feat: register system objects for auto-discovery in various plugins

Author: hotlong

packages/metadata/src/plugin.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Plugin, PluginContext } from '@objectstack/core';
 import { NodeMetadataManager } from './node-metadata-manager.js';
 import { DEFAULT_METADATA_TYPE_REGISTRY } from '@objectstack/spec/kernel';
 import type { MetadataPluginConfig } from '@objectstack/spec/kernel';
+import { SysMetadataObject } from './objects/sys-metadata.object.js';
 
 export interface MetadataPluginOptions {
     rootDir?: string;
@@ -38,14 +39,25 @@ export class MetadataPlugin implements Plugin {
     }
 
     init = async (ctx: PluginContext) => {
-        ctx.logger.info('Initializing Metadata Manager', { 
+        ctx.logger.info('Initializing Metadata Manager', {
             root: this.options.rootDir || process.cwd(),
             watch: this.options.watch
         });
-        
+
         // Register Metadata Manager as primary metadata service provider
         // This takes precedence over ObjectQL's fallback metadata service
         ctx.registerService('metadata', this.manager);
+
+        // Register metadata system objects so ObjectQLPlugin auto-discovers them
+        ctx.registerService('app.com.objectstack.metadata', {
+            id: 'com.objectstack.metadata',
+            name: 'Metadata',
+            version: '1.0.0',
+            type: 'plugin',
+            namespace: 'sys',
+            objects: [SysMetadataObject],
+        });
+
         ctx.logger.info('MetadataPlugin providing metadata service (primary mode)', {
             mode: 'file-system',
             features: ['watch', 'persistence', 'multi-format', 'query', 'overlay', 'type-registry']

packages/plugins/plugin-audit/package.json

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "test": "vitest run --passWithNoTests"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@objectstack/core": "workspace:*",
     "@objectstack/spec": "workspace:*"
   },
   "devDependencies": {

packages/plugins/plugin-audit/src/audit-plugin.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2025 ObjectStack. Licensed under the Apache-2.0 license.
+
+import type { Plugin, PluginContext } from '@objectstack/core';
+import { SysAuditLog } from './objects/index.js';
+
+/**
+ * AuditPlugin
+ *
+ * Registers the sys_audit_log system object with ObjectQL so it is
+ * discoverable by the studio and available for CRUD operations.
+ */
+export class AuditPlugin implements Plugin {
+  name = 'com.objectstack.audit';
+  type = 'standard';
+  version = '1.0.0';
+
+  async init(ctx: PluginContext): Promise<void> {
+    // Register audit system objects so ObjectQLPlugin auto-discovers them
+    ctx.registerService('app.com.objectstack.audit', {
+      id: 'com.objectstack.audit',
+      name: 'Audit',
+      version: '1.0.0',
+      type: 'plugin',
+      namespace: 'sys',
+      objects: [SysAuditLog],
+    });
+
+    ctx.logger.info('Audit Plugin initialized');
+  }
+}

packages/plugins/plugin-audit/src/index.ts

@@ -7,5 +7,7 @@
  * Provides the sys_audit_log system object definition for immutable audit trails.
  */
 
+export { AuditPlugin } from './audit-plugin.js';
+
 // System Object Definitions (sys namespace)
 export { SysAuditLog } from './objects/index.js';

packages/plugins/plugin-security/src/security-plugin.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import type { PermissionSet, RowLevelSecurityPolicy } from '@objectstack/spec/se
 import { PermissionEvaluator } from './permission-evaluator.js';
 import { RLSCompiler } from './rls-compiler.js';
 import { FieldMasker } from './field-masker.js';
+import { SysRole, SysPermissionSet } from './objects/index.js';
 
 /**
  * SecurityPlugin
@@ -31,12 +32,22 @@ export class SecurityPlugin implements Plugin {
 
   async init(ctx: PluginContext): Promise<void> {
     ctx.logger.info('Initializing Security Plugin...');
-    
+
     // Register security services
     ctx.registerService('security.permissions', this.permissionEvaluator);
     ctx.registerService('security.rls', this.rlsCompiler);
     ctx.registerService('security.fieldMasker', this.fieldMasker);
-    
+
+    // Register security system objects so ObjectQLPlugin auto-discovers them
+    ctx.registerService('app.com.objectstack.security', {
+      id: 'com.objectstack.security',
+      name: 'Security',
+      version: '1.0.0',
+      type: 'plugin',
+      namespace: 'sys',
+      objects: [SysRole, SysPermissionSet],
+    });
+
     ctx.logger.info('Security Plugin initialized');
   }
 

packages/services/service-feed/src/feed-service-plugin.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import type { Plugin, PluginContext } from '@objectstack/core';
 import { InMemoryFeedAdapter } from './in-memory-feed-adapter.js';
 import type { InMemoryFeedAdapterOptions } from './in-memory-feed-adapter.js';
+import { FeedItem, FeedReaction, RecordSubscription } from './objects/index.js';
 
 /**
  * Configuration options for the FeedServicePlugin.
@@ -53,6 +54,16 @@ export class FeedServicePlugin implements Plugin {
   async init(ctx: PluginContext): Promise<void> {
     const feed = new InMemoryFeedAdapter(this.options.memory);
     ctx.registerService('feed', feed);
+
+    // Register feed system objects so ObjectQLPlugin auto-discovers them
+    ctx.registerService('app.com.objectstack.service.feed', {
+      id: 'com.objectstack.service.feed',
+      name: 'Feed Service',
+      version: '1.0.0',
+      type: 'plugin',
+      objects: [FeedItem, FeedReaction, RecordSubscription],
+    });
+
     ctx.logger.info('FeedServicePlugin: registered in-memory feed adapter');
   }
 }