docs(skills): sync objectstack-* skills with 9.0→9.4 changes

.changeset/docs-skills-sync-9-4.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+---
+
+docs(skills): sync objectstack-* skills with 9.0→9.4 changes. Documentation-only
+update to the `skills/` authoring guides — no package version impact (empty
+changeset to satisfy the changeset check).

skills/objectstack-ai/SKILL.md

@@ -57,6 +57,35 @@ Agent  →  Skill  →  Tool
 > agents is supported but considered legacy. Skills provide better
 > discoverability, instruction scoping, and reuse.
 
+### Built-in Unified Assistant (ADR-0040)
+
+The runtime ships a unified persona agent **`data_chat`** (`DEFAULT_DATA_AGENT_NAME`)
+— the implicit default copilot for any app that doesn't pin `app.defaultAgent`
+(Studio overrides to `metadata_assistant`). It attaches built-in skills:
+
+- **`data_explorer`** — read-only data Q&A: `list_objects`, `describe_object`,
+  `query_data` / `query_records`, `get_record`, `aggregate_data`, `visualize_data`.
+- **`metadata_authoring`** + **`solution_design`** — app-building, **cloud/EE only**.
+
+To grant data exploration to your own agent, add `data_explorer` to its `skills[]`;
+deactivating that skill (`active: false`) revokes data Q&A for every agent that
+references it.
+
+> **Edition gate (#1803):** when neither `metadata_authoring` nor `solution_design`
+> is registered — the open single-env framework — the assistant is **query-only**
+> and declines build/authoring requests. App-building tools are supplied entirely
+> by the cloud AI Studio plugin; do not assume they resolve in the open framework.
+
+> **`visualize_data` (#1820/#1821):** the only built-in tool that draws a chart —
+> it aggregates an object and emits an inline `data-chart` part. Auto-registered
+> **only** when an analytics service (`IAnalyticsService`) is wired; `query_data` /
+> `aggregate_data` return numbers, not charts.
+
+> **Ops:** set `AI_DAILY_USER_MESSAGES=<N>` to cap user turns per user per day
+> (ADR-0040 §5; backed by the `ai_usage_daily` object, no-op if unset). Adapter
+> health is observable at `GET /api/v1/ai/status`; invalid `ai` settings are
+> rejected at save time (#1788).
+
 ---
 
 ## Agent Configuration
@@ -110,9 +139,9 @@ export default defineAgent({
     temperature: 0.3,
   },
   guardrails: {
-    blockedTopics: ['internal_pricing', 'employee_data'],
-    maxTurns: 20,
-    requireApprovalFor: ['delete_record', 'escalate'],
+    blockedTopics: ['internal_pricing', 'employee_data'],   // forbidden topics / action names
+    maxTokensPerInvocation: 8000,                            // token budget per invocation
+    maxExecutionTimeSec: 60,                                 // wall-clock cap per invocation
   },
 });
 ```
@@ -322,6 +351,11 @@ Retrieval-Augmented Generation gives agents access to domain knowledge.
 | `azure_openai` | Same as OpenAI, enterprise managed | Compliance, data residency |
 | `local` | Ollama, vLLM, llama.cpp | On-premise, air-gapped |
 
+> The inline agent `model.provider` enum is the narrow set above
+> (`openai` / `azure_openai` / `anthropic` / `local`). **Model-registry** entries
+> (`ModelProviderSchema`) accept a wider set: also `google`, `cohere`,
+> `huggingface`, `custom`.
+
 ### Model Selection Guidelines
 
 | Scenario | Recommended |

skills/objectstack-api/SKILL.md

@@ -59,6 +59,29 @@ GET    /api/v1/{object}/aggregate # Aggregation queries
 > **Key rule:** If your object defines `apiMethods`, only those operations are
 > exposed. For example, `apiMethods: ['get', 'list']` creates a read-only API.
 
+### Metadata API (`/meta`)
+
+The metadata read surface lives under `/api/v1/meta` (separate from the data
+CRUD routes above):
+
+```
+GET /api/v1/meta/:type            # List metadata items of a type (object, view, flow, doc, …)
+GET /api/v1/meta/:type/:name      # Read a single metadata item
+```
+
+Three query-param contracts gained in 9.x:
+
+- **`?preview=draft`** (#1763) — overlay pending **draft** metadata instead of the
+  published copy, on both list and get. The draft path is **cache-bypassed**, so
+  it always reflects the latest unpublished edit (ADR-0033/0037 authoring loop).
+- **`?package=<packageId>`** (ADR-0048, #1816/#1819) — **package-scope** a read so
+  two installed packages that share a bare metadata name disambiguate by owning
+  package; prefer-local resolution. A package-scoped read **bypasses the meta
+  cache**. The layered / Studio-editor read is package-scoped the same way.
+- **`/meta/doc`** (ADR-0046, #1790) — docs-as-metadata. The **list** response omits
+  each doc's `content` by default (use `?include=content` to include it); the
+  **single-item** `GET /meta/doc/:name` always returns the full body.
+
 ### Public (anonymous) Form Endpoints
 
 Any `FormView` declared with `sharing.allowAnonymous: true` and a

skills/objectstack-automation/SKILL.md

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ parallel. Flows are the primary automation building block in ObjectStack.
 | `screen` | Interactive — presents UI screens to the user (wizards, forms) |
 | `schedule` | Runs on a cron schedule (daily cleanup, weekly reports) |
 | `record_change` | Fires automatically on record create/update/delete (bind via the `start` node's `triggerType`) |
-| `api` | Invoked explicitly via the API / `engine.execute()` |
+| `api` | Invoked explicitly via the API / `engine.execute()`, **or** bound as an inbound **webhook**: `POST /api/v1/automation/hooks/:flowName/:hookId` (see *Inbound webhook triggers* below) |
 
 ### Flow Node Types
 
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ branch — you never resume the flow by hand.
 | `lockRecord` | Lock the triggering record from edits while pending. Default `true` |
 | `approvalStatusField` | Business-object field to mirror `pending`/`approved`/`rejected`/`recalled` onto (should be readonly) |
 | `escalation` | Optional per-node SLA — `{ enabled, timeoutHours, action: reassign\|auto_approve\|auto_reject\|notify, escalateTo?, notifySubmitter }` |
+| `maxRevisions` | ADR-0044 — max **send-backs-for-revision** per run before auto-reject. Default `3`; `0` disables send-back. Only meaningful when the node has a `revise` out-edge |
 
 ### Branching, side-effects & rejection
 
@@ -353,6 +354,12 @@ These are wired on the **graph**, not in node config:
   `http_request`, an email node, …) to the `approve` / `reject` out-edge.
 - **Roll back on reject** — route the `reject` edge as a **back-edge** to an
   earlier node so the submitter can revise (the old `back_to_previous`).
+- **Send back for revision (ADR-0044)** — distinct from a plain reject: an
+  Approval node can emit a third decision **`revise`** on a `revise`-labeled
+  out-edge that routes to a rework wait point. The submitter edits and
+  resubmits, re-entering the node via an edge `type: 'back'` (a declared
+  back-edge — traversed at run time but excluded from DAG cycle validation).
+  `maxRevisions` (node config, default `3`) caps the loop before auto-reject.
 - **Hard reject** — route the `reject` edge to an `end` node (the old
   `reject_process`).
 
@@ -381,17 +388,38 @@ ObjectQL lifecycle hook.
 
 ### Prerequisite — enable the `triggers` capability
 
-Record-change (and schedule) triggers ship as a plugin gated behind the
+Record-change, schedule, **and inbound-webhook (`api`)** triggers ship behind the
 `triggers` capability. **Without it the flows register but never fire.** Add it
-to the package config (pair with `job` for schedule/cron triggers):
+to the package config:
 
 ```typescript
 defineStack({
   // …
-  requires: ['automation', 'triggers'],   // + 'job' for scheduled flows
+  requires: ['automation', 'triggers'],
+  //   + 'job'   for scheduled (cron) flows
+  //   + 'queue' for inbound-webhook ('api') flows — the trigger-api plugin
+  //             depends on the queue service; without it every inbound POST
+  //             returns 503 queue_unavailable.
 });
 ```
 
+### Inbound webhook (`api`) triggers (ADR-0041 Tier 1)
+
+An `api` flow can be bound to an inbound HTTP endpoint:
+`POST /api/v1/automation/hooks/:flowName/:hookId`. Configure it on the **start
+node `config`** (the start `config` is a free-form record, so these keys are
+read at runtime, not Zod-validated):
+
+| `config` key | Purpose |
+|:-------------|:--------|
+| `hookId` | URL path token (default `'default'`). **Rotate it to revoke** a leaked endpoint |
+| `secret` | HMAC-SHA256 shared secret. Strongly recommended — without it unsigned posts are accepted and a warning is logged |
+
+- **Signature:** sender sends `x-objectstack-signature: sha256=<hex>` (GitHub/Stripe style).
+- **Idempotency:** `x-idempotency-key` dedupes retries — author the flow to be idempotent (delivery is at-least-once).
+- **Queue-backed:** the endpoint ACKs `202` and enqueues; the flow runs on the consumer, never in-band. Requires the `queue` service (see prerequisite).
+- The JSON body surfaces to the flow as the trigger record (`record.*` / bare fields) plus `params`.
+
 ### Trigger Types (start-node `config.triggerType`)
 
 | `triggerType` | Fires | ObjectQL hook |

skills/objectstack-data/SKILL.md

@@ -695,6 +695,12 @@ For `lookup` fields, supply the **natural key** of the target record (not
 its UUID). The seed runner resolves at load time. Order datasets so parents
 appear before children in the exported array:
 
+> If a lookup value matches no natural key, the loader now falls back to
+> resolving it as the target's `id` (#1814) — so a reference to a real existing
+> record by internal id resolves instead of dangling to null. Natural keys
+> remain the portable default; rely on the id fallback only for records you
+> didn't seed (e.g. a system user).
+
 ```typescript
 const contacts = defineDataset(Contact, {
   externalId: 'email',

skills/objectstack-platform/SKILL.md

@@ -297,7 +297,9 @@ manifest: {
 }
 ```
 
-**Object naming:** The object `name` is the canonical identifier and equals the physical table name. If you want a domain prefix, embed it directly in the name (e.g. `name: 'crm_account'`). There is no automatic namespace prefixing.
+**Object naming:** The object `name` is the canonical identifier and equals the physical table name. Embed any domain prefix directly in the name (e.g. `name: 'crm_account'`); the object-level `namespace` *field* is deprecated and ignored by the runtime.
+
+**`manifest.namespace` (ADR-0048):** Optional, but **enforced once set**. When a package declares `manifest.namespace: 'crm'`, every `object.name` must start with `crm_` or `defineStack` errors (`validateNamespacePrefix` in `@objectstack/spec`); the legacy `<ns>__<short>` double-underscore form is rejected, and `sys_`-prefixed names are platform-reserved and exempt. The namespace is also a package-ownership key — installing two packages that both claim `crm` fails with `NamespaceConflictError` (downgrade to a warning with `OS_METADATA_COLLISION=warn`). `os lint` additionally emits a non-fatal `naming/namespace-prefix` warning for bare-named UI/automation items (app, page, dashboard, flow, action, report, dataset) when a namespace is set.
 
 ---
 
@@ -419,12 +421,14 @@ CLI: `os serve` / `os dev`
      ├── AppPlugin (loads the defineStack bundle)
      ├── I18nServicePlugin (if translations/i18n defined)
      ├── AuthPlugin
+     ├── Split platform-app plugins (ADR-0048, optional/best-effort, after AuthPlugin):
+     │     @objectstack/setup → createSetupAppPlugin   (first-run wizard)
+     │     @objectstack/studio → createStudioAppPlugin
+     │     @objectstack/account → createAccountAppPlugin
      ├── HonoServerPlugin
-     ├── SetupPlugin (first-run wizard)
      ├── RESTPlugin (auto-generated API)
      ├── DispatcherPlugin
-     ├── AIServicePlugin (if available)
-     └── StudioPlugin (if --ui flag)
+     └── AIServicePlugin (if available)
   5. Runtime.start() → init + start all plugins
   6. Server listens on the resolved port (see "Ports & networking" in Part 3)
 ```
@@ -958,6 +962,10 @@ describe('AuditPlugin', () => {
 | `com.objectstack.metadata` | `metadata` | `@objectstack/metadata` |
 | `com.objectstack.realtime` | `realtime` | `@objectstack/service-realtime` |
 | `com.objectstack.cache` | `cache` | `@objectstack/service-cache` |
+| `com.objectstack.setup` | — | `@objectstack/setup` → `createSetupAppPlugin` (ADR-0048 one-app pkg) |
+| `com.objectstack.studio` | — | `@objectstack/studio` → `createStudioAppPlugin` |
+| `com.objectstack.account` | — | `@objectstack/account` → `createAccountAppPlugin` |
+| `com.objectstack.cloud-connection` | — | `@objectstack/cloud-connection` → `createCloudConnectionPlugin` |
 
 ---
 
@@ -968,6 +976,8 @@ metadata is read-only and artifact/file backed:
 
 - Do **not** register `sys_metadata` or `sys_metadata_history` from an ObjectOS
   runtime plugin. Those persistence tables belong to the control plane.
+  (Exception, #1826: an *isolated project kernel* may opt into `sys_metadata`
+  hydration from its own DB — the general boundary otherwise stands.)
 - Do **not** call `MetadataManager.setDataEngine()` automatically from
   `MetadataPlugin.start()`. Project databases must contain business rows only.
 - Use `artifactSource: { mode: 'local-file', path: './dist/objectstack.json' }`
@@ -1124,6 +1134,17 @@ Port resolution is the same for `os dev` and `os start` (both spawn `os serve`):
 | `os publish` | Push the compiled stack to a cloud environment |
 | `os register` | Register the local stack as a deployable target |
 | `os cloud …` | Cloud-specific subcommands (logs, metrics, status) |
+| `os package publish [dist/objectstack.json] [--env … --install --visibility org]` | Upload the compiled artifact as a versioned package to the cloud catalog (ADR-0008 P3) |
+| `os package install <manifest-id │ ./dist/objectstack.json> [--version │ --runtime http://localhost:3000]` | Install a package into a **running** runtime via its install-local endpoint. Catalog mode (by manifest id) or air-gapped local-artifact mode. Auths with the **target runtime's** session (`--email/--password` or `OS_RUNTIME_EMAIL`/`OS_RUNTIME_PASSWORD`), not the cloud login |
+
+> **Cloud connection & marketplace (`@objectstack/cloud-connection`, ADR-0008/0009).**
+> The open runtime-side cloud client. Its plugins —
+> `CloudConnectionPlugin`/`createCloudConnectionPlugin`, `MarketplaceProxyPlugin`,
+> `MarketplaceInstallLocalPlugin`, `RuntimeConfigPlugin` — expose the install-local
+> endpoint that `os package install` targets, ship the **Installed Apps** page and
+> marketplace Setup nav as plugin metadata, and maintain `LocalManifestSource`
+> (a local desired-state ledger) plus runtime-identity bind v2 (environment-less
+> self-hosted binding).
 
 ## Testing pattern
 

skills/objectstack-ui/SKILL.md

@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ Rules:
   so most views need no filter elements at all.
 - `userFilters: { element: 'dropdown' }` (no `fields`) is valid shorthand:
   the renderer fills the field list from the object's select/boolean fields.
+- `element` is `dropdown` or `tabs`; `toggle` is **deprecated** (ADR-0047 §3.4a)
+  — it stays in the enum for back-compat rendering, but author `dropdown`/`tabs`.
 - The visualization switcher renders as a compact dropdown in the toolbar's
   right cluster. Authors only control the `allowedVisualizations` whitelist;
   a single-entry whitelist locks the visualization (no switcher).
@@ -328,6 +330,9 @@ export const CrmApp = App.create({
   label: 'Enterprise CRM',
   icon: 'briefcase',
   defaultAgent: 'sales_copilot',          // optional AI copilot binding
+  // hidden: true,                         // ADR-0045 — drop from the App Switcher but keep
+                                           // routable & permission-checked; the shell surfaces
+                                           // hidden apps (e.g. `account`) via the avatar menu.
   branding: {
     primaryColor: '#4169E1',
     logo: '/assets/crm-logo.png',
@@ -440,7 +445,7 @@ filter; keep `filter` on the widget when binding a dataset.
 |:-----|:------------|
 | `tabular` | Flat data table with columns and filters |
 | `summary` | Grouped data with subtotals (e.g., revenue by region) |
-| `matrix` | Cross-tab / pivot table (two grouping dimensions) |
+| `matrix` | Cross-tab / pivot table (`rows` down × `columns` across) |
 | `chart` | Visual chart report |
 | `joined` | Multi-block analytic surface (combines several sub-reports) |
 
@@ -458,9 +463,11 @@ export const PipelineCoverageReport: ReportInput = {
   label: 'Pipeline Coverage (Quarter)',
   type: 'matrix',
   dataset: 'opportunity_metrics',
-  rows: ['forecast_category', 'close_date'],
-  values: ['amount_sum'],
+  rows: ['forecast_category'],   // down axis
+  columns: ['close_date'],       // across axis (ADR-0021 D2) — matrix pivots rows × columns
+  values: ['amount_sum'],        // measures placed in the cells
   runtimeFilter: { stage: { $ne: 'closed_lost' } },
+  // drilldown defaults true — click a cell to open the underlying records; set false to disable.
   chart: { type: 'bar', xAxis: 'forecast_category', yAxis: 'amount_sum' },
 };
 ```
@@ -470,8 +477,11 @@ export const PipelineCoverageReport: ReportInput = {
 > field server-side in a single aggregate query — do **not** pre-compute virtual
 > columns for this.
 > **`rows`** are the report's grouping dimensions (selected from the dataset by
-> name). A `summary` groups by them; a `matrix` cross-tabs them. Multi-level
-> grouping = multiple dimension names in the array.
+> name). A `summary` groups *down* by `rows`. A `matrix` pivots `rows` (down) ×
+> **`columns`** (across, ADR-0021 D2) with `values` in the cells — do **not**
+> put both axes in `rows`. Multi-level grouping on either axis = multiple
+> dimension names in that array. `drilldown` (default `true`) makes cells
+> click-through to the underlying records.
 
 ---
 
@@ -1096,6 +1106,29 @@ export const AddToCampaignAction: Action = {
 };
 ```
 
+### Opening in a New Tab (`opensInNewTab` / `newTabUrl`)
+
+For actions that should land in a new browser tab, set `opensInNewTab: true`
+(#1787). The renderer pre-opens the tab **synchronously** on click so popup
+blockers don't fire, then navigates it to the handler's returned `redirectUrl`.
+
+For external deep-links / SSO with no server round-trip, add `newTabUrl` — a
+direct URL template (supports the `{recordId}` placeholder). It is valid **only**
+alongside `opensInNewTab: true`, and the target endpoint must enforce its own
+auth (the new tab carries no in-app session context).
+
+```typescript
+export const OpenInvoicePdfAction: Action = {
+  name: 'open_invoice_pdf',
+  label: 'Open PDF',
+  objectName: 'invoice',
+  type: 'url',
+  opensInNewTab: true,
+  newTabUrl: '/api/v1/invoice/{recordId}/pdf',   // zero-roundtrip; endpoint self-auths
+  locations: ['record_header'],
+};
+```
+
 ### Action Parameter Patterns
 
 Prefer **field-backed** params (`{ field: 'email' }`) over inline declarations