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+# Session 0044.0 — Transcript
+
+> App: vscode-cowriting-plugin
+> Start: 2026-06-13T07-40 (PST)
+> Type: planning-and-executing
+> Status: **PLACEHOLDER — claimed at session start; finalized at session end.**
+>
+> This file reserves session ID 0044 for vscode-cowriting-plugin. The driver replaces this
+> body with the full transcript and renames the file to its final
+> SESSION-0044.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-13T07-40--<end>.md form at session end.
+
+## Launch prompt
+
+```
+/goal plan-and-execute #47 (SLICE-2 of the document-edit flow — document edits propose per changed block: diffToBlockHunks INV-39 supersedes INV-37, word-precise intra-block attribution INV-40, block-insertion anchoring INV-41), per specs/coauthoring-document-edit-flow.md
+
+```
+
+## 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._
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   },
   "0043": {
     "title": ""
+  },
+  "0044": {
+    "title": ""
   }
 }