feat: updating installer due to bad marketn installation

Author: Alex Holmberg

installer/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "syncable-cli-skills",
-  "version": "0.1.5",
+  "version": "0.1.8",
   "type": "module",
   "description": "Install Syncable CLI skills for AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Codex, Gemini CLI)",
   "license": "GPL-3.0",

installer/plugins/syncable-cli-skills/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "syncable-cli-skills",
   "description": "Syncable CLI skills for project analysis, security scanning, vulnerability detection, dependency auditing, IaC validation, Kubernetes optimization, and cloud deployment.",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.1.8",
   "author": {
     "name": "Syncable",
     "email": "support@syncable.dev"

installer/scripts/copy-skills.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import pkg from 'fs-extra';
-const { copySync, removeSync, existsSync } = pkg;
-import { resolve, dirname } from 'path';
+const { copySync, removeSync, existsSync, mkdirpSync, writeFileSync, readdirSync, readFileSync } = pkg;
+import { resolve, dirname, basename } from 'path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 
 const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
@@ -12,7 +12,53 @@ if (!existsSync(source)) {
   process.exit(1);
 }
 
+// Copy raw skills to installer/skills/ (used by the npm package at runtime)
 removeSync(dest);
 copySync(source, dest);
-
 console.log(`Copied skills from ${source} to ${dest}`);
+
+// Also regenerate installer/plugins/syncable-cli-skills/skills/
+// so the Claude Code marketplace plugin stays in sync with the source skills.
+const pluginSkillsDir = resolve(__dirname, '..', 'plugins', 'syncable-cli-skills', 'skills');
+removeSync(pluginSkillsDir);
+
+function transformSkillFile(filePath) {
+  const raw = readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8');
+  // Parse YAML frontmatter (---\n...\n---\n)
+  const match = raw.match(/^---\n([\s\S]*?)\n---\n([\s\S]*)$/);
+  if (!match) return null;
+
+  const frontmatterRaw = match[1];
+  const body = match[2];
+
+  // Extract description value (handles multi-line descriptions with quotes)
+  const descMatch = frontmatterRaw.match(/^description:\s*(.+)$/m);
+  if (!descMatch) return null;
+
+  const desc = descMatch[1].trim().replace(/^["']|["']$/g, '');
+  const safeDesc = desc.replace(/"/g, '\\"');
+
+  return `---\ndescription: "${safeDesc}"\n---\n${body}`;
+}
+
+let skillCount = 0;
+for (const category of ['commands', 'workflows']) {
+  const categoryDir = resolve(source, category);
+  if (!existsSync(categoryDir)) continue;
+
+  for (const file of readdirSync(categoryDir)) {
+    if (!file.endsWith('.md')) continue;
+    const skillName = basename(file, '.md');
+    const content = transformSkillFile(resolve(categoryDir, file));
+    if (!content) {
+      console.warn(`Warning: could not parse frontmatter for ${file}, skipping`);
+      continue;
+    }
+    const outDir = resolve(pluginSkillsDir, skillName);
+    mkdirpSync(outDir);
+    writeFileSync(resolve(outDir, 'SKILL.md'), content);
+    skillCount++;
+  }
+}
+
+console.log(`Generated ${skillCount} plugin skills at ${pluginSkillsDir}`);

installer/src/transformers/claude.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { TransformResult } from './types.js';
 import { execCommand, commandExists } from '../utils.js';
 
 const PLUGIN_NAME = 'syncable-cli-skills';
-const PLUGIN_VERSION = '0.1.0';
+const PLUGIN_VERSION = '0.1.8';
 const MARKETPLACE_NAME = 'syncable';
 const MARKETPLACE_REPO = 'syncable-dev/syncable-cli';
 
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ export function transformForClaude(skill: Skill): TransformResult[] {
 
   const safeDesc = skill.frontmatter.description
     .replace(/"/g, '\\"')
-    .replace(/: /g, ' - ')
-    .replace(/Trigger on:.*$/, '')
     .trim();
 
   const content = `---\ndescription: "${safeDesc}"\n---\n\n${skill.body}`;
@@ -154,14 +152,15 @@ function enablePluginInSettings(): void {
     settings.extraKnownMarketplaces = {};
   }
   const marketplaces = settings.extraKnownMarketplaces as Record<string, unknown>;
-  if (!marketplaces[MARKETPLACE_NAME]) {
-    marketplaces[MARKETPLACE_NAME] = {
-      source: {
-        source: 'github',
-        repo: MARKETPLACE_REPO,
-      },
-    };
-  }
+  // Always overwrite the marketplace entry to ensure it is canonical and free
+  // of non-standard fields (e.g. a stale "path" override added by Claude Code
+  // dev-mode that causes the plugin to be loaded from the local filesystem).
+  marketplaces[MARKETPLACE_NAME] = {
+    source: {
+      source: 'github',
+      repo: MARKETPLACE_REPO,
+    },
+  };
 
   fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(settingsFile), { recursive: true });
   fs.writeFileSync(settingsFile, JSON.stringify(settings, null, 2));
@@ -174,22 +173,32 @@ function enablePluginInSettings(): void {
  *  2. Fall back to manual: write cache files + update settings.json
  */
 export async function installClaudePlugin(skills: Skill[]): Promise<{ cacheDir: string; skillCount: number }> {
-  // ── Attempt 1: Official CLI ────────────────────────────────────────
-  const cliSuccess = await tryClaudeCliInstall();
-  if (cliSuccess) {
-    return { cacheDir: getClaudePluginCacheDir(), skillCount: skills.length };
-  }
+  // Try the official CLI first — this handles enabledPlugins registration.
+  // We don't return early on success because the CLI may have cached an old
+  // version of the plugin that is missing the skills directory (e.g. from a
+  // previous install before skills were added, or from a stale npx cache).
+  // We always write skills directly to the cache so they're guaranteed to exist.
+  await tryClaudeCliInstall();
 
-  // ── Attempt 2: Manual write + settings.json ────────────────────────
   const cacheDir = getClaudePluginCacheDir();
 
-  // Clear old skills
+  // Remove stale older-version cache entries so Claude Code doesn't load an
+  // empty/outdated version instead of the current one.
+  const pluginRootDir = path.dirname(cacheDir);
+  if (fs.existsSync(pluginRootDir)) {
+    for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(pluginRootDir)) {
+      if (entry !== PLUGIN_VERSION) {
+        fs.rmSync(path.join(pluginRootDir, entry), { recursive: true, force: true });
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Clear old skills and rewrite them so the cache is always up to date.
   const skillsDir = path.join(cacheDir, 'skills');
   if (fs.existsSync(skillsDir)) {
     fs.rmSync(skillsDir, { recursive: true });
   }
 
-  // Write each skill
   for (const skill of skills) {
     const results = transformForClaude(skill);
     for (const { relativePath, content } of results) {
@@ -199,10 +208,7 @@ export async function installClaudePlugin(skills: Skill[]): Promise<{ cacheDir:
     }
   }
 
-  // Write plugin manifest
   writePluginManifest(cacheDir);
-
-  // Enable in settings.json (THE KEY FIX)
   enablePluginInSettings();
 
   return { cacheDir, skillCount: skills.length };

installer/src/transformers/codex.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { Skill } from '../skills.js';
 import { TransformResult } from './types.js';
 
 export function transformForCodex(skill: Skill): TransformResult[] {
-  const content = `---\nname: ${skill.frontmatter.name}\ndescription: ${skill.frontmatter.description}\n---\n\n${skill.body}`;
+  const safeName = skill.frontmatter.name.replace(/"/g, '\\"');
+  const safeDesc = skill.frontmatter.description.replace(/"/g, '\\"');
+  const content = `---\nname: "${safeName}"\ndescription: "${safeDesc}"\n---\n\n${skill.body}`;
   return [{ relativePath: `${skill.frontmatter.name}/SKILL.md`, content }];
 }

installer/src/transformers/cursor.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { TransformResult } from './types.js';
 
 export function transformForCursor(skill: Skill): TransformResult[] {
   const filename = skill.frontmatter.name + '.mdc';
-  const content = `---\ndescription: "Syncable CLI: ${skill.frontmatter.description}"\nglobs:\nalwaysApply: true\n---\n\n${skill.body}`;
+  const safeDesc = skill.frontmatter.description.replace(/"/g, '\\"');
+  const content = `---\ndescription: "Syncable CLI: ${safeDesc}"\nglobs:\nalwaysApply: true\n---\n\n${skill.body}`;
   return [{ relativePath: filename, content }];
 }

installer/src/transformers/windsurf.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { TransformResult } from './types.js';
 
 export function transformForWindsurf(skill: Skill): TransformResult[] {
   const filename = skill.frontmatter.name + '.md';
-  const content = `---\ntrigger: always\ndescription: "Syncable CLI: ${skill.frontmatter.description}"\n---\n\n${skill.body}`;
+  const safeDesc = skill.frontmatter.description.replace(/"/g, '\\"');
+  const content = `---\ntrigger: always\ndescription: "Syncable CLI: ${safeDesc}"\n---\n\n${skill.body}`;
   return [{ relativePath: filename, content }];
 }

installer/tests/transformers/codex.test.ts

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ describe('transformForCodex', () => {
     expect(result[0].relativePath).toBe('syncable-analyze/SKILL.md');
   });
 
-  it('preserves frontmatter in SKILL.md', () => {
+  it('preserves frontmatter in SKILL.md with quoted values', () => {
     const result = transformForCodex(sampleSkill);
-    expect(result[0].content).toContain('name: syncable-analyze');
-    expect(result[0].content).toContain('description: Use when analyzing a project');
+    expect(result[0].content).toContain('name: "syncable-analyze"');
+    expect(result[0].content).toContain('description: "Use when analyzing a project"');
   });
 
   it('preserves body content', () => {