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@@ -12,5 +12,59 @@ A tiny zero-dependency Node.js todo CLI, used as a sandbox for trying Claude Cod
 - Every behavior change gets a test in `test/`.
 - Commit messages: short imperative subject line.
 
+## Workflow (required)
+Never commit, merge, or push to `main`. Only a human (Christian) merges into `main`, in Gitea.
+The git hooks installed by `npm install` and Gitea branch protection enforce this (see "Protecting `main`" in the README). Never get around them: no `--no-verify`, no changing `core.hooksPath`, no editing `.git/`.
+
+1. **Branch.** Run `git fetch origin` on its own, then `git switch --no-track -c <type>/<short-name> origin/main` (e.g. `fix/duplicate-ids`).
+2. **Commit, test, push.** `npm test` must pass. Check that `git branch --show-current` isn't `main`, then run `git push -u origin HEAD`.
+3. **Open the PR**, once per branch (see "Gitea API").
+4. **Review** with `/code-review <branch> medium`.
+5. **Triage.** The review lists unverified candidates, and it will always find some. Check each one against the code. A finding **blocks** only if it is a correctness bug in this PR's change that you have confirmed, ideally with a test that fails. Everything else is a **note**: cleanups, judgement calls, hardening ideas and unconfirmed findings.
+6. **Comment** on the PR:
+   - First line: **Needs fixes** if anything blocks, otherwise **Approved**.
+   - Second line: `_Automated self-review by Claude; not an independent review._`
+   - Then the blocking findings, then the notes, then the findings you rejected, each with the reason.
+7. **At most one fix round.** If the PR needs fixes, fix only the blocking findings, each with a test. Push, review once more, and post the verdict from steps 5–6. Then stop, whatever that second review says. Findings about the fixes themselves go to the human as notes; don't fix them.
+8. **Hand off.** Never merge, even if the PR is approved. Tell the human it's ready, with the verdict and any notes.
+
+Don't widen scope beyond the PR's purpose to satisfy a review. If a fix would add significant new code (a new mechanism, not a correction), list it as a note for the human instead.
+
+Bring in the latest `main` only when the PR conflicts or the human asks:
+1. Run `git fetch origin`.
+2. Run `git merge --no-ff --no-commit origin/main`.
+3. If it says "Already up to date", stop here. Otherwise resolve any conflicts and run `npm test`.
+4. Run `git commit --no-edit`.
+
+Run each as its own command, and never rebase or force-push.
+
+### Gitea API
+No `gh`/`tea`: use `curl` with `$GITEA_TOKEN`.
+
+One-time human setup in the git-ignored `.claude/settings.local.json`: set `env.GITEA_TOKEN`, and add `code.westerkam.org` to `sandbox.network.allowedDomains`. Then restart the session (`claude --continue`); settings load only at start. If the token is unset, stop and ask the human.
+
+Rules for every API call:
+- Make each call one self-contained command, because shell state doesn't carry over between commands.
+- Put titles and bodies in files in `$TMPDIR` (never in the repo) and pass them with `--rawfile`, never inline in double quotes, where backticks and `$(…)` would run.
+- The token goes in a private header file, so it doesn't show up in the process list.
+- `pipefail`, `curl -f` and the `jq` checks make every failure exit non-zero.
+```sh
+# Open a PR for the current branch (once). Write $TMPDIR/pr-title.txt and $TMPDIR/pr-body.md first.
+set -o pipefail; API=https://code.westerkam.org/api/v1/repos/christian/claude-playground
+(umask 077; printf 'Authorization: token %s\n' "$GITEA_TOKEN" > "$TMPDIR/gitea-auth")
+jq -n --arg head "$(git branch --show-current)" --rawfile title "$TMPDIR/pr-title.txt" --rawfile body "$TMPDIR/pr-body.md" \
+  '{head:$head, base:"main", title:($title|rtrimstr("\n")), body:$body}' \
+  | curl -fsS -X POST -H @"$TMPDIR/gitea-auth" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @- "$API/pulls" \
+  | jq -er 'if .number then "#\(.number) \(.html_url)" else error("no PR number in response") end'
+
+# Comment on PR <number>. Write $TMPDIR/comment.md first.
+set -o pipefail; API=https://code.westerkam.org/api/v1/repos/christian/claude-playground
+(umask 077; printf 'Authorization: token %s\n' "$GITEA_TOKEN" > "$TMPDIR/gitea-auth")
+jq -n --rawfile body "$TMPDIR/comment.md" '{body:$body}' \
+  | curl -fsS -X POST -H @"$TMPDIR/gitea-auth" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @- "$API/issues/<number>/comments" \
+  | jq -er .html_url
+```
+Commands listed under `sandbox.excludedCommands` in `.claude/settings.json` (`git fetch`, `git commit`, `git push` and others) run outside the sandbox only when they are run standalone: no `cd … &&` before them and nothing chained after. They need that to reach the remote and to sign commits.
+
 ## Remote
 Gitea at code.westerkam.org — `origin` = `git@code.westerkam.org:christian/claude-playground.git`.