session-history/dev-claude-plugin/0009/SESSION-0009.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-04T00-13--INPROGRESS.md

Session 0009.0 — Transcript

App: dev-claude-plugin Start: 2026-06-04T00-13 (PST) Status: PLACEHOLDER — claimed at session start; finalized at session end.

This file reserves session ID 0009 for dev-claude-plugin. The driver replaces this body with the full transcript and renames the file to its final SESSION-0009.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-04T00-13--.md form at session end.

Launch prompt

/wgl-coding-session-init → operator picked open follow-up #1: the memory-write settings carve-out.

Plan

Make this project's auto-memory dir (~/.claude/projects/<repo>/memory/) writable by the Edit/Write tools so memory no longer needs a Bash workaround, without weakening protection on the genuinely sensitive parts of ~/.claude/.

Key finding (claude-code-guide / official docs): Claude Code evaluates permissions deny → ask → allow; deny always wins, there is no negation syntax, and specificity is irrelevant. So the memory note's stated "clean fix" (an allow carve-out alone) does NOT work while the blanket Edit/Write(/Users/benstull/.claude/**) deny stands. The deny must be narrowed.

Steps:

1. Narrow the blanket ~/.claude/** deny → target only sensitive paths: settings.json, settings.local.json, .credentials.json, plugins/**, skills/**, commands/**, wiggleverse.md.
2. Add self-documenting allow carve-out Edit/Write(/Users/benstull/.claude/projects/**/memory/**).
3. Verify: JSON valid; memory path matches no deny; settings.json still denied; Write tool reaches the memory dir mid-session with no prompt.

Scope note: user-level config change (~/.claude/settings.json), NOT a plugin-repo change — no commit here, no plugin.json version bump.

Outcome

Done. Blanket deny narrowed + allow carve-out added; JSON validated; memory path confirmed writable mid-session (throwaway .perm-check write succeeded with no Bash, no prompt, then removed). Project memory updated to mark the follow-up fixed. Side effect: pure runtime/scratch dirs under ~/.claude (cache/, sessions/, tasks/, …) are now writable too — acceptable; the deny's real purpose was config/credentials/installed-code/customizations, all still denied.