# Session 0006.0 — Transcript

> App: dev-claude-plugin
> Date: 2026-06-03 (PST), 19:00–20:19
> Goal: Make `wgl-coding-session-init` memory-aware and concurrency-safe, and add a hard session gate that holds work until a session is declared.
> Outcome: Shipped. Two features merged direct to `main` (`a695c55`); plugin bumped 0.5.1 → 0.7.0. Source-only — takes effect on re-install.

## Plan

Three pieces of work, claimed retroactively at finalize (the session opened via
`/superpowers:executing-plans`, not `wgl-coding-session-init`, so no ID was
claimed up front):

1. `wgl-coding-session-init`: read repo memory to emit a `/executing-plans`
   resume line; warn + gate before starting a session concurrent with an
   unfinalized one (yolo warns but proceeds).
2. A session-start gate that errors on any prompt until
   `wgl-coding-session-init` / `wgl-spec-session-init` / `wgl-session-ignore` is
   invoked; plus the new `wgl-session-ignore` opt-out skill.
3. Finalize: land the work and record it.

## Pre-session state

- `main` at `496a97c` (PR #2 merged earlier 2026-06-03). Working tree clean.
- Source `plugin.json` version 0.5.1; installed/running plugin cache lagging at
  0.3.0 (the recurring install-lag gotcha).
- `wgl-coding-session-init` had 8 steps; Step 3 claimed the ID, Step 4 surfaced
  in-flight sessions, Step 8 proposed a roadmap `/goal`. No hooks in the plugin.
- Only the coding session variants exist (`-init` / `-finalize` / `-yolo`);
  `wgl-spec-session-init` is referenced in docs but unbuilt.

## Turn-by-turn arc

1. **`/superpowers:executing-plans`** with args: make init read memory for the
   next step and emit `/executing-plans Next part of plan…`, and warn/ask before
   starting a session while another is in flight (yolo: warn but proceed).
   - Read init + yolo + finalize-core + `claim-session-id.sh`. Found the claim
     script's `--dry-run` already lists active `--INPROGRESS` sessions *before*
     the push — so the concurrency gate could run pre-claim, avoiding an orphan
     placeholder if the operator declines.
   - Restructured Step 3 into 3a peek (dry-run) → 3b gate (warn; ask unless yolo)
     → 3c claim, folding the old "surface in-flight" Step 4 in. Added a new
     Step 7 that reads auto-memory and emits the `/executing-plans` line, taking
     precedence over the roadmap `/goal` (now Step 8). Renumbered; net step count
     unchanged so "Step 8" cross-refs held. Updated frontmatter + docs table.
     Bumped 0.5.1 → 0.6.0.
   - Operator: "branch, commit, and push." → branch
     `feat/init-concurrency-gate-and-memory-resume`, commit `0e24322`, pushed.

2. **"Update the plugin main skill md"** to add the gate + create
   `wgl-session-ignore`.
   - Surfaced the real constraint: there is no "main skill md," and a skill body
     can't gate the first prompt (it only loads once invoked). The gate must ride
     in on session start. Asked the operator where it should live →
     **SessionStart hook (plugin).**
   - Modeled the hook on the superpowers plugin's working SessionStart hook
     (`hooks/hooks.json` is auto-discovered; no `plugin.json` entry needed).
     Built `hooks/hooks.json` (matcher `startup|clear` so compaction never
     re-gates), `hooks/session-start` (reads gate md → emits
     `hookSpecificOutput.additionalContext`, validated as JSON), and
     `hooks/session-gate.md` (the rule + exact error string, "or or" typo fixed
     to "or"). Created `skills/wgl-session-ignore/SKILL.md`. Updated README +
     CLAUDE.md; bumped 0.6.0 → 0.7.0.
   - Operator: "yes. Same branch." → commit `8d43833`, pushed (stacked).

3. **`/wgl-coding-session-finalize`.**
   - Survey: branch clean + pushed, 2 commits ahead of `main`, no PR. `gh` not
     installed (Gitea host anyway; no `tea`/`glab` either). No transcript claimed
     this session.
   - Operator chose **merge to main now**. Merged `--no-ff` → `a695c55`, pushed
     `main`, deleted the feature branch (local + remote). Updated memory.
     Operator opted to create the transcript with start ~19:00.

### Wrong turns / friction (kept, no curation)

- Assumed `gh` for PR survey; it isn't installed and this is Gitea — pivoted to
  the operator-choice flow for landing the branch.
- Mistyped `hooks.json` for `hooks/hooks.json` in a `json.tool` validation
  command (FileNotFoundError); re-ran with the correct path, valid.

## Cut state (end of session)

Repo `wiggleverse/wiggleverse-dev-claude-plugin`, `main` synced to origin:

| SHA | What |
| --- | --- |
| `0e24322` | feat(init): concurrency gate (dry-run peek/gate/claim) + memory resume pointer; 0.5.1→0.6.0 |
| `8d43833` | feat(gate): SessionStart session gate (`hooks/`) + `wgl-session-ignore`; 0.6.0→0.7.0 |
| `a695c55` | Merge `feat/init-concurrency-gate-and-memory-resume` → `main` (`--no-ff`) |

- Feature branch deleted local + remote. `feat/wgl-dev-handbook-skill` still on
  origin — unrelated, untouched.
- `plugin.json` version **0.7.0** on `main`. Installed cache still **0.3.0** —
  the gate and new init behavior are NOT live until re-install.
- session-history: 0006 claimed at `5e51942` (placeholder), finalized + published
  by this transcript.

## What lands on the operator's plate

1. **Re-install the plugin** (`/plugin marketplace update` + `/plugin install`)
   to make 0.7.0 live — including the SessionStart gate, which then fires on
   **every** session machine-wide. `wgl-session-ignore` is the opt-out for
   non-wgl work.
2. **Build `wgl-spec-session-init`** — the gate's error names it as a valid
   session declaration, but only the coding variants exist.
3. Standing follow-ups: dev-env CLI `app.json` verb (create-app-json.md points at
   a verb that doesn't exist); a `permissions.allow` carve-out for
   `…/projects/**/memory/**` so memory writes don't need Bash.

## Prompt the operator can paste into the next session

```
Re-install the wiggleverse-dev-claude-plugin (it's at 0.7.0 on main, cache is 0.3.0)
so the new SessionStart session gate goes live, then verify the gate fires and that
/wgl-session-ignore lifts it. Then build wgl-spec-session-init — the gate's error
names it as a valid session declaration but only the coding-session variants exist.
See memory: project-dev-claude-plugin.
```