relicario/docs/superpowers/coordination/architecture-review-followup-dev-a-prompt.md

Dev A Kickoff Prompt — Architecture Review Followup, Stream A (Security & Docs Polish)

For agentic workers: REQUIRED SUB-SKILL: Use superpowers:subagent-driven-development (recommended) or superpowers:executing-plans to implement the plan task-by-task once it lands.

Paste everything below the --- line into a fresh Claude Code terminal as the first user message.

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You are a senior developer owning Stream A for the Relicario architecture-review-followup work. Stream A is the small, security-flavored quick-win PR that goes first: SessionHandle Drop semantics, the matching JS-side audit, recovery_qr.rs documentation density, and the relay launcher fix for the dev-c fourth window. Goal is under-a-day, all-S effort, ships first.

A PM in another terminal coordinates you with two other senior devs. With the relay server running, you communicate via post_message / read_messages directly — no user copy-paste needed. Your plan does not exist yet. The PM is drafting it as their first action. Set up your worktree, post acknowledgement, and wait for the PM's PROCEED directive containing the plan path before starting Task 1.

Setup (do this first)

cd /home/alee/Sources/relicario
git fetch
git worktree add /home/alee/Sources/relicario.arch-followup-stream-a -b feature/arch-followup-stream-a-security-polish
cd /home/alee/Sources/relicario.arch-followup-stream-a
pwd  # should print /home/alee/Sources/relicario.arch-followup-stream-a

Note on git pull: main has uncommitted polish changes from in-flight post-v0.5.1 work. The setup above branches from local main HEAD without pulling, which is intentional. If git fetch reveals new upstream commits, surface them to the PM before incorporating.

ALL subsequent work happens in /home/alee/Sources/relicario.arch-followup-stream-a. Every subagent prompt MUST begin with cd /home/alee/Sources/relicario.arch-followup-stream-a (project memory rule — without the force-cd, subagents may commit to main).

Today: 2026-05-04. Project rules in CLAUDE.md apply (Spanish flourish in replies, capitalize "Relicario", default to "yes"/recommended, never run git-destructive commands without asking).

Required reading (in order)

1. CLAUDE.md — project rules
2. docs/superpowers/reviews/2026-05-04-architecture-review.md — synthesis (your scope is P1.1, the JS free-swallow fix, P1.7, P1.8 only)
3. docs/superpowers/reviews/2026-05-04-dev-a-notes.md — full DEV-A reviewer notes (Rust core; covers recovery_qr.rs context)
4. docs/superpowers/reviews/2026-05-04-dev-b-notes.md — full DEV-B reviewer notes (covers SessionHandle context on the WASM side)
5. docs/superpowers/reviews/2026-05-04-dev-c-notes.md — full DEV-C reviewer notes (covers the JS free-swallow + start.sh launcher context)
6. Your plan (will land at): docs/superpowers/specs/2026-05-04-security-polish-design.md — read once the PM directs you to PROCEED

Execution mode

Use superpowers:subagent-driven-development. Fresh subagent per task, two-stage review between tasks. Every subagent prompt MUST start with:

cd /home/alee/Sources/relicario.arch-followup-stream-a

…before any other instruction. This is non-negotiable per project memory.

Your scope and boundaries

In scope:

• P1.1 — impl Drop for SessionHandle in crates/relicario-wasm/src/lib.rs (and session.rs); wasm-bindgen-test for construct → drop → confirm SESSIONS registry empty; audit every .free() callsite under extension/src/ to confirm wasm.lock(handle) happens first regardless
• JS partner fix at extension/src/service-worker/session.ts:26 — remove the try { current.free() } swallow; let exceptions propagate or log + counter
• P1.7 — crates/relicario-core/src/recovery_qr.rs documentation pass to match crypto.rs / imgsecret.rs / backup.rs / tar_safe.rs density
• P1.8 — tools/relay/start.sh:80 launcher fix for the dev-c fourth window (the queue.test.ts assertion is already fixed in 061facd; only the launcher line remains)

Out of scope (other DEVs own these):

• P1.2, P1.3, P1.10 + the in-scope CLI P2s — DEV-B (Stream B)
• P1.4, P1.5, P1.6, P1.9 + the in-scope extension P2s — DEV-C (Stream C)
• Any other P2/P3 not listed in your plan
• The 8 "Open architectural decisions" at the bottom of the synthesis — those are user-judgement calls

If you trip over an out-of-scope issue or a new bug while doing your work, file a ## QUESTION TO PM block and keep moving.

Hard rules:

• P1.1 is defense-in-depth crypto. The wasm-bindgen-test covering construct → drop → registry-empty is a required acceptance gate. Do not skip or weaken it.
• The .free() callsite audit is part of P1.1. Every callsite under extension/src/ must be checked to confirm wasm.lock(handle) is called before .free(). Document the audit results in the PR.
• Do not remove the JS free-swallow before impl Drop lands. The order matters: Rust fix first (so .free() becomes meaningful cleanup), JS swallow removal second (so failures surface).
• recovery_qr.rs docs must match the existing core standard. Multi-paragraph module-level //! rationale, ASCII diagram of the 109-byte layout, doc-comments on the four public functions, comment or const for the production_params() divergence. Read crypto.rs and backup.rs first to absorb the tone.
• Test-only Argon2id params stay fast (m=256, t=1, p=1) per project convention.
• Synthetic JPEG fixtures only — no binary blobs in the test suite (project rule).
• Do not merge your branch to main. The PM owns merges.
• Do not push --force or run git reset --hard. Per CLAUDE.md: ask first.

Relay server

A message-bus MCP server is running on localhost:7331. You have three native tools:

• post_message(from, to, kind, body) — push a message; your from is always "dev-a"
• read_messages(for) — drain your inbox; call with for="dev-a" before each task
• list_pending(for) — check inbox count without consuming

Recipients: pm, dev-a, dev-b, dev-c. Use these instead of asking the user to copy-paste. Before starting each task: read_messages(for="dev-a"). After emitting any status/question block: post_message(from="dev-a", to="pm", kind="status"|"question", body="...").

Fallback: If the relay MCP tools are not registered in your session, use the Python shim:

cd /home/alee/Sources/relicario/tools/relay
python3 call.py post_message '{"from":"dev-a","to":"pm","kind":"status","body":"..."}'
python3 call.py read_messages '{"for":"dev-a"}'

Coordination protocol

You are one of four terminals. Before starting each task, call read_messages(for="dev-a") to drain your inbox.

When posting a status update, call post_message(from="dev-a", to="pm", kind="status", body="...") with the body:

## STATUS UPDATE — DEV-A
Time: <iso8601 like 2026-05-04T14:30:00-07:00>
Branch: feature/arch-followup-stream-a-security-polish
Task: <number / short name>
Status: STARTED | IN-PROGRESS | DONE | BLOCKED | REVIEW-READY
Last commit: <short sha + first line of message>
Tests: <green | red (which failed) | N/A>
Notes: <anything PM needs to know — keep to 3 sentences max>

When you need PM input mid-task:

## QUESTION TO PM — DEV-A
Time: <iso8601>
Context: <what task, what decision point>
Options: <A: ... / B: ... / C: ...>
Recommended: <your pick + one-sentence rationale>
Blocker: yes | no

You'll receive: ## DIRECTIVE TO DEV-A blocks from the PM. The first one will say Action: PROCEED with the plan path once the PM has drafted it. Acknowledge and start Task 1.

Authority within the plan

You don't need PM permission to:

• Execute task-to-task per the plan once you have it
• Make implementation decisions consistent with the plan and synthesis
• Write tests, refactor your own code, fix bugs you introduce
• Push commits to your feature branch

You do escalate to PM when:

• A scope question outside the plan
• A test you can't make green after honest debugging (don't fudge — debug)
• A discovered bug not in your plan
• Anything destructive (per CLAUDE.md)
• Before opening the PR for review

Final steps before REVIEW-READY

Run the project's full validation:

cd /home/alee/Sources/relicario.arch-followup-stream-a
cargo test
cargo build -p relicario-wasm --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
cd extension && bun run test && bun run build && cd ..
cd tools/relay && bun test && cd ../..

All four must be green. The wasm-bindgen-test for SessionHandle Drop is the headline acceptance.

Then push and open the PR:

git push -u origin feature/arch-followup-stream-a-security-polish
gh pr create --base main --head feature/arch-followup-stream-a-security-polish \
  --title "fix(security/docs): SessionHandle Drop + free-swallow + recovery_qr docs + dev-c launcher (Stream A)" \
  --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
## Summary

Stream A of the architecture-review-followup. Small security-flavored polish PR addressing four findings from the 2026-05-04 audit:

- **P1.1** — `impl Drop for SessionHandle` so `.free()` becomes a real cleanup safety net (Rust fix); `wasm-bindgen-test` for construct → drop → registry empty; audit of every `.free()` callsite under `extension/src/`
- **JS free-swallow** — removed `try { current.free() }` at `extension/src/service-worker/session.ts:26` so failures propagate
- **P1.7** — `crates/relicario-core/src/recovery_qr.rs` brought up to the documentation density of `crypto.rs` / `backup.rs` / `tar_safe.rs`
- **P1.8** — `tools/relay/start.sh:80` launcher fix for the dev-c fourth window

## Synthesis references

- `docs/superpowers/reviews/2026-05-04-architecture-review.md` — P1.1, P1.7, P1.8
- `docs/superpowers/specs/2026-05-04-security-polish-design.md` — Plan A

## Test plan

- [x] `cargo test` green
- [x] `cargo build -p relicario-wasm --target wasm32-unknown-unknown` green
- [x] `cd extension && bun run test && bun run build` green
- [x] `cd tools/relay && bun test` green (4-pass after dev-c assertion fix in 061facd)
- [x] New wasm-bindgen-test: SessionHandle construct → drop → SESSIONS registry empty
- [x] `.free()` callsite audit under `extension/src/` — every site preceded by `wasm.lock(handle)`
- [x] `start.sh` opens 4 windows including dev-c
EOF
)"

Emit a ## STATUS UPDATE with Status: REVIEW-READY and the PR URL.

First action

After reading the required inputs and setting up the worktree:

1. Call read_messages(for="dev-a") to drain any early inbox messages.
2. Emit a ## STATUS UPDATE confirming setup complete:

   ## STATUS UPDATE — DEV-A
   Time: <iso8601>
   Branch: feature/arch-followup-stream-a-security-polish
   Task: setup
   Status: DONE
   Last commit: <main HEAD sha + first line>
   Tests: N/A
   Notes: Worktree at /home/alee/Sources/relicario.arch-followup-stream-a. Synthesis + reviewer notes absorbed. Awaiting Plan A at docs/superpowers/specs/2026-05-04-security-polish-design.md.
   

3. Wait for the PM's ## DIRECTIVE TO DEV-A with Action: PROCEED and the plan path.
4. Read the plan, then start Task 1 using superpowers:subagent-driven-development.