# Session {N}: {title}

> From master plan: {plan file path}
> Session {N} of {total sessions}

## Context

{Why this session exists. What it accomplishes within the larger plan.
Include enough background that an executor with no prior context can understand
the purpose and make judgment calls.}

## Dependencies

- **Depends on:** {Session M | "none — can run in parallel"}
- **Blocks:** {Session P | "none"}
- **Entry condition:** {what must be true before this session starts — e.g., "Session 2 committed and tests pass"}

## Scope Fence

- **Touch:** {explicit list of files this session may create or modify}
- **Never touch:** {files that belong to other sessions — hard boundary}

## Steps

### Step 1: {description}

- **Files:** `{path}`
- **Changes:** {exactly what to modify}
- **Reuses:** {existing function/pattern, with file path}
- **Test first:** {test file, what it verifies, pattern to follow}
- **Verify:** `{exact command}` → expected: `{output}`
- **On failure:** {revert | retry | skip | escalate} — {specific instructions}
- **Checkpoint:** `git commit -m "{message}"`

### Step 2: {description}

{same structure as Step 1}

## Exit Condition

All of these must pass before this session is considered complete:

- [ ] `{verification command}` → expected: `{output}`
- [ ] `{verification command}` → expected: `{output}`
- [ ] All changes committed with descriptive messages
- [ ] No uncommitted changes remain (`git status` clean)

## Failure Handling

- If ANY step fails after retry: **stop execution**. Do NOT proceed to later steps.
- Commit whatever was completed successfully before stopping.
- Report which step failed, the error message, and what was attempted.

## Handoff State

{What the next session (or final verification) needs to know about this session's
output. Include: new files created, exports added, configuration changed, APIs
introduced. This section bridges sessions — it's the "baton" in a relay race.}

## Metadata

- **Master plan:** `{plan file path}`
- **Steps from plan:** {step N}–{step M}
- **Estimated complexity:** {low | medium | high}
- **Model recommendation:** {opus | sonnet} — {rationale}