feat: add Nostr channel plugin and onboarding install defaults

Co-authored-by: joelklabo <joelklabo@users.noreply.github.com>

src/commands/onboarding/plugin-install.test.ts

@@ -102,6 +102,52 @@ describe("ensureOnboardingPluginInstalled", () => {
     expect(result.cfg.plugins?.entries?.zalo?.enabled).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it("defaults to local on dev channel when local path exists", async () => {
+    const runtime = makeRuntime();
+    const select = vi.fn(async () => "skip") as WizardPrompter["select"];
+    const prompter = makePrompter({ select });
+    const cfg: ClawdbotConfig = { update: { channel: "dev" } };
+    vi.mocked(fs.existsSync).mockImplementation((value) => {
+      const raw = String(value);
+      return (
+        raw.endsWith(`${path.sep}.git`) || raw.endsWith(`${path.sep}extensions${path.sep}zalo`)
+      );
+    });
+
+    await ensureOnboardingPluginInstalled({
+      cfg,
+      entry: baseEntry,
+      prompter,
+      runtime,
+    });
+
+    const firstCall = select.mock.calls[0]?.[0];
+    expect(firstCall?.initialValue).toBe("local");
+  });
+
+  it("defaults to npm on beta channel even when local path exists", async () => {
+    const runtime = makeRuntime();
+    const select = vi.fn(async () => "skip") as WizardPrompter["select"];
+    const prompter = makePrompter({ select });
+    const cfg: ClawdbotConfig = { update: { channel: "beta" } };
+    vi.mocked(fs.existsSync).mockImplementation((value) => {
+      const raw = String(value);
+      return (
+        raw.endsWith(`${path.sep}.git`) || raw.endsWith(`${path.sep}extensions${path.sep}zalo`)
+      );
+    });
+
+    await ensureOnboardingPluginInstalled({
+      cfg,
+      entry: baseEntry,
+      prompter,
+      runtime,
+    });
+
+    const firstCall = select.mock.calls[0]?.[0];
+    expect(firstCall?.initialValue).toBe("npm");
+  });
+
   it("falls back to local path after npm install failure", async () => {
     const runtime = makeRuntime();
     const note = vi.fn(async () => {});

src/commands/onboarding/plugin-install.ts

@@ -67,9 +67,10 @@ function addPluginLoadPath(cfg: ClawdbotConfig, pluginPath: string): ClawdbotCon
 async function promptInstallChoice(params: {
   entry: ChannelPluginCatalogEntry;
   localPath?: string | null;
+  defaultChoice: InstallChoice;
   prompter: WizardPrompter;
 }): Promise<InstallChoice> {
-  const { entry, localPath, prompter } = params;
+  const { entry, localPath, prompter, defaultChoice } = params;
   const localOptions: Array<{ value: InstallChoice; label: string; hint?: string }> = localPath
     ? [
         {
@@ -84,7 +85,8 @@ async function promptInstallChoice(params: {
     ...localOptions,
     { value: "skip", label: "Skip for now" },
   ];
-  const initialValue: InstallChoice = localPath ? "local" : "npm";
+  const initialValue: InstallChoice =
+    defaultChoice === "local" && !localPath ? "npm" : defaultChoice;
   return await prompter.select<InstallChoice>({
     message: `Install ${entry.meta.label} plugin?`,
     options,
@@ -92,6 +94,25 @@ async function promptInstallChoice(params: {
   });
 }
 
+function resolveInstallDefaultChoice(params: {
+  cfg: ClawdbotConfig;
+  entry: ChannelPluginCatalogEntry;
+  localPath?: string | null;
+}): InstallChoice {
+  const { cfg, entry, localPath } = params;
+  const updateChannel = cfg.update?.channel;
+  if (updateChannel === "dev") {
+    return localPath ? "local" : "npm";
+  }
+  if (updateChannel === "stable" || updateChannel === "beta") {
+    return "npm";
+  }
+  const entryDefault = entry.install.defaultChoice;
+  if (entryDefault === "local") return localPath ? "local" : "npm";
+  if (entryDefault === "npm") return "npm";
+  return localPath ? "local" : "npm";
+}
+
 export async function ensureOnboardingPluginInstalled(params: {
   cfg: ClawdbotConfig;
   entry: ChannelPluginCatalogEntry;
@@ -103,9 +124,15 @@ export async function ensureOnboardingPluginInstalled(params: {
   let next = params.cfg;
   const allowLocal = hasGitWorkspace(workspaceDir);
   const localPath = resolveLocalPath(entry, workspaceDir, allowLocal);
+  const defaultChoice = resolveInstallDefaultChoice({
+    cfg: next,
+    entry,
+    localPath,
+  });
   const choice = await promptInstallChoice({
     entry,
     localPath,
+    defaultChoice,
     prompter,
   });