# Session 0041.0 — Transcript

> App: ecomm
> Start: 2026-06-22T07-06 (PST)
> End: 2026-06-22T07-38 (PST)
> Type: capture
> Posture: careful
> Claude-Session: af2d41d5-d230-4086-a383-1e5f5826db6b
> Status: **FINALIZED**

> Date: 2026-06-22 (PST)
> Goal: Turn the operator's "SDL pipeline refactor — design brief (target state)"
>       into typed, source-linked Gitea backlog issues.
> Outcome: **Done.** 6 issues filed (1 Epic + 5 Features) across two trackers,
>       fully cross-linked; the brief published to `wiggleverse/engineering` main
>       (PR #62, merged) and linked as Source on every issue.

## Launch prompt

```
# SDL pipeline refactor — design brief (target state)

Restructure the Wiggleverse SDLC into a staged, gated pipeline where every
artifact handoff is a review gate. Built with TODAY's five session types — the
new session types don't exist yet (bootstrap).
[... full brief preserved; see docs/sdl-pipeline-refactor-brief.md in
wiggleverse/engineering, which is the verbatim source of record ...]

(Session opened as: CAPTURE — turn this brief into typed, source-linked Gitea issues.)
```

Followed mid-session by the operator's refined filing directive: file the Epic
"Restructure the SDLC into a staged, gated pipeline" on the dev-claude-plugin
tracker decomposing into 5 named Features; save the brief to
`engineering/docs/sdl-pipeline-refactor-brief.md` and link it as the source on
each; note that F1 is engineering-repo work and the rest dev-plugin work.

## Plan

Capture flow (`wgl-capture`, careful posture): claim tracked-lite transcript →
resolve target → assemble/size the asks against handbook §4.3 → draft each issue
in reviewable form → operator-approved decomposition → file → type-fit check →
clean up drafts → finalize.

## Pre-session state

- Launched in an isolated worktree of `wiggleverse-ecomm-content`
  (`charming-rosalind-9575d0`), clean on `claude/charming-rosalind-9575d0`.
- The SDLC refactor was un-captured; no Epic/Features existed; no brief on disk.
- Four unrelated unfiled `s42-*` drafts already sat in the dev-plugin content
  repo's `issues/` (a prior session's leftovers).

## Turn-by-turn arc

1. **Session gate.** Classified the opening brief; two types plausible
   (brainstorming vs planning-and-executing). Asked the operator → **Capture**.
   Invoked `wgl-capture`; claimed **ecomm-0041** (capture, careful).
2. **Target resolution.** `ecomm`'s `app.json` declares no tracker, and the work
   is plugin + handbook tooling, not ecomm product — a target override (PUC-2).
   First operator answer chose "split: plugin + engineering" trackers.
3. **Decomposition.** Sized the brief against §4.3 → an Epic + candidate Features.
   Flagged the rolling-wave tension (carve one Feature vs file all). Operator chose
   **Epic + all Features** (eyes-open, brief is locked).
4. **First draft set (4 Features) written**, presented for VS Code review.
5. **Refined directive.** Operator restated: Epic on dev-plugin, **5** Features
   (added F5 "wiring"; F3 reframed as a new gate-lifter *session*), save+link the
   brief, annotate work-repo. Re-asked two forks → **publish brief via branch/PR/I
   merge**, and tracker = **split** (F1 → engineering tracker; Epic + F2–F5 →
   dev-plugin), work-repo noted on each.
6. **Brief published.** Branch `docs/sdl-pipeline-refactor-brief` on engineering →
   PR #62 → merged (used the repo-scoped Keychain token via `gitea-api.sh`; the
   issue-scoped token 403s on `/pulls`). Brief live on engineering `main`.
7. **Issues filed.** Epic #125 (dev-plugin) first; then F1 engineering#63
   (cross-tracker parent ref), F2 #126, F3 #127, F4 #128, F5 #129. All
   `typecheck:ok` (judged 6, mismatch 0). Epic decomposition backfilled with child
   numbers.
8. **One self-inflicted scare, fixed.** The first Epic-body backfill PATCH hit a
   heredoc/stdin clash and wiped Epic #125's body (len 1). Caught it on the
   verify, restored the full body (8272 chars) from the draft via a file-based
   PATCH, verified.
9. **Cleanup.** Deleted the 6 filed drafts (INV-8). Finalized (this transcript).

## Cut state (end of session)

- **Filed:** Epic dev-plugin#125; F1 engineering#63; F2 #126; F3 #127; F4 #128;
  F5 #129. All carry type + priority + Parent #125 + Work-repo + Source link.
- **Brief:** `docs/sdl-pipeline-refactor-brief.md` on engineering `main` (PR #62
  merged; branch deleted). Engineering local clone back on `main`, clean.
- **Session repo** (ecomm-content worktree): clean, no commits, nothing to land.
- **Drafts:** 6 SDLC drafts deleted (filed). 4 unfiled `s42-*` drafts remain —
  resumable next session, untouched (not this session's).
- **Memory:** added `sdl-pipeline-refactor-captured.md` + index line + Next /goal.

## What lands on the operator's plate

- Nothing blocking. The backlog is filed and visible on both trackers.
- The six issues are `priority` provisional (WSJF best-effort) — re-rank at triage
  if desired.
- F1 (engineering#63) is the docs-lead spine and **blocks** F2–F5 — it should be
  the first to move.

## Prompt the operator can paste into the next session

```
/goal Start F1 of the SDLC pipeline refactor — handbook reconciliation in
wiggleverse/engineering (issue #63). Brainstorm/plan the §3.3 accretion rule,
the §4.3 slice-retirement (Feature = one SPEC = one plan = one execution; Stories
become standalone leaf issues, R2(b)), the solution-design GUIDE/TEMPLATE updates,
and the documented home of the Claude-Design-vs-Code decision. Source of record:
engineering docs/sdl-pipeline-refactor-brief.md. This is the docs-lead spine that
F2–F5 (dev-plugin #126–129) cite — land it first.
```

## Deferred decisions

_None — careful posture; every fork was put to the operator (session type,
tracker split, decomposition cut, brief-publish method)._