session-history/dev-claude-plugin/0057/SESSION-0057.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-10T10-52--2026-06-10T14-29.md

# Session 0057.0 — Transcript

> App: dev-claude-plugin
> Start: 2026-06-10T10-52 (PST)
> End: 2026-06-10T14-29 (PST)
> Type: brainstorming
> Claude-Session: a5e19ad5-d469-486f-a8cd-ace3b25d4a47
> Status: **FINALIZED**

## Anchor & objective

> Anchor: **#79** — "Validate an issue's `type/*` against the work shape at create &
> triage" (Feature B of Epic **#77**; unblocked by **#78**'s graduated taxonomy
> design). Eligibility (R1): #79 is `type/feature` (non-epic) → ELIGIBLE to anchor a
> Solution Design.

**Launch prompt:** *"Explore #79 (validate type/* vs the work shape at create &
triage) and write its Solution-Design spec — the validation half of Epic #77,
unblocked by #78."*

A brainstorming session: explore #79's problem space and author its reviewed
Solution Design, section-by-section, submitted to the content repo `specs/` at
finalize.

## Pre-state

- Plugin repo on `main`, **2 commits behind** `origin/main` (other sessions had
  shipped to 0.44.0); loaded plugin pin was **0.37.0** (cache lag flagged at
  SessionStart). 16/17 untriaged feedback issues flagged (TRIAGE OVERDUE) — noted,
  not actioned (out of this goal's scope).
- Three in-flight `--INPROGRESS` sessions at claim: 0035 (overnight), 0048 (01:13),
  **0056 (09:25, ~90 min old — plausibly live)**.
- Inputs available: the #79 issue; **#78's graduated design** (`content/specs/2026-`
  `06-10-canonical-issue-type-taxonomy-design.md`) defining the canonical §4.3
  taxonomy; `wgl-capture` Step 4's size-challenge (the capture-side precedent).

## Session arc (turn by turn)

1. **Gate + init.** Classified the prompt as **brainstorming** (≥90%); invoked
   `wgl-brainstorming`. Claimed session **0057** (`--type brainstorming`). Because
   0056 was plausibly live (Step 6b), set up an **isolated worktree** via native
   `EnterWorktree` → branch `worktree-session-0057` (fresh from `origin/main`, which
   also resolved the behind-by-2). Ran the eligibility gate: #79 `type/feature` →
   ELIGIBLE. Recorded the anchor in the placeholder Plan block.

2. **Orientation / inputs.** No roadmap repo for this app → the anchor IS the
   tracker issue. Read #79, #77, #78 issue bodies; read #78's full graduated design
   (the §4.3 definition the validator checks against); read the solution-design
   TEMPLATE and `wgl-capture` Step 4. Formed the design thesis: two hard constraints
   (Gitea Actions inert + no always-on service to receive a webhook) + shape-fit is
   non-deterministic → an LLM-judge against §4.3 with deterministic plumbing
   (§4.2), realized house-consistently as capture-side + a poll-and-notice net.

3. **§1 Business Context** — drafted, committed, pushed, presented at the rendered
   `src/branch/…` URL. **Gate A** (AskUserQuestion): operator confirmed the
   "no-new-infra" frame.

4. **§2 Solution Proposal** — one shared §4.3-citing judge consumed at two seams
   (capture-side + poll-and-notice net), advisory `typecheck:*` flag (never
   relabel), confident-only, fail-open; webhook+receiver as the principal deferred
   alternative. **Gate B** (the critical seam decision): operator replied **"Can we
   do this only capture-side to start?"** → added §2.4 phasing (capture-side =
   Phase 1; the net = Phase 2).

5. **§§3–6** — non-interactive automation (personas/UX thin; §5.1 = the flag-comment
   format), §6 the meat: invariants (flag-not-relabel, confident-only, re-type
   re-judges, fail-open), labels-as-state (no datastore), the judge contract, the
   deterministic scripts, per-PUC sequences, testing (golden set + mocked gitea-api;
   E2E browser N/A), failure modes, migration (build follows #78's §4.3 impl).
   **Gate C:** operator raised the durability question — *"where should Phase 2 live
   so it isn't lost when #79 closes?"* — and, after I recommended a sibling Feature,
   probed the deeper question of how to represent **multi-phase work** without
   spawning N issues.

6. **The multi-phase decision.** Weighed three options (Epic-body+rolling-wave /
   separate one-pager / a layer above Epic). Recommended **Epic-body + rolling
   wave** (uses the existing §4.3 "Epic is never fully decomposed up front"
   principle). Operator chose it. Executed:
   - **Filed #102** (Feature C, `type/feature`/P3) — the server-side net (Phase 2),
     under Epic #77, blocked-by #79.
   - **Filed engineering#36** (`type/feature`/P2) — canonicalize Epic-as-rolling-wave
     / a-Feature-is-one-increment in handbook §4.3 + skill enforcement (operator
     ask, mid-session).
   - **Filed #103** (`type/feature`/P2) — Capture checks for duplicates/related work
     before filing + checks in with the user (operator ask; I first searched the
     tracker for an existing one — none — practicing the very behavior requested).
   - **PATCHed Epic #77's body** to the durable A/B/C phase roadmap + north-star.
   - **Re-scoped the #79 spec** to Phase 1 (capture-side); pointed Phase-2 detail at
     #102.

7. **§7–§14** — delivery slicing (SLICE-1 judge+labels → SLICE-2 capture
   integration), metrics, minimal telemetry (labels = observability), ops, docs
   plan, traceability (PP-2/PP-3 honestly carried by #102), decisions log D1–D7.

8. **Operator review caught Phase-2 lingering in §6.2.** Trimmed all Phase-2 *build*
   detail out of §6 (architecture diagram, scripts, sequences, tests, failure
   modes) and §4 PUCs down to **#102 reuse-boundary pointers** — only the shared
   judge + `typecheck:*` labels (built here, reused by the net) remain.

9. **Approval + finalize.** Operator approved. Marked the spec `approved` / v1.0.0.
   Submitted it **graduated** to the content repo (`submit-spec.sh` → `ed7c11f`).
   Tore down the worktree (7 scaffolding commits discarded — the canonical spec
   lives in the content repo, not plugin main, matching #78). Deleted the remote
   scaffolding branch; ff-synced local main to 0.44.0. Ran `update-plugin.sh`
   (0.37.0 → 0.44.0 live for the next session). Updated memory; published this
   transcript.

## Output / artifacts

- **Graduated:** `wiggleverse-dev-claude-plugin-content/specs/2026-06-10-issue-type-`
  `validation-design.md` (v1.0.0, `status:graduated`).
- **Filed:** #102 (Feature C / Phase-2 net), engineering#36 (Epic-as-rolling-wave
  canon), #103 (capture dedup-check).
- **Edited:** Epic #77 body (A/B/C phase roadmap + north-star).
- **Plugin pin:** 0.37.0 → 0.44.0 (live next session; restart/`/clear` to load).

## Key design decisions (D1–D7, in the spec §13)

D1 no new always-on infra (reuse the SessionStart-notice pattern) · D2 capture-side
first, Phase 2 → #102 (Epic-as-rolling-wave) · D3 advisory label+comment flag, never
relabel · D4 LLM-judge not heuristic · D5 Gitea labels + timeline = state · D6
confident-only (precision over recall) · D7 the Epic body is the rolling-wave phase
roadmap; a Feature is one increment (→ engineering#36).

## Deferred decisions

- **Worktree on a *plausibly*-live 0056 (not certainly-live).** Chose isolation
  anyway (cheap insurance; the spec is branch→PR→merge work). Low regret — the
  worktree teardown was clean.
- **Issue type for engineering#36 — Feature vs Story.** Sized it a **Feature**
  (matches #78's "promote a process rule + re-point skills" precedent and the real
  enforcement-design surface), noting it could be a Story if no enforcement design
  is needed. The very #79/#102 validator would one day check this call.
- **#79 build vs #78 §4.3 implementation timing (spec Q2).** Whether SLICE-1 can
  build the judge against #78's graduated *design* text before the handbook §4.3 is
  written, or must wait for it. Left open for the build session.

## Next /goal

**Plan-and-execute #78** — implement its graduated design: write canonical handbook
**§4.3** in `wiggleverse/engineering/README.md` (5 types + sizing cascade +
co-located #64 design-depth gate incl. R4 + worked examples) and re-point consumers
(`wgl-capture` Step 4, the #64 gate language + INV-6, `check-issue-eligibility.sh`,
the Capture RFC §4 supersession note). A **planning-and-executing** session anchored
on the graduated #78 design (R2a). **It is the unblocker of the whole #77 chain** —
§4.3 must exist as handbook text before #79's type-fit judge can cite it (INV-1),
and engineering#36 extends the same §4.3 (fold its rule in).