# Manual smoke — F8 out-of-workspace authoring

Confirms "Ask Claude to Edit Selection" (+ threads / attribution) work on a file
**outside** the workspace folder and on an **untitled** buffer, while in-workspace
authoring is unchanged. One live turn hits the SDK (the only LLM step).

Spec: `vscode-cowriting-plugin-content/specs/coauthoring-out-of-workspace.md`.

## Prereqs
- Build: `npm run build`.
- Launch the Extension Development Host (F5 in VS Code) with this repo's `sandbox/`
  opened as the workspace folder.

## A. Out-of-folder file (PUC-1)
1. Open a markdown file from a DIFFERENT directory (outside `sandbox/`) — e.g. a
   sibling repo, or `File > Open` a scratch file under `/tmp`.
2. Select a sentence → Command Palette → **Cowriting: Ask Claude to Edit Selection**
   → type an instruction → wait for the proposal (amber range + ✓/✗).
3. Accept (✓). Expect: the text is replaced and shows the Claude attribution tint.
4. Add a coauthoring thread on a selection (**Add Coauthoring Thread on Selection**).
5. Close and reopen the file (or revert). Expect: the thread + attribution are
   restored. There is **no** `.threads/` folder beside the file — its state lives
   in VS Code global storage (`<globalStorage>/sidecars/<hash>.json`).

## B. Untitled buffer (PUC-2)
1. `File > New File` (don't save) → type a few sentences.
2. Select → **Ask Claude to Edit Selection** → instruct → accept. Expect: it works
   exactly like A, in-session.
3. Reload the window (Developer: Reload Window). Expect: the untitled buffer's
   coauthoring state is **gone** (in-memory only — documented limitation, §6.7).

## C. In-workspace unchanged (PUC-3)
1. Open a file UNDER `sandbox/`. Repeat the propose→accept→thread loop.
2. Expect: a committable `sandbox/.threads/<path>.json` sidecar is written, exactly
   as before F8 (byte-for-byte, INV-2).

## D. Read-only view declines (PUC-5)
1. Open a Git diff / Output view, select text, run **Ask Claude to Edit Selection**.
2. Expect: a warning that this kind of document can't be edited (not "select some
   text").

## E. Folder-less (optional)
1. Launch the EDH with **no folder** open. Open an untitled buffer or `File > Open`
   any file. Repeat A/B. Expect: authoring works (every doc routes to global
   storage); the commands are not stubbed.