Alex Hancock
9921d8fdc6
Merge the spec-strict Open Plugins skills support from the open-plugins
branch on top of the hooks branch's Open Plugins format adapter.
The combined adapter:
- Recognises an Open Plugin if it has a manifest at `.goose-plugin/plugin.json`,
`.plugin/plugin.json`, or root `plugin.json`, OR if it ships a recognised
non-skill component (`hooks/hooks.json`, `commands/`, `agents/`).
- Skips bare `skills/` directories so Gemini extensions still match the
Gemini adapter.
- Per the open-plugins.com spec, lets a plugin include any combination of
components — skills, hooks, agents, commands. Skills are optional.
- Applies spec-strict plugin-name validation (lowercase, digits, dashes,
periods; 1–64 chars; no leading/trailing punctuation; no consecutive
separators).
- Imports skills with `<plugin>:<skill>` namespacing, supports the optional
`skills` config (string / array / { paths, exclusive }) for custom skill
paths, and rewrites SKILL.md frontmatter to the namespaced name.
- Exposes `installed_skill_dirs` so `installed_plugin_skill_dirs` finds
custom skill roots, with HashSet de-duplication.
Signed-off-by: Alex Hancock <alexhancock@block.xyz>
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