# Session 0073.0 — Transcript

> App: dev-claude-plugin
> Start: 2026-06-12T01-18 (PST)
> Type: planning-and-executing
> Posture: yolo
> End: 2026-06-12T01-43 (PST)
> Claude-Session: 71591d4d-5fcd-4a78-99b0-c2c1adbfc006
> Status: **FINALIZED.**
>
> Planning-and-executing session: planned and shipped SLICE-4 of the design-handoff
> spec (the `wgl-design-handoff` orchestration verb). PR #122 merged, plugin 0.55.0.

## Session arc

1. **Gate + claim.** Classified the `/goal plan-and-execute SLICE-4` opener as
   planning-and-executing; claimed session 0073 (canonical clone, first gesture).
   Five `--INPROGRESS` placeholders in flight (0035/0048/0058/0068 stale, 0065 the
   live content-repo #102 brainstorm) → isolated in worktree
   `worktree-session-0073-design-handoff-slice4` (§5.4 / 3b mandate). Clean `main`
   baseline.
2. **Orient.** Read the graduated design `specs/2026-06-11-design-handoff-design.md`
   §7.2 SLICE-4 (anchor; R2a plan-eligible) + the SLICE-2/3 outputs
   (`home-design-bundle.sh`, `link-design-issue.sh`), the reuse targets
   (`submit-spec.sh`, `gitea-api.sh`), and the SLICE-3 test harness as the pattern.
   Recorded the plan in this transcript + checkpointed it.
3. **TDD (red→green).** Wrote `test-design-handoff.sh` first (19 assertions across
   pure transform / orchestrator delegation / #99 cooperation) — watched it fail
   (scripts absent). Implemented `backfill-spec-design.sh` (the pure core) then
   `wgl-design-handoff.sh` (the verb). Two real bugs surfaced in the cycle: (a)
   `python3 - <<'PY'` consumes stdin as the program, losing the piped spec → switched
   to `python3 -c "$PROG"`; (b) empty-array `"${arr[@]}"` under `set -u` is an
   unbound-variable error in macOS bash 3.2.57 → guarded with `${arr[@]+"${arr[@]}"}`.
   Also corrected one over-counting test assertion. 19/19 green under bash 3.2.57;
   siblings 17/17 + 10/10 regression-clean.
4. **Docs + ship.** Wrote `SKILL.md` (DOC-2) + the `CLAUDE.md` inventory bullet
   (DOC-4); bumped `plugin.json` 0.54.0 → 0.55.0; `scripts/lint.sh --check-bump`
   clean (shellcheck skipped — install sandbox-blocked). Commit `0467240` → PR #122
   → merged (`8cca4c1`).
5. **#93 close blocked.** The `Closes #93` didn't take: Gitea returns **412** because
   #93 is **blocked-by the still-open #98**. The #93 deliverable is in fact shipped
   (SLICE-1 doc half + this SLICE-4 backfill), so the edge reads stale — left #93
   open with an explanatory comment; logged as a deferred decision for the operator.
6. **Finalize.** Archived the plan (`plans/2026-06-12-design-handoff-slice4-plan.md`,
   content `395d07a`); tore down the worktree (commit verified on origin/main); made
   the pin live 0.52.0→0.55.0 via `update-plugin.sh`; updated memory; published this
   transcript.

## Next /goal

```
/goal plan-and-execute SLICE-5 of the design-handoff spec — wgl-planning-and-executing orientation reads the anchor **Designs:** line + the spec slice **Design:** field, surfaces the design path, and WARNS when a UX slice's design is pending/absent (soft gate; #99 owns the hard block). Depends on SLICE-1/3 (shipped). Per specs/2026-06-11-design-handoff-design.md §7.2
```

SLICE-5 is the last slice; it completes the design-handoff spec (PUC-2/2a, PP-1).
Separately, the operator may want to drop the stale #98→#93 dependency edge and
close #93.

## Launch prompt

`/goal plan-and-execute SLICE-4 of the design-handoff spec — the wgl-design-handoff
verb + SKILL.md tying home + link + spec **Design:** backfill + #99 cooperation
into one motion; closes #93. Per specs/2026-06-11-design-handoff-design.md §7.2`

## Plan

> Anchor: design `specs/2026-06-11-design-handoff-design.md` (v1.0.0, graduated) · §7.2 SLICE-4
> Anchor issues: #95 (storage/linkage), #93 (spec **Design:** field — closed by this slice)
> Related: #99 (Gitea-workflow engine — graceful cooperation, INV-4)
> Eligibility: graduated Solution Design → R2a plan-eligible.
> Worktree: `worktree-session-0073-design-handoff-slice4` (concurrent 0065 in flight).

SLICE-4 — the `wgl-design-handoff` orchestration verb tying SLICE-2 (home) + SLICE-3
(link) + spec `**Design:**` backfill + #99 cooperation into one motion (PUC-1/1a/3).
Bottom-up TDD, offline + fixture-tested (§6.8); reuses `home-design-bundle.sh`,
`link-design-issue.sh`, `submit-spec.sh`, `gitea-api.sh` unchanged.

1. **Pure backfill transform** — `backfill-spec-design.sh set-field --slice ID
   --design PATH` (stdin spec → stdout): replace the named slice section's single
   `**Design:**` line value; idempotent; not-found → error (never silent-insert in
   the wrong place). The testable core (mirrors SLICE-3's `upsert-body-line`).
2. **Orchestrator** — `wgl-design-handoff.sh --zip --ticket N [--spec] [--slice]
   [--ui-designs-ticket M] [--repo] [--dry-run]`: resolve slug (issue title via GET
   → `--slug` override → zip top-dir peek), then home (SLICE-2, `--slug`) → link
   (SLICE-3, `--design ui/designs/N-slug/`) → backfill spec (`set-field` →
   `submit-spec.sh`, status-preserving) → close "UI Designs for #N" ticket
   (explicit `--ui-designs-ticket` or discover-by-title; INV-4 clean no-op
   otherwise, never fails the core). Sub-scripts resolved via `CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT`
   (testable).
3. **Tests** — `test-design-handoff.sh`: (A) pure transform insert-skip/replace/
   idempotent/not-found/multi-slice-scoping; (B) orchestrator delegation +
   slug-from-title via argv-logging stubs + fake gitea-api GET; (C) #99 no-op when
   no ticket, close when present/named; (D) re-run idempotency.
4. **Docs** — `skills/wgl-design-handoff/SKILL.md` (DOC-2: the verb + the design
   loop); plugin `CLAUDE.md` skills inventory (DOC-4).
5. **Ship** — `plugin.json` 0.54.0 → 0.55.0; lint `--check-bump`; commit; PR; merge.
   Closes #93 (its doc half shipped SLICE-1; the backfill mechanism is SLICE-4).

No deployable runtime surface — plugin scripts/skills only (§9 reduces to tests +
lint green, merged, version bumped, re-install at finalize via update-plugin.sh).

## 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._

- **#93 stays OPEN despite SLICE-4 shipping its mechanism.** The spec/goal said
  SLICE-4 "closes #93", but Gitea refuses the close with **412 — #93 is
  blocked-by #98** ("UI Design artifact + R4 planning-time enforcement", still
  open) via the tracker's issue-dependency wiring. The #93 deliverable (the
  required per-slice `**Design:**` field convention + the easy backfill gesture)
  is in fact done (SLICE-1 + this SLICE-4, merged in PR #122 / plugin 0.55.0), so
  the blocked-by edge reads as **stale**. Removing a dependency edge to force the
  close is a reversible-but-structural tracker decision with no clearly preferred
  answer, so I left #93 open and posted an explanatory comment (it will close
  when #98 resolves, or when the operator drops the stale #98→#93 dependency).
  **Operator call:** drop the #98 blocked-by edge on #93 and close it, or keep
  #93 open pending #98.

## Outcome

SLICE-4 shipped: the `wgl-design-handoff` orchestration verb +
`backfill-spec-design.sh` pure transform + SKILL.md (DOC-2) + CLAUDE.md inventory
(DOC-4), plugin 0.54.0 → 0.55.0. Tests 19/19 (offline, hermetic); siblings 17/17 +
10/10 regression-clean; `scripts/lint.sh --check-bump` clean (shellcheck skipped —
local install sandbox-blocked, deferred). PR #122 merged to `main`; branch deleted.
The design-handoff spec is now complete through SLICE-4; only **SLICE-5**
(planning-and-executing orientation awareness — warn on `**Design:** pending`)
remains.