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+# Phase 3: Container Actions - Context
+
+**Gathered:** 2026-01-29
+**Status:** Ready for planning
+
+<domain>
+## Phase Boundary
+
+Control containers through natural language commands — start, stop, restart, update by name with fuzzy matching. Users issue conversational commands and get feedback on execution.
+
+</domain>
+
+<decisions>
+## Implementation Decisions
+
+### Confirmation Flow
+- Single container actions execute immediately — no confirmation
+- Batch actions (multiple containers) require confirmation via inline Telegram buttons
+- Confirmation has 2-minute timeout — if no response, cancel silently
+- Button format: [Yes, stop N containers] [Cancel]
+
+### Action Feedback
+- Claude's discretion on whether to send "in progress" acknowledgment based on expected duration
+- Success messages are simple confirmations: "plex restarted successfully"
+- For update actions, show version change when detectable (e.g., "plex updated: v1.32.0 → v1.32.1")
+- If no update available, stay silent — only notify when an image actually updated
+
+### Fuzzy Matching
+- Case-insensitive matching (plex, Plex, PLEX all work)
+- Ambiguous matches treated as batch: "Found 3 matches: sonarr, radarr, lidarr" → batch confirmation flow
+- No match: suggest closest match with inline button (e.g., "No container 'plx'. Did you mean plex?" with [Yes, use plex] button)
+- Inline button accepts suggestion — user doesn't need to retype
+
+### Error Handling
+- Show technical/diagnostic details in error messages
+- Include actual error info: "Docker socket error: ECONNREFUSED /var/run/docker.sock"
+- No force-stop option — just report failure with details
+- Auto-retry behavior at Claude's discretion based on error type (transient vs permanent)
+
+### Claude's Discretion
+- Whether to send "in progress" message before long-running actions
+- Auto-retry logic for transient failures
+- Exact matching algorithm for fuzzy container names
+- Timeout duration for Docker operations
+
+</decisions>
+
+<specifics>
+## Specific Ideas
+
+- Inline Telegram buttons for confirmations and suggestions — not text replies
+- 2-minute timeout on pending confirmations
+- User prefers diagnostic info over friendly messages — they want to know what actually happened
+
+</specifics>
+
+<deferred>
+## Deferred Ideas
+
+None — discussion stayed within phase scope
+
+</deferred>
+
+---
+
+*Phase: 03-container-actions*
+*Context gathered: 2026-01-29*