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feat(automation,spec): descriptor-only contract + boot audit for declarative connectors (#2612) - #2985

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#2612: declarative connectors: stack entries are registered as metadata but never reach the automation engine's connector registry — only plugins populate it via engine.registerConnector(def, handlers) (ADR-0018 §Addendum). A declared connector with actions and no plugin behind it looked dispatchable but was silently inert — the worst failure mode for AI-authored stacks (plausible, schema-valid, dead).

This PR is the interim resolution (option 2 of #2612, hardened) plus the roadmap for the correct bridge (option 1): ADR-0096 / #2977.

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  • service-automation: 25 files / 267 tests pass (includes the new connector-descriptor-audit.test.ts).
  • spec: 252 files / 6826 tests pass.
  • showcase: test/coverage.test.ts 13/13 pass; new connectors module typechecks clean.

Closes#2612. Roadmap: #2977 (ADR-0096).

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…arative connectors (#2612)
Declarative `connectors:` stack entries never reach the automation
connector registry (plugins only, via engine.registerConnector — ADR-0018
§Addendum), so a declared connector with actions and no plugin behind it
looked dispatchable but was silently inert. Make the contract explicit and
audited, and chart the upgrade path:
- service-automation: kernel:ready + metadata:reloaded audit — declared
connectors with actions but no same-name runtime registration log a loud
warning naming each inert entry (findInertDeclaredConnectors, tested).
- spec: stack.zod.ts `connectors:` and integration/connector.zod.ts now
document the descriptor-vs-registered contract (including .describe() text
for AI stack authoring); `enabled: false` marks a deliberate catalog-only
descriptor and silences the audit.
- showcase: demonstrates the declarative collection per the documented
contract (catalog descriptor, enabled: false) and flips the #2612
STACK_COLLECTION_COVERAGE waiver to demonstrated; live connectors remain
demonstrated via the connector plugins.
- ADR-0096 (Proposed): declarative connector instances — provider-bound
entries materialized by the ADR-0023/0024 generic executors, credentialRef
instead of inline secrets, loud boot error for unbound providers. Tracked
in #2977.
Closes#2612.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01TQFjxP9nJqyZyRYTNqRNxJ
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📓 Docs Drift Check

This PR changes 2 package(s): packages/services, @objectstack/spec.

99 hand-written doc(s) reference the affected code and may need an implementation-accuracy re-verification:

  • content/docs/ai/agents.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/ai/skills-reference.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/ai/skills.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/api/client-sdk.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/api/environment-routing.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/api/error-catalog.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/api/error-handling-client.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/api/error-handling-server.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/api/index.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/automation/approvals.mdx(via packages/spec)
  • content/docs/automation/flows.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/automation/hook-bodies.mdx(via packages/spec)
  • content/docs/automation/hooks.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/automation/index.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/automation/webhooks.mdx(via packages/services, @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/automation/workflows.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/concepts/architecture.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/concepts/design-principles.mdx(via packages/spec)
  • content/docs/concepts/index.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/concepts/metadata-driven.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/concepts/metadata-lifecycle.mdx(via packages/spec)
  • content/docs/concepts/north-star.mdx(via packages/spec)
  • content/docs/data-modeling/analytics.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/data-modeling/drivers.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/data-modeling/external-datasources.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/data-modeling/field-types.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/data-modeling/fields.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/data-modeling/formulas.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/data-modeling/index.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/data-modeling/objects.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
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  • content/docs/data-modeling/schema-design.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/data-modeling/seed-data.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
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  • content/docs/deployment/troubleshooting.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/getting-started/build-with-claude-code.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/getting-started/cli.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/getting-started/common-patterns.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/getting-started/examples.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/getting-started/quick-reference.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/getting-started/quick-start.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/getting-started/validating-metadata.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/getting-started/your-first-project.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/kernel/cluster.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/kernel/contracts/auth-service.mdx(via packages/spec)
  • content/docs/kernel/contracts/cache-service.mdx(via packages/spec)
  • content/docs/kernel/contracts/data-engine.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/kernel/contracts/index.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/kernel/contracts/metadata-service.mdx(via packages/spec)
  • content/docs/kernel/contracts/storage-service.mdx(via packages/spec)
  • content/docs/kernel/index.mdx(via packages/spec)
  • content/docs/kernel/runtime-services/audit-service.mdx(via packages/services)
  • content/docs/kernel/runtime-services/email-service.mdx(via packages/spec)
  • content/docs/kernel/runtime-services/index.mdx(via packages/services, packages/spec)
  • content/docs/kernel/runtime-services/queue-service.mdx(via packages/spec)
  • content/docs/kernel/runtime-services/settings-service.mdx(via packages/services)
  • content/docs/kernel/runtime-services/sharing-service.mdx(via packages/spec)
  • content/docs/kernel/runtime-services/sms-service.mdx(via packages/spec)
  • content/docs/kernel/runtime-services/storage-service.mdx(via packages/spec)
  • content/docs/kernel/services-checklist.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/permissions/authorization.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/permissions/permission-sets.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/permissions/permissions-matrix.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/permissions/positions.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/permissions/sharing-rules.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/plugins/adding-a-metadata-type.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/plugins/development.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/plugins/index.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/plugins/packages.mdx(via packages/services, @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/protocol/backward-compatibility.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/protocol/diagram.mdx(via packages/spec)
  • content/docs/protocol/kernel/config-resolution.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/protocol/kernel/i18n-standard.mdx(via packages/services, @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/protocol/kernel/lifecycle.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/protocol/kernel/plugin-spec.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/protocol/kernel/runtime-capabilities.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/protocol/knowledge.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/protocol/objectql/index.mdx(via packages/spec)
  • content/docs/protocol/objectql/query-syntax.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/protocol/objectql/schema.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/protocol/objectql/security.mdx(via packages/spec)
  • content/docs/protocol/objectql/state-machine.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/protocol/objectui/actions.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
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  • content/docs/ui/forms.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/ui/index.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/ui/setup-app.mdx(via @objectstack/spec)

Advisory only. To re-verify, run the docs-accuracy-audit workflow scoped to these files:
node scripts/docs-audit/affected-docs.mjs origin/main → pass the list as args.docs.

… (lint #2035 rule)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01TQFjxP9nJqyZyRYTNqRNxJ
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baozhoutao pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 7, 2026
Closes the two coverage holes the seed import left: nothing covered the AI
metadata kinds (agent/tool/skill, MCP surfaces) or the integration/system
services (declarative connectors, webhooks, jobs, email templates).
- areas/ai.json — agent/tool/skill metadata round-trip (variants matrix),
MCP HTTP transport both-sides (enabled 501/off + /mcp/skill public),
stdio fail-closed + RLS/FLS parity (from #3358 §9), run_action
ai.exposed gate + audit (15.1 §A9), validate_expression. Showcase ships
no AI seeds (ADR-0063) — fixture requirements declared explicitly.
- areas/integration-system.json — declarative connector lifecycle from the
15.1 §B rows (#2994/#3062 boot materialization, #3049 degraded husk +
atomic recovery, #3059 stdio default-deny allowlist, #3024 spec-path
escape rejection, #2985 descriptor-only boot audit, objectui#2563
designer picker), webhook live-fire + retired-trigger build gate, job
scheduled run, email-template variable rendering.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YD9f6FYyMraUWYeJf53V43
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