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+# Task: Start Makelore development project
+
+## Identity
+
+- Task ID: 20260905-start-project-d71a4c
+- Mode: Feature
+- Branch: main
+- Worktree: /Users/inmanx/Documents/makelore
+- Base commit: c5014030768e22ab95464494fca2d0892d901c8a
+- Owner: codex
+- Status: Ready for Integration
+
+## Scope
+
+- Start the Makelore Electron application in desktop development mode from the
+  current local `main` checkout using the pnpm version pinned by `packageManager`.
+- Confirm the Renderer, Electron Main, Preload, utility worker, and Host API reach
+  a usable running state without terminating unrelated application state.
+
+## Intent And Constraints
+
+- Use `corepack pnpm run dev` with pinned pnpm `10.33.4`.
+- Do not change application configuration, global user-data paths, single-instance
+  behavior, or environment contracts merely to bypass an existing installed app.
+- Do not force-quit the installed Makelore instance without the user's direction,
+  because it may contain active or unsaved work.
+
+## Outcome
+
+- After user confirmation, gracefully quit the installed
+  `/Applications/Makelore.app` instance and confirmed its process exited.
+- Started `corepack pnpm run dev`; Vite became ready at
+  `http://localhost:5173/`, all Electron development targets compiled, and the
+  Electron development application opened without a single-instance-lock exit.
+- The Renderer, Electron Main, Preload, utility worker, and authenticated Host API
+  are running in the retained development session.
+
+## Verification
+
+- `corepack pnpm --version` returned `10.33.4`.
+- Port inspection before the second launch found no listener on TCP 5173 or 13210.
+- Development output reached `VITE v7.3.1 ready`, built Main, Preload, and utility
+  bundles, started Electron PID 73770, and reported `Host API server listening on
+  http://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 are active.
+- System Events reported an Electron window named `Makelore`; listener inspection
+  showed Vite on localhost TCP 5173 and Electron on TCP 127.0.0.1:13210.
+- Startup emitted only non-fatal development warnings about login-item permission,
+  mixed static/dynamic imports, and stale Browserslist data.
+
+## Follow-ups
+
+- Keep the 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.