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# Session 0021.0 — Transcript
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> Date: 2026-05-28
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> Goal: Capture two operator-surfaced UX items as roadmap entries
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> (a comprehensive UX polish pass, and a session/transcript page polish)
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> and commit + push.
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>
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> Outcome: **ROADMAP #31 + #32 added and pushed to `ohm-rfc` as
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> `210c024`. No releases, no deploys, no flotilla gestures, no secrets.
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> Pure roadmap-capture session.**
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>
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> Two new shippable items now in the queue:
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> - **#31** — Comprehensive UX polish pass (spacing scale, type
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> hierarchy, color/contrast, component sweep, empty/loading/error
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> states, responsive, motion, iconography). Re-skin + re-space, not
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> redesign — merge-friendly with any track.
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> - **#32** — Session/transcript page polish (collapse single-transcript
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> session roots so `/docs/sessions/<nnnn>` renders the transcript
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> inline instead of the "select one from nav" placeholder; add a
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> metadata header above the body with start/end/duration/TL;DR + a
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> gitea source link).
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---
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## Pre-session state
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| repo | sha | state |
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| --- | --- | --- |
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| ohm-rfc | `c9a4755` | `main` clean; pin at `0.20.0` (Wave 9 follow-up to #30) |
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| ohm-rfc-app-flotilla | `c8804a6` | session anchored here; `main` clean except untracked `.claude/` |
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| rfc-app | n/a (not touched this session) | last shipped tag v0.20.0 |
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| OHM live | running v0.20.0 per the Session 0018.0 ledger | healthy |
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| ohm-rfc pin | `0.20.0` | unchanged this session |
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Previous session's last commit on `ohm-rfc` was `c9a4755` at
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2026-05-28 10:57:20 PDT — the pin bump for v0.20.0 / Wave 9 follow-up
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to #30. No `SESSION-0019.0` or `SESSION-0020.0` transcript present in
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`~/git/ohm-infra/` at session open; either those sessions are
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operator-internal (e.g. a release-cut session that didn't earn its
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own transcript) or their transcripts haven't been written yet. This
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session does not investigate — it accepts the operator-asserted
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session ID of `21` and runs with it. If 0019.0 and 0020.0 want
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transcripts they can be written backfilled later; this session's
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chronology is independent.
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---
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## Turn-by-turn arc
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### Arc 1 — Capture #31 (Comprehensive UX polish pass)
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Operator opened the session with a screenshot of OHM's home view
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(welcome panel + catalog of RFCs in the left sidebar) and the verbatim
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brief: **"Let's add another item to the roadmap. UX...let's make all
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of the ux a lot more polished and check the spacing. This general
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feeling of this is pretty clunky and prototypey"**.
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Read `ROADMAP.md` in two chunks (33709 tokens, capped per-page;
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needed offset=1044 to see through to the version-target table).
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Confirmed the file's structure: numbered items in narrative form,
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followed by a single-row-per-item version-targets table, followed by
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phase/parallelization/operating-instructions appendices. New items
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go in the "Items added 2026-05-28 (parallel to the SMTP-hardening
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session)" subsection — already at #24..#30 (with #30 just shipped in
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v0.19.0 + v0.20.0 per the prior session).
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Drafted #31 in the same shape as #24..#30: framing, scope
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(itemized surface-by-surface — spacing, type, color, components,
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empty/loading/error, responsive, motion, iconography, dark-mode-or-
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not), process flow (inventory → tokens → sweep → verify), open
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questions (component library decision, scope-bound to one slice if
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inventory overflows), and explicit coordination with #24 / #25 (both
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fold in trivially). Added the row to the version-target table at the
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bottom.
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Framed deliberately as a **re-skin + re-space, not a redesign** —
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this preserves the merge-friendliness with everything in flight on
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the collaboration / auth / analytics tracks. The point of saying
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that explicitly is to head off the natural scope creep of "while we
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were in there, we also rewrote the inbox surface" — that work is
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#25, not #31.
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No commit yet; held until both items were in the file.
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### Arc 2 — Capture #32 (Session/transcript page polish)
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Operator's second screenshot: `/docs/sessions/0002` — the new
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session-history surface from #30 Phase 1+2. Showed the empty-ish
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"1 transcript in this session. Select one from the navigation on the
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left." placeholder. Operator brief, verbatim: **"The root of a
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session can jsut be the transcript itself. There should also be a
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link to the git repo for the transcript in teh transcript so people
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can get to the raw code. I guess that could be in a header above the
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transcript body. Maybe start date/time, end date/time, tl;dr, and
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link to the transcript on git"**.
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Two coupled changes captured:
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1. **Collapse single-transcript session roots.** For the common
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case (one transcript per session — true for 0001..0013, 0017
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excepted), the intermediate "select one" page is friction. Render
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the transcript inline at the session-root URL (or 301 — decision
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deferred to session-time). For multi-transcript sessions (0013
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has 4, 0014 has 2, 0017 has 3), default to showing the `.0`
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driver inline with the others listed alongside, rather than the
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empty placeholder.
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2. **Transcript header.** Start / End (parsed from filename),
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Duration (derived), TL;DR (source TBD — recommended `sessions.json`
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`tldr` field over transcript-frontmatter), and "View on gitea"
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link to the canonical raw transcript URL. Operator-readable
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metadata above the body, plus an explicit affordance for readers
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to pull the source / propose corrections.
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Drafted #32 with the same shape as #31: scope, layout shape, open
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questions (single-transcript collapse strategy, TL;DR source,
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backfill, multi-transcript session shape, gitea link format), and a
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dependencies block noting #30 already shipped.
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The TL;DR-source question got a bit of attention in the draft —
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captured both options (manifest field vs. transcript frontmatter)
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with a recommendation for manifest because it's simpler and the
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transcript bodies stay unchanged. The publish-transcript.sh script
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can prompt for a TL;DR at publish time and commit `sessions.json` in
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the same shape. Folded into the open-questions block so the
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implementing session settles it deliberately rather than
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defaulting accidentally.
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Added the table row. Reported both items as added and explicitly
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flagged that nothing was committed yet, in case the operator wanted
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to adjust before landing.
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### Arc 3 — Commit + push
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Operator said: **"ok, commit the roadmap and push"**.
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Ran the three parallel context-gathers (`git status`, `git diff
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ROADMAP.md`, `git log --oneline -10`) on `ohm-rfc` — diff confirmed
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the two items + table row were the only changes; recent commits
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showed the repo's convention for roadmap-add commits (`ROADMAP:
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+#XX..#YY (...)` from `74a3e12`).
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Committed with the conventional shape:
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```
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ROADMAP: +#31..#32 (UX polish pass + session-page polish)
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```
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Pushed cleanly: `c9a4755..210c024 main -> main` to
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`ssh://git.wiggleverse.org:2222/ben/ohm-rfc.git`.
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Side-note from git: "Your name and email address were configured
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automatically based on your username and hostname" — `Ben Stull
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<benstull@mac.lan>`. Not an error; just git telling the operator
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their local user.email isn't explicitly set. Not in this session's
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scope; flagged here for awareness only.
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### Arc 4 — Cut transcript (this arc)
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Operator said: **"Your session ID is 21. Cut a transcript and we'll
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be done"**. Read `~/git/ohm-infra/SESSION-PROTOCOL.md` to confirm the
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shape, listed existing transcripts to confirm the next-session ID
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position (operator-asserted as 21; absence of 0019/0020 locally
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acknowledged in pre-state), computed start/end bracket, wrote this
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file, will publish via `scripts/publish-transcript.sh` after
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delivering the handoff prompt.
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---
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## Cut state (end of session)
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| | |
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| --- | --- |
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| ohm-rfc | `210c024` — `ROADMAP: +#31..#32` |
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| ohm-rfc-app-flotilla | unchanged (`c8804a6`); session anchored here |
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| rfc-app | unchanged (no release this session) |
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| OHM live | unchanged — running v0.20.0 |
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| ohm-rfc pin | `0.20.0` — unchanged |
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| Wave / ledger | Status |
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| --- | --- |
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| #31 UX polish pass | ✅ captured in ROADMAP, not yet picked up |
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| #32 Session/transcript page polish | ✅ captured in ROADMAP, not yet picked up |
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No releases, no deploys, no flotilla gestures, no secret material.
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Pure roadmap-capture session.
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---
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## §19.2 candidates surfaced
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None this session. The work was capture-only — the items themselves
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will surface §19.2 candidates when an implementing session picks
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them up, but this session didn't run into framework deferrals
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firsthand.
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One soft observation worth carrying forward: **#31's "tokens phase"
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(establishing a spacing/type/color/motion vocabulary as CSS custom
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properties or Tailwind theme tokens)** could itself become a small
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§19.2 candidate for `rfc-app` — a shared design-token layer that
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future deployments inherit. Not surfaced as a hard candidate
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because the polish session may end up taking a simpler "polish the
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existing approach without extracting" route; the framework
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extraction would only be the right move if #31's inventory turns up
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genuine cross-component reuse. Flagged here so the polish session
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considers it deliberately rather than defaulting to in-component
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styles.
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---
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## What lands on the operator's plate
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Nothing actionable from this session. Both items are queued; no
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operator-only gestures pending (no secrets to set, no decisions
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deferred, no gitea-admin moves).
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Forward-looking, the items themselves do land operator decisions on
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their respective implementing sessions:
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- **#31 implementing session**: a few small decisions in the
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inventory + tokens phase that benefit from operator input —
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(a) headless-component-library question (Radix vs. hand-rolled),
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(b) dark-mode in scope or follow-up, (c) scope-bound (single
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slice vs. full sweep) once the inventory reveals workload.
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- **#32 implementing session**: TL;DR source (manifest vs.
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frontmatter), single-transcript collapse strategy (inline vs.
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301), multi-transcript session shape (show `.0` inline + list vs.
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stacked). The TL;DR backfill (writing one-to-three-sentence
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summaries for the existing ~22 transcripts in `sessions.json`)
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is operator homework whenever it suits — graceful degradation
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means the surface ships without it, the per-transcript field
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just doesn't render until populated.
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---
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## Prompt the operator can paste into the next Claude Code session
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```
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You're the OHM driver for Session 0022.0.
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Previous session (0021.0) was a roadmap-capture session — added #31
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(comprehensive UX polish pass) and #32 (session/transcript page
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polish) and pushed as `210c024` on ohm-rfc. No releases, no deploys.
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Active roadmap queue (read /Users/benstull/projects/wiggleverse/ohm-rfc/ROADMAP.md
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for the full table):
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Highest-leverage unblocked items right now:
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- #31 — UX polish pass. Operator-flagged. Re-skin + re-space (NOT
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a redesign — preserve IA, routes, copy, feature shape). Phased
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flow: inventory → tokens → sweep → verify. Decide at session
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time: component library (Radix vs. hand-rolled), dark-mode in
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scope or follow-up, scope-bound to single slice if inventory
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overflows. Folds in #24 (Philosophy rename) and #25 (inbox icon
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+ UX cleanup) trivially.
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- #32 — Session/transcript page polish. Small. Collapse single-
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transcript session roots + transcript header (start/end/duration/
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TL;DR + gitea source link). TL;DR source decision: recommended
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`sessions.json.tldr` field over transcript frontmatter (simpler;
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bodies stay unchanged). Folds in trivially with #31's polish
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pass — consider running #32 alongside #31 if they ship in the
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same wave.
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Also unblocked (less hot):
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- #1 VM rename (long-deferred ops); #17 repo naming alignment;
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#21 Amplitude audit Part A (now has a week+ of real-world data);
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#22 pro-analytics-consent copy (depends on operator-drafted text
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+ counsel review); #27 Haiku-recommended tags (needs new
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ANTHROPIC_API_KEY); #28 PR cross-references; #29 sign-in resume.
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Repo state at session open:
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- ohm-rfc HEAD: 210c024
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- pin: 0.20.0 (rfc-app)
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- OHM live: v0.20.0 healthy
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- no in-flight work
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Read CLAUDE.md in ohm-rfc-app-flotilla for the two-layer rule and
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the "never EVER ask the operator for secret bytes" gesture. Read
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~/git/ohm-infra/SESSION-PROTOCOL.md for the session shape. Read
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/Users/benstull/projects/wiggleverse/ohm-rfc/ROADMAP.md's
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"Operating instructions for the next session" block at the bottom
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for the driver/dispatch protocol if you're picking up parallel
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work.
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If the operator wants you to drive parallel subagents, the worktree
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gesture (Agent tool with isolation: worktree, subagent_type:
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general-purpose) is the dispatch shape. Subagents write their own
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SESSION-0022.N transcripts before reporting back — see SESSION-
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PROTOCOL.md §5.
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```
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},
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"0018": {
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"title": ""
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},
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"0021": {
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"title": ""
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}
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}
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