fix(cli): cannot run install when skills is an object with installed array

Author: codeaholicguy

e2e/cli.e2e.ts

@@ -301,6 +301,24 @@ describe('install command', () => {
     const result = run('install -c nonexistent.json', { cwd: projectDir });
     expect(result.exitCode).not.toBe(0);
   });
+
+  it('should install when skills is an object with installed array (issue #62)', () => {
+    writeConfigFile(projectDir, {
+      version: '1.0.0',
+      environments: ['claude'],
+      phases: ['requirements'],
+      skills: {
+        installed: [
+          { registry: 'codeaholicguy/ai-devkit', name: 'dev-lifecycle' }
+        ]
+      },
+      createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+      updatedAt: new Date().toISOString()
+    });
+
+    const result = run('install', { cwd: projectDir });
+    expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  });
 });
 
 describe('skill command', () => {

packages/cli/src/__tests__/util/config.test.ts

@@ -31,4 +31,34 @@ describe('config util', () => {
   it('fails when skills entry is invalid', () => {
     expect(() => validateInstallConfig({ skills: [{ registry: '', name: 'debug' }] }, '/tmp/.ai-devkit.json')).toThrow('skills[0].registry');
   });
+
+  it('accepts skills as an object with installed array (issue #62)', () => {
+    const result = validateInstallConfig({
+      environments: ['claude'],
+      skills: {
+        installed: [
+          { registry: 'codeaholicguy/ai-devkit', name: 'dev-lifecycle' }
+        ]
+      }
+    }, '/tmp/.ai-devkit.json');
+
+    expect(result.skills).toEqual([
+      { registry: 'codeaholicguy/ai-devkit', name: 'dev-lifecycle' }
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('accepts skills as an object with registries and installed array', () => {
+    const result = validateInstallConfig({
+      skills: {
+        registries: { myorg: 'myorg/skills' },
+        installed: [
+          { registry: 'codeaholicguy/ai-devkit', name: 'memory' }
+        ]
+      }
+    }, '/tmp/.ai-devkit.json');
+
+    expect(result.skills).toEqual([
+      { registry: 'codeaholicguy/ai-devkit', name: 'memory' }
+    ]);
+  });
 });

packages/cli/src/util/config.ts

@@ -46,7 +46,18 @@ const installConfigSchema = z.object({
     });
   }).transform(values => dedupe(values) as EnvironmentCode[]),
   phases: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
-  skills: z.array(skillEntrySchema).optional().default([]),
+  skills: z.preprocess(
+    (val) => {
+      if (val == null) return [];
+      if (Array.isArray(val)) return val;
+      if (typeof val === 'object' && !Array.isArray(val)) {
+        const obj = val as Record<string, unknown>;
+        return Array.isArray(obj.installed) ? obj.installed : [];
+      }
+      return val;
+    },
+    z.array(skillEntrySchema).default([])
+  ),
   mcpServers: z.record(z.string(), z.object({
     transport: z.enum(['stdio', 'http', 'sse']),
     command: z.string().optional(),