fix: import defineNuxtPlugin in intercept plugin

[harlan-zw]

🔗 Linked issue

Resolves#841

❓ Type of change

• 📖 Documentation
• 🐞 Bug fix
• 👌 Enhancement
• ✨ New feature
• 🧹 Chore
• ⚠️ Breaking change

📚 Description

The generated proxy intercept plugin called defineNuxtPlugin without importing it. Add an explicit nuxt/app import so apps with imports.autoImport: false can initialize the plugin.

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Project	Deployment	Actions	Updated (UTC)
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commit: 5845109

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The intercept plugin template now prepends an explicit defineNuxtPlugin import from nuxt/app before exporting the plugin. A unit test verifies that generated contents include this import when Nuxt auto-imports are disabled.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~3 minutes

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The change adds the missing import and test coverage for issue #841, matching the expected fix.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The PR stays focused on the import fix and its test, with no clear unrelated changes.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: adding a defineNuxtPlugin import to the intercept plugin.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description matches the change and explains the auto-import issue it fixes.

✨ Finishing Touches

📝 Generate docstrings

• Create stacked PR
• Commit on current branch

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch fix/explicit-plugin-import

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