From 7a58ec0eefbe533ac754fdff728ec97314e2f5d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JB <jb@jb.codes>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 10:27:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(skills): remove checkpoint helper dead code

---
 skills/develop/develop-workflow/scripts/checkpoint-record.mjs  | 3 +--
 .../develop/develop-workflow/tests/checkpoint-record.test.mjs  | 1 -
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/skills/develop/develop-workflow/scripts/checkpoint-record.mjs b/skills/develop/develop-workflow/scripts/checkpoint-record.mjs
index f985252..6d1705f 100644
--- a/skills/develop/develop-workflow/scripts/checkpoint-record.mjs
+++ b/skills/develop/develop-workflow/scripts/checkpoint-record.mjs
@@ -184,13 +184,12 @@ async function readExisting(io, target) {
 }
 
 async function openUniqueTemp(io, target) {
-  const directory = dirname(target);
   for (let attempt = 0; attempt < MAX_TEMP_NAME_ATTEMPTS; attempt += 1) {
     const id = io.randomUUID();
     const path = `${target}.tmp-${process.pid}-${id}`;
     try {
       const handle = await io.open(path, "wx", FILE_MODE);
-      return { path, handle, directory };
+      return { path, handle };
     } catch (error) {
       // A collision is not stale-file cleanup. Leave the old file alone and try a new name.
       if (isAlreadyExists(error)) continue;
diff --git a/skills/develop/develop-workflow/tests/checkpoint-record.test.mjs b/skills/develop/develop-workflow/tests/checkpoint-record.test.mjs
index 1aa0400..fc6b87c 100644
--- a/skills/develop/develop-workflow/tests/checkpoint-record.test.mjs
+++ b/skills/develop/develop-workflow/tests/checkpoint-record.test.mjs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import {
   checkpointRecord,
   defaultIo,
   REQUIRED_SECTIONS,
-  validateRecord,
 } from "../scripts/checkpoint-record.mjs";
 
 const scriptPath = fileURLToPath(new URL("../scripts/checkpoint-record.mjs", import.meta.url));