# Session 0001.0 — Transcript

> App: vscode-cowriting-plugin
> Start: 2026-06-09T21-55 (PST)
> End: 2026-06-09T23-31 (PST)
> Type: capture
> Status: **FINALIZED**

## Launch prompt

"Use flotilla to create a new app. It's not a webapp — it's a Visual Studio
plugin so no GCP infra required. Similar to the Claude plugin. I've already
created this repo and the *-content repo and both are cloned locally."

Mid-session pivot: "Let's capture approach A as an epic in Gitea and create a
single Feature, which I'd like you to recommend as the first tiny thing we can
build that gets the scaffolding in place and on track. It isn't a shippable
thing — just proof of concept that gives us a starting point."

## Pre-state

- Two brand-new, empty repos cloned locally (`.git` only, no commits):
  `vscode-cowriting-plugin` and `vscode-cowriting-plugin-content`, under
  `benstull/` on `git.benstull.org`.
- No `app.json`, so the repo was not yet a registered Wiggleverse app.
- Local clone remotes used stale aliases (`vs-code-cowriting-plugin`,
  `vs-cowriting-plugin-content`) that Gitea 301-redirects to the canonical
  `vscode-cowriting-plugin(-content)`.

## The arc

1. **Session gate / classification.** Opened as planning-and-executing; used the
   `superpowers:brainstorming` skill to explore intent because the request was
   greenfield and underspecified.

2. **Discovery — what the app actually is.** "Flotilla" turned out not to map:
   the `launch-app` suite is for GCP-deployed standard-stack webapps, none of
   which applies to a no-infra VS Code extension. "Similar to the Claude plugin"
   + "the RFC app experience" + "built on Clide" resolved, after clarification,
   to: the **inner-loop coauthoring experience** from `ben.stull/rfc-app#48`,
   delivered as a VS Code extension on local files. "Clide" was a typo for
   **Cline** (github.com/cline/cline) — the open-source coding-agent extension.

3. **Architecture decision (Approach A).** Researched Cline: it ships
   `@cline/sdk` (programmatic agent API + plugin/tool registration + MCP,
   Apache-2.0). That makes a **standalone extension on `@cline/sdk`** the clean
   answer to rfc-app#48's open Q2 (standalone vs. fork vs. companion) — no fork,
   own coauthoring UI. Operator chose **scaffold + register only** as the scope.

4. **Pivot to capture.** Operator updated the plugin (0.24.0 → 0.27.0) for the
   new `wgl-capture` skill and asked to capture Approach A as a Gitea **Epic** +
   one first **Feature** (a recommended tiny POC), rather than scaffold directly.
   Switched into a `capture` session.

5. **App registration + naming reconciliation.** Authored `app.json` (no CLI
   emits it). Discovered via a Gitea 301 that the canonical repo names are
   `vscode-cowriting-plugin(-content)`, not the alias remotes. Operator confirmed
   the canonical **One Name `vscode-cowriting-plugin`**. Reconciled: `app.json`
   (app + both repos), both local remotes, and the local transcript dir; pushed
   `app.json` to `main` (rebased over the claim's `sessions/0001` placeholder).

6. **Token blocker.** Filing needed a `git.benstull.org` token with the `issue`
   scope; none existed (the wiggleverse issue token 401s cross-host; the existing
   per-host benstull token 403s on issues/labels). Operator created a dedicated
   token stored in Keychain as `wgl-gitea-issues-readwrite-token-git.benstull.org`.

7. **Filed the issues.** Ensured the capture taxonomy labels, then filed:
   - **#1** `type/epic` `priority/P1` — "VS Code coauthoring plugin built on
     Cline (`@cline/sdk`)".
   - **#2** `type/feature` `priority/P1` — "POC: runnable extension skeleton that
     drives `@cline/sdk`" (parent #1; #1's decomposition links back to #2).

   The recommended first Feature (#2): the smallest non-shippable POC — repo
   builds, F5 launches the Extension Development Host with the extension active,
   one command drives `@cline/sdk` and shows a result — validating Approach A and
   becoming the skeleton F2–F5 (threads, attribution, git-native persistence)
   land in.

## Cut state

- `app.json` committed + pushed to `benstull/vscode-cowriting-plugin@main`
  (canonical One Name). Working tree clean.
- Gitea issues **#1** (Epic) and **#2** (Feature) filed and cross-linked on
  `benstull/vscode-cowriting-plugin`.
- Capture taxonomy labels created on the tracker.
- Draft issue files left **uncommitted** in
  `vscode-cowriting-plugin-content/issues/` (`coauthoring-plugin-on-cline.md`,
  `poc-extension-cline-sdk.md`) — the Author's to commit/publish or discard
  (capture INV-8).
- No code scaffolded yet (deferred by scope).

## Operator plate

- Both repos are **public** on Gitea — confirm if unintended (handbook treats
  public as a deliberate exception).
- The two draft files remain uncommitted in the content repo — publish or discard.
- Memory note was intentionally skipped at the operator's request.

## Next-session prompt

```
/goal Build Feature #2 (the POC): scaffold a standalone VS Code extension on @cline/sdk in benstull/vscode-cowriting-plugin — repo builds, F5 launches the Extension Development Host with the extension active, and one command drives @cline/sdk and shows a result. Per issues #2 (parent epic #1) and rfc-app#48. Non-shippable proof-of-concept skeleton only.
```

## Deferred decisions

_No low-confidence autonomous calls this session — the operator confirmed the
One Name, the scope (scaffold + register only), Approach A, and the filing._