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E2E: run under a genuinely fresh CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR once a token can be handed in

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Description

`tests/e2e/journey.py` cannot use a genuinely isolated `CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR`: a throwaway config directory has no stored credentials, so a session started against it cannot authenticate. The current run works around this by keeping the real `HOME`/`CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR` (so auth is available) and using `--settings ` plus `--setting-sources ''` to swap in the throwaway hooks, skills and `CLAUDE.md` for that one call (`docs/e2e.md:56,69,76-77`). That is documented as a real limitation, not hidden: three consequences follow from it (`docs/e2e.md:77-89`), including that the throwaway personal skills directory is on no session's roster because only `CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR` would put it there.

Filed from #36's closing comment, on 2026-09-03, against the tree at `a2aa2d4` (tag v0.3.0).

## What to build

Once there is a way to hand a session a token without touching the real `~/.claude` credential store (a scoped API key, a throwaway OAuth token, or whatever mechanism becomes available), re-run the journey under a `CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR` that carries no borrowed identity from the real config, and confirm the three consequences listed in `docs/e2e.md` no longer apply once the personal skills directory and the rest of the config are genuinely isolated.

## Acceptance

- The E2E journey runs with `CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR` pointed at a throwaway directory that authenticates on its own, not via `--settings` against the real config.
- The three consequences documented in `docs/e2e.md` (`~77-89`) are re-checked under that isolation and the doc is updated to say whether they still hold.

Contributor guide

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Research direction

Read docs/e2e.md:56,69,76-89 and tests/e2e/journey.py first; identify the available token handoff before changing the test setup. Run the E2E journey with a throwaway CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR and re-check the three documented consequences. Done means the isolated run authenticates without --settings against the real config and docs/e2e.md records whether those consequences still hold.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
authentication, documentation, testing
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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