Expanded the plugin manager so installed plugin discovery now falls back across
install-root scans and registry-only paths without breaking on stale entries.
Missing registry install paths are pruned during discovery, while valid
registry-backed installs outside the install root remain loadable.
Constraint: Keep the change isolated to plugin manifest/manager/registry code
Rejected: Fail listing when any registry install path is missing | stale local state should not block plugin discovery
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Reversibility: clean
Directive: Discovery now self-heals missing registry install paths; preserve the registry-fallback path for valid installs outside install_root
Tested: cargo fmt --all; cargo test -p plugins
Not-tested: End-to-end CLI flows with mixed stale and git-backed installed plugins
Expanded the Rust plugin loader coverage around manifest parsing so invalid
permission values, invalid tool permissions, and multi-error manifests are
validated in a structured way. Added scan-path coverage for installed plugin
directories so both root and packaged manifests are discovered from the install
root, independent of registry entries.
Constraint: Keep plugin loader changes isolated to the plugins crate surface
Rejected: Add a new manifest crate for shared schemas | unnecessary scope for this pass
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Reversibility: clean
Directive: If manifest permissions or tool permission labels expand, update both the enums and validation tests together
Tested: cargo fmt --all; cargo test -p plugins
Not-tested: Cross-crate runtime consumption of any future expanded manifest permission variants
The shared /plugins command flow already routes through the plugin registry, but
allowed-tool normalization still fell back to builtin tools when registry
construction failed. This keeps plugin-related validation errors visible at the
CLI boundary and updates tools tests to use the enum-based plugin permission
API so workspace verification remains green.
Constraint: Plugin tool permissions are now strongly typed in the plugins crate
Rejected: Restore string-based permission arguments in tests | weakens the plugin API contract
Rejected: Keep builtin fallback in normalize_allowed_tools | masks plugin registry integration failures
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Reversibility: clean
Directive: Do not silently bypass current_tool_registry() failures unless plugin-aware allowed-tool validation is intentionally being disabled
Tested: cargo test -p commands -- --nocapture; cargo test --workspace
Not-tested: Manual REPL /plugins interaction in a live session
The runtime now auto-compacts completed conversations once cumulative input usage
crosses a configurable threshold, preserving recent context while surfacing an
explicit user notice. The CLI also publishes the requested ant-only slash
commands through the shared commands crate and main dispatch, using meaningful
local implementations for commit/PR/issue/teleport/debug workflows.
Constraint: Reuse the existing Rust compaction pipeline instead of introducing a new summarization stack
Constraint: No new dependencies or broad command-framework rewrite
Rejected: Implement API-driven compaction inside ConversationRuntime now | too much new plumbing for this delivery
Rejected: Expose new commands as parse-only stubs | would not satisfy the requested command availability
Confidence: medium
Scope-risk: moderate
Reversibility: clean
Directive: If runtime later gains true API-backed compaction, preserve the TurnSummary auto-compaction metadata shape so CLI call sites stay stable
Tested: cargo test; cargo build --release; cargo fmt --all; git diff --check; LSP diagnostics directory check
Not-tested: Live Anthropic-backed specialist command flows; gh-authenticated PR/issue creation in a real repo
This threads typed hook settings through runtime config, adds a shell-based hook runner, and executes PreToolUse/PostToolUse around each tool call in the conversation loop. The CLI now rebuilds runtimes with settings-derived hook configuration so user-defined Claude hook commands actually run before and after tools.
Constraint: Hook behavior needed to match Claude-style settings.json hooks without broad plugin/MCP parity work in this change
Rejected: Delay hook loading to the tool executor layer | would miss denied tool calls and duplicate runtime policy plumbing
Confidence: medium
Scope-risk: moderate
Reversibility: clean
Directive: Keep hook execution in the runtime loop so permission decisions and tool results remain wrapped by the same conversation semantics
Tested: cargo test; cargo build --release
Not-tested: Real user hook scripts outside the test harness; broader plugin/skills parity
This threads typed hook settings through runtime config, adds a shell-based hook runner, and executes PreToolUse/PostToolUse around each tool call in the conversation loop. The CLI now rebuilds runtimes with settings-derived hook configuration so user-defined Claw hook commands actually run before and after tools.
Constraint: Hook behavior needed to match Claw-style settings.json hooks without broad plugin/MCP parity work in this change
Rejected: Delay hook loading to the tool executor layer | would miss denied tool calls and duplicate runtime policy plumbing
Confidence: medium
Scope-risk: moderate
Reversibility: clean
Directive: Keep hook execution in the runtime loop so permission decisions and tool results remain wrapped by the same conversation semantics
Tested: cargo test; cargo build --release
Not-tested: Real user hook scripts outside the test harness; broader plugin/skills parity
The Rust CLI was still surfacing raw markdown fragments and raw tool JSON in places where the terminal UI should present styled, human-readable output. This change routes assistant text through the terminal markdown renderer, strengthens the markdown ANSI path for headings/links/lists/code blocks, and converts common tool calls/results into concise terminal-native summaries with readable bash output and edit previews.
Constraint: Must match Claude Code-style behavior without copying the upstream TypeScript source
Constraint: Keep the fix scoped to rusty-claude-cli rendering and formatting paths
Rejected: Port TS rendering components directly | prohibited by task constraints
Rejected: Leave tool JSON and only style markdown | still fails the requested terminal UX
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Reversibility: clean
Directive: Keep tool formatting human-readable first; do not reintroduce raw JSON dumps for common tools without a fallback-only guard
Tested: cargo test -p rusty-claude-cli
Tested: cargo build --release
Not-tested: Live end-to-end API streaming against a real Anthropic session
The Rust CLI was still surfacing raw markdown fragments and raw tool JSON in places where the terminal UI should present styled, human-readable output. This change routes assistant text through the terminal markdown renderer, strengthens the markdown ANSI path for headings/links/lists/code blocks, and converts common tool calls/results into concise terminal-native summaries with readable bash output and edit previews.
Constraint: Must match Claw Code-style behavior without copying the upstream TypeScript source
Constraint: Keep the fix scoped to claw-cli rendering and formatting paths
Rejected: Port TS rendering components directly | prohibited by task constraints
Rejected: Leave tool JSON and only style markdown | still fails the requested terminal UX
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Reversibility: clean
Directive: Keep tool formatting human-readable first; do not reintroduce raw JSON dumps for common tools without a fallback-only guard
Tested: cargo test -p claw-cli
Tested: cargo build --release
Not-tested: Live end-to-end API streaming against a real Anthropic session
