From 3ad9134af2aa25ab1c45ec67341fea1140526820 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Stull <ben.stull@wiggleverse.org>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:50:53 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] claim engineering session 0018 (placeholder) + sessions.json
 entry

---
 ...TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-10T21-50--INPROGRESS.md | 25 +++++++++++++++++++
 engineering/sessions.json                     |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 engineering/0018/SESSION-0018.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-10T21-50--INPROGRESS.md

diff --git a/engineering/0018/SESSION-0018.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-10T21-50--INPROGRESS.md b/engineering/0018/SESSION-0018.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-10T21-50--INPROGRESS.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f665fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engineering/0018/SESSION-0018.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-10T21-50--INPROGRESS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Session 0018.0 — Transcript
+
+> App: engineering
+> Start: 2026-06-10T21-50 (PST)
+> Type: planning-and-executing
+> Claude-Session: c11b0724-4bbf-455d-96cb-b261c0865ed2
+> Status: **PLACEHOLDER — claimed at session start; finalized at session end.**
+>
+> This file reserves session ID 0018 for engineering. The driver replaces this
+> body with the full transcript and renames the file to its final
+> SESSION-0018.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-10T21-50--<end>.md form at session end.
+
+## Launch prompt
+
+```
+/goal slice-3
+(Resume gitea-forge-backups work — engineering#30, specs/gitea-forge-backups.md. SLICE-1 and SLICE-2 complete; this session plans and executes SLICE-3.)
+
+```
+
+## Deferred decisions
+
+_Autonomous-mode low-confidence calls the driver made and would have
+liked operator input on. Appended as the session runs; surfaced at
+finalize. Empty if none._
diff --git a/engineering/sessions.json b/engineering/sessions.json
index 0c06207..7785987 100644
--- a/engineering/sessions.json
+++ b/engineering/sessions.json
@@ -49,5 +49,8 @@
   },
   "0017": {
     "title": ""
+  },
+  "0018": {
+    "title": ""
   }
 }