# Session 0004.0 — Transcript

> App: dev-claude-plugin
> Date: 2026-06-03 (PST) · Start 18-26 · End 18-41
> Goal: Make the session bookend skills self-healing — finalize should create a
> transcript when none exists, both bookends should create a missing `app.json`,
> and publishing the transcript should never require approval.
> Outcome: Shipped as source **0.5.0**, merged to `main` and pushed. Not yet
> installed (running session used the 0.3.0 cache).

## Plan

1. Update `wgl-coding-session-finalize` so step 8 always produces a transcript
   (case 3 auto-creates instead of asking).
2. Make a missing `app.json` self-heal in finalize too, the same way init does —
   by extracting the procedure into a shared `wgl-session-common` fragment both
   bookends point at.
3. Make transcript publish (claim / checkpoint / publish) pre-authorized — no
   approval gate — stated canonically in the protocol, carved out of
   `finalize-core.md`, carried in both skills.
4. (Follow-up, mid-session) Drop the operator confirmation for `app.json`
   creation too — auto-derive the One Name, unattended.

## Pre-session state

- Clean, pushed `main`; source `plugin.json` at **0.4.0** (ahead of the 0.3.0
  cache the session ran from).
- Init had already grown a rich inline guided `app.json` creation (Step 3) and
  finalize a 3-case transcript ladder — so the asks were refinements, not net-new.
- One other session (0003) was in flight at start; it finalized at 18-27.

## Turn-by-turn arc

1. **session-init (0004 claimed).** Computed start `2026-06-03T18-26`, resolved
   app `dev-claude-plugin` via `resolve-app.py`, claimed `0004` (push to
   `wiggleverse/session-history`). Surfaced in-flight 0003. Baseline clean; no
   roadmap repo, so no auto `/goal`.
2. **Spec, not a plan.** `/executing-plans` was invoked with a feature
   description (no plan file). Read the *source* finalize/init SKILLs + the shared
   `finalize-core.md` / `SESSION-PROTOCOL.md` (not the 0.3.0 cache). Found the
   source already ahead of the running cache.
3. **Designed + implemented (first branch `feat/session-auto-transcript-and-publish`).**
   - New shared `skills/wgl-session-common/create-app-json.md` (extracted from
     init's inline procedure).
   - init SKILL: inline procedure → pointer; added publish-no-approval rule.
   - finalize SKILL: step 8 case 3 auto-creates (no ask) + uses the shared
     fragment when no `app.json`; publish carve-out.
   - `finalize-core.md`: removed "publishing" from gated ops + carve-out.
   - `SESSION-PROTOCOL.md`: canonical "transcript is pre-authorized" callout.
   - `plugin.json` 0.4.0 → 0.5.0; `CLAUDE.md` bundle inventory updated.
   - Verified cross-file consistency (no stale refs; JSON valid). Merged
     `--no-ff` to `main` locally per operator choice; branch deleted.
4. **Refinement (second branch `feat/app-json-no-confirm`).** Operator: "you
   don't need to verify the app.json with the operator." Made `app.json` creation
   unattended — auto-derive the One Name, drop every confirm/operator-gate phrase
   across the fragment, both SKILLs, the protocol, and `CLAUDE.md`; retitled the
   headings off "(guided)". Folded into the unreleased 0.5.0. Merged `--no-ff`
   and **pushed `main`** (operator go-ahead).
5. **Finalize (this skill).** Survey clean; updated memory; wrote + published
   this transcript.

## Cut state (end of session)

`main` clean and even with `origin/main` at `7624645`. Source `plugin.json` =
0.5.0, pushed, **not installed** (session ran the 0.3.0 cache throughout).

| SHA | What |
| --- | --- |
| `4dc8b62` | session skills: auto-create transcript, share app.json creation, pre-authorize publish |
| `e46a100` | merge `feat/session-auto-transcript-and-publish` |
| `192c7a8` | session skills: app.json creation is unattended (no operator gate) |
| `7624645` | merge `feat/app-json-no-confirm` (HEAD of `origin/main`) |

Files touched: `skills/wgl-session-common/create-app-json.md` (new),
`skills/wgl-coding-session-{init,finalize}/SKILL.md`,
`skills/wgl-session-common/{finalize-core.md,SESSION-PROTOCOL.md}`,
`.claude-plugin/plugin.json`, `CLAUDE.md`.

## What lands on the operator's plate

- **Install 0.5.0** to make the new behavior live: `/plugin marketplace update` +
  reinstall. Until then sessions run the 0.3.0 cache (old "ask before transcript"
  behavior).
- **Open follow-ups** (see memory `project_dev_claude_plugin.md`): the dev-env CLI
  `app.json` verb (canonical creator that doesn't exist yet); the `~/.claude/**`
  settings guard that blocks Write/Edit on the memory dir (clean fix: a
  `permissions.allow` carve-out for `…/projects/**/memory/**`).

## Prompt the operator can paste into the next session

```
/wgl-coding-session-init

Plugin source is at 0.5.0 (pushed to origin/main) but no session has it installed
yet — the 0.3.0 cache is still what runs. First move: /plugin marketplace update
+ reinstall, then confirm the new session-skill behavior is live (finalize should
auto-create a transcript; app.json creation is unattended). Read memory
project_dev_claude_plugin.md for the full 0004 change list and the two open
follow-ups (dev-env CLI app.json verb; the ~/.claude memory-write settings guard).
```