# Session 0011.0 — Transcript

> App: dev-claude-plugin
> Date: 2026-06-04 (PST), 04:41 → 05:09
> Goal: Move Wiggleverse to an autonomous ("yolo") default operating posture, make it a reversible toggle, report low-confidence decisions at finalize, and have finalize always emit a copy-paste `/goal` block.
> Outcome: Shipped as plugin **0.10.0** + handbook **§6.5** — both repos merged to `main`. Pending operator re-install to go live.
> Type: coding

## Plan

Flip the default session posture from confirm-before-acting to autonomous, per the operator's request ("yolo by default; report the low-confidence calls at finalize; stop only for critical decisions with no clear answer"), plus a follow-up to make the yolo skill a reversible on/off toggle, and a further follow-up to make finalize always end with a copy-paste `/goal` block. Land canonical docs first (engineering handbook §6.5 + digest), then align the plugin automation (gate, skill rename, claim-script seed, mode-aware finalize), then merge + finalize.

## Pre-session state

- Both `engineering` and `wiggleverse-dev-claude-plugin` clean on `origin/main`.
- Default posture was *confirm-before-acting*; `wgl-coding-session-yolo` was an opt-in ON switch (coding-only). `agent-context.md` listed `push-before-pr-review` as a base default that yolo overrode.
- Plugin source at 0.9.1 (installed cache lags at 0.3.0 — the recurring re-install gotcha).

## Turn-by-turn arc

1. **Session gate + init.** Lifted the gate via `wgl-coding-session-init`; claimed **session 0011** for `dev-claude-plugin`. Verified clean pushed `main` on both target repos.
2. **Brainstorming.** Explored the SessionStart hook, `session-gate.md` (already the classify-and-route version in source; the strict gate I was injected with was the cached 0.8.0), the yolo skill, `finalize-core.md`, the digest, and handbook §6. Surfaced two key facts: yolo-by-default must span coding *and* spec sessions; and this session (launched from `~/git`) proved the per-repo digest doesn't load from a parent dir — only the hook fires.
3. **Three design forks (AskUserQuestion), all confirmed to the recommended option:** neutral mode-skill rename; posture asserted in the SessionStart hook + canonical doc; deferred decisions captured in a running transcript section.
4. **Design presented** in 7 sections (two stop-gates; deferred report; rename→toggle; declaration sites; mode-aware finalize; ripple updates) + operator's added §7 (finalize always emits `/goal`). Operator approved.
5. **Spec written + committed** to `docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-04-yolo-by-default-design.md` on branch `yolo-by-default`. Operator approved.
6. **Plan written** (`docs/superpowers/plans/2026-06-04-yolo-by-default.md`), 11 tasks, committed/pushed. Operator: "merge and finalize."
7. **Executed inline** (engineering first): handbook §6.5 + §6.4 cross-ref; digest Operating rules reworked (`autonomous-by-default` added, `push-before-pr-review` demoted to careful-mode behavior). Then the plugin: gate posture block; `git mv wgl-coding-session-yolo → wgl-session-mode` + full rewrite as a toggle; `claim-session-id.sh` seeds a `## Deferred decisions` placeholder section; `finalize-core.md` made mode-aware + step 5a deferred report + step 6 always-`/goal`; `wgl-session-finalize` + all three init skills reframed (concurrency warns-and-proceeds by default; spec auto-graduates by default); README + marketplace + plugin.json (→0.10.0) updated; stale `submit-spec.sh` comment freshened.
8. **Verification:** `git grep wgl-coding-session-yolo` clean outside docs; `bash -n` on the claim script OK; version 0.10.0; finalize-core markers present.
9. **Merged** both repos `--no-ff` to `main`, pushed, deleted feature branches (local + remote).
10. **Finalized**: updated the plugin's per-repo memory bucket + index, wrote this transcript.

## Cut state (end of session)

- **engineering** `main` @ `3cdc6e4` (merge) — handbook §6.5 + reworked digest, pushed.
- **wiggleverse-dev-claude-plugin** `main` @ `a8f5f8c` (merge) — 0.10.0, pushed. Feature branches deleted in both.
- All verification green. No open PRs, nothing dirty, nothing unpushed.

## Deferred decisions (autonomous calls I'd have flagged for input)

- **Version bump level — minor (0.9.1 → 0.10.0).** A new default posture + a skill rename is behavior-level, so I went minor rather than patch. Reversible by editing `plugin.json`.
- **Direct `--no-ff` merge to `main` + branch deletion, not PRs.** The operator said "merge"; 0.6/0.7/0.8 used direct merges (0.9.0 used a PR). I chose direct merges for both repos. Fully reversible (history intact).
- **Memory written to the plugin's per-repo bucket**, not the active `-Users-benstull-git` parent bucket — correct per the 2026-06-03 per-repo split, but worth noting since the session launched from the parent.
- Exact toggle vocabulary (`yolo`/`careful` + `on`/`off` aliases) and the `## Deferred decisions` section wording were my calls within the approved design.

## What lands on the operator's plate

- **Re-install to make 0.10.0 live:** `/plugin marketplace update` + `/plugin install` — the new posture, the `wgl-session-mode` toggle, the gate posture line, and the mode-aware finalize are all inert in running sessions until then (cache still at 0.3.0).
- Note: `wgl-coding-session-yolo` is **retired** — the slash command is now `wgl-session-mode` (args `yolo`/`careful`).

## Prompt the operator can paste into the next session

```
/goal Re-install the dev-claude-plugin (marketplace update + install) to make 0.10.0 live, then smoke-test the autonomous-by-default posture: confirm the SessionStart gate asserts it, `/wgl-session-mode careful` flips to confirm-mode and back, and a finalize emits the deferred-decisions report + copy-paste /goal block. Then pick up the next plugin seam from project_dev_claude_plugin.md (spec-RFC renderer / planner-project registration / Workflow-recording→BDD idea).
```
