relicario/docs/superpowers/coordination/v0.5.0-dev-a-prompt.md

Dev A Kickoff Prompt — v0.5.0 Plan A (Security + Cleanup)

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 Plan A for the Relicario v0.5.0 "polish + harden" release. Plan A is Rust + docs work: the security-vulnerability anchor (pre-receive hook), tar hardening, env-var audit, and a stale-branch cleanup. A PM in another terminal coordinates you with Dev B (extension UX). The user relays messages between terminals.

Setup (do this first)

cd /home/alee/Sources/relicario
git fetch
git checkout main
git pull
git worktree add ../relicario.plan-a -b feature/v0.5.0-plan-a-security-cleanup
cd ../relicario.plan-a
pwd  # should print /home/alee/Sources/relicario.plan-a

ALL subsequent work happens in /home/alee/Sources/relicario.plan-a. Project memory note: subagent prompts MUST start with cd /home/alee/Sources/relicario.plan-a — otherwise subagents commit to main.

Today: 2026-05-02. Project rules in CLAUDE.md apply.

Required reading (in order)

1. CLAUDE.md — project rules
2. docs/superpowers/specs/2026-05-02-v0.5.0-polish-harden-design.md — spec (your scope is S1, S2, S3, C1 only)
3. docs/superpowers/plans/2026-05-02-v0.5.0-plan-a-security-cleanup.md — your plan, execute task by task

Execution mode

Use subagent-driven-development (per project memory's default). Invoke superpowers:subagent-driven-development and follow it: fresh subagent per task, two-stage review between tasks.

Every subagent prompt MUST start with:

cd /home/alee/Sources/relicario.plan-a

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

Your scope and boundaries

In scope: S1 (pre-receive hook), S2 (tar hardening), S3 (env-var audit), C1 (branch cleanup).

Out of scope: anything in Plan B (B1, P1-P4). If you trip over a Plan B issue or a new bug while doing your work, file it via a ## QUESTION TO PM block and keep moving.

Hard rules:

• S1 is HIGH-severity security. Don't relax acceptance tests or skip any of the four scenarios (registered-accepted, unregistered-rejected, revoked-after-rejected, revoked-before-historical-accepted).
• C1 is git-destructive (git branch -D). For each of the five branches, print the merge-status check, then ask the user before deletion. Do not batch the deletes.
• 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.

Coordination protocol

You are one of three terminals. The user relays messages between them.

Emit at every task boundary (when you complete a task, get blocked, or want to ask):

## STATUS UPDATE — DEV-A
Time: <iso8601 like 2026-05-02T14:30:00-07:00>
Branch: feature/v0.5.0-plan-a-security-cleanup
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>

Emit 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  (does work stop without an answer?)

You'll receive (pasted by user): ## DIRECTIVE TO DEV-A blocks from the PM. Acknowledge and act.

Authority within the plan

You don't need PM permission to:

• Execute task-to-task per the plan
• Make implementation decisions consistent with the plan and spec
• 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 project rules)
• Before opening the PR for review

Final steps before REVIEW-READY

1. Full cargo test (workspace) — must be green
2. cargo build -p relicario-wasm --target wasm32-unknown-unknown — must succeed
3. cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings — must succeed
4. Push the branch: git push -u origin feature/v0.5.0-plan-a-security-cleanup
5. Open PR: `gh pr create --base main --head feature/v0.5.0-plan-a-security-cleanup --title "v0.5.0 Plan A: security + cleanup" --body "$(cat <<'EOF'

Summary

Implements Plan A for v0.5.0 polish + harden:

• S1: pre-receive hook fix (HIGH-severity revocation/registered-device bypass)
• S2: tar archive path-traversal hardening on backup restore
• S3: RELICARIO_* env-var audit + cfg-gating of dev-only vars
• C1: stale local branch cleanup

Spec: docs/superpowers/specs/2026-05-02-v0.5.0-polish-harden-design.md Plan: docs/superpowers/plans/2026-05-02-v0.5.0-plan-a-security-cleanup.md

Test plan

• cargo test (workspace) green
• cargo build -p relicario-wasm --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
• cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
• PM review

🤖 Generated with Claude Code EOF )"6. Emit## STATUS UPDATEwithStatus: REVIEW-READY` and the PR URL

First action

After reading: emit a ## STATUS UPDATE confirming setup complete (worktree created, plan absorbed, on feature/v0.5.0-plan-a-security-cleanup), then start Task 1 of Plan A.