From eb9f75fef6eb37fbbc9085906955f4aeac4cccb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Stull Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 00:03:06 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] add engineering/0004/SESSION-0004.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-05T12-37--2026-06-06T00-01.md + replace placeholder/variant SESSION-0004.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-05T12-37--INPROGRESS.md --- ...RIPT-2026-06-05T12-37--2026-06-06T00-01.md | 112 ++++++++++++++++++ ...TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-05T12-37--INPROGRESS.md | 35 ------ 2 files changed, 112 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-) create mode 100644 engineering/0004/SESSION-0004.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-05T12-37--2026-06-06T00-01.md delete mode 100644 engineering/0004/SESSION-0004.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-05T12-37--INPROGRESS.md diff --git a/engineering/0004/SESSION-0004.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-05T12-37--2026-06-06T00-01.md b/engineering/0004/SESSION-0004.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-05T12-37--2026-06-06T00-01.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2f4c6bd --- /dev/null +++ b/engineering/0004/SESSION-0004.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-05T12-37--2026-06-06T00-01.md @@ -0,0 +1,112 @@ +# Session 0004.0 — Transcript + +> App: engineering +> Start: 2026-06-05T12-37 (PST) +> End: 2026-06-06T00-01 (PST) +> Type: coding +> Status: **FINALIZED** + +## Launch prompt + +``` +Tangent: define best practices for a "Solution Design" (a combined business analyst + product + engineering spec) in the Engineering docs, and reference it in the engineering handbook. + +A Solution Design should contain: +- Business Context +- Problem Statement +- Targeted Business Outcome(s) with success metrics +- Business Use Cases — BDD format, business-centric (no product/technical detail), each with acceptance criteria (what does a user successfully completing that business scenario look like?) +- Product Use Cases — BDD format, describe the UX (buttons, notifications, etc.), each linked to a Business Use Case where applicable +- Wireframes — show the user experience; doesn't need to be polished, but UX components should be in approximately the right location +- Technical Design — high-level architecture diagrams, and for each Product Use Case a sequence diagram + technical implementation details +- Delivery Plan — overall approach/strategy, then a Slicing Plan (Slices -> completed Product Use Cases), plus anything else useful for execution + +Question to answer: "Am I missing anything?" +``` + +## Plan + +Define a **Solution Design** standard (combined BA + product + engineering spec) +in the engineering docs and reference it from the handbook. + +Decisions settled with operator (via AskUserQuestion): +1. **SD *is* the spec** (unify) — Solution Design is the canonical spec format; + handbook §3's binding-contract content becomes its Technical Design lens, + Delivery Plan absorbs the roadmap/slicing. Enrich §3 with a new §3.3. +2. **Dedicated guide + template + thin handbook section** — the full standard + lives in `engineering/solution-design/GUIDE.md` + `TEMPLATE.md`; handbook §3.3 + carries the load-bearing summary + a pointer (per §4.1 doc-leads-automation). +3. **Wireframes: describe canonically, generate on demand** — section 10 is a + structured *UX Layout description* (the source of truth, git-native, diffable); + wireframes are generated from it (Claude Design etc.) on demand, not committed. + Mirrors §3.2 (spec leads) / §4.1 (doc leads automation). + +## Pre-state + +Clean `main`, in sync with `origin/main`. Engineering registered as an app +(`app.json`). Handbook (`README.md`) structured as numbered §1–§12 with an +existing spec concept: §1 lifecycle (discovery → `SPEC.md` → `ROADMAP` → build), +§2 discovery (prototype or BDD corpus), §3 "Write the first spec", §7 roadmap. No +`solution-design/` dir; no `CLAUDE.md` in the repo. + +## Arc + +1. **Session gate / init.** Classified the opening prompt as a **coding** session + (authoring committed docs in the engineering repo) — invoked + `wgl-session-coding-init`, claimed session **0004** (no other sessions in + flight). Verified clean pushed `main`. Installed the missing `CLAUDE.md` + import stub (`@~/.claude/wiggleverse.md`) for future sessions. + +2. **Brainstorming.** Explored the repo to ground the design. Key realization: + the proposed "Solution Design" overlaps the handbook's *existing* lifecycle + (discovery / `SPEC.md` / `ROADMAP`), so the load-bearing question wasn't + "which sections" but "how does it relate to the existing spec concept." + +3. **Answered "Am I missing anything?"** with a grouped gap analysis, flagging + the Wiggleverse-specific additions tied to existing handbook rules: front + matter/status & versioning (§3.1#5), stakeholders/personas, explicit + scope/non-goals (§3.1#4), assumptions/constraints/deps, guardrail metrics, + negative/edge BDD scenarios, a traceability matrix, **invariants** (§3.1#1), + data model & interface contracts (§3.1#2), NFRs incl. the hard secrets rule + (§6.3), key decisions/alternatives, testing strategy (§10.3), rollout/canary + (§10), risks, and an open-questions/decisions log. + +4. **Settled two structural forks via AskUserQuestion** — both → recommended: + SD *is* the spec (unify); dedicated guide + template + thin handbook section. + +5. **Operator pushback on wireframes.** Asked whether ASCII-in-markdown + wireframes would actually succeed, or whether to describe UX and generate + wireframes (e.g. Claude Design). Agreed the description should be canonical + (git-native, diffable, the contract) and wireframes a generated rendering — + consistent with §3.2/§4.1. Third AskUserQuestion settled it → + **describe canonically, generate on demand, don't commit images.** + +6. **Authored the deliverables** on `docs/solution-design-standard`: + `solution-design/GUIDE.md` (full standard), `solution-design/TEMPLATE.md` + (copy-to-start skeleton with worked BDD / Mermaid / UX Layout / table stubs), + `README.md` §3.3 + TOC, and the `CLAUDE.md` stub. Verified fences/anchors. + +7. **Landed it.** Committed, pushed. `gh pr create` was denied (gh targets + GitHub, not the Gitea host); created the PR via the Gitea API helper + (`gitea-api.sh`, Keychain token) → PR **#12**, mergeable. Merged (autonomous + posture), synced local `main`, deleted the branch. + +## Cut state + +- PR **#12** merged to `main` (`51b99d1`). `main` clean and synced. +- New: `solution-design/GUIDE.md`, `solution-design/TEMPLATE.md`, `CLAUDE.md`. +- Edited: `README.md` (§3.3 + TOC). +- Stale local branches from prior sessions left untouched (`dev-env/v0.1`, + `docs/retire-operator-cli-repo-role`, `session-0046/*`). + +## Operator plate / follow-ups + +- **Optional:** add a one-line Solution Design pointer to the auto-loaded digest + (`agent-context.md`), since a spec/discovery session won't otherwise learn the + format automatically. Logged in memory as a possible follow-up. + +## Deferred decisions + +_No low-confidence autonomous calls this session — the three structural +decisions (SD-is-spec, guide+template placement, wireframe approach) were all +made *with* the operator via AskUserQuestion, not deferred._ diff --git a/engineering/0004/SESSION-0004.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-05T12-37--INPROGRESS.md b/engineering/0004/SESSION-0004.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-05T12-37--INPROGRESS.md deleted file mode 100644 index 4604a9a..0000000 --- a/engineering/0004/SESSION-0004.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-05T12-37--INPROGRESS.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,35 +0,0 @@ -# Session 0004.0 — Transcript - -> App: engineering -> Start: 2026-06-05T12-37 (PST) -> Type: coding -> Status: **PLACEHOLDER — claimed at session start; finalized at session end.** -> -> This file reserves session ID 0004 for engineering. The driver replaces this -> body with the full transcript and renames the file to its final -> SESSION-0004.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-05T12-37--.md form at session end. - -## Launch prompt - -``` -Tangent: define best practices for a "Solution Design" (a combined business analyst + product + engineering spec) in the Engineering docs, and reference it in the engineering handbook. - -A Solution Design should contain: -- Business Context -- Problem Statement -- Targeted Business Outcome(s) with success metrics -- Business Use Cases — BDD format, business-centric (no product/technical detail), each with acceptance criteria (what does a user successfully completing that business scenario look like?) -- Product Use Cases — BDD format, describe the UX (buttons, notifications, etc.), each linked to a Business Use Case where applicable -- Wireframes — show the user experience; doesn't need to be polished, but UX components should be in approximately the right location -- Technical Design — high-level architecture diagrams, and for each Product Use Case a sequence diagram + technical implementation details -- Delivery Plan — overall approach/strategy, then a Slicing Plan (Slices -> completed Product Use Cases), plus anything else useful for execution - -Question to answer: "Am I missing anything?" - -``` - -## 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._