feat: enhance app plugin auto-registration and update dependencies in CLI

Author: hotlong

examples/app-todo/objectstack.config.ts

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import { TodoTask } from './src/domains/todo/task.object';
 
 // Runtime Plugins
 import { ObjectQLPlugin } from '@objectstack/objectql';
-import { AppPlugin, DriverPlugin } from '@objectstack/runtime';
+import { DriverPlugin } from '@objectstack/runtime';
 import { InMemoryDriver } from '@objectstack/driver-memory';
 
-const stackConfig = defineStack({
+export default defineStack({
   objects: [
     TodoTask
   ],
@@ -54,16 +54,10 @@ const stackConfig = defineStack({
         ]
       }
     ]
-  }
-});
-
-// Export with Runtime Plugins injected
-export default {
-  ...stackConfig,
+  },
   plugins: [
     new ObjectQLPlugin(),
-    new DriverPlugin(new InMemoryDriver()),
-    new AppPlugin(stackConfig)
+    new DriverPlugin(new InMemoryDriver())
   ]
-};
+});
 

packages/cli/package.json

@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@
   "author": "Steedos",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@objectstack/spec": "workspace:*",
     "@objectstack/core": "workspace:*",
     "@objectstack/plugin-hono-server": "workspace:*",
+    "@objectstack/runtime": "workspace:^",
+    "@objectstack/spec": "workspace:*",
     "bundle-require": "^5.1.0",
     "chalk": "^5.3.0",
     "commander": "^11.1.0",

packages/cli/src/commands/serve.ts

@@ -96,6 +96,17 @@ export const serveCommand = new Command('serve')
         logger: loggerConfig
       });
 
+      // Auto-register AppPlugin if config contains app definitions
+      if (config.objects || config.manifest || config.apps) {
+        try {
+           const { AppPlugin } = await import('@objectstack/runtime');
+           kernel.use(new AppPlugin(config));
+           console.log(chalk.green(`  ✓ Registered App Plugin (auto-detected)`));
+        } catch (e: any) {
+           console.warn(chalk.yellow(`  ⚠ Could not auto-load AppPlugin: ${e.message}`));
+        }
+      }
+
       // Load plugins from configuration
       let plugins = config.plugins || [];