regular billing-export → automated
job → website pipeline, and "best way to find my GCP bill." Answered (Billing →
Reports grouped by Service; Pricing Calculator; BigQuery export). Operator chose
to **spec it as its own slice** with **client-side-JS, build-free** rendering —
wrote `docs/specs/2026-06-08-finances-open-book-automation.md` (excluded from the
deployed site by `deploy-site.sh`).

**Stale-screenshot friction.** Recurring: operator added new content before
reloading, so several screenshots showed pre-edit renders. Verified final states
via `curl` against the served HTML throughout.

**Checkpoint → ship → deploy.** Committed all work (`d8cf9ca`), pushed the branch.
Operator: "merge to main, deploy, finalize." Merged `--no-ff` to `main`
(`3362a5c`), pushed. **Initially I wrongly handed off the deploy** ("no
`CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN` in the agent env"); the operator corrected me — I've
deployed this site many times and the token lives in the Keychain. Resolved it
from Keychain `wgl-cloudflare-token-wiggleverse.org` via
`security find-generic-password -w` command-substitution straight into the deploy
env (never echoed) and ran `SKIP_DOMAINS=1 ./infra/deploy-site.sh` → deploy
**`95699b86`**, apex untouched. Verified `/partner/`,`/ecomm/`,`/finances/` 200 +
ledger live on the immutable URL.

## Cut state (what landed)

- `main` at **`3362a5c`** (merge of `d8cf9ca`), pushed to origin. Branch
  `claude/jolly-wiles-8b577d` merged + pushed.
- New pages: `/partner/`, `/ecomm/`, `/finances/`. New section on Home. Partner in
  nav + footer; Finances in footer "The org". Sitewide `.wrap.prose` spacing fix.
  Sitemap updated. Spec doc under `docs/specs/`.
- **Deployed to pre-prod** (`SKIP_DOMAINS=1`, deploy `95699b86`); verified live.
  Apex still HELD.
- No formal `writing-plans` artifact this session (design developed inline) → no
  plan to archive. Content target resolves to the repo itself; no separate
  content/roadmap repo registered (roadmap lives in corp).
- No automated E2E/PPE harness exists for this marketing site (§9 pipeline named,
  not automated): localhost previewed ✓ → pre-prod deployed ✓ → apex held.

## Deferred decisions (low-confidence / autonomous calls)

- **Spacing fix applied sitewide** (all `.wrap.prose` sub-pages), not just the new
  pages — operator later confirmed Give had the same issue, so this was right.
- **Removed the `/finances/` "after the credits" component-breakdown table** once
  the lump $75 forecast arrived. Operator may want the per-component breakdown
  back (noted in memory + Next /goal).
- **Spec doc placed in this repo's `docs/specs/`** rather than corp's canonical
  spec home — flagged in the doc to promote on build.
- **Skipped the formal spec-doc/writing-plans step** for the content work itself,
  building directly after the brainstorm approval given the operator's rapid
  preview-loop cadence.
- **Process miss (corrected):** first tried to hand off the deploy instead of
  resolving the Keychain token myself. Recorded in memory so it doesn't recur.

## Next-session prompt

```
/goal Build the finances open-book automation slice per
docs/specs/2026-06-08-finances-open-book-automation.md — BigQuery billing export →
monthly Cloud Run job → commit data/finances.json → client-side-JS render
(build-free); provision the GCP pieces via flotilla, repo token in Secret Manager.
```

Also open: soften the "software that runs your life / preys on you" copy on Give +
About; optionally re-add the GCP per-component breakdown on `/finances/`. Apex
launch remains deliberately held.
