[Maxaubert]

Owner, 2026-10-16 (Sonara#285, #179): "say I have seven Claude sessions and they all are working, then I go to school, come back and I just want to get a report of what's been done and what I need to do next", based on "whether or not I've seen the session"; a tab left in front while away must not count as read. Then: others who download it should get it "if they want ... if they don't want it, it's like already in there", an orchestrator tab "promoted in the tab bar ... first in the list and there's a divider line", and "if you right click and choose make orchestrator it already knows".

Spec and plan: docs/superpowers/specs/2026-10-16-catch-up-report.md (reviewed before building: 25 findings folded in; the opt-in rework is its own section).

What the owner gets (Settings > Agents > Orchestrator (beta), OFF by default)

• In any tab opened with it on: /prism-terminal-orchestrator:catch-up ("catch me up"): per session done / still working / needs you, then "do next". Asked twice, nothing repeats.
• Right-click a tab > Make orchestrator: it moves first, with an accent outline and an accent rule after it (strip) or under it (sidebar), and from its next prompt Claude knows it is the orchestrator ("fix the bug in Wind" finds the Wind tab; it asks when unsure). Kept across restarts.
• Sending into any tab (owner: "it needs to be able to send it to any session, not just whichever is in focus. That is very important."): the orchestrator's send.ps1 asks the app, which types the message into that tab's Claude prompt and presses Enter, in front or not. Only from the promoted tab; never into a bare shell (it would run); never while that tab asks a question (it would answer it). An owner exception to rule 2, recorded in docs/regression-rules.md and CLAUDE.md.

Core (Prism gets it too; nothing changes there until its host passes the orchestrator folder)

• The status plugin's turn hooks add session=<id> (hook.cmd, delayed expansion, only a UUID-shaped value; hostile values tested). Parser carries only a lower-case UUID.
• core/claude-plugin-orchestrator: the catch-up skill + Windows PowerShell 5.1 script (byte cursors, 120 s grace for late lines, owner prompts by origin.kind, turn answers, PRs, commits, open questions; -List, -Only), the orchestrator skill, and role.cmd (UserPromptSubmit additionalContext only in the promoted tab; MEASURED that it reaches the model).
• orchestratorOn switch; spawn/prewarm take { status, orchestrator } (a boolean still works); orchestratorPluginDir for registerTermIpc; setSessionsFile + PRISM_SESSIONS_FILE, an inherited one always dropped.

App

• sessionLedger.ts (pure): sessions kept apart from tabs; seen = 10 s in front while present (focused, shown, not locked or asleep, input within 120 s) or typed into, capped at last input + 10 s, restarted after any time away.
• sessionsWire.ts: idle until switched on; writes sessions.json (no content) and orchestrator-tab.txt; flushed with the tabs in close, session-end and will-quit (rule 7). PRIVACY.md says what it holds.
• The tab model (setOrchestrator, kept first through drags, saved in tabs.json), the menu entry, the strip and sidebar looks (impeccable; detector: only the sidebar's existing width transition), the Settings row.

Measured: a real Claude Code 2.1.301 turn printed state=done;session=<id> and that transcript exists; the digest on this PC's 7 largest sessions of the day (722 MB): 6.3 s, 60k characters; after commit, 0.8 s and empty.

Security review fixes: Windows process check before typing (a tab that only CLAIMS to be Claude is refused, e2e), sends addressed by tab id, decided again right before typing and before Enter.

Tests: unit 2271 pass (incl. orchestratorSend 7) (ledger 14, script 8, orchestrator plugin 2, hook/parser, env, tabs, store), typecheck clean, lint 0 errors. e2e catchUp 24/24 (sending into the tab not in front, and a refusal; off by default; on: a new tab's env and plugin, the link, a parked window stamps nothing, Make orchestrator moves first with outline and rule, the role file, off again clears it). Full e2e (last, after the security fixes): every scenario passed; the real-clipboard guard counted 10 changes during the run (5 the run before), which began only while the owner had another session working; the run before the fixes was untouched. Cause not established. Screenshot: .e2e-shots/orchestrator-strip.png.

The outline colour choice is #245.

Core 0.41.6 -> 0.42.0, app 0.55.6 -> 0.56.0.

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https://claude.ai/code/session_017XYVRPzvhLpPCr75uB6uaA