SESSION-0004.0 — Shopify BDD analysis: content and online-store

Date: 2026-05-31 Driver: Ben Stull + Claude (Sonnet 4.6) Repos touched: wiggleverse-ecomm-meta (session record), Shopify Analysis workspace (~/projects/wiggleverse/ecomm/Claude/Shopify Analysis/ — not a git repo; flat file workspace)

Honesty note on this artifact. This is a session record authored by the assistant from the conversation — faithful and uncurated as to decisions, sequence, and wrong turns, but not the raw byte-for-byte transcript. OHM publishes raw transcripts via ohm-infra's publish-transcript.sh; ecomm has no such tooling yet. Building a transcript-dump path is a future roadmap item. Until then, records like this stand in — labeled as what they are.

Purpose

Continue the Shopify BDD scenario library. Eight domains were already complete after Sessions 2–3 (settings, products, orders, customers, marketing, discounts — 36 files, ~730 scenarios). Session 3's kickoff prompt put content/ first in the queue. This session targeted the next two domains: content/ and online-store/.

What happened, in order

Session opened; memory loaded. Ben said "Continue the Shopify BDD work." Memory was read (project-shopify-bdd.md) — confirmed the domain queue, locked style rules, and running totals (36 files, ~730 scenarios at session open). No realignment needed; picked up directly at content/.
Stale memory entry noticed and cleaned. The remaining-domains list in project-shopify-bdd.md contained content/ listed twice (lines 1 and 4) and discounts/ listed again (line 3), despite discounts already being marked complete. These were artefacts of a prior-session edit. The memory was corrected when the first domain completed.
content/ — 4 files written serially. files.md (uploading — size limits, type restrictions, video, PDF; browsing — filter, search, sort, pagination, file detail; managing — delete, bulk delete, rename, in-use guard, re-upload same name; using — rich-text insertion, PDF link, file metafield, product gallery video), metaobjects.md (defining types — create, field types, required flag, display name, deletion with and without data; managing entries — CRUD, validation, search, pagination, duplicate; storefront capabilities — access toggle, URL/handle, template assignment; type administration — rename, API identifier, delete empty vs. with entries), pages.md (create/edit — rich text, images, publish, hide, edit live, delete, duplicate; SEO and URL — custom title/description, handle, auto-generate, view URL, canonical; templates — assign, revert, no-options case; list management — search, filter, sort, bulk publish, bulk delete, count), blogs.md (managing blogs — create, rename, handle, delete empty, delete with posts, comment moderation modes; posts — create, rich text, images, featured image, publish immediately, schedule, unpublish, edit live, delete; post SEO and metadata — SEO fields, handle, auto-generate, author, tags; comments — approve, reject, delete, reply, bulk moderate; RSS feed — availability, post appears after publish, unpublished excluded). ~110 scenarios. Memory updated; running total 40 files / ~840 scenarios.
online-store/ — 4 files written serially. themes.md (browsing — view installed, browse free and paid, filter by industry, preview; install/publish — add free, purchase paid, publish with confirmation, upload ZIP, invalid ZIP guard; duplicate/rename; download and delete — download ZIP, delete unpublished, block delete-live-theme, confirmation; updates — available badge, apply update, review changelog), theme-editor.md (open — live and unpublished theme, page-type navigation, device viewport toggle; sections — add, reorder by drag, remove, hide, page scoping; blocks — add, reorder, remove, configure; settings — edit text, background, theme-wide colors/typography, featured collection, item count limit, preview live changes, save, discard-with-confirm; code editor — open, edit Liquid, create file, delete file, invalid syntax guard, asset files, locale files; versioning — view file history, restore version, revert to snapshot), navigation.md (menus — view, create, rename, delete, view handle; adding items — collection, product, page, blog, post, custom URL, home, search, custom label; reorder and nest — drag top-level, create dropdown by indent, multiple children, un-nest, reorder within sub-menu; edit and remove items — label, destination, remove with children, save; linking to theme regions — header, footer, handle-based reference), preferences.md (store identity — title, meta description, favicon, remove favicon, social sharing image; analytics — GA4 add/remove, Facebook Pixel add/remove, GDPR note; password protection — enable with password, custom message, disable, correct/incorrect password, staff bypass; spam protection — enable/disable reCAPTCHA; store status notices — trial banner, paused store, custom domain visible). ~120 scenarios. Memory updated; running total 44 files / ~960 scenarios.
Session record requested. Ben issued the record request with the exact filename pre-assigned (SESSION-0004.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-05-31.md), the target path, and explicit format instructions. He referenced SESSION-0001.0 as the house-style exemplar and named SESSION-0003.0 as the "latest existing" to check.
Sessions folder not mounted; access requested and approved. The sessions directory (~/projects/wiggleverse/ecomm/git/wiggleverse-ecomm-meta/sessions) is not one of the two pre-connected workspace folders. request_cowork_directory was called with the explicit path; Ben approved it. Read SESSION-0001.0 and SESSION-0003.0 for house style before writing.
Minor bash mount confusion. When verifying the mounted shopify path (/sessions/adoring-eager-bardeen/mnt/shopify/) it appeared empty — the mount is research/shopify, not the entire wiggleverse-ecomm-meta tree. This was a quick dead-end; the correct approach was using file tools with the host path once the sessions folder was approved.
Session record written (this file). Serial from main agent context; no subagents. Matches SESSION-0001.0 / SESSION-0003.0 house style.

Decisions citable later

Memory stale-entry cleanup is part of the update step. When a domain- done edit reveals leftover cruft (duplicate entries, already-completed items in the remaining list), fix it in the same edit — don't leave it for the next session.
online-store/ navigation.md records the menu-handle contract explicitly. Handle is set at creation, is not auto-updated on rename, and is how Liquid references menus — this is a meaningful design constraint for the platform.
Theme editor versioning is file-level, not whole-theme snapshot (outside the explicit restore-snapshot case). Captured in theme-editor.md; relevant for how we design theme management in the platform.
Serial single-agent approach continues to hold quality. Two domains × 4 files each, no style drift observed across 8 files written in a single context.

Open / carried forward

general.md first-person inconsistency — carried from Session 2, still unresolved. Ben to decide.
4 domains remaining (in queue order): analytics/, finance/, markets/, sales-channels/.
Running total: 44 files, ~960 scenarios (well above the original ~525+ estimate; final count will likely reach ~1 200+).
No git history on Shopify Analysis workspace — still a flat folder.
Sessions folder must be re-approved each session — it is not a pre-connected workspace folder; request_cowork_directory will be needed again to write the next record.

Next session

This is the next session of the ecomm Shopify BDD analysis project.

READ FIRST:
- Your memory for this project (project-shopify-bdd.md via MEMORY.md).
- ~/projects/wiggleverse/ecomm/Claude/Shopify Analysis/shopify-domain-map.md
  — the full domain list and session breakdown.
- ~/projects/wiggleverse/ecomm/git/wiggleverse-ecomm-meta/sessions/SESSION-0004.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-05-31.md
  — especially "Decisions citable later" and "Open / carried forward."

CONTEXT:
Eight domains are complete: settings/ (15 files), products/ (6 files),
orders/ (5 files), customers/ (3 files), marketing/ (4 files),
discounts/ (3 files), content/ (4 files), online-store/ (4 files).
Running total: 44 files, ~960 scenarios.

TASK: Continue writing Gherkin BDD scenarios for the remaining four domains,
in this order:

  1. analytics/     — dashboard, reports (sales/customer/acquisition/behavior/
                       inventory/finance/custom), live view
  2. finance/       — Shopify Balance, payouts, bills, tax reports
  3. markets/       — market list, create market, market pricing, currency,
                       language/translation, domain/subfolder, product
                       availability, duty/tax rules per market
  4. sales-channels/ — Online Store channel, POS, Shop app, Buy Button,
                        Facebook & Instagram, Google, TikTok, headless/Hydrogen

For each domain:
- Create a new folder under ~/projects/wiggleverse/ecomm/Claude/Shopify Analysis/
- Write one .md file per sub-section (match the Shopify admin nav labels,
  kebab-case filenames)
- Follow the locked style rules exactly (business-behavior altitude,
  first-person steps, Background block per page context, But for negatives,
  H2 headers for groups within a file, no Scenario Outlines unless a table
  genuinely adds clarity)
- After each domain, update project-shopify-bdd.md in memory

DONE WHEN: all four remaining domains are written, memory is updated, and the
session record is written to:
~/projects/wiggleverse/ecomm/git/wiggleverse-ecomm-meta/sessions/SESSION-0005.0-TRANSCRIPT-<date>.md

NOTE: The sessions folder is not pre-connected — call request_cowork_directory
for ~/projects/wiggleverse/ecomm/git/wiggleverse-ecomm-meta/sessions before
writing the record.

Session 4 closed here.

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