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+# Task: Start Makelore development project
+
+## Identity
+
+- Task ID: 20260905-start-project-a4c7e9
+- Mode: Feature
+- Branch: main
+- Worktree: /Users/inmanx/Documents/makelore
+- Base commit: f8eee430f4f4167dc2ecc682ece96c652cdde14b
+- Owner: codex
+- Status: Planning
+
+## Scope
+
+- Start the Makelore Electron application in desktop development mode from the
+  current local `main` checkout with the pnpm version pinned by `packageManager`.
+- Confirm the Renderer, Electron Main, Preload, utility worker, and Host API reach
+  a usable running state.
+
+## Intent And Constraints
+
+- Use `corepack pnpm run dev` with pinned pnpm `10.33.4`.
+- Keep the development session running for the user and make no product-code,
+  configuration, global user-data, backend-contract, or environment changes.
+- Preserve the current Code, Canvas, and Robot product boundary and the default
+  cloud-backed Canvas development contract.
+
+## Outcome
+
+- Started `corepack pnpm run dev`; Vite became ready at
+  `http://localhost:5173/`, all Electron development targets compiled, and the
+  Electron development window opened as `Makelore`.
+- Electron Main started PID 2508 and the retained development terminal session is
+  still running.
+
+## Verification
+
+- `corepack pnpm --version` returned `10.33.4`.
+- Port inspection before launch found no listener on TCP 5173 or 13210.
+- Development output reached `VITE v7.3.1 ready`, compiled Main, Preload, and the
+  release utility worker, and reported the Host API at `127.0.0.1:13210`.
+- `http://localhost:5173/` returned HTTP 200.
+- An unauthenticated request to `http://127.0.0.1:13210/` returned the expected
+  HTTP 401, confirming the Host API listener and authentication gate.
+- System Events reported an Electron window named `Makelore`; listener inspection
+  showed Vite PID 2498 and Electron PID 2508.
+- Startup emitted only non-fatal development warnings about login-item permission,
+  mixed static/dynamic imports, and stale Browserslist data.
+
+## Follow-ups
+
+- Keep the retained development session running for interactive use. Stop it with
+  Ctrl-C when development work is finished.
+
+## Promotion Candidates
+
+- None. This is an operational startup task and does not change product behavior.