docs: retro for ADFA-5088 (Preferences/Plugin Manager tooltips + docdb SQL)

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Summary

Retro log entry for the ADFA-5088 session, plus the one approved action from it:

• New CLAUDE.md rule: don't treat a large binary asset's on-disk content as ground truth without checking provenance (git ls-files/git check-ignore, and how the build provisions it) — generalizes beyond documentation.db to ~6 other gitignored, externally-fetched assets in app/build.gradle.kts.
• Two general SQLite CLI scripting gotchas added to docs/process/learnings.md.
• Retrospective log entry in docs/process/retrospective.md.

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📝 Walkthrough

• Added rules to verify the provenance of documentation.db and other large, gitignored binary assets.
• Documented SQLite CLI limitations, .bail on, SQL failure assertions, and secure temporary-directory handling.
• Added the ADFA-5088 retrospective and recorded follow-up issue ADFA-5121.
• Reduced risks from untrusted on-disk assets, incomplete SQLite scripts, predictable /tmp filenames, and symlink races.

Walkthrough

The pull request adds project guidance for binary asset provenance and SQLite CLI scripting. It also adds an ADFA-5088 retrospective with activity metrics, process observations, feedback, and documented follow-up actions.

Changes

Process documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Operational guidance CLAUDE.md, docs/process/learnings.md	Adds checks for binary asset provenance and Gradle provisioning. Documents SQLite CLI parsing, fail-fast handling, shell-command failure checks, and secure temporary directories.
ADFA-5088 retrospective docs/process/retrospective.md	Records the retrospective timeline, activity metrics, process observations, session feedback, documentation updates, SQL practices, and the ADFA-5121 follow-up.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Mergeability Score: 🟡 Moderate · up to 3a69e

The documentation changes still include temporary-file guidance that could lead developers toward unsafe predictable-path redirection when directory setup fails, and the updated tables retain a reported Markdown lint violation. Merge should wait for these bounded documentation and lint issues to be fixed or explicitly accepted by the owner.

Possibly related PRs

• appdevforall/CodeOnTheGo#1666: Documents related ADFA-5088 lessons about SQLite scripting, database provenance, and secure temporary-file handling.

Poem

A rabbit checks each asset’s trail,
Then guards temp files without fail.
SQLite scripts now stop with care,
While lessons bloom in documents there.
Hop, hop—clear guidance fills the air!

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title identifies the retrospective for ADFA-5088 and references the documented session topics.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description accurately summarizes the documentation, SQLite learnings, and retrospective changes.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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In `@docs/process/learnings.md`:
- Line 25: Update the temporary working-directory setup described in the
`.system` command workflow to create the directory with `mktemp -d`, abort
immediately if creation fails, and register an EXIT trap to remove the created
directory. Keep all command output within this owner-only directory and avoid
predictable `/tmp` paths or unchecked directory-creation failures.

In `@docs/process/retrospective.md`:
- Line 6: Add blank lines before and after each Markdown table in the
retrospective document, including the tables whose headers begin with “Started”,
and at the corresponding sections beginning around the other reported table
headers. Preserve the table contents and formatting.

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