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cli: add orca plugin create, validate and inspect - #36280
New plugin create | validate | inspect commands, each with --json (one { ok, result } object; errors are the usual { ok:false, error:{ code, message, data } }).
Templates: theme, terminal-theme, icon-theme, syntax, language-pack, editor, panel. The first five are content only and never need approval. editor and panel run in a sandboxed frame, and their README says loading them needs --approve. Every template:
ships .gitattributes with * -text, so the content hash is the same on every OS;
refuses a non-empty folder (a .git folder is allowed) and never overwrites a file;
runs no Git, package install or plugin code.
Validation is one code path:
The strict artifact checks (theme/terminal-theme/icon-theme files, language packs, syntax configuration) moved out of config/scripts/validate-plugin-files.mjs into src/shared/plugins/authoring/plugin-strict-artifact-checks.ts. The script now loads that module.
The module also checks grammars and that the SVGs an icon theme references exist and look like SVGs. Orca skips both of those silently at load.
The CLI also runs main's validateDeclaredPluginArtifacts and validatePluginInstallContent, so a missing panel entry, image or recipe is reported.
Stable exit codes for the plugin family: 0 ok, 1 error, 2plugin_invalid, 3approval_required / approval_stale. Other commands still exit 1.
The CLI reaches main's checks through a single new Electron-free entry, src/main/plugins/plugin-authoring-checks.ts. It is listed in CLI_MAIN_ENTRY_NAMES and asarUnpack like the other CLI main entries, so the packaged CLI can load it after electron-vite replaces out/main.
plugin is added to the CLI launch-redirect command names, the root help, and the authoring doc.
Why
Phase 1 of the plugin CLI for agents: the smallest useful loop is "make a theme or a panel, check it, then load it". I reused the validators already on main instead of bringing in the @orca/plugin-tooling package from the plugin-env branches. That package carries its own frozen copy of the runtime validators and templates for manifest features that are not on main. One code path means orca plugin validate and pnpm validate:plugin can never disagree.
Linked Issue
N/A (maintainer).
Visual Proof
N/A: this is CLI-only and changes no UI.
Testing
Automated tests added/updated
plugin-templates.test.ts:
every template scaffolds into a temp folder, validates with zero errors, hashes, and reports the right needsApproval;
a non-empty folder and an invalid id are refused before anything is written;
a bad theme token and a missing panel entry are reported.
cli-exit-code.test.ts: covers the exit code contract.
Ran the built CLI by hand: create/validate/inspect work in text and --json; an invalid theme exits 2; a non-empty folder and an unknown template exit 1.
node config/scripts/validate-plugin-files.mjs examples/plugins/* gives the same results as before.
pnpm tc, pnpm run check:code-quality:changed, and pnpm test src/cli pass locally (macOS).
Review
Agent skill upstream boundary
Not applicable, or this change copies or mechanically translates no upstream skill-installer source, tests, fixtures, registry entries, path tables, comments, or documentation.
Notes
SSH/WSL: these commands work on the files of the machine running them. A bridged shell (ORCA_CLI_CWD, where the CLI runs on the Orca host but the cwd belongs to a remote) and an explicit --environment are refused with a clear message, so the command never reads the wrong filesystem.
Windows: paths are built with path, and manifest paths are split on /.
Checklist
This PR is small and focused
I explained what changed and why
N/A for visuals with reason
Self-reviewed for correctness, security, and performance
Cross-platform, SSH/remote impact considered
Typecheck, lint, tests pass locally; CI covers the rest
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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.
Inline comments:
Review comments at @src/cli/handlers/plugin-authoring.ts:
- Line 133: **Do not report an empty inspection as success.**
If `<path>` names a valid catalog, `inspectPluginFolder` returns a valid report
without a plugin summary or content hash. `formatInspection` then returns an
empty string, so text mode prints a blank line and exits successfully. Reject
catalogs with a clear message, or print a catalog-specific inspection result.
([raw.githubusercontent.com](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stablyai/orca/b7b718d962a734ca023e43d7b78d7c2ca50838a4/src/cli/plugin-authoring/plugin-folder-validation.ts))
- Line 115: **Replace the unavailable next command.**
After `plugin create` succeeds, this text tells the user to run `orca plugin dev
load <dir>`. The registered plugin commands are `create`, `validate`, and
`inspect`; `plugin dev load` has no command specification or handler. Give the
user a supported next step instead.
([raw.githubusercontent.com](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stablyai/orca/b7b718d962a734ca023e43d7b78d7c2ca50838a4/src/cli/specs/plugin.ts))
Review comments at @src/cli/plugin-authoring/plugin-folder-validation.ts:
- Around line 80-86: **Contain and bound the strict manifest reader.**
`strictPluginArtifactErrors` reads nested icon-theme SVG paths through the same
`manifestTextReader`. Reordering the checks does not change those reads. The
reader must enforce containment and a size limit for every read. The reader can
enforce this without a preflight step.
<details>
<summary>Proposed fix</summary>
```diff
function manifestTextReader(root: string) {
+ const rootReal = realpathSync(root)
return (manifestPath: string): string | null => {
const file = join(root, ...manifestPath.split('/'))
- return existsSync(file) && statSync(file).isFile() ? readFileSync(file, 'utf8') : null
+ if (!existsSync(file)) {
+ return null
+ }
+ const real = realpathSync(file)
+ if (!real.startsWith(`${rootReal}${sep}`)) {
+ return null
+ }
+ const stat = statSync(real)
+ if (!stat.isFile() || stat.size > maxStrictReadBytes) {
+ return null
+ }
+ return readFileSync(real, 'utf8')
}
}
```
Add `realpathSync` to the `node:fs` import. Define `maxStrictReadBytes` as the
largest `PLUGIN_*_MAX_BYTES` limit used by the strict checks.
</details>
Reordering the declared-file checks does not bound the nested SVG reads. Those
reads run through the same reader, so they remain unbounded under either order.
Returning `null` for an outside-root or oversized file reports it as `file not
found`. Use a distinct error message if that wording is misleading.
Review comments at
@src/shared/plugins/authoring/plugin-strict-artifact-checks.ts:
- Line 65: **Catch filesystem errors from all artifact reads.**
`check()` does not catch `read(path)` failures. The icon-theme read and each
referenced SVG read also allow filesystem errors to escape validation. The prior
script caught theme and icon-theme artifact reads inside `artifactErrors`, so
this changes the error boundary.
Initialize `text` before the `try`. The proposed uninitialized declaration can
fail TypeScript definite-assignment checking when `read(path)` throws.
<details>
<summary>Suggested fix</summary>
```diff
function iconSvgErrors(read: PluginArtifactTextReader, themeText: string | null): string[] {
...
return [...paths].flatMap((path) => {
- const svg = read(path)
+ let svg: string | null = null
+ try {
+ svg = read(path)
+ } catch (error) {
+ return [`${path}: ${detail(error, null)}`]
+ }
if (svg === null) {
return [`${path}: file not found`]
}
...
function check(read: PluginArtifactTextReader, path: string, parse: (text: string) => void) {
- const text = read(path)
- if (text === null) {
- return 'file not found'
- }
+ let text: string | null = null
try {
+ text = read(path)
+ if (text === null) {
+ return 'file not found'
+ }
parse(text)
return null
} catch (error) {
return detail(error, text)
}
}
```
Guard `read(theme.path)` in the `svgErrors` caller in the same way, and return
its error with the icon-theme contribution context.
</details>
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The CLI adds plugin create, plugin validate, and plugin inspect. Seven templates generate plugin files, and validation checks plugin manifests and contributed artifacts. Inspection reports content hashes and file metadata. The existing plugin-file validation script now uses the shared strict artifact checker. The changes also register the commands, document them, define plugin-specific error exit codes, and include the plugin-authoring checks module in build and packaging configuration.
Priority: Normal
Merge Risk: Low · up to b7b71
Plugin authors may receive an unusable next step, an empty catalog inspection, or an abrupt validation error. Validation of an untrusted folder can also read an external or oversized artifact. These issues warrant fixes or explicit owner acceptance before merge.
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Replace the unavailable next command.
After plugin create succeeds, this text tells the user to run orca plugin dev load <dir>. The registered plugin commands are create, validate, and inspect; plugin dev load has no command specification or handler. Give the user a supported next step instead. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Do not report an empty inspection as success.
If <path> names a valid catalog, inspectPluginFolder returns a valid report without a plugin summary or content hash. formatInspection then returns an empty string, so text mode prints a blank line and exits successfully. Reject catalogs with a clear message, or print a catalog-specific inspection result. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Supported by static analysis
Script executed:
sed -n '40,90p' src/cli/plugin-authoring/plugin-folder-validation.ts
sed -n '25,52p;75,128p' src/shared/plugins/authoring/plugin-strict-artifact-checks.ts
sed -n '35,125p' src/main/plugins/plugin-artifact-validation.ts
Repository: stablyai/orca
Length of output: 7654
Contain and bound the strict manifest reader.
strictPluginArtifactErrors reads nested icon-theme SVG paths through the same manifestTextReader. Reordering the checks does not change those reads. The reader must enforce containment and a size limit for every read. The reader can enforce this without a preflight step.
Add realpathSync to the node:fs import. Define maxStrictReadBytes as the largest PLUGIN_*_MAX_BYTES limit used by the strict checks.
Reordering the declared-file checks does not bound the nested SVG reads. Those reads run through the same reader, so they remain unbounded under either order. Returning null for an outside-root or oversized file reports it as file not found. Use a distinct error message if that wording is misleading.
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Supported by static analysis
Script executed:
sed -n '1,155p' src/shared/plugins/authoring/plugin-strict-artifact-checks.ts
sed -n '35,100p' src/cli/plugin-authoring/plugin-folder-validation.ts
sed -n '18,42p;140,160p' config/scripts/validate-plugin-files.mjs
Repository: stablyai/orca
Length of output: 8918
Script executed:
set -o pipefail
printf'%s\n''--- current with line numbers ---'
nl -ba src/shared/plugins/authoring/plugin-strict-artifact-checks.ts | sed -n '25,145p'printf'%s\n''--- merge-base strict checker ---'
git show 9470b4618c7a494254ab9e1ec81c52bd5994256b:src/shared/plugins/authoring/plugin-strict-artifact-checks.ts 2>&1||trueprintf'%s\n''--- merge-base validation script relevant symbols ---'
git show 9470b4618c7a494254ab9e1ec81c52bd5994256b:config/scripts/validate-plugin-files.mjs 2>&1| rg -n -C 18 -e 'readPluginText|strictArtifact|icon|theme|readFileSync'||trueprintf'%s\n''--- current script reader and callers ---'
rg -n -C 8 -F -e 'function readPluginText' -e 'strictPluginArtifactErrors' -e 'read(theme.path)' -e 'read(path)' config/scripts/validate-plugin-files.mjs src/cli/plugin-authoring/plugin-folder-validation.ts src/shared/plugins/authoring/plugin-strict-artifact-checks.ts ||trueprintf'%s\n''--- TypeScript strictness ---'
rg -n -F -e '"strict"' -e '"noImplicitAny"' -e '"strictNullChecks"' tsconfig*.json config/tsconfig*.json package.json 2>/dev/null ||true
Repository: stablyai/orca
Length of output: 27492
Catch filesystem errors from all artifact reads.
check() does not catch read(path) failures. The icon-theme read and each referenced SVG read also allow filesystem errors to escape validation. The prior script caught theme and icon-theme artifact reads inside artifactErrors, so this changes the error boundary.
Initialize text before the try. The proposed uninitialized declaration can fail TypeScript definite-assignment checking when read(path) throws.
Suggested fix
function iconSvgErrors(read: PluginArtifactTextReader, themeText: string | null): string[] {
...
return [...paths].flatMap((path) => {
- const svg = read(path)+ let svg: string | null = null+ try {+ svg = read(path)+ } catch (error) {+ return [`${path}: ${detail(error, null)}`]+ }
if (svg === null) {
return [`${path}: file not found`]
}
...
function check(read: PluginArtifactTextReader, path: string, parse: (text: string) => void) {
- const text = read(path)- if (text === null) {- return 'file not found'- }+ let text: string | null = null
try {
+ text = read(path)+ if (text === null) {+ return 'file not found'+ }
parse(text)
return null
} catch (error) {
return detail(error, text)
}
}
Guard read(theme.path) in the svgErrors caller in the same way, and return its error with the icon-theme contribution context.
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ELI5
Coding agents (and people) can now start, check and inspect an Orca plugin with the
orcacommand. They don't need an Orca source checkout:orca plugin create ./dusk --template themewrites a starter plugin that passes validation as-is.orca plugin validate ./duskruns the same strict checks aspnpm validate:plugin, plus a check that every file the plugin names exists.orca plugin inspect ./duskshows what the plugin would be allowed to do and the content hash Orca would record when installing it.#36279 has merged and this PR now targets
main.What Changed
plugin create | validate | inspectcommands, each with--json(one{ ok, result }object; errors are the usual{ ok:false, error:{ code, message, data } }).theme,terminal-theme,icon-theme,syntax,language-pack,editor,panel. The first five are content only and never need approval.editorandpanelrun in a sandboxed frame, and their README says loading them needs--approve. Every template:.gitattributeswith* -text, so the content hash is the same on every OS;.gitfolder is allowed) and never overwrites a file;config/scripts/validate-plugin-files.mjsintosrc/shared/plugins/authoring/plugin-strict-artifact-checks.ts. The script now loads that module.validateDeclaredPluginArtifactsandvalidatePluginInstallContent, so a missing panel entry, image or recipe is reported.validate/inspectreport the execution level, each capability's consent text, the contributions, andneedsApproval. These come from the same projection theapproval_requirederror uses (plugins: require an explicit approve fingerprint for RPC plugin grants #36279).pluginfamily:0ok,1error,2plugin_invalid,3approval_required/approval_stale. Other commands still exit1.src/main/plugins/plugin-authoring-checks.ts. It is listed inCLI_MAIN_ENTRY_NAMESandasarUnpacklike the other CLI main entries, so the packaged CLI can load it after electron-vite replacesout/main.pluginis added to the CLI launch-redirect command names, the root help, and the authoring doc.Why
Phase 1 of the plugin CLI for agents: the smallest useful loop is "make a theme or a panel, check it, then load it". I reused the validators already on
maininstead of bringing in the@orca/plugin-toolingpackage from the plugin-env branches. That package carries its own frozen copy of the runtime validators and templates for manifest features that are not onmain. One code path meansorca plugin validateandpnpm validate:plugincan never disagree.Linked Issue
N/A (maintainer).
Visual Proof
N/A: this is CLI-only and changes no UI.
Testing
plugin-templates.test.ts:needsApproval;cli-exit-code.test.ts: covers the exit code contract.create/validate/inspectwork in text and--json; an invalid theme exits 2; a non-empty folder and an unknown template exit 1.node config/scripts/validate-plugin-files.mjs examples/plugins/*gives the same results as before.pnpm tc,pnpm run check:code-quality:changed, andpnpm test src/clipass locally (macOS).Review
Agent skill upstream boundary
Notes
ORCA_CLI_CWD, where the CLI runs on the Orca host but the cwd belongs to a remote) and an explicit--environmentare refused with a clear message, so the command never reads the wrong filesystem.path, and manifest paths are split on/.Checklist
N/Afor visuals with reason