# Session 0015.0 — Transcript

> App: dev-claude-plugin
> Start: 2026-06-05T06-29 (PST)
> End: 2026-06-05T06-34 (PST)
> Type: coding
> Goal: Fix the wart the operator noticed ("why are we saving to multiple places?") — `publish-transcript.sh` left the local staging copy behind after publishing, so stale `--INPROGRESS` placeholders accumulated in `~/.wgl/transcripts/`.
> Outcome: **Shipped.** PR #8 merged to `main` (merge `0a7b658`); plugin `0.13.0 → 0.14.0`. Finalized publish now cleans the session's local staging scratch; checkpoints and dry-runs are untouched.

## Plan

Add local-staging cleanup to `skills/wgl-session-common/scripts/publish-transcript.sh`:
- After a **finalized** publish (push succeeded, or idempotent no-changes
  exit), remove the session's local staging copies — the finalized file + any
  superseded same-ordinal `--INPROGRESS` placeholder — scoped strictly to the
  staging dir.
- **No-op** for `--INPROGRESS` checkpoints (session still live, needs its
  working copy) and for `--dry-run`.
- TDD: offline fixture (local bare repo as remote) proving the wart, then the
  fix, then green. Bump `plugin.json`. Edit SOURCE only (per CLAUDE.md), let the
  operator re-install.

## Pre-session state

Conversation context: this followed two engineering sessions (0002 digest sweep,
0003 the `flotilla-only-provisioning` rule). The operator asked why transcripts
appear "in multiple places"; the answer surfaced a genuine wart — the remote
session-history repo is the one record, the local `~/.wgl/transcripts/<app>/`
dir is an ephemeral buffer, but publish never cleaned the local buffer, so it
accumulated (confirmed: 6 stale files in engineering's dir, 25 in
dev-claude-plugin's). Plugin on clean `main` at 0.13.0; no other plugin sessions
in flight.

## Turn-by-turn arc

1. **Q&A → wart.** Explained the three locations (durable remote record / local
   staging buffer / ephemeral temp clone) and named the real redundancy: publish
   leaves the local buffer behind. Operator: "Oh, fix that please."
2. **Brainstorming** invoked (the fix had a real design nuance). Key nuance
   surfaced: cleanup must NOT delete the working copy during an `--INPROGRESS`
   checkpoint re-publish — only on a finalized publish.
3. **Claim** plugin session **0015** (`dd9f875`); branch
   `fix/publish-transcript-clean-local-staging`.
4. **TDD.** Wrote an offline fixture (`/tmp/test-publish-cleanup.sh`) — fake
   remote = local bare repo, `--sessions-remote`/`WGL_APP_NAME` overrides. Ran
   it against the unfixed script: 3/6 fail (finalized publish leaves both local
   copies), 3/6 pass (checkpoint-keeps + scoping already hold).
5. **Implement.** Added `clean_local_staging()` (guards `--dry-run` +
   `--INPROGRESS`; `find … -name SESSION-<sid>-TRANSCRIPT*.md` within the staging
   dir; `rm -f`), wired at both the no-changes early-exit and after the push;
   updated the header docs. Re-ran fixture: **6/6 pass**; `bash -n` clean.
6. **Ship.** `plugin.json` 0.13.0→0.14.0; commit (Co-Authored-By) → push →
   **PR #8** via Gitea API → merge (HTTP 200) → sync `main`, delete branch.
   Confirmed 0.14.0 + the fix on `main`.
7. **Finalize.** Updated plugin memory; wrote this transcript and published it
   through the **fixed SOURCE script** (dog-fooding: it auto-cleaned 0015's own
   local staging copy); then hand-swept the pre-fix orphan staging files.

## Deferred decisions

Low-confidence autonomous calls made without operator input:

- **Version bump = minor `0.14.0`, not patch `0.13.1`.** Treated the cleanup as
  an observable behavior change (it now deletes local files) worth a minor;
  a patch would also be defensible for a pure bugfix.
- **Cleanup removes the finalized local copy too**, not just the `--INPROGRESS`
  placeholder. Rationale: the staging dir is wholly ephemeral once the record is
  durably on the remote. Alternative was to remove only the placeholder and keep
  the finalized file locally.
- **Did not commit the fixture test.** The repo has no test-harness convention
  yet; adding one (a `tests/` dir) would set a new convention without
  discussion. Kept the fixture as ad-hoc verification (the team's existing
  "exercised against a fixture" pattern). A real test-harness is a candidate
  follow-up.

## Cut state (end of session)

| Repo | Branch | Commits | State |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| wiggleverse-dev-claude-plugin | main | `c60c076` (fix) → `0a7b658` (merge of PR #8) | merged, pushed; local main synced; feature branch deleted |

`publish-transcript.sh` +27 lines; `plugin.json` 0.13.0→0.14.0. Working tree
clean on `origin/main`.

## What lands on the operator's plate

- **Operator re-install** to make 0.14.0 live (the cache still lags — the running
  session used the 0.12.0 cache for the *claim*; the *publish* of this transcript
  dog-fooded the fixed source script directly).
- The pre-existing carry-over follow-up is unchanged: align the plugin skills to
  the new engineering `flotilla-only-provisioning` rule (§8.5) — see memory.

## Prompt the operator can paste into the next session

```
/goal Align the plugin skills to the flotilla-only-provisioning rule (engineering §8.5): make scaffold-gcp-project / wgl-gitea-admin (repo-creation path only) / wgl-session-coding-init's DEPLOY-FLOTILLA card defer INITIAL provisioning to the launch-app/flotilla suite (hand the operator the flotilla command(s) rather than hand-provisioning); keep ad hoc Gitea/gcloud ops unchanged. Bump plugin.json. See plugin project memory.
```
