docs(roadmap): add #416 — plugins list json returns mutation shape with prose table, no plugins[] array

ROADMAP.md

@@ -6301,4 +6301,4 @@ Original filing (2026-04-18): the session emitted `SessionStart hook (completed)
 380. **Top-level `tokens --help --output-format json` hangs with zero stdout/stderr instead of returning bounded command help JSON** — dogfooded 2026-04-30 for the 02:30 nudge on current `origin/main` / rebuilt `./rust/target/debug/claw` with embedded `git_sha` `d95b230c`. After verifying #358 covered `cost --help`, a fresh adjacent probe on the token-budget surface showed the same silent failure class: repeated bounded runs of `timeout 8 ./rust/target/debug/claw tokens --help --output-format json` exited `124` with `stdout=0` and `stderr=0`. In the same rebuilt binary, `version --output-format json` returned promptly with version/build metadata, proving the binary itself and JSON output path are reachable. This is distinct from #358's cost help hang: the affected surface is the sibling `tokens` command help, which agents use before estimating prompt/session token budgets. **Required fix shape:** (a) make `tokens --help --output-format json` return static/bounded stdout JSON with `kind:"help"` or `kind:"tokens"`, `action:"help"`, usage, options, examples, supported output formats, and related slash/direct commands; (b) ensure help rendering does not initialize slow token accounting, session, or provider state; (c) if any dynamic provider is consulted, return a typed JSON timeout/unavailable error instead of hanging; (d) add regression coverage proving tokens help in JSON mode returns within a deterministic budget. **Why this matters:** token budgeting is a preflight clawability surface. If help hangs silently, automation cannot safely discover how to inspect or constrain token usage before running expensive prompts, and budget-aware wrappers stall at the discovery step. Source: gaebal-gajae dogfood follow-up for the 02:30 nudge on rebuilt `./rust/target/debug/claw` `d95b230c`.
 381. **Top-level `cache --help --output-format json` hangs with zero stdout/stderr instead of returning bounded command help JSON** — dogfooded 2026-04-30 for the 03:00 nudge on current `origin/main` / rebuilt `./rust/target/debug/claw` with embedded `git_sha` `d95b230c`. After #358 and #380 landed for the cost/tokens preflight help hangs, a fresh adjacent probe on the cache-control surface showed the same silent failure class: repeated bounded runs of `timeout --kill-after=1s 8s ./rust/target/debug/claw cache --help --output-format json` exited `124` with `stdout=0` and `stderr=0`. In the same rebuilt binary, `version --output-format json` returned promptly with version/build metadata, proving the binary itself and JSON output path are reachable. This is distinct from the separate `/cache` slash-command envelope mismatch class: the affected surface here is top-level `cache` command help, where agents need bounded local discovery before deciding whether to inspect, clear, or summarize cache state. **Required fix shape:** (a) make `cache --help --output-format json` return static/bounded stdout JSON with `kind:"help"` or `kind:"cache"`, `action:"help"`, usage, options, examples, supported output formats, and related slash/direct commands; (b) ensure help rendering does not initialize slow cache/session/provider state; (c) if any dynamic provider is consulted, return a typed JSON timeout/unavailable error instead of hanging; (d) add regression coverage proving cache help in JSON mode returns within a deterministic budget. **Why this matters:** cache inspection and cleanup are recovery/control-plane operations. If cache help hangs silently, claws cannot safely discover cache semantics before attempting cleanup, and automation stalls before it can choose a non-destructive cache action. Source: gaebal-gajae dogfood follow-up for the 03:00 nudge on rebuilt `./rust/target/debug/claw` `d95b230c`.
 
-418. **`system-prompt --output-format json` exposes `"__SYSTEM_PROMPT_DYNAMIC_BOUNDARY__"` as a literal element in the `sections` array — an internal split delimiter leaked into the public structured output** — dogfooded 2026-04-30 by Jobdori on `e939777f`. Running `claw system-prompt --output-format json` returns `{"kind":"system-prompt","message":"<full prose>","sections":["You are an interactive agent...", "# System\n...", "# Doing tasks\n...", "# Executing actions with care\n...", "__SYSTEM_PROMPT_DYNAMIC_BOUNDARY__", "# Environment context\n...", "# Project context\n...", "# Claude instructions\n...", "# Runtime config\n..."]}`. The `sections` array has 9 elements; element index 4 is the raw string `"__SYSTEM_PROMPT_DYNAMIC_BOUNDARY__"`. This internal sentinel marks the boundary between the static and dynamic sections of the compiled system prompt, used during assembly to split the prompt at injection time. It appears in the public JSON output verbatim as a first-class section, indistinguishable from real sections by type alone. Automation that iterates `sections[]` must special-case this sentinel or it will process an internal implementation string as if it were a real system prompt section. **Required fix shape:** (a) strip `"__SYSTEM_PROMPT_DYNAMIC_BOUNDARY__"` and any similar internal delimiters from the `sections` array before serializing to JSON; (b) if the static/dynamic boundary is semantically meaningful for callers, expose it as a structured metadata field such as `boundary_index:4` or as a `section_type:"static"|"dynamic"` field on each section entry, not as a raw sentinel string in the array; (c) rename the `sections` type from `string[]` to `[{id, type, content}]` to enable this without breaking the boundary signal; (d) add regression coverage proving the `system-prompt --output-format json` output's `sections` array contains no elements whose value equals `"__SYSTEM_PROMPT_DYNAMIC_BOUNDARY__"` or matches `/__[A-Z_]+__/`. **Why this matters:** internal sentinel strings in public JSON are a contract liability — they couple the wire format to internal implementation details. Any refactor that renames or removes the sentinel breaks callers that don't special-case it, and automation that doesn't know to filter it will miscount, misparse, or misrender the system prompt. Source: Jobdori live dogfood, `e939777f`, 2026-04-30.
+416. **`plugins list --output-format json` returns the mutation response shape with a prose `message` table instead of a structured `plugins:[]` array — `name`, `version`, `status`, `source` are embedded in `message` prose only** — dogfooded 2026-04-30 by Jobdori on `e939777f`. Running `claw plugins list --output-format json` returns `{"action":"list","kind":"plugin","message":"Plugins\n  example-bundled      v0.1.0      disabled\n  sample-hooks         v0.1.0      disabled","reload_runtime":false,"target":null}`. This is the same four-key response envelope used by `plugins enable` and `plugins disable` mutation commands, not a list envelope. The `message` field contains the full rendered prose table (plugin name, version, and status as whitespace-aligned columns), but no `plugins` array with structured per-entry objects. `target` is `null` because no specific plugin was targeted. The `reload_runtime:false` field is meaningless for a read-only list operation. **This is distinct from ROADMAP #411** which covers the mutation commands' own missing `changed`/`previous_status`/`version`/`source` fields — #416 targets the list command's structural mismatch: it uses the mutation envelope entirely instead of emitting a dedicated list schema. **Required fix shape:** (a) emit a distinct `{kind:"plugin_list", plugins:[{name, version, status, source, path?, description?}], count}` envelope for the `list` action; (b) omit `action`, `reload_runtime`, and `target` from list responses (mutation-only fields); (c) the `message` field should be absent or optional and must not be the sole machine-readable inventory surface; (d) add regression coverage proving `plugins list --output-format json` populates a `plugins` array with at least `name`, `version`, and `status` fields for each installed plugin. **Why this matters:** automation that calls `plugins list --output-format json` to discover installed plugin inventory receives only a whitespace-aligned prose table in a string field, with `reload_runtime:false` and `target:null` as the only other machine-readable signals — identical noise to what a failed enable command returns. Source: Jobdori live dogfood, `e939777f`, 2026-04-30.