feat(plugins): declare display metadata in plugin manifests (#6263)

* feat(plugins): declare display metadata in plugin manifests

* style(website): format plugin page description

* fix(plugins): preserve default names and clarify registry follow-up

* test: fix stale plugin card selectors and terminal marker race

packages/cli/src/commands/plugin/scaffold.test.ts

@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ describe("plugin scaffold", () => {
       expect(JSON.parse(await readFile(path.join(directory, "paseo-plugin.json"), "utf8"))).toEqual(
         {
           id: "hello-plugin",
+          $comment: expect.stringContaining('"icon": "assets/icon.png"'),
+          media: [],
           requirements: { paseo: `>=${cliPackageJson.version}` },
         },
       );

packages/cli/src/commands/plugin/scaffold.ts

@@ -206,7 +206,17 @@ export async function scaffoldPluginDirectory(
   const files = new Map<string, string>([
     [
       "paseo-plugin.json",
-      `${JSON.stringify({ id, requirements: { paseo: `>=${version}` } }, null, 2)}\n`,
+      `${JSON.stringify(
+        {
+          id,
+          $comment:
+            'Add "name": "My plugin" to set a display name. Add "icon": "assets/icon.png" for a PNG inside the package. Add image or video paths (relative to this manifest) or HTTPS URLs to media. Include local assets in package.json files.',
+          media: [],
+          requirements: { paseo: `>=${version}` },
+        },
+        null,
+        2,
+      )}\n`,
     ],
     ["OVERVIEW.md", OVERVIEW],
     ["package.json", `${JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2)}\n`],

packages/protocol/src/messages.plugins.test.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,27 @@ describe("plugin protocol compatibility", () => {
       expect(SessionOutboundMessageSchema.parse(message)).toEqual(message);
     },
   );
+  it("preserves manifest metadata in plugin list responses", () => {
+    const message = {
+      type: "plugin.list.response",
+      payload: {
+        requestId: "metadata",
+        plugins: [
+          {
+            id: "review",
+            name: "Review tools",
+            icon: "assets/icon.png",
+            media: ["screenshot.png", "https://example.com/demo.mp4"],
+            path: "/plugins/review",
+            enabled: false,
+            status: "disabled",
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    };
+    expect(SessionOutboundMessageSchema.parse(message)).toEqual(message);
+  });
+
   it("parses plugin timeline append messages and advertises the capability", () => {
     expect(
       SessionInboundMessageSchema.parse({

packages/protocol/src/messages.ts

@@ -6632,6 +6632,9 @@ export const PluginNpmInstallationSchema = z.object({
 
 export const PluginListItemSchema = z.object({
   id: PluginIdSchema,
+  name: z.string().optional(),
+  icon: z.string().optional(),
+  media: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
   description: z.string().optional(),
   path: z.string(),
   enabled: z.boolean(),

packages/server/src/server/plugins/index.posix.test.ts

@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ describe("PluginService", () => {
     await service.stopAllPlugins();
   }, 20_000);
 
-  it("lists manifest descriptions for running and disabled plugins without hiding malformed entries", async () => {
+  it("lists manifest metadata for running and disabled plugins without hiding malformed entries", async () => {
     const home = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "paseo-plugin-home-"));
     roots.push(home);
     const running = await createPlugin("running", "export default () => () => {};");
@@ -427,7 +427,13 @@ describe("PluginService", () => {
     const malformed = await createPlugin("malformed", "export default () => () => {};");
     await writeFile(
       path.join(running, "paseo-plugin.json"),
-      JSON.stringify({ id: "running", description: "Runs checks" }),
+      JSON.stringify({
+        id: "running",
+        description: "Runs checks",
+        name: "Checks",
+        icon: "icon.png",
+        media: ["screenshot.png", "https://example.com/demo.mp4"],
+      }),
     );
     await writeFile(
       path.join(disabled, "paseo-plugin.json"),
@@ -443,11 +449,23 @@ describe("PluginService", () => {
     await service.start();
 
     expect(
-      (await service.listPlugins()).map(({ id, description }) => ({ id, description })),
+      (await service.listPlugins()).map(({ id, description, name, icon, media }) => ({
+        id,
+        description,
+        name,
+        icon,
+        media,
+      })),
     ).toEqual([
       { id: "disabled", description: "Waits until enabled" },
       { id: "malformed", description: undefined },
-      { id: "running", description: "Runs checks" },
+      {
+        id: "running",
+        description: "Runs checks",
+        name: "Checks",
+        icon: "icon.png",
+        media: ["screenshot.png", "https://example.com/demo.mp4"],
+      },
     ]);
     await service.stopAllPlugins();
   });

packages/server/src/server/plugins/index.ts

@@ -216,7 +216,12 @@ export class PluginService {
           }),
         };
         const manifest = await readPluginManifest(path.resolve(source.path)).catch(() => null);
-        if (manifest?.description) item.description = manifest.description;
+        if (manifest) {
+          item.name = manifest.name;
+          item.description = manifest.description;
+          item.icon = manifest.icon;
+          item.media = manifest.media;
+        }
         item.installation = await this.managedSources
           ?.describe(id, source.path)
           .catch(() => undefined);

packages/server/src/server/plugins/manifest.test.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,69 @@ describe("plugin manifest", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("reads display metadata and ignores future top-level fields", async () => {
+    const directory = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "paseo-plugin-manifest-"));
+    directories.push(directory);
+    const manifest = {
+      id: "review",
+      name: "Review tools",
+      icon: "assets/icon.png",
+      media: ["assets/screenshot.webp", "demo.mp4", "https://example.com/media?id=1"],
+    };
+    await writeFile(
+      path.join(directory, "paseo-plugin.json"),
+      JSON.stringify({ ...manifest, futureField: { enabled: true } }),
+    );
+    await expect(readPluginManifest(directory)).resolves.toEqual(manifest);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    { name: "   " },
+    { name: 42 },
+    { icon: "" },
+    { icon: 42 },
+    { icon: "icon.svg" },
+    { icon: "/icon.png" },
+    { icon: "../icon.png" },
+    { icon: "assets/../../icon.png" },
+    { icon: "https://example.com/icon.png" },
+    { icon: "C:/icon.png" },
+    { icon: "assets\\icon.png" },
+    { icon: "icon.png?query" },
+    { media: "screenshot.png" },
+    { media: [42] },
+    { media: [""] },
+    { media: ["../demo.mp4"] },
+    { media: ["/demo.mp4"] },
+    { media: ["http://example.com/demo.mp4"] },
+    { media: ["https://"] },
+    { media: ["//example.com/demo.mp4"] },
+    { media: ["file:///demo.mp4"] },
+    { media: ["data:image/png;base64,abc"] },
+    { media: ["."] },
+    { media: ["assets/"] },
+    { id: "INVALID" },
+    { description: 42 },
+    { requirements: { paseoo: ">=0.11.0" } },
+  ])("rejects invalid known fields: %j", async (fields) => {
+    const directory = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "paseo-plugin-manifest-"));
+    directories.push(directory);
+    await writeFile(
+      path.join(directory, "paseo-plugin.json"),
+      JSON.stringify({ id: "example", futureField: true, ...fields }),
+    );
+    await expect(readPluginManifest(directory)).rejects.toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it("accepts omitted metadata and empty media", async () => {
+    const directory = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "paseo-plugin-manifest-"));
+    directories.push(directory);
+    for (const manifest of [{ id: "example" }, { id: "example", media: [] }]) {
+      await writeFile(path.join(directory, "paseo-plugin.json"), JSON.stringify(manifest));
+      await expect(readPluginManifest(directory)).resolves.toEqual(manifest);
+    }
+  });
+
   it("reads and validates requirements before any plugin code runs", async () => {
     const directory = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "paseo-plugin-manifest-"));
     directories.push(directory);

packages/server/src/server/plugins/manifest.ts

@@ -8,14 +8,33 @@ const MANIFEST_FILENAME = "paseo-plugin.json";
 const PluginBuildCommandSchema = z
   .array(z.string().refine((argument) => argument.trim().length > 0))
   .min(1);
-const PluginManifestSchema = z
+// Manifest asset paths use forward slashes and stay inside the plugin package.
-  .object({
+const PluginAssetPathSchema = z
-    id: PluginIdSchema,
+  .string()
-    description: z.string().trim().min(1).optional(),
+  .min(1)
-    requirements: PluginRequirementsSchema.strict().optional(),
+  .refine(
-    build: z.array(PluginBuildCommandSchema).min(1).optional(),
+    (value) =>
-  })
+      value === value.trim() &&
-  .strict();
+      !value.startsWith("/") &&
+      !/[\\:?#\p{Cc}]/u.test(value) &&
+      !value.split("/").includes("..") &&
+      !value.endsWith("/") &&
+      value.split("/").at(-1) !== ".",
+    "Expected a relative file path inside the plugin package",
+  );
+const PluginManifestSchema = z.object({
+  id: PluginIdSchema,
+  name: z.string().trim().min(1).optional(),
+  description: z.string().trim().min(1).optional(),
+  icon: PluginAssetPathSchema.refine(
+    (value) => /\.png$/i.test(value),
+    "Expected a relative path to a PNG",
+  ).optional(),
+  media: z.array(z.union([PluginAssetPathSchema, z.url({ protocol: /^https$/ })])).optional(),
+  // A misspelled requirement must not silently disable compatibility checks.
+  requirements: PluginRequirementsSchema.strict().optional(),
+  build: z.array(PluginBuildCommandSchema).min(1).optional(),
+});
 
 export type PluginManifest = z.infer<typeof PluginManifestSchema>;
 

packages/server/src/terminal/worker-terminal-manager.test.ts

@@ -510,9 +510,7 @@ it("starts the default shell through the worker and accepts quoted commands", as
 
   session.send({ type: "input", data: `${command}\r` });
 
-  await waitForCondition(() => existsSync(markerPath), 10000);
+  await expect.poll(() => readFileSync(markerPath, "utf8"), { timeout: 10000 }).toBe("shell-ok");
-
-  expect(readFileSync(markerPath, "utf8")).toBe("shell-ok");
 });
 
 it("lists subdirectory terminals when querying the workspace root", async () => {

packages/website/e2e/plugins.spec.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ async function openPlugins(page: Page) {
   await expect(page.getByRole("heading", { level: 1, name: /^Plugins/ })).toBeVisible();
 }
 
+function pluginCards(page: Page, section: string): Locator {
+  return page
+    .getByRole("region", { name: section })
+    .getByRole("link")
+    .filter({ hasNotText: /^See all$/ });
+}
+
 test("browses from the directory into a category, a plugin, and its author", async ({
   page,
   context,
@@ -508,11 +515,7 @@ test.describe("registry fixture layout", () => {
     await expect(page.getByRole("heading", { level: 2 }).first()).toHaveText("Featured");
     const featured = page.getByRole("region", { name: "Featured" });
     await expect(featured).toContainText("A selection of hand picked plugins");
-    await expect(featured.getByRole("link", { name: /Added/ })).toHaveText([
+    await expect(pluginCards(page, "Featured")).toHaveText([/Dracula/, /Herald/, /launchd Jobs/]);
-      /Dracula/,
-      /Herald/,
-      /launchd Jobs/,
-    ]);
   });
 
   test("lists the nine categories in order with counts, and the newest plugins first", async ({
@@ -524,9 +527,12 @@ test.describe("registry fixture layout", () => {
       CATEGORIES.map((category) => new RegExp(`^${category.label}\\s*\\d+$`)),
     );
     await expect(categories.getByRole("link", { name: /Extras/ })).toContainText("0");
-    await expect(
+    await expect(pluginCards(page, "What’s new")).toHaveText([
-      page.getByRole("region", { name: "What’s new" }).getByRole("link", { name: /Added/ }),
+      /Base2Tone/,
-    ).toHaveText([/Base2Tone/, /Sayr/, /PromptKit/, /Defer/]);
+      /Sayr/,
+      /PromptKit/,
+      /Defer/,
+    ]);
   });
 });
 

packages/website/src/routes/plugins/index.tsx

@@ -126,9 +126,7 @@ function PluginsPage() {
             <PluginSectionHeader>
               <div>
                 <PluginSectionTitle id="featured">Featured</PluginSectionTitle>
-                <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+                <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">A selection of hand picked plugins</p>
-                  A selection of hand picked plugins
-                </p>
               </div>
               <a
                 href={browseHref({ sort: "installs", window: DEFAULT_WINDOW })}

public-docs/plugins/publishing.md

@@ -152,6 +152,39 @@ In the app, enter only the source identifier.
 
 :::
 
+## Icons and screenshots
+
+Declare your display name, icon, screenshots, and demo videos in `paseo-plugin.json`:
+
+```json
+{
+  "id": "review-tools",
+  "name": "Review tools",
+  "description": "Reviews changes before merge",
+  "icon": "assets/icon.png",
+  "media": ["assets/screenshot.png", "https://example.com/review-demo.mp4"],
+  "requirements": { "paseo": ">=0.11.0" }
+}
+```
+
+All three fields are optional. `name` gives the registry and website a display name without
+changing the installation ID. When omitted, the registry falls back to a humanized ID.
+Registry and website display requires the registry builder to read these fields from the pinned
+manifest. That update is a separate follow-up; until it lands, these fields are exposed only
+through the daemon's installed-plugin list.
+`icon` must point to a PNG inside the plugin package. `media` accepts paths to images and videos
+inside the package or HTTPS URLs, in display order. Paths are relative to the manifest; use
+forward slashes and keep them inside the package. See the [manifest reference](/docs/plugins/reference#project-files)
+for validation rules.
+
+Commit local assets alongside the manifest at the pinned revision. For npm, add their directory
+(for example, `assets/`) to `package.json`'s `files` list and verify it with `npm pack --dry-run`.
+The scaffold documents these fields in its manifest's `$comment`; add your display name and
+assets before publishing.
+
+Manifests using these fields fail to install on daemons before 0.11.0. Set
+`requirements.paseo` to `>=0.11.0` or a narrower supported range.
+
 ## Your listing page
 
 Write `OVERVIEW.md` beside `paseo-plugin.json` for the plugin page inside Paseo.
@@ -170,8 +203,7 @@ The repository overview takes precedence over a registry import stopgap. Online
 fails when the pinned commit has no `OVERVIEW.md`, except for unchanged imported records
 that already carry `plugins/<owner>/<slug>.md` in the registry repository. Every version bump
 requires a repository overview and removes the stopgap in the same PR. A bump without the
-repository overview fails validation. Neither README files nor a `paseo-listing.json`
+repository overview fails validation. README files do not supply the overview.
-`readme` override supplies the overview.
 
 Author overviews and registry stopgaps follow the same content contract, in this order.
 Choose headings only when they help; length follows complexity. A theme needs one paragraph.

public-docs/plugins/reference.md

@@ -52,12 +52,24 @@ The required root manifest is `paseo-plugin.json`:
 }
 ```
 
-| Field          | Required | Behavior                                                               |
+| Field          | Required | Behavior                                                                                  |
-| -------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| -------------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `id`           | Yes      | Default installation ID.                                               |
+| `id`           | Yes      | Default installation ID.                                                                  |
-| `description`  | No       | Non-empty summary shown below the plugin ID in **Settings → Plugins**. |
+| `name`         | No       | Non-empty display name for the registry and website; independent of the installation ID.  |
-| `requirements` | No       | Supported Paseo versions, described below.                             |
+| `icon`         | No       | Relative path to a PNG inside the plugin package.                                         |
-| `build`        | No       | Preparation commands, described in the CLI reference.                  |
+| `media`        | No       | Array of image or video paths inside the package, or HTTPS URLs. An empty array is valid. |
+| `description`  | No       | Non-empty summary shown below the plugin ID in **Settings → Plugins**.                    |
+| `requirements` | No       | Supported Paseo versions, described below.                                                |
+| `build`        | No       | Preparation commands, described in the CLI reference.                                     |
+
+Paths are relative to `paseo-plugin.json`, use forward slashes, and cannot contain `..`
+segments. See [icons and screenshots](/docs/plugins/publishing#icons-and-screenshots) for an example.
+Paseo validates the references without opening local assets or fetching URLs.
+
+Unknown top-level fields are ignored. Known fields still validate, and unknown keys inside
+`requirements` are rejected so a misspelled constraint cannot silently skip a compatibility check.
+Manifests using `name`, `icon`, or `media` require Paseo 0.11.0 or later; older daemons reject
+these fields during installation.
 
 ### Requirements
 

skills/paseo-plugin/SKILL.md

@@ -657,8 +657,7 @@ The repository overview takes precedence over a registry import stopgap. Online
 fails when the pinned commit has no `OVERVIEW.md`, except for unchanged imported records
 that already carry `plugins/<owner>/<slug>.md` in the registry repository. Every version bump
 requires a repository overview and removes the stopgap in the same PR. A bump without the
-repository overview fails validation. Neither README files nor a `paseo-listing.json`
+repository overview fails validation. README files do not supply the overview.
-`readme` override supplies the overview.
 
 Author overviews and registry stopgaps follow the same content contract, in this order.
 Choose headings only when they help; length follows complexity. A theme needs one paragraph.