diff --git a/docs/CREATE.md b/docs/CREATE.md
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--- a/docs/CREATE.md
+++ b/docs/CREATE.md
@@ -402,6 +402,20 @@ Full request and response field lists on historical `main` `docs/OPENAPI.md` are
 - Claiming submission-ready when required ready-set fields are still empty.
 - Touching `:10880` or parking work on `m2-ds` / doc-simplification.
 
-## Open decisions
+## Open decisions (must lock before task breakdown)
 
-None blocking the exit definition above. If store-specific term labels differ from examples in this file, the synced store lists win.
+These came from comparing `CREATE.md` to the technical requirements on `main`. Do not invent Woo API shapes to fill them.
+
+1. **`categories` on `POST /products`.** Ready set requires species plus wood-category leaf ids. The `main` CONTENT-WOO example only shows a species id in `categories[]`. Confirm: send **all** ready-set category ids (species + every wood category) as `[{"id": n}, ...]` per Woo REST product `categories`.
+
+2. **`attributes` element shape on `POST /products`.** `main` leaves `"attributes": [ … if present … ]` without fields. Need the exact Woo REST object fields for the five locked attributes (typically attribute `id`, `options` as term names, `visible`, `variation`). Prefer a live product sample from Whidbey Wood Store or the official Woo REST product-attribute docs Ty points us at. Do not guess.
+
+3. **Dimension-overlay PNG.** Photos-ready lineup includes the overlay copy. `main` says only `kind=inventory` images go to Woo (≤5). Confirm: **omit** the overlay from Woo upload, **include** it as an inventory image, or something else.
+
+4. **Template `{character}`.** Default title/short/description templates need a `{character}` string. Confirm the source when `feat-*` is empty, one tag, or many (for example first feat tag name, figure term, or a dedicated field).
+
+5. **Server persistence.** `main` OpenAPI assumes a full server slab row and status machine. This branch still centers the device draft. Confirm M3 server persistence: full slab store as on `main`, or a thinner path (Settings + taxonomy + pricing + create from an uploaded ready package) with device draft as the client source of truth until create.
+
+Non-blocking notes (shipped M1/M2 win on this branch): fill target 90% and 800px floor (not main's 80%/1600); Vite + Svelte SPA (not SvelteKit docs); overlay draw spacing may differ from measure spacing by design.
+
+If store-specific term labels differ from examples in this file, the synced store lists win.