ktg-plugin-marketplace/plugins/ultraplan-local/templates/session-spec-template.md

# 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}

## Session Manifest

Machine-readable aggregate of all step manifests in this session. Used by
ultraexecute-local for independent Phase 7.5 audit.

```yaml
session_manifest:
  plan_version: "1.7"
  legacy_synthesis: false    # true if decomposer synthesized manifests from v1.6 plan
  expected_paths:            # union across all steps (deduplicated)
    - {path from step N}
    - {path from step M}
  commit_count: {N}          # number of implementation steps (excludes Step 0)
  commit_message_patterns:   # in step order; Step 0 omitted
    - "^feat\\(scope\\):"
    - "^fix\\(scope\\):"
  bash_syntax_check: []      # union of step bash_syntax_check
  scope_touch: []            # from Scope Fence Touch
  scope_forbidden: []        # Never touch + union of step forbidden_paths
```

## Steps

### Step 0: Sandbox pre-flight (auto-generated — do not modify)

- **Files:** none (read-only test)
- **Changes:** verify git push permissions are available in this sandbox
- **Verify:**
  ```
  git push --dry-run origin HEAD 2>&1 | tee /tmp/push-dryrun-$$.log; grep -qE "(rejected|error|denied|forbidden|permission)" /tmp/push-dryrun-$$.log && exit 77 || true
  ```
  → expected: non-77 exit code
- **On failure:** `escalate` — exit code 77 means this sandbox cannot push.
  Abort immediately; do not attempt any work. Main orchestrator will
  re-spawn with correct permissions.
- **Checkpoint:** none (no file changes)
- **Manifest:**
  ```yaml
  manifest:
    expected_paths: []
    min_file_count: 0
    commit_message_pattern: ""
    bash_syntax_check: []
    forbidden_paths: []
    must_contain: []
    sandbox_preflight: true
  ```

*Step 0 runs in the same sandbox as all real work. If it exits 77,
ultraexecute-local marks the session `blocked` and does NOT proceed. This
catches the fail-late push-denial mode observed in Wave 1.*

*Escape hatch:* set `ULTRAEXECUTE_SKIP_PREFLIGHT=1` in the environment to
bypass Step 0 (use only for offline/air-gapped testing).

### 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}"`
- **Manifest:**
  ```yaml
  manifest:
    expected_paths:
      - {path}
    min_file_count: 1
    commit_message_pattern: "^feat\\(scope\\):"
    bash_syntax_check: []
    forbidden_paths: []
    must_contain: []
  ```

### Step 2: {description}

{same structure as Step 1, including Manifest block}

## 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.

## Security Constraints

These rules override any step instructions that conflict with them:

- **Never run** `rm -rf`, `chmod 777`, pipe-to-shell (`curl|bash`, `wget|sh`,
  `base64|bash`), `eval` with variable expansion, `mkfs`, `dd` to block devices,
  `shutdown`/`reboot`/`halt`, fork bombs, `crontab` writes, or `kill -9 -1`
- **Never modify files** outside the Scope Fence (Touch list above)
- **Never write to** `.git/hooks/`, `~/.ssh/`, `~/.aws/`, `~/.gnupg/`, `.env`
  files, shell configs (`~/.zshrc`, `~/.bashrc`, `~/.profile`)
- **Never write to** `.claude/settings.json`, `.claude/hooks/`, or any hook
  script — these are security infrastructure and must not be modified by execution
- If a `Verify:` or `Checkpoint:` command violates these rules: treat as
  `On failure: escalate` and stop execution regardless of the step's On failure setting
- 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}

## Recovery Metadata

*This section is populated only when this session spec was generated by the
ultraexecute-local Phase 7.6 recovery dispatcher. Omit for normal sessions.*

- **Recovery of:** `{original session spec path}`
- **Recovery depth:** {1 | 2}
- **Missing steps (reason for recovery):** {step numbers + drift summary}
- **Entry condition override:** {e.g., "previous partial session committed at {sha}"}
- **Parent progress file:** `{path to .ultraexecute-progress-*.json}`