@lifeaitools/rdc-skills 0.24.41 → 0.25.0

package/scripts/install-rdc-skills.js

@@ -1,1289 +1,1289 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-/**
- * install-rdc-skills — registers rdc-skills on every Claude surface.
- *
- * Usage:
- *   node scripts/install-rdc-skills.js                      ← standard
- *   node scripts/install-rdc-skills.js --skip-hooks         ← skip hook wiring
- *   node scripts/install-rdc-skills.js --profile core       ← clean-box portable hooks
- *   node scripts/install-rdc-skills.js --profile lifeai     ← LIFEAI/regen-root hooks
- *   node scripts/install-rdc-skills.js --claude-home <path> ← custom CLI home
- *   node scripts/install-rdc-skills.js --codex-root <path>  ← also install to .agents/skills/user/
- *   node scripts/install-rdc-skills.js --codex-skill-dir <path> ← also install to a Codex skill dir
- *   node scripts/install-rdc-skills.js --project-root <path> --write-startup-blocks
- *   node scripts/install-rdc-skills.js --migrate <path>     ← migrate docs/ → .rdc/
- *
- * What it does:
- *   1. git pull (latest commands + guides)
- *   2. CLI plugin  — registers in ~/.claude/plugins/ + settings.json
- *   3. Cowork      — registers in Desktop cowork_plugins/ + cowork_settings.json
- *   3.5 Codex      — copies skills to detected Codex skill dirs
- *   4. Hook files  — copies hooks/*.js → ~/.claude/hooks/
- *   5. Hook wiring — wires hooks into ~/.claude/settings.json
- *   6. Zip         — builds dist/rdc-skills-plugin.zip for claude.ai / distribution
- *   7. Preflight   — Node version, clauth daemon
- *   8. Commands    — lists all /rdc:* commands
- */
-
-'use strict';
-const fs           = require('fs');
-const path         = require('path');
-const os           = require('os');
-const readline     = require('readline');
-const { execSync } = require('child_process');
-
-// ── Args ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-const args       = process.argv.slice(2);
-const skipHooks  = args.includes('--skip-hooks');
-const profileIdx = args.indexOf('--profile');
-const profileArg = profileIdx >= 0 ? String(args[profileIdx + 1] || '').toLowerCase() : 'auto';
-const homeIdx    = args.indexOf('--claude-home');
-const claudeHome = homeIdx >= 0 ? args[homeIdx + 1] : path.join(os.homedir(), '.claude');
-const migrateIdx = args.indexOf('--migrate');
-const doMigrate  = migrateIdx >= 0;
-const migratePath = doMigrate ? (args[migrateIdx + 1] || process.cwd()) : null;
-const projectIdx = args.indexOf('--project-root');
-const projectRootArg = projectIdx >= 0 ? path.resolve(args[projectIdx + 1]) : null;
-const shouldWriteStartupBlocks = args.includes('--write-startup-blocks');
-
-const repoRoot     = path.resolve(__dirname, '..');
-
-const codexIdx   = args.indexOf('--codex-root');
-const codexRoot  = codexIdx >= 0
-  ? path.resolve(args[codexIdx + 1])
-  : (() => {
-      // Auto-detect the consuming project's .agents tree so a plain `install`
-      // refreshes Codex without needing --codex-root. Check, in order: an
-      // explicit --project-root, the current working directory, then the
-      // regen-root sibling of this repo. First one with a `.agents` wins.
-      const candidates = [
-        projectRootArg ? path.resolve(projectRootArg) : null,
-        process.cwd(),
-        path.resolve(repoRoot, '..', 'regen-root'),
-      ].filter(Boolean);
-      for (const c of candidates) {
-        if (fs.existsSync(path.join(c, '.agents'))) return c;
-      }
-      return null;
-    })();
-const codexSkillDirIdx = args.indexOf('--codex-skill-dir');
-const explicitCodexSkillDir = codexSkillDirIdx >= 0
-  ? path.resolve(args[codexSkillDirIdx + 1])
-  : null;
-const hooksSrc     = path.join(repoRoot, 'hooks');
-const hooksDst     = path.join(claudeHome, 'hooks');
-const settingsPath = path.join(claudeHome, 'settings.json');
-const detectedLifeaiRoot = (() => {
-  const sibling = path.resolve(repoRoot, '..', 'regen-root');
-  return fs.existsSync(path.join(sibling, 'CLAUDE.md')) && fs.existsSync(path.join(sibling, '.rdc')) ? sibling : null;
-})();
-const installProfile = (() => {
-  if (profileArg === 'core' || profileArg === 'lifeai') return profileArg;
-  if (profileArg !== 'auto') {
-    console.log(`  \x1b[33m⚠\x1b[0m Unknown --profile "${profileArg}" — using auto`);
-  }
-  return detectedLifeaiRoot ? 'lifeai' : 'core';
-})();
-const projectRoot = projectRootArg || codexRoot || detectedLifeaiRoot;
-
-const PLUGIN_KEY   = 'rdc-skills@rdc-skills';
-const MARKETPLACE  = 'rdc-skills';
-const NPM_PACKAGE  = '@lifeaitools/rdc-skills';
-const MCP_NAME     = 'rdc-skills-mcp';
-const MCP_PORT     = '3110';
-
-// ── Logging ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-const ok   = msg => console.log(`  \x1b[32m✓\x1b[0m ${msg}`);
-const info = msg => console.log(`  \x1b[36m→\x1b[0m ${msg}`);
-const warn = msg => console.log(`  \x1b[33m⚠\x1b[0m ${msg}`);
-const fail = msg => console.log(`  \x1b[31m✗\x1b[0m ${msg}`);
-
-function run(cmd, options = {}) {
-  return execSync(cmd, { encoding: 'utf8', stdio: 'pipe', ...options }).trim();
-}
-
-function updateCodexMcpToml(toml, mcpUrl) {
-  const blockRe = /(^|\n)(\[mcp_servers\.rdc-skills\]\n)([\s\S]*?)(?=\n\[|\s*$)/;
-  const desiredLine = `url = '${mcpUrl}'`;
-  if (blockRe.test(toml)) {
-    return toml.replace(blockRe, (match, prefix, header, body) => {
-      if (/^url\s*=.*$/m.test(body)) {
-        return `${prefix}${header}${body.replace(/^url\s*=.*$/m, desiredLine)}`;
-      }
-      const trimmed = body.replace(/\s*$/, '');
-      return `${prefix}${header}${trimmed}${trimmed ? '\n' : ''}${desiredLine}\n`;
-    });
-  }
-  return toml.replace(/\s*$/, '\n') + `\n[mcp_servers.rdc-skills]\n${desiredLine}\n`;
-}
-
-function selfTestCodexMcpToml() {
-  const url = 'https://rdc-skills.regendevcorp.com/mcp';
-  const stale = "[mcp_servers.clauth]\nurl = 'https://clauth.regendevcorp.com/mcp'\n\n[mcp_servers.rdc-skills]\nurl = 'https://rdc-skills.dev.regendevcorp.com/mcp'\n\n[mcp_servers.web-research]\nurl = 'https://research.regendevcorp.com/mcp'\n";
-  const updated = updateCodexMcpToml(stale, url);
-  if (!updated.includes(`url = '${url}'`)) throw new Error('did not write production rdc-skills URL');
-  if (updated.includes('rdc-skills.dev.regendevcorp.com')) throw new Error('stale dev URL survived');
-  if (!updated.includes('[mcp_servers.clauth]') || !updated.includes('[mcp_servers.web-research]')) throw new Error('neighbor MCP blocks were damaged');
-
-  const missing = updateCodexMcpToml("[mcp_servers.clauth]\nurl = 'https://clauth.regendevcorp.com/mcp'\n", url);
-  if (!missing.includes('[mcp_servers.rdc-skills]')) throw new Error('missing block was not appended');
-
-  const noUrl = updateCodexMcpToml('[mcp_servers.rdc-skills]\nstartup_timeout_sec = 30\n', url);
-  if (!noUrl.includes("startup_timeout_sec = 30") || !noUrl.includes(`url = '${url}'`)) throw new Error('url-less block was not repaired');
-
-  console.log('install-rdc-skills codex MCP TOML self-test — PASS');
-}
-
-if (args.includes('--self-test-codex-mcp-toml')) {
-  try {
-    selfTestCodexMcpToml();
-    process.exit(0);
-  } catch (e) {
-    console.error(e.message || e);
-    process.exit(1);
-  }
-}
-
-// ── Filesystem helpers ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-function copyDir(src, dst, ext) {
-  if (!fs.existsSync(src)) { warn(`Source not found: ${src}`); return 0; }
-  fs.mkdirSync(dst, { recursive: true });
-  const files = fs.readdirSync(src).filter(f => !ext || f.endsWith(ext));
-  let count = 0;
-  for (const f of files) {
-    const s = path.join(src, f);
-    if (fs.statSync(s).isFile()) { fs.copyFileSync(s, path.join(dst, f)); count++; }
-  }
-  return count;
-}
-
-function copyHookFiles(src, dst) {
-  if (!fs.existsSync(src)) { warn(`Source not found: ${src}`); return 0; }
-  fs.mkdirSync(dst, { recursive: true });
-  const files = fs.readdirSync(src).filter(f => /\.(?:js|ps1)$/i.test(f));
-  let count = 0;
-  for (const f of files) {
-    const s = path.join(src, f);
-    if (fs.statSync(s).isFile()) { fs.copyFileSync(s, path.join(dst, f)); count++; }
-  }
-  return count;
-}
-
-function copyDirRecursive(src, dst) {
-  if (!fs.existsSync(src)) return;
-  fs.mkdirSync(dst, { recursive: true });
-  for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(src, { withFileTypes: true })) {
-    const s = path.join(src, entry.name);
-    const d = path.join(dst, entry.name);
-    if (entry.isDirectory()) copyDirRecursive(s, d);
-    else {
-      // Atomic write (temp + rename) so a live Claude Code / Codex session never
-      // reads a half-written skill file when the installer runs over a live box.
-      const tmp = `${d}.tmp-${process.pid}`;
-      fs.copyFileSync(s, tmp);
-      fs.renameSync(tmp, d);
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-function copyMissingProjectGuides(projectRoot) {
-  if (!projectRoot) return 0;
-  const src = path.join(repoRoot, 'guides');
-  const dst = path.join(projectRoot, '.rdc', 'guides');
-  if (!fs.existsSync(src) || !fs.existsSync(dst)) return 0;
-  let copied = 0;
-  for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(src, { withFileTypes: true })) {
-    if (!entry.isFile() || !entry.name.endsWith('.md')) continue;
-    if (entry.name === 'rdc-skills-startup.md') continue; // installed only by --write-startup-blocks
-    const target = path.join(dst, entry.name);
-    if (fs.existsSync(target)) continue;
-    fs.copyFileSync(path.join(src, entry.name), target);
-    copied++;
-  }
-  return copied;
-}
-
-function readJson(p, fallback = {}) {
-  if (!fs.existsSync(p)) return fallback;
-  try { return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(p, 'utf8')); } catch { return fallback; }
-}
-
-function writeJson(p, data, indent = 2) {
-  fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(p), { recursive: true });
-  fs.writeFileSync(p, JSON.stringify(data, null, indent));
-}
-
-function upsertManagedBlock(filePath, title, body) {
-  const begin = `<!-- BEGIN RDC-SKILLS:${title} -->`;
-  const end = `<!-- END RDC-SKILLS:${title} -->`;
-  const block = `${begin}\n${body.trim()}\n${end}\n`;
-  const current = fs.existsSync(filePath) ? fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8') : '';
-  const re = new RegExp(`${begin.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&')}[\\s\\S]*?${end.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&')}\\n?`, 'm');
-  const next = re.test(current)
-    ? current.replace(re, block)
-    : `${current.replace(/\s*$/, '')}${current.trim() ? '\n\n' : ''}${block}`;
-  if (next !== current) {
-    fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(filePath), { recursive: true });
-    fs.writeFileSync(filePath, next);
-    return true;
-  }
-  return false;
-}
-
-function writeStartupBlocks(targetRoot, profile) {
-  if (!targetRoot) return { wrote: 0, skipped: 'no-project-root' };
-  const startupSrc = path.join(repoRoot, 'guides', 'rdc-skills-startup.md');
-  const guidesDir = path.join(targetRoot, '.rdc', 'guides');
-  const startupDst = path.join(guidesDir, 'rdc-skills-startup.md');
-  fs.mkdirSync(guidesDir, { recursive: true });
-  fs.copyFileSync(startupSrc, startupDst);
-
-  let wrote = 1;
-  const claudeBody = [
-    '## RDC Skills',
-    '',
-    '@.rdc/guides/rdc-skills-startup.md',
-    '',
-    `Installed profile: \`${profile}\`.`,
-    'For `/rdc:*` work, follow `.rdc/guides/output-contract.md` and `.rdc/guides/engineering-behavior.md`.',
-  ].join('\n');
-  const agentsBody = [
-    '## RDC Skills',
-    '',
-    'Read `.rdc/guides/rdc-skills-startup.md` before using any `rdc:*` workflow.',
-    `Installed profile: \`${profile}\`.`,
-    'For `/rdc:*` work, follow `.rdc/guides/output-contract.md` and `.rdc/guides/engineering-behavior.md`.',
-  ].join('\n');
-
-  if (upsertManagedBlock(path.join(targetRoot, 'CLAUDE.md'), 'STARTUP', claudeBody)) wrote++;
-  if (upsertManagedBlock(path.join(targetRoot, 'AGENTS.md'), 'STARTUP', agentsBody)) wrote++;
-  return { wrote, skipped: null };
-}
-
-// ── Frontmatter parser ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-function readFrontmatter(filePath) {
-  try {
-    const content = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8').replace(/\r\n/g, '\n');
-    const match = content.match(/^---\n([\s\S]*?)\n---/);
-    if (!match) return {};
-    const fm = {};
-    let key = null, multiline = false, multilineVal = '';
-    for (const line of match[1].split('\n')) {
-      if (multiline) {
-        if (/^\s+/.test(line)) { multilineVal += ' ' + line.trim(); continue; }
-        fm[key] = multilineVal.trim();
-        multiline = false;
-      }
-      const kv = line.match(/^(\w+):\s*(>-|>)?\s*(.*)?$/);
-      if (!kv) continue;
-      key = kv[1];
-      if (kv[2]) { multiline = true; multilineVal = kv[3] || ''; }
-      else fm[key] = kv[3] || '';
-    }
-    if (multiline && key) fm[key] = multilineVal.trim();
-    return fm;
-  } catch { return {}; }
-}
-
-// ── Plugin cache builder (shared between CLI + Cowork) ────────────────────────
-function buildPluginCache(cacheDir, version, gitSha) {
-  fs.mkdirSync(cacheDir, { recursive: true });
-  for (const item of ['.claude-plugin', 'commands', 'skills', 'guides', 'hooks', 'package.json', 'README.md']) {
-    const src = path.join(repoRoot, item);
-    if (!fs.existsSync(src)) continue;
-    const dst = path.join(cacheDir, item);
-    if (fs.statSync(src).isDirectory()) copyDirRecursive(src, dst);
-    else fs.copyFileSync(src, dst);
-  }
-}
-
-function getPm2Process(name) {
-  try {
-    const list = JSON.parse(run('pm2 jlist'));
-    return Array.isArray(list) ? list.find((p) => p.name === name) || null : null;
-  } catch {
-    return null;
-  }
-}
-
-function isGlobalNpmRdcSkillsPath(scriptPath) {
-  if (!scriptPath) return false;
-  const normalized = scriptPath.replace(/\\/g, '/').toLowerCase();
-  return normalized.includes('/node_modules/@lifeaitools/rdc-skills/');
-}
-
-function packageRootFromMcpScript(scriptPath) {
-  return scriptPath ? path.resolve(path.dirname(scriptPath), '..') : null;
-}
-
-function readInstalledPackageVersion(scriptPath) {
-  const packageRoot = packageRootFromMcpScript(scriptPath);
-  if (!packageRoot) return null;
-  return readJson(path.join(packageRoot, 'package.json'), {}).version || null;
-}
-
-function syncGlobalMcpInstall(version) {
-  const proc = getPm2Process(MCP_NAME);
-  if (!proc) {
-    info('[2.9] MCP pkg    — PM2 process not registered yet; start handled below');
-    return;
-  }
-
-  const scriptPath = proc.pm2_env?.pm_exec_path || proc.pm_exec_path || '';
-  if (!isGlobalNpmRdcSkillsPath(scriptPath)) {
-    info(`[2.9] MCP pkg    — PM2 uses source checkout, not global npm (${scriptPath || 'unknown path'})`);
-    return;
-  }
-
-  const installedVersion = readInstalledPackageVersion(scriptPath);
-  if (installedVersion === version) {
-    ok(`[2.9] MCP pkg    — global ${NPM_PACKAGE}@${version} already installed`);
-    return;
-  }
-
-  let stopped = false;
-  let installed = false;
-  try {
-    info(`[2.9] MCP pkg    — updating global ${NPM_PACKAGE} ${installedVersion || '?'} → ${version}`);
-    run(`pm2 stop ${MCP_NAME}`);
-    stopped = true;
-    run(`npm install -g ${NPM_PACKAGE}@${version}`);
-    installed = true;
-    ok(`[2.9] MCP pkg    — installed global ${NPM_PACKAGE}@${version}`);
-  } catch (e) {
-    warn(`[2.9] MCP pkg    — global install failed (${String(e.message || e).split('\n')[0]})`);
-    if (String(e.message || '').includes('EBUSY')) {
-      info('       PM2 was stopped first; if EBUSY persists, another Node/npm process still holds the package directory.');
-    }
-  } finally {
-    if (stopped) {
-      try {
-        run(`pm2 restart ${MCP_NAME} --update-env`, { env: { ...process.env, PORT: MCP_PORT } });
-        ok(`[2.9] MCP pkg    — pm2 restarted ${MCP_NAME}${installed ? '' : ' (previous install restored)'}`);
-      } catch (e) {
-        warn(`[2.9] MCP pkg    — pm2 restart failed (${String(e.message || e).split('\n')[0]})`);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-// ── User-skills cleanup ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-// Older installer versions wrote skill files directly to ~/.claude/skills/user/.
-// Claude Code loads that directory AND the plugin cache, so any rdc skills left
-// there produce duplicate registrations and break the resolver.
-// This function nukes any entry whose frontmatter name starts with "rdc:".
-// Scans BOTH the immediate dir and nested .md files (e.g. `user/skill.md`,
-// `user/rdc-build/SKILL.md`) so pre-plugin orphans are caught regardless of
-// naming convention.
-function cleanUserSkills(userSkillsDir) {
-  if (!fs.existsSync(userSkillsDir)) return 0;
-  let removed = 0;
-  for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(userSkillsDir, { withFileTypes: true })) {
-    const candidate = path.join(userSkillsDir, entry.name);
-    if (entry.isDirectory()) {
-      // Subdir form: <name>/SKILL.md or <name>/skill.md
-      let skillFile = null;
-      for (const sf of ['SKILL.md', 'skill.md']) {
-        const p = path.join(candidate, sf);
-        if (fs.existsSync(p)) { skillFile = p; break; }
-      }
-      if (!skillFile) continue;
-      const fm = readFrontmatter(skillFile);
-      if (fm.name && fm.name.startsWith('rdc:')) {
-        try { fs.rmSync(candidate, { recursive: true, force: true }); removed++; } catch {}
-      }
-    } else if (entry.isFile() && entry.name.endsWith('.md')) {
-      // ANY .md file at this level — including skill.md / SKILL.md / README.md
-      // if their frontmatter declares an rdc:* skill. A previous version skipped
-      // those names; that left an orphan rdc:build copy at user/skill.md which
-      // registered as a duplicate "user" skill.
-      const fm = readFrontmatter(candidate);
-      if (fm.name && fm.name.startsWith('rdc:')) {
-        try { fs.unlinkSync(candidate); removed++; } catch {}
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return removed;
-}
-
-// Scrub legacy rdc orphans from ~/.claude/skills/ (top-level), not just user/.
-// Some older installs landed flat skill files alongside the plugin tree.
-function cleanGlobalSkillsRoot(skillsDir) {
-  if (!fs.existsSync(skillsDir)) return 0;
-  let removed = 0;
-  for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(skillsDir, { withFileTypes: true })) {
-    if (entry.name === 'user') continue; // handled separately
-    const candidate = path.join(skillsDir, entry.name);
-    if (entry.isFile() && entry.name.endsWith('.md')) {
-      const fm = readFrontmatter(candidate);
-      if (fm.name && fm.name.startsWith('rdc:')) {
-        try { fs.unlinkSync(candidate); removed++; } catch {}
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return removed;
-}
-
-// ── Stale hook cleanup ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-// Remove ONLY explicitly orphaned hook files — hooks that were previously shipped
-// by rdc-skills and have since been removed from the project.
-// NEVER use "not in source = remove" logic: most hooks in ~/.claude/hooks/ are
-// not managed by rdc-skills (they come from other plugins or were written directly).
-function cleanStaleHooks(hooksDstDir) {
-  if (!fs.existsSync(hooksDstDir)) return 0;
-  // Explicit orphan list — add entries here when a hook is intentionally removed.
-  // Format: filename that should be deleted if it still exists.
-  const ORPHANED_HOOKS = [
-    'verify-rdc-skills.js', // removed in v0.9.7 — was checking for old flat-file format
-  ];
-  let removed = 0;
-  for (const f of ORPHANED_HOOKS) {
-    const p = path.join(hooksDstDir, f);
-    if (fs.existsSync(p)) {
-      try { fs.unlinkSync(p); removed++; } catch {}
-    }
-  }
-  return removed;
-}
-
-// Project-local hookify docs were a temporary workaround for work item exit
-// enforcement. The plugin hook is now authoritative, so installs clean those
-// local shims from known RDC workspaces instead of leaving two gates to drift.
-function cleanProjectHookifyShims(projectRoot) {
-  if (!projectRoot) return 0;
-  const hookifyDir = path.join(projectRoot, '.claude');
-  if (!fs.existsSync(hookifyDir)) return 0;
-  const stale = [
-    'hookify.work-item-done-gate-bash.local.md',
-    'hookify.work-item-done-gate-mcp.local.md',
-    'hookify.work-item-review-gate-bash.local.md',
-    'hookify.work-item-review-gate-mcp.local.md',
-  ];
-  let removed = 0;
-  for (const f of stale) {
-    const p = path.join(hookifyDir, f);
-    if (fs.existsSync(p)) {
-      try { fs.unlinkSync(p); removed++; } catch {}
-    }
-  }
-  return removed;
-}
-
-// ── Cache flush helper ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-// Only `latest/` is ever kept. Earlier versions wrote BOTH `<version>/` and
-// `latest/`, which caused the plugin loader to scan and register every rdc:*
-// skill twice (once per directory). The fix is permanent single-dir layout.
-function flushOldCaches(cacheBase /* keepVersion intentionally unused */) {
-  if (!fs.existsSync(cacheBase)) return 0;
-  let flushed = 0;
-  for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(cacheBase)) {
-    if (entry === 'latest') continue;
-    try {
-      fs.rmSync(path.join(cacheBase, entry), { recursive: true, force: true });
-      flushed++;
-    } catch {}
-  }
-  return flushed;
-}
-
-// ── Step 2: CLI plugin registration (→ ~/.claude/plugins/) ───────────────────
-function registerCLI(version, gitSha) {
-  const pluginDir  = path.join(claudeHome, 'plugins');
-  const mktDir     = path.join(pluginDir, 'marketplaces', MARKETPLACE);
-  const mktPlugDir = path.join(mktDir, '.claude-plugin');
-  const cacheBase  = path.join(pluginDir, 'cache', MARKETPLACE, 'rdc-skills');
-  const latestDir  = path.join(cacheBase, 'latest');
-
-  // 1. Marketplace manifest
-  fs.mkdirSync(mktPlugDir, { recursive: true });
-  fs.copyFileSync(path.join(repoRoot, '.claude-plugin', 'marketplace.json'), path.join(mktPlugDir, 'marketplace.json'));
-
-  // 2. known_marketplaces.json
-  const kmpPath = path.join(pluginDir, 'known_marketplaces.json');
-  const knownMp = readJson(kmpPath);
-  knownMp[MARKETPLACE] = { source: { source: 'github', repo: 'LIFEAI/rdc-skills' }, installLocation: mktDir, lastUpdated: new Date().toISOString() };
-  writeJson(kmpPath, knownMp, 4);
-
-  // 3. Flush every cache dir except `latest/`, then rewrite `latest/`. We
-  // intentionally do NOT keep a versioned dir — the plugin loader registers
-  // every dir it finds, so two dirs = duplicate skills.
-  const flushed = flushOldCaches(cacheBase);
-  if (flushed > 0) info(`       flushed  : ${flushed} stale cache dir(s)`);
-  if (fs.existsSync(latestDir)) fs.rmSync(latestDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
-  buildPluginCache(latestDir, version, gitSha);
-
-  // 4. installed_plugins.json — register 'latest/' as stable installPath so
-  // re-installs overwrite in-place rather than creating orphaned version dirs.
-  // Open terminals that re-read installed_plugins.json mid-session will pick
-  // up the updated path; otherwise a terminal restart is needed.
-  const ipPath    = path.join(pluginDir, 'installed_plugins.json');
-  const installed = readJson(ipPath, { version: 2, plugins: {} });
-  // Also overwrite whichever installPath the old entry had, so any open
-  // terminal that already loaded that path sees fresh files.
-  const oldEntries = installed.plugins[PLUGIN_KEY] || [];
-  for (const old of oldEntries) {
-    if (old.installPath && fs.existsSync(old.installPath) && old.installPath !== latestDir) {
-      try { buildPluginCache(old.installPath, version, gitSha); } catch {}
-    }
-  }
-  for (const key of Object.keys(installed.plugins || {})) {
-    if (key.startsWith('rdc-skills@')) delete installed.plugins[key];
-  }
-  installed.plugins[PLUGIN_KEY] = [{ scope: 'user', installPath: latestDir, version, installedAt: new Date().toISOString(), lastUpdated: new Date().toISOString(), gitCommitSha: gitSha }];
-  writeJson(ipPath, installed, 4);
-
-  // 5. settings.json enabledPlugins
-  const settings = readJson(settingsPath);
-  if (!settings.enabledPlugins) settings.enabledPlugins = {};
-  for (const key of Object.keys(settings.enabledPlugins)) {
-    if (key.startsWith('rdc-skills@')) delete settings.enabledPlugins[key];
-  }
-  settings.enabledPlugins[PLUGIN_KEY] = true;
-  writeJson(settingsPath, settings);
-
-  return latestDir;
-}
-
-// ── Step 3: Cowork (Claude Desktop) registration ──────────────────────────────
-function findCoworkBases() {
-  // Cowork stores per-workspace state at:
-  //   %LOCALAPPDATA%/Packages/Claude_*/LocalCache/Roaming/Claude/local-agent-mode-sessions/<workspace>/<device>/
-  // Each has cowork_settings.json + cowork_plugins/
-  const results = [];
-
-  // Candidate MSIX package roots
-  const localAppData = process.env.LOCALAPPDATA || '';
-  const pkgsDir = path.join(localAppData, 'Packages');
-  if (!fs.existsSync(pkgsDir)) return results;
-
-  let claudePkg = null;
-  for (const dir of fs.readdirSync(pkgsDir)) {
-    if (/^Claude_/i.test(dir)) { claudePkg = path.join(pkgsDir, dir); break; }
-  }
-  if (!claudePkg) return results;
-
-  const sessionsRoot = path.join(claudePkg, 'LocalCache', 'Roaming', 'Claude', 'local-agent-mode-sessions');
-  if (!fs.existsSync(sessionsRoot)) return results;
-
-  // Walk two levels: <workspace>/<device>/cowork_settings.json
-  for (const ws of fs.readdirSync(sessionsRoot)) {
-    const wsDir = path.join(sessionsRoot, ws);
-    if (!fs.statSync(wsDir).isDirectory()) continue;
-    for (const dev of fs.readdirSync(wsDir)) {
-      const devDir = path.join(wsDir, dev);
-      if (!fs.statSync(devDir).isDirectory()) continue;
-      const settingsFile = path.join(devDir, 'cowork_settings.json');
-      if (fs.existsSync(settingsFile)) {
-        results.push({ dir: devDir, settingsFile });
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return results;
-}
-
-function registerCowork(version, gitSha) {
-  const bases = findCoworkBases();
-  if (bases.length === 0) {
-    warn('Cowork     — Claude Desktop not found (MSIX package missing)');
-    return 0;
-  }
-
-  for (const { dir, settingsFile } of bases) {
-    const pluginsDir = path.join(dir, 'cowork_plugins');
-    const cacheBase  = path.join(pluginsDir, 'cache', MARKETPLACE, 'rdc-skills');
-    const latestDir  = path.join(cacheBase, 'latest');
-    const mktDir     = path.join(pluginsDir, 'marketplaces', MARKETPLACE);
-    const mktPlugDir = path.join(mktDir, '.claude-plugin');
-
-    // Marketplace manifest
-    fs.mkdirSync(mktPlugDir, { recursive: true });
-    fs.copyFileSync(path.join(repoRoot, '.claude-plugin', 'marketplace.json'), path.join(mktPlugDir, 'marketplace.json'));
-
-    // known_marketplaces.json
-    const kmpPath = path.join(pluginsDir, 'known_marketplaces.json');
-    const knownMp = readJson(kmpPath);
-    knownMp[MARKETPLACE] = { source: { source: 'github', repo: 'LIFEAI/rdc-skills' }, installLocation: mktDir, lastUpdated: new Date().toISOString() };
-    writeJson(kmpPath, knownMp, 4);
-
-    // Flush all non-latest caches and rewrite `latest/` only — single-dir layout
-    flushOldCaches(cacheBase);
-    if (fs.existsSync(latestDir)) fs.rmSync(latestDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
-    buildPluginCache(latestDir, version, gitSha);
-
-    // installed_plugins.json — use stable 'latest/' path
-    const ipPath    = path.join(pluginsDir, 'installed_plugins.json');
-    const installed = readJson(ipPath, { version: 2, plugins: {} });
-    for (const key of Object.keys(installed.plugins || {})) {
-      if (key.startsWith('rdc-skills@')) delete installed.plugins[key];
-    }
-    installed.plugins[PLUGIN_KEY] = [{ scope: 'user', installPath: latestDir, version, installedAt: new Date().toISOString(), lastUpdated: new Date().toISOString(), gitCommitSha: gitSha }];
-    writeJson(ipPath, installed, 4);
-
-    // cowork_settings.json — enabledPlugins + extraKnownMarketplaces
-    const settings = readJson(settingsFile);
-    if (!settings.enabledPlugins) settings.enabledPlugins = {};
-    for (const key of Object.keys(settings.enabledPlugins)) {
-      if (key.startsWith('rdc-skills@')) delete settings.enabledPlugins[key];
-    }
-    settings.enabledPlugins[PLUGIN_KEY] = true;
-    if (!settings.extraKnownMarketplaces) settings.extraKnownMarketplaces = {};
-    settings.extraKnownMarketplaces[MARKETPLACE] = { source: { source: 'github', repo: 'LIFEAI/rdc-skills' } };
-    writeJson(settingsFile, settings);
-  }
-
-  return bases.length;
-}
-
-// ── Codex registration (→ Codex skill dirs/rdc-*/) ───────────────────────────
-function addCodexTarget(targets, label, targetDir) {
-  if (!targetDir) return;
-  const resolved = path.resolve(targetDir);
-  if (targets.some(t => t.targetDir.toLowerCase() === resolved.toLowerCase())) return;
-  targets.push({ label, targetDir: resolved });
-}
-
-// Register the rdc-skills MCP endpoint at the USER/GLOBAL level for every client
-// so all Claude Code projects and all Codex sessions can reach the skills via MCP
-// (not just where a project .mcp.json exists). Idempotent + non-fatal. Mirrors the
-// existing clauth/codeflow entries exactly. claude.ai web still needs the one-time
-// connector add in its UI (no programmatic API).
-function registerMcpEndpoints() {
-  const MCP_URL = 'https://rdc-skills.regendevcorp.com/mcp';
-  const out = [];
-
-  // Claude Code — user-level ~/.claude.json mcpServers (covers EVERY project).
-  try {
-    const claudeJson = path.join(os.homedir(), '.claude.json');
-    if (fs.existsSync(claudeJson)) {
-      const data = readJson(claudeJson);
-      if (!data.mcpServers || typeof data.mcpServers !== 'object') data.mcpServers = {};
-      const cur = data.mcpServers['rdc-skills'];
-      if (!cur || cur.url !== MCP_URL) {
-        data.mcpServers['rdc-skills'] = { type: 'http', url: MCP_URL };
-        writeJson(claudeJson, data, 2);
-        out.push('claude(~/.claude.json)');
-      }
-    }
-  } catch (e) { out.push(`claude WARN:${e.message}`); }
-
-  // Codex — ensure [mcp_servers.rdc-skills] exists and points at the live shared endpoint.
-  try {
-    const codexToml = path.join(os.homedir(), '.codex', 'config.toml');
-    if (fs.existsSync(codexToml)) {
-      const toml = fs.readFileSync(codexToml, 'utf8');
-      const next = updateCodexMcpToml(toml, MCP_URL);
-      if (next !== toml) {
-        fs.writeFileSync(codexToml, next);
-        out.push('codex(~/.codex/config.toml)');
-      }
-    }
-  } catch (e) { out.push(`codex WARN:${e.message}`); }
-
-  return out;
-}
-
-function findCodexTargets() {
-  const targets = [];
-  if (codexRoot) {
-    addCodexTarget(targets, 'project .agents', path.join(codexRoot, '.agents', 'skills', 'user'));
-  }
-  if (explicitCodexSkillDir) {
-    addCodexTarget(targets, 'explicit', explicitCodexSkillDir);
-  }
-
-  const codexHomeSkills = path.join(os.homedir(), '.codex', 'skills');
-  if (fs.existsSync(codexHomeSkills)) {
-    addCodexTarget(targets, 'global .codex', codexHomeSkills);
-  }
-
-  const globalAgentSkills = path.join(os.homedir(), '.agents', 'skills');
-  if (fs.existsSync(globalAgentSkills)) {
-    addCodexTarget(targets, 'global .agents', globalAgentSkills);
-  }
-
-  return targets;
-}
-
-function registerCodexTarget(targetDir) {
-  fs.mkdirSync(targetDir, { recursive: true });
-
-  // Clean: remove dirs that are rdc skills — by prefix OR by frontmatter name
-  let removed = 0;
-  for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(targetDir, { withFileTypes: true })) {
-    if (!entry.isDirectory()) continue;
-    const candidate = path.join(targetDir, entry.name);
-    if (/^rdc-/.test(entry.name)) {
-      fs.rmSync(candidate, { recursive: true, force: true });
-      removed++;
-    } else {
-      const fm = readFrontmatter(path.join(candidate, 'SKILL.md'));
-      if (fm.name && fm.name.startsWith('rdc:')) {
-        fs.rmSync(candidate, { recursive: true, force: true });
-        removed++;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Copy: each source skill dir that has a SKILL.md → rdc-<name>/
-  const skillsSrc = path.join(repoRoot, 'skills');
-  let copied = 0;
-  for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(skillsSrc, { withFileTypes: true })) {
-    if (!entry.isDirectory()) continue;
-    const skillFile = path.join(skillsSrc, entry.name, 'SKILL.md');
-    if (!fs.existsSync(skillFile)) continue;
-    const dst = path.join(targetDir, `rdc-${entry.name}`);
-    copyDirRecursive(path.join(skillsSrc, entry.name), dst);
-    copied++;
-  }
-
-  return { removed, copied };
-}
-
-// ── Step 6: Zip for claude.ai / distribution ─────────────────────────────────
-function buildZip(version) {
-  const distDir = path.join(repoRoot, 'dist');
-  fs.mkdirSync(distDir, { recursive: true });
-  const zipPath = path.join(distDir, `rdc-skills-plugin-v${version}.zip`);
-
-  // Remove old zips
-  if (fs.existsSync(distDir)) {
-    for (const f of fs.readdirSync(distDir)) {
-      if (f.startsWith('rdc-skills-plugin') && f.endsWith('.zip')) {
-        fs.unlinkSync(path.join(distDir, f));
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Use PowerShell Compress-Archive on Windows, zip on Unix
-  const items = ['.claude-plugin', 'commands', 'skills', 'guides', 'hooks', 'package.json', 'README.md']
-    .filter(i => fs.existsSync(path.join(repoRoot, i)));
-
-  try {
-    if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-      // Stage to a temp dir so we get a clean zip root
-      const tmp = path.join(os.tmpdir(), `rdc-skills-zip-${Date.now()}`);
-      fs.mkdirSync(tmp, { recursive: true });
-      for (const item of items) {
-        const src = path.join(repoRoot, item);
-        const dst = path.join(tmp, item);
-        if (fs.statSync(src).isDirectory()) copyDirRecursive(src, dst);
-        else fs.copyFileSync(src, dst);
-      }
-      // Try pwsh first (PowerShell 7+), fall back to Windows PowerShell
-      const psExe = fs.existsSync('C:\\Program Files\\PowerShell\\7\\pwsh.exe')
-        ? 'C:\\Program Files\\PowerShell\\7\\pwsh.exe'
-        : 'C:\\Windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe';
-      execSync(
-        `"${psExe}" -NoProfile -NonInteractive -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Compress-Archive -Path '${tmp}\\*' -DestinationPath '${zipPath}' -Force"`,
-        { stdio: 'pipe' }
-      );
-      fs.rmSync(tmp, { recursive: true, force: true });
-    } else {
-      const itemList = items.join(' ');
-      execSync(`zip -r "${zipPath}" ${itemList}`, { cwd: repoRoot, stdio: 'pipe' });
-    }
-    return zipPath;
-  } catch (e) {
-    warn(`Zip failed: ${e.message}`);
-    return null;
-  }
-}
-
-// ── Hook config ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-function buildHooksConfig(hooksDir, profile = 'core') {
-  const base = hooksDir.replace(/\\/g, '/');
-  const cmd  = (file, msg) => {
-    const command = process.platform === 'win32'
-      ? `powershell.exe -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -File "${base}/run-hidden-hook.ps1" "${base}/${file}"`
-      : `node "${base}/${file}"`;
-    const entry = { type: 'command', command };
-    if (msg) entry.statusMessage = msg;
-    return entry;
-  };
-  const config = {
-    UserPromptExpansion: [{ hooks: [
-      cmd('rdc-invocation-marker.js', 'Marking RDC slash command...'),
-    ]}],
-    UserPromptSubmit: [{ hooks: [
-      cmd('rdc-invocation-marker.js', 'Marking RDC prompt...'),
-    ]}],
-    PreToolUse: [
-      { hooks: [
-        cmd('foreground-process-gate.js', 'Checking foreground process policy...'),
-      ]},
-      { matcher: 'Bash', hooks: [
-        cmd('require-work-item-on-commit.js'),
-      ]},
-    ],
-    PostToolUse: [
-      { hooks: [
-        cmd('check-services.js'),
-      ]},
-      { matcher: 'Bash', hooks: [
-        cmd('require-work-item-on-commit.js', 'Capturing commit SHA for work item...'),
-      ]},
-    ],
-    Stop: [{ hooks: [
-      cmd('rdc-output-contract-gate.js', 'Checking RDC output contract...'),
-      cmd('post-work-check.js',    'Checking for undocumented work...'),
-    ]}],
-  };
-
-  if (profile === 'lifeai') {
-    config.SessionStart = [{ hooks: [
-      cmd('check-rdc-environment.js', 'Checking RDC skills runtime...'),
-      cmd('check-cwd.js'),
-      cmd('check-stale-work-items.js', 'Checking for stale work items...'),
-      // Truth Gate 3.0 Layer 6 — gate watchdog (ADVISORY; SessionStart cannot block).
-      cmd('gate-watchdog-selfcheck.js', 'Truth Gate watchdog: verifying gate registration...'),
-    ]}];
-    config.PreToolUse[0].hooks.push(
-      cmd('work-item-exit-gate.js', 'Checking work item exit gates...'),
-    );
-    // Truth Gate 3.0 Layer 5 — harness completion gates. Both blocking hooks are
-    // FLAG-GATED, default OFF (no-op until the env/DB flag is flipped at deploy),
-    // so registering them does NOT disrupt the in-flight build session.
-    config.TaskCompleted = [{ hooks: [
-      cmd('task-completed-gate.js', 'Truth Gate: verifying task closure...'),
-    ]}];
-    config.PostToolBatch = [{ hooks: [
-      cmd('post-tool-batch-gate.js', 'Truth Gate: checking build-wave worktree bases...'),
-    ]}];
-    config.PreCompact = [{ hooks: [
-      cmd('precompact-log.js'),
-    ]}];
-    config.PostCompact = [{ hooks: [
-      cmd('postcompact-log.js'),
-      cmd('restart-brief.js', 'Writing restart brief...'),
-    ]}];
-    config.Stop[0].hooks.unshift(
-      cmd('rate-limit-retry.js', 'Checking for rate limits...'),
-    );
-    config.Stop[0].hooks.push(
-      cmd('no-stop-open-epics.js', 'Checking for open epics...'),
-    );
-  }
-
-  return config;
-}
-
-// ── MCP server registration (non-fatal) ───────────────────────────────────────
-// Ensures the rdc-skills MCP deps are installed, registers/starts the local MCP
-// under PM2 as `rdc-skills-mcp` on PORT=3110, and prints the claude.ai connector
-// line. Every failure here WARNs — it must never abort the installer.
-function registerMcpServer() {
-  const binPath = path.join(repoRoot, 'bin', 'rdc-skills-mcp.mjs');
-  const connector = 'https://rdc-skills.regendevcorp.com/mcp';
-
-  try {
-    // (a) ensure MCP runtime deps are present (express, @modelcontextprotocol/sdk, yaml, zod)
-    const needDeps = ['express', '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk', 'yaml', 'zod'].some((d) => {
-      try { require.resolve(d, { paths: [repoRoot] }); return false; } catch { return true; }
-    });
-    if (needDeps) {
-      try {
-        execSync('npm install --no-audit --no-fund', { cwd: repoRoot, stdio: 'pipe' });
-        ok('[7/7] MCP deps   — installed');
-      } catch (e) {
-        warn(`[7/7] MCP deps   — npm install failed (${e.message.split('\n')[0]}); install manually with \`npm install\``);
-      }
-    } else {
-      ok('[7/7] MCP deps   — already present');
-    }
-
-    // (b) register/start under PM2 (tolerate pm2 missing)
-    let pm2Ok = false;
-    try { execSync('pm2 -v', { stdio: 'pipe' }); pm2Ok = true; } catch { pm2Ok = false; }
-
-    if (!pm2Ok) {
-      warn('[7/7] MCP server — pm2 not found; start manually:');
-      info(`       PORT=${MCP_PORT} pm2 start ${binPath} --name ${MCP_NAME}`);
-    } else {
-      let registered = false;
-      try {
-        const jlist = JSON.parse(execSync('pm2 jlist', { encoding: 'utf8', stdio: 'pipe' }));
-        registered = Array.isArray(jlist) && jlist.some((p) => p.name === MCP_NAME);
-      } catch {}
-      try {
-        if (registered) {
-          execSync(`pm2 restart ${MCP_NAME} --update-env`, { cwd: repoRoot, stdio: 'pipe', env: { ...process.env, PORT: MCP_PORT } });
-          ok(`[7/7] MCP server — pm2 restarted ${MCP_NAME} (PORT=${MCP_PORT})`);
-        } else {
-          execSync(`pm2 start "${binPath}" --name ${MCP_NAME}`, { cwd: repoRoot, stdio: 'pipe', env: { ...process.env, PORT: MCP_PORT } });
-          ok(`[7/7] MCP server — pm2 started ${MCP_NAME} (PORT=${MCP_PORT})`);
-        }
-      } catch (e) {
-        warn(`[7/7] MCP server — pm2 start/restart failed (${e.message.split('\n')[0]})`);
-        info(`       PORT=${MCP_PORT} pm2 start ${binPath} --name ${MCP_NAME}`);
-      }
-    }
-
-    // (c) print the claude.ai connector line
-    info(`       claude.ai connector: ${connector}  (Auth: none — URL is the shared secret)`);
-  } catch (e) {
-    warn(`[7/7] MCP server — skipped (${e.message.split('\n')[0]})`);
-  }
-}
-
-// ── Preflight ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-function runPreflight() {
-  const nodeMajor = parseInt(process.versions.node.split('.')[0], 10);
-  if (nodeMajor < 18) { fail(`Node.js >= 18 required — found v${process.versions.node}`); process.exit(1); }
-  ok(`Node.js v${process.versions.node}`);
-  try {
-    execSync('curl -s --max-time 2 http://127.0.0.1:52437/ping', { stdio: 'pipe' });
-    ok('clauth daemon is running');
-  } catch {
-    warn('clauth daemon not responding — start it before using credential-dependent commands');
-  }
-}
-
-// ── Commands listing ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-function listCommands() {
-  const cmdsDir = path.join(repoRoot, 'commands');
-  if (!fs.existsSync(cmdsDir)) return;
-  const files = fs.readdirSync(cmdsDir).filter(f => f.endsWith('.md')).sort();
-  const plugin = readJson(path.join(repoRoot, '.claude-plugin', 'plugin.json'), {});
-  const skillCount = Array.isArray(plugin.skills_meta)
-    ? plugin.skills_meta.length
-    : (plugin.skills_meta && typeof plugin.skills_meta === 'object' ? Object.keys(plugin.skills_meta).length : null);
-  console.log('');
-  if (skillCount !== null) {
-    console.log(`  \x1b[32mAvailable MCP skills (${skillCount}) and /rdc:* command shorthands (${files.length}):\x1b[0m`);
-    console.log('  Use MCP tools rdc_skill_list, rdc_skill_search, and rdc_skill_get for the full skill catalog.');
-  } else {
-    console.log(`  \x1b[32mAvailable /rdc:* command shorthands (${files.length}):\x1b[0m`);
-  }
-  console.log('');
-  const COL = 18;
-  for (const f of files) {
-    const name  = 'rdc:' + f.replace(/\.md$/, '');
-    const fm    = readFrontmatter(path.join(cmdsDir, f));
-    const desc  = (fm.description || '').replace(/\n/g, ' ').replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
-    const short = desc.length > 70 ? desc.slice(0, 70) + '…' : desc;
-    const pad   = ' '.repeat(Math.max(1, COL - name.length));
-    console.log(`  \x1b[36m/${name}\x1b[0m${pad}${short}`);
-  }
-  console.log('');
-}
-
-// ── Migrate helper ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-async function runMigrate(projectRoot) {
-  const absRoot = path.resolve(projectRoot);
-  const rl = readline.createInterface({ input: process.stdin, output: process.stdout });
-  const ask = q => new Promise(resolve => rl.question(q, resolve));
-
-  console.log('\n  \x1b[35mrdc-skills — Migrate to .rdc/ Layout\x1b[0m\n');
-  console.log(`  Project root: ${absRoot}\n`);
-
-  const candidates = [
-    { src: 'docs/guides', dst: '.rdc/guides' }, { src: 'docs/plans', dst: '.rdc/plans' },
-    { src: 'docs/reports', dst: '.rdc/reports' }, { src: 'docs/research', dst: '.rdc/research' },
-  ].filter(c => fs.existsSync(path.join(absRoot, c.src)));
-
-  if (candidates.length === 0) { info('No migratable directories found.'); rl.close(); return; }
-  console.log('  Found:');
-  candidates.forEach(c => console.log(`    ${c.src}`));
-  console.log('');
-
-  for (const c of candidates) {
-    const srcAbs = path.join(absRoot, c.src);
-    const dstAbs = path.join(absRoot, c.dst);
-    const ans = await ask(`  Move ${c.src} → ${c.dst}? [Y/n]: `);
-    if (ans.toLowerCase() === 'n') { info(`Skipped ${c.src}`); continue; }
-    if (fs.existsSync(dstAbs)) {
-      warn(`${c.dst} exists — merging`);
-      for (const f of fs.readdirSync(srcAbs)) {
-        const sf = path.join(srcAbs, f), df = path.join(dstAbs, f);
-        if (!fs.existsSync(df)) fs.renameSync(sf, df);
-        else warn(`  Skipped ${f} (exists in dst)`);
-      }
-    } else {
-      fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(dstAbs), { recursive: true });
-      fs.renameSync(srcAbs, dstAbs);
-    }
-    ok(`Moved ${c.src} → ${c.dst}`);
-  }
-  rl.close();
-}
-
-// ── Main ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-async function main() {
-  if (doMigrate) { await runMigrate(migratePath); return; }
-
-  const bannerVersion = (readJson(path.join(repoRoot, 'package.json')).version || '?');
-  const bannerLine    = `║  install-rdc-skills v${bannerVersion}`;
-  const bannerPadded  = bannerLine.padEnd(41) + '║';
-  console.log('');
-  console.log('  \x1b[32m╔═══════════════════════════════════════╗\x1b[0m');
-  console.log(`  \x1b[32m${bannerPadded}\x1b[0m`);
-  console.log('  \x1b[32m╚═══════════════════════════════════════╝\x1b[0m');
-  console.log('');
-  console.log(`  CLAUDE_HOME : ${claudeHome}`);
-  console.log(`  Plugin root : ${repoRoot}`);
-  console.log(`  Profile     : ${installProfile}${profileArg === 'auto' ? ' (auto)' : ''}`);
-  console.log('');
-
-  if (!fs.existsSync(claudeHome)) {
-    fs.mkdirSync(claudeHome, { recursive: true });
-    warn(`CLAUDE_HOME did not exist — created ${claudeHome}`);
-  }
-  if (!fs.existsSync(settingsPath)) {
-    writeJson(settingsPath, {});
-    info(`       created settings.json`);
-  }
-
-  // 0. Pull latest
-  try {
-    const before = execSync('git rev-parse HEAD', { cwd: repoRoot, encoding: 'utf8', stdio: 'pipe' }).trim();
-    execSync('git pull --ff-only', { cwd: repoRoot, stdio: 'pipe' });
-    const after = execSync('git rev-parse HEAD', { cwd: repoRoot, encoding: 'utf8', stdio: 'pipe' }).trim();
-    ok(`[0/6] git pull   — ${before === after ? after.slice(0, 7) : `${before.slice(0,7)} → ${after.slice(0,7)}`}`);
-  } catch {
-    warn('[0/6] git pull failed — installing from local copy');
-  }
-
-  // Read version + git SHA after pull so plugin caches and the MCP install do
-  // not stamp the pre-update checkout.
-  const pkg     = readJson(path.join(repoRoot, 'package.json'));
-  const version = pkg.version || '0.7.0';
-  let   gitSha  = '';
-  try { gitSha = execSync('git rev-parse HEAD', { cwd: repoRoot, encoding: 'utf8', stdio: 'pipe' }).trim(); } catch {}
-
-  // 0.5a. User-skills cleanup — remove any rdc: skills from ~/.claude/skills/user/
-  // (older installer versions wrote there; plugin cache is the only authoritative source)
-  {
-    const userSkillsDir = path.join(claudeHome, 'skills', 'user');
-    const purged = cleanUserSkills(userSkillsDir);
-    if (purged > 0) ok(`[0.5a] Skills cleanup — removed ${purged} stale rdc: skill(s) from skills/user/`);
-    // Also scan the parent ~/.claude/skills/ for any flat-file rdc orphans.
-    const skillsRoot = path.join(claudeHome, 'skills');
-    const rootPurged = cleanGlobalSkillsRoot(skillsRoot);
-    if (rootPurged > 0) ok(`[0.5a] Skills cleanup — removed ${rootPurged} stale rdc: file(s) from skills/`);
-  }
-
-  // 0.5b. Stale hook cleanup — remove hooks we no longer ship
-  {
-    const staleRemoved = cleanStaleHooks(hooksDst);
-    if (staleRemoved > 0) ok(`[0.5b] Hook cleanup — removed ${staleRemoved} orphaned hook file(s)`);
-    const shimRemoved = cleanProjectHookifyShims(codexRoot);
-    if (shimRemoved > 0) ok(`[0.5b] Hook cleanup — removed ${shimRemoved} project-local work-item hookify shim(s)`);
-  }
-
-  // 0.5. Legacy cleanup — remove old commands/rdc/ (pre-plugin-system format)
-  const legacyCommandsDir = path.join(claudeHome, 'commands', 'rdc');
-  if (fs.existsSync(legacyCommandsDir)) {
-    fs.rmSync(legacyCommandsDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
-    ok('[0.5] Cleanup    — removed legacy commands/rdc/');
-  }
-  // Also remove extraKnownMarketplaces.rdc-skills from settings.json to prevent
-  // Claude Code from syncing a directory-source marketplace back to known_marketplaces.json
-  // (which causes skills to load from both the cache AND the live source directory)
-  {
-    const st = readJson(settingsPath);
-    if (st.extraKnownMarketplaces && st.extraKnownMarketplaces[MARKETPLACE]) {
-      delete st.extraKnownMarketplaces[MARKETPLACE];
-      if (Object.keys(st.extraKnownMarketplaces).length === 0) delete st.extraKnownMarketplaces;
-      writeJson(settingsPath, st);
-      ok('[0.5] Cleanup    — removed extraKnownMarketplaces.rdc-skills from settings.json');
-    }
-  }
-
-  // 1. CLI registration
-  const cliCacheDir = registerCLI(version, gitSha);
-  ok(`[1/6] CLI plugin — ${PLUGIN_KEY} v${version}`);
-  info(`       cache    : ${cliCacheDir}`);
-
-  // 2. Cowork registration
-  const coworkCount = registerCowork(version, gitSha);
-  if (coworkCount > 0) {
-    ok(`[2/6] Cowork     — registered in ${coworkCount} workspace(s)`);
-  } else {
-    warn('[2/6] Cowork     — no Desktop workspaces found (open Claude Desktop once to create them)');
-  }
-
-  // 2.5. Codex registration
-  const codexTargets = findCodexTargets();
-  if (codexTargets.length > 0) {
-    let copiedTotal = 0;
-    let removedTotal = 0;
-    for (const target of codexTargets) {
-      const { removed, copied } = registerCodexTarget(target.targetDir);
-      copiedTotal += copied;
-      removedTotal += removed;
-      info(`       ${target.label.padEnd(15)}: ${target.targetDir} (${copied} installed, ${removed} stale removed)`);
-    }
-    ok(`[2.5] Codex      — ${copiedTotal} skill install(s), ${removedTotal} stale removed across ${codexTargets.length} target(s)`);
-  } else {
-    info('[2.5] Codex      — skipped (no Codex skill dirs found; use --codex-root or --codex-skill-dir)');
-  }
-
-  // 2.6. Register the rdc-skills MCP endpoint globally (Claude Code + Codex) so
-  // EVERY agent can reach the skills via MCP, not only where a project .mcp.json exists.
-  const mcpReg = registerMcpEndpoints();
-  if (mcpReg.length > 0) {
-    ok(`[2.6] MCP        — registered rdc-skills endpoint: ${mcpReg.join(', ')}`);
-  } else {
-    info('[2.6] MCP        — rdc-skills endpoint already registered (claude + codex)');
-  }
-
-  // If the live MCP is served from the global npm package, update that exact
-  // install before restarting PM2. Windows otherwise holds the package tree open
-  // and `npm install -g` can fail with EBUSY.
-  syncGlobalMcpInstall(version);
-
-  // 2.7. Symlinks in regen-root/.claude/skills/ (FS MCP + claude.ai access)
-  if (codexRoot) {
-    const skillsLinkDir = path.join(codexRoot, '.claude', 'skills');
-    const skillsSrc     = path.join(repoRoot, 'skills');
-    fs.mkdirSync(skillsLinkDir, { recursive: true });
-    let linked = 0;
-    for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(skillsSrc, { withFileTypes: true })) {
-      if (!entry.isDirectory()) continue;
-      if (!fs.existsSync(path.join(skillsSrc, entry.name, 'SKILL.md'))) continue;
-      const linkPath = path.join(skillsLinkDir, entry.name);
-      const target   = path.join(skillsSrc, entry.name);
-      try {
-        if (fs.existsSync(linkPath) || (() => { try { fs.lstatSync(linkPath); return true; } catch { return false; } })()) {
-          fs.rmSync(linkPath, { recursive: true, force: true });
-        }
-      } catch {}
-      try {
-        if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-          fs.symlinkSync(target, linkPath, 'junction');
-        } else {
-          fs.symlinkSync(target, linkPath, 'dir');
-        }
-        linked++;
-      } catch {}
-    }
-    if (linked > 0) {
-      ok(`[2.7] Symlinks   — ${linked} skill link(s) in ${skillsLinkDir}`);
-    } else {
-      info('[2.7] Symlinks   — no rdc skill links created (skills may already be linked)');
-    }
-    const projectGuideCount = copyMissingProjectGuides(codexRoot);
-    if (projectGuideCount > 0) {
-      ok(`[2.8] Guides     — ${projectGuideCount} missing guide(s) copied to ${path.join(codexRoot, '.rdc', 'guides')}`);
-    } else {
-      info('[2.8] Guides     — project .rdc/guides already has base guide files or is absent');
-    }
-  } else {
-    info('[2.7] Symlinks   — skipped (no codex root found)');
-  }
-
-  // 3. Hook files
-  const hookCount = copyHookFiles(hooksSrc, hooksDst);
-  ok(`[3/6] Hook files — ${hookCount} file(s) → ${hooksDst}`);
-
-  // 4. Hook wiring
-  if (skipHooks) {
-    info('[4/6] Hook wiring — skipped (--skip-hooks)');
-  } else {
-    const settings = readJson(settingsPath);
-    settings.hooks = buildHooksConfig(hooksDst, installProfile);
-    writeJson(settingsPath, settings);
-    ok(`[4/6] Hook wiring — ${settingsPath}`);
-  }
-
-  // 4.5 Optional startup blocks
-  if (shouldWriteStartupBlocks) {
-    const startup = writeStartupBlocks(projectRoot, installProfile);
-    if (startup.skipped) warn(`[4.5] Startup   — skipped (${startup.skipped})`);
-    else ok(`[4.5] Startup   — wrote managed startup guide/block(s) under ${projectRoot}`);
-  } else {
-    info('[4.5] Startup   — skipped (use --project-root <path> --write-startup-blocks)');
-  }
-
-  // 5. Zip for claude.ai / distribution
-  const zipPath = buildZip(version);
-  if (zipPath) {
-    ok(`[5/6] Plugin zip  — ${zipPath}`);
-    info('       claude.ai : optional plugin-upload artifact; MCP callers normally use the connector URL below');
-  } else {
-    warn('[5/6] Plugin zip  — build failed (zip/powershell missing?)');
-  }
-
-  // 6. Preflight
-  console.log('');
-  console.log('  \x1b[36mPreflight:\x1b[0m');
-  runPreflight();
-
-  // 6.5 Post-install verification — duplication guard
-  console.log('');
-  console.log('  \x1b[36mPost-install verification:\x1b[0m');
-  let verifyFailed = false;
-  {
-    const cacheBase = path.join(claudeHome, 'plugins', 'cache', MARKETPLACE, 'rdc-skills');
-    const cacheDirs = fs.existsSync(cacheBase) ? fs.readdirSync(cacheBase) : [];
-    if (cacheDirs.length === 1 && cacheDirs[0] === 'latest') {
-      ok(`plugin cache    : 1 dir (latest/)`);
-    } else {
-      fail(`plugin cache    : expected exactly [latest/], found [${cacheDirs.join(', ')}]`);
-      verifyFailed = true;
-    }
-    const ipPath    = path.join(claudeHome, 'plugins', 'installed_plugins.json');
-    const installed = readJson(ipPath, { plugins: {} });
-    const rdcEntries = installed.plugins[PLUGIN_KEY] || [];
-    if (rdcEntries.length === 1) {
-      ok(`installed_plugins: 1 entry for ${PLUGIN_KEY}`);
-    } else {
-      fail(`installed_plugins: expected 1 entry, found ${rdcEntries.length}`);
-      verifyFailed = true;
-    }
-    const userSkillsDir = path.join(claudeHome, 'skills', 'user');
-    const stillThere = fs.existsSync(userSkillsDir)
-      ? fs.readdirSync(userSkillsDir).filter(f => {
-          const p = path.join(userSkillsDir, f);
-          const skillFile = fs.statSync(p).isDirectory()
-            ? ['SKILL.md','skill.md'].map(s => path.join(p, s)).find(fs.existsSync)
-            : (f.endsWith('.md') ? p : null);
-          if (!skillFile) return false;
-          const fm = readFrontmatter(skillFile);
-          return fm.name && fm.name.startsWith('rdc:');
-        })
-      : [];
-    if (stillThere.length === 0) {
-      ok(`skills/user/    : no rdc: orphans`);
-    } else {
-      fail(`skills/user/    : still has rdc: orphans: ${stillThere.join(', ')}`);
-      verifyFailed = true;
-    }
-  }
-  if (verifyFailed) {
-    console.log('');
-    fail('Post-install verification FAILED — duplicates or orphans remain. Investigate.');
-    process.exit(2);
-  }
-
-  // 7. MCP server registration (non-fatal — WARNs only, never aborts)
-  console.log('');
-  console.log('  \x1b[36mMCP server:\x1b[0m');
-  try { registerMcpServer(); } catch (e) { warn(`[7/7] MCP server — unexpected error (${e.message})`); }
-
-  // Done
-  console.log('');
-  console.log('  \x1b[32mDone!\x1b[0m');
-  console.log('');
-  console.log('  \x1b[33mNext steps:\x1b[0m');
-  console.log('  CLI    : restart Claude Code — /rdc:status to verify');
-  console.log('  Cowork : restart Claude Desktop — /rdc:status in a new Cowork session');
-  console.log('  claude.ai : no plugin upload needed for MCP — use the connector URL above');
-  console.log('            dist/rdc-skills-plugin-v' + version + '.zip available if needed');
-  console.log('');
-  console.log(`  Profile: ${installProfile}`);
-  if (installProfile === 'core') {
-    console.log('  Core hooks are portable: RDC output contract + foreground process + commit-message hygiene.');
-    console.log('  Project services are not provisioned. Configure work items, credentials, deploys, and project guides before using infrastructure-heavy skills.');
-  } else {
-    console.log('  LIFEAI hooks are active: regen-root cwd lock, Supabase work-item gates, clauth-aware checks, and overnight queue guard.');
-  }
-  console.log('  Startup blocks: run with --project-root <path> --write-startup-blocks to add managed CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md sections.');
-
-  listCommands();
-
-  console.log('  Docs: https://github.com/LIFEAI/rdc-skills#readme');
-  console.log('');
-}
-
-main().catch(e => { fail(e.message); process.exit(1); });
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+/**
+ * install-rdc-skills — registers rdc-skills on every Claude surface.
+ *
+ * Usage:
+ *   node scripts/install-rdc-skills.js                      ← standard
+ *   node scripts/install-rdc-skills.js --skip-hooks         ← skip hook wiring
+ *   node scripts/install-rdc-skills.js --profile core       ← clean-box portable hooks
+ *   node scripts/install-rdc-skills.js --profile lifeai     ← LIFEAI/regen-root hooks
+ *   node scripts/install-rdc-skills.js --claude-home <path> ← custom CLI home
+ *   node scripts/install-rdc-skills.js --codex-root <path>  ← also install to .agents/skills/user/
+ *   node scripts/install-rdc-skills.js --codex-skill-dir <path> ← also install to a Codex skill dir
+ *   node scripts/install-rdc-skills.js --project-root <path> --write-startup-blocks
+ *   node scripts/install-rdc-skills.js --migrate <path>     ← migrate docs/ → .rdc/
+ *
+ * What it does:
+ *   1. git pull (latest commands + guides)
+ *   2. CLI plugin  — registers in ~/.claude/plugins/ + settings.json
+ *   3. Cowork      — registers in Desktop cowork_plugins/ + cowork_settings.json
+ *   3.5 Codex      — copies skills to detected Codex skill dirs
+ *   4. Hook files  — copies hooks/*.js → ~/.claude/hooks/
+ *   5. Hook wiring — wires hooks into ~/.claude/settings.json
+ *   6. Zip         — builds dist/rdc-skills-plugin.zip for claude.ai / distribution
+ *   7. Preflight   — Node version, clauth daemon
+ *   8. Commands    — lists all /rdc:* commands
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+const fs           = require('fs');
+const path         = require('path');
+const os           = require('os');
+const readline     = require('readline');
+const { execSync } = require('child_process');
+
+// ── Args ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+const args       = process.argv.slice(2);
+const skipHooks  = args.includes('--skip-hooks');
+const profileIdx = args.indexOf('--profile');
+const profileArg = profileIdx >= 0 ? String(args[profileIdx + 1] || '').toLowerCase() : 'auto';
+const homeIdx    = args.indexOf('--claude-home');
+const claudeHome = homeIdx >= 0 ? args[homeIdx + 1] : path.join(os.homedir(), '.claude');
+const migrateIdx = args.indexOf('--migrate');
+const doMigrate  = migrateIdx >= 0;
+const migratePath = doMigrate ? (args[migrateIdx + 1] || process.cwd()) : null;
+const projectIdx = args.indexOf('--project-root');
+const projectRootArg = projectIdx >= 0 ? path.resolve(args[projectIdx + 1]) : null;
+const shouldWriteStartupBlocks = args.includes('--write-startup-blocks');
+
+const repoRoot     = path.resolve(__dirname, '..');
+
+const codexIdx   = args.indexOf('--codex-root');
+const codexRoot  = codexIdx >= 0
+  ? path.resolve(args[codexIdx + 1])
+  : (() => {
+      // Auto-detect the consuming project's .agents tree so a plain `install`
+      // refreshes Codex without needing --codex-root. Check, in order: an
+      // explicit --project-root, the current working directory, then the
+      // regen-root sibling of this repo. First one with a `.agents` wins.
+      const candidates = [
+        projectRootArg ? path.resolve(projectRootArg) : null,
+        process.cwd(),
+        path.resolve(repoRoot, '..', 'regen-root'),
+      ].filter(Boolean);
+      for (const c of candidates) {
+        if (fs.existsSync(path.join(c, '.agents'))) return c;
+      }
+      return null;
+    })();
+const codexSkillDirIdx = args.indexOf('--codex-skill-dir');
+const explicitCodexSkillDir = codexSkillDirIdx >= 0
+  ? path.resolve(args[codexSkillDirIdx + 1])
+  : null;
+const hooksSrc     = path.join(repoRoot, 'hooks');
+const hooksDst     = path.join(claudeHome, 'hooks');
+const settingsPath = path.join(claudeHome, 'settings.json');
+const detectedLifeaiRoot = (() => {
+  const sibling = path.resolve(repoRoot, '..', 'regen-root');
+  return fs.existsSync(path.join(sibling, 'CLAUDE.md')) && fs.existsSync(path.join(sibling, '.rdc')) ? sibling : null;
+})();
+const installProfile = (() => {
+  if (profileArg === 'core' || profileArg === 'lifeai') return profileArg;
+  if (profileArg !== 'auto') {
+    console.log(`  \x1b[33m⚠\x1b[0m Unknown --profile "${profileArg}" — using auto`);
+  }
+  return detectedLifeaiRoot ? 'lifeai' : 'core';
+})();
+const projectRoot = projectRootArg || codexRoot || detectedLifeaiRoot;
+
+const PLUGIN_KEY   = 'rdc-skills@rdc-skills';
+const MARKETPLACE  = 'rdc-skills';
+const NPM_PACKAGE  = '@lifeaitools/rdc-skills';
+const MCP_NAME     = 'rdc-skills-mcp';
+const MCP_PORT     = '3110';
+
+// ── Logging ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+const ok   = msg => console.log(`  \x1b[32m✓\x1b[0m ${msg}`);
+const info = msg => console.log(`  \x1b[36m→\x1b[0m ${msg}`);
+const warn = msg => console.log(`  \x1b[33m⚠\x1b[0m ${msg}`);
+const fail = msg => console.log(`  \x1b[31m✗\x1b[0m ${msg}`);
+
+function run(cmd, options = {}) {
+  return execSync(cmd, { encoding: 'utf8', stdio: 'pipe', ...options }).trim();
+}
+
+function updateCodexMcpToml(toml, mcpUrl) {
+  const blockRe = /(^|\n)(\[mcp_servers\.rdc-skills\]\n)([\s\S]*?)(?=\n\[|\s*$)/;
+  const desiredLine = `url = '${mcpUrl}'`;
+  if (blockRe.test(toml)) {
+    return toml.replace(blockRe, (match, prefix, header, body) => {
+      if (/^url\s*=.*$/m.test(body)) {
+        return `${prefix}${header}${body.replace(/^url\s*=.*$/m, desiredLine)}`;
+      }
+      const trimmed = body.replace(/\s*$/, '');
+      return `${prefix}${header}${trimmed}${trimmed ? '\n' : ''}${desiredLine}\n`;
+    });
+  }
+  return toml.replace(/\s*$/, '\n') + `\n[mcp_servers.rdc-skills]\n${desiredLine}\n`;
+}
+
+function selfTestCodexMcpToml() {
+  const url = 'https://rdc-skills.regendevcorp.com/mcp';
+  const stale = "[mcp_servers.clauth]\nurl = 'https://clauth.regendevcorp.com/mcp'\n\n[mcp_servers.rdc-skills]\nurl = 'https://rdc-skills.dev.regendevcorp.com/mcp'\n\n[mcp_servers.web-research]\nurl = 'https://research.regendevcorp.com/mcp'\n";
+  const updated = updateCodexMcpToml(stale, url);
+  if (!updated.includes(`url = '${url}'`)) throw new Error('did not write production rdc-skills URL');
+  if (updated.includes('rdc-skills.dev.regendevcorp.com')) throw new Error('stale dev URL survived');
+  if (!updated.includes('[mcp_servers.clauth]') || !updated.includes('[mcp_servers.web-research]')) throw new Error('neighbor MCP blocks were damaged');
+
+  const missing = updateCodexMcpToml("[mcp_servers.clauth]\nurl = 'https://clauth.regendevcorp.com/mcp'\n", url);
+  if (!missing.includes('[mcp_servers.rdc-skills]')) throw new Error('missing block was not appended');
+
+  const noUrl = updateCodexMcpToml('[mcp_servers.rdc-skills]\nstartup_timeout_sec = 30\n', url);
+  if (!noUrl.includes("startup_timeout_sec = 30") || !noUrl.includes(`url = '${url}'`)) throw new Error('url-less block was not repaired');
+
+  console.log('install-rdc-skills codex MCP TOML self-test — PASS');
+}
+
+if (args.includes('--self-test-codex-mcp-toml')) {
+  try {
+    selfTestCodexMcpToml();
+    process.exit(0);
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error(e.message || e);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+// ── Filesystem helpers ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+function copyDir(src, dst, ext) {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(src)) { warn(`Source not found: ${src}`); return 0; }
+  fs.mkdirSync(dst, { recursive: true });
+  const files = fs.readdirSync(src).filter(f => !ext || f.endsWith(ext));
+  let count = 0;
+  for (const f of files) {
+    const s = path.join(src, f);
+    if (fs.statSync(s).isFile()) { fs.copyFileSync(s, path.join(dst, f)); count++; }
+  }
+  return count;
+}
+
+function copyHookFiles(src, dst) {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(src)) { warn(`Source not found: ${src}`); return 0; }
+  fs.mkdirSync(dst, { recursive: true });
+  const files = fs.readdirSync(src).filter(f => /\.(?:js|ps1)$/i.test(f));
+  let count = 0;
+  for (const f of files) {
+    const s = path.join(src, f);
+    if (fs.statSync(s).isFile()) { fs.copyFileSync(s, path.join(dst, f)); count++; }
+  }
+  return count;
+}
+
+function copyDirRecursive(src, dst) {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(src)) return;
+  fs.mkdirSync(dst, { recursive: true });
+  for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(src, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+    const s = path.join(src, entry.name);
+    const d = path.join(dst, entry.name);
+    if (entry.isDirectory()) copyDirRecursive(s, d);
+    else {
+      // Atomic write (temp + rename) so a live Claude Code / Codex session never
+      // reads a half-written skill file when the installer runs over a live box.
+      const tmp = `${d}.tmp-${process.pid}`;
+      fs.copyFileSync(s, tmp);
+      fs.renameSync(tmp, d);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function copyMissingProjectGuides(projectRoot) {
+  if (!projectRoot) return 0;
+  const src = path.join(repoRoot, 'guides');
+  const dst = path.join(projectRoot, '.rdc', 'guides');
+  if (!fs.existsSync(src) || !fs.existsSync(dst)) return 0;
+  let copied = 0;
+  for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(src, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+    if (!entry.isFile() || !entry.name.endsWith('.md')) continue;
+    if (entry.name === 'rdc-skills-startup.md') continue; // installed only by --write-startup-blocks
+    const target = path.join(dst, entry.name);
+    if (fs.existsSync(target)) continue;
+    fs.copyFileSync(path.join(src, entry.name), target);
+    copied++;
+  }
+  return copied;
+}
+
+function readJson(p, fallback = {}) {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(p)) return fallback;
+  try { return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(p, 'utf8')); } catch { return fallback; }
+}
+
+function writeJson(p, data, indent = 2) {
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(p), { recursive: true });
+  fs.writeFileSync(p, JSON.stringify(data, null, indent));
+}
+
+function upsertManagedBlock(filePath, title, body) {
+  const begin = `<!-- BEGIN RDC-SKILLS:${title} -->`;
+  const end = `<!-- END RDC-SKILLS:${title} -->`;
+  const block = `${begin}\n${body.trim()}\n${end}\n`;
+  const current = fs.existsSync(filePath) ? fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8') : '';
+  const re = new RegExp(`${begin.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&')}[\\s\\S]*?${end.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&')}\\n?`, 'm');
+  const next = re.test(current)
+    ? current.replace(re, block)
+    : `${current.replace(/\s*$/, '')}${current.trim() ? '\n\n' : ''}${block}`;
+  if (next !== current) {
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(filePath), { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(filePath, next);
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+function writeStartupBlocks(targetRoot, profile) {
+  if (!targetRoot) return { wrote: 0, skipped: 'no-project-root' };
+  const startupSrc = path.join(repoRoot, 'guides', 'rdc-skills-startup.md');
+  const guidesDir = path.join(targetRoot, '.rdc', 'guides');
+  const startupDst = path.join(guidesDir, 'rdc-skills-startup.md');
+  fs.mkdirSync(guidesDir, { recursive: true });
+  fs.copyFileSync(startupSrc, startupDst);
+
+  let wrote = 1;
+  const claudeBody = [
+    '## RDC Skills',
+    '',
+    '@.rdc/guides/rdc-skills-startup.md',
+    '',
+    `Installed profile: \`${profile}\`.`,
+    'For `/rdc:*` work, follow `.rdc/guides/output-contract.md` and `.rdc/guides/engineering-behavior.md`.',
+  ].join('\n');
+  const agentsBody = [
+    '## RDC Skills',
+    '',
+    'Read `.rdc/guides/rdc-skills-startup.md` before using any `rdc:*` workflow.',
+    `Installed profile: \`${profile}\`.`,
+    'For `/rdc:*` work, follow `.rdc/guides/output-contract.md` and `.rdc/guides/engineering-behavior.md`.',
+  ].join('\n');
+
+  if (upsertManagedBlock(path.join(targetRoot, 'CLAUDE.md'), 'STARTUP', claudeBody)) wrote++;
+  if (upsertManagedBlock(path.join(targetRoot, 'AGENTS.md'), 'STARTUP', agentsBody)) wrote++;
+  return { wrote, skipped: null };
+}
+
+// ── Frontmatter parser ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+function readFrontmatter(filePath) {
+  try {
+    const content = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8').replace(/\r\n/g, '\n');
+    const match = content.match(/^---\n([\s\S]*?)\n---/);
+    if (!match) return {};
+    const fm = {};
+    let key = null, multiline = false, multilineVal = '';
+    for (const line of match[1].split('\n')) {
+      if (multiline) {
+        if (/^\s+/.test(line)) { multilineVal += ' ' + line.trim(); continue; }
+        fm[key] = multilineVal.trim();
+        multiline = false;
+      }
+      const kv = line.match(/^(\w+):\s*(>-|>)?\s*(.*)?$/);
+      if (!kv) continue;
+      key = kv[1];
+      if (kv[2]) { multiline = true; multilineVal = kv[3] || ''; }
+      else fm[key] = kv[3] || '';
+    }
+    if (multiline && key) fm[key] = multilineVal.trim();
+    return fm;
+  } catch { return {}; }
+}
+
+// ── Plugin cache builder (shared between CLI + Cowork) ────────────────────────
+function buildPluginCache(cacheDir, version, gitSha) {
+  fs.mkdirSync(cacheDir, { recursive: true });
+  for (const item of ['.claude-plugin', 'commands', 'skills', 'guides', 'hooks', 'package.json', 'README.md']) {
+    const src = path.join(repoRoot, item);
+    if (!fs.existsSync(src)) continue;
+    const dst = path.join(cacheDir, item);
+    if (fs.statSync(src).isDirectory()) copyDirRecursive(src, dst);
+    else fs.copyFileSync(src, dst);
+  }
+}
+
+function getPm2Process(name) {
+  try {
+    const list = JSON.parse(run('pm2 jlist'));
+    return Array.isArray(list) ? list.find((p) => p.name === name) || null : null;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+function isGlobalNpmRdcSkillsPath(scriptPath) {
+  if (!scriptPath) return false;
+  const normalized = scriptPath.replace(/\\/g, '/').toLowerCase();
+  return normalized.includes('/node_modules/@lifeaitools/rdc-skills/');
+}
+
+function packageRootFromMcpScript(scriptPath) {
+  return scriptPath ? path.resolve(path.dirname(scriptPath), '..') : null;
+}
+
+function readInstalledPackageVersion(scriptPath) {
+  const packageRoot = packageRootFromMcpScript(scriptPath);
+  if (!packageRoot) return null;
+  return readJson(path.join(packageRoot, 'package.json'), {}).version || null;
+}
+
+function syncGlobalMcpInstall(version) {
+  const proc = getPm2Process(MCP_NAME);
+  if (!proc) {
+    info('[2.9] MCP pkg    — PM2 process not registered yet; start handled below');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const scriptPath = proc.pm2_env?.pm_exec_path || proc.pm_exec_path || '';
+  if (!isGlobalNpmRdcSkillsPath(scriptPath)) {
+    info(`[2.9] MCP pkg    — PM2 uses source checkout, not global npm (${scriptPath || 'unknown path'})`);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const installedVersion = readInstalledPackageVersion(scriptPath);
+  if (installedVersion === version) {
+    ok(`[2.9] MCP pkg    — global ${NPM_PACKAGE}@${version} already installed`);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  let stopped = false;
+  let installed = false;
+  try {
+    info(`[2.9] MCP pkg    — updating global ${NPM_PACKAGE} ${installedVersion || '?'} → ${version}`);
+    run(`pm2 stop ${MCP_NAME}`);
+    stopped = true;
+    run(`npm install -g ${NPM_PACKAGE}@${version}`);
+    installed = true;
+    ok(`[2.9] MCP pkg    — installed global ${NPM_PACKAGE}@${version}`);
+  } catch (e) {
+    warn(`[2.9] MCP pkg    — global install failed (${String(e.message || e).split('\n')[0]})`);
+    if (String(e.message || '').includes('EBUSY')) {
+      info('       PM2 was stopped first; if EBUSY persists, another Node/npm process still holds the package directory.');
+    }
+  } finally {
+    if (stopped) {
+      try {
+        run(`pm2 restart ${MCP_NAME} --update-env`, { env: { ...process.env, PORT: MCP_PORT } });
+        ok(`[2.9] MCP pkg    — pm2 restarted ${MCP_NAME}${installed ? '' : ' (previous install restored)'}`);
+      } catch (e) {
+        warn(`[2.9] MCP pkg    — pm2 restart failed (${String(e.message || e).split('\n')[0]})`);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// ── User-skills cleanup ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Older installer versions wrote skill files directly to ~/.claude/skills/user/.
+// Claude Code loads that directory AND the plugin cache, so any rdc skills left
+// there produce duplicate registrations and break the resolver.
+// This function nukes any entry whose frontmatter name starts with "rdc:".
+// Scans BOTH the immediate dir and nested .md files (e.g. `user/skill.md`,
+// `user/rdc-build/SKILL.md`) so pre-plugin orphans are caught regardless of
+// naming convention.
+function cleanUserSkills(userSkillsDir) {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(userSkillsDir)) return 0;
+  let removed = 0;
+  for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(userSkillsDir, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+    const candidate = path.join(userSkillsDir, entry.name);
+    if (entry.isDirectory()) {
+      // Subdir form: <name>/SKILL.md or <name>/skill.md
+      let skillFile = null;
+      for (const sf of ['SKILL.md', 'skill.md']) {
+        const p = path.join(candidate, sf);
+        if (fs.existsSync(p)) { skillFile = p; break; }
+      }
+      if (!skillFile) continue;
+      const fm = readFrontmatter(skillFile);
+      if (fm.name && fm.name.startsWith('rdc:')) {
+        try { fs.rmSync(candidate, { recursive: true, force: true }); removed++; } catch {}
+      }
+    } else if (entry.isFile() && entry.name.endsWith('.md')) {
+      // ANY .md file at this level — including skill.md / SKILL.md / README.md
+      // if their frontmatter declares an rdc:* skill. A previous version skipped
+      // those names; that left an orphan rdc:build copy at user/skill.md which
+      // registered as a duplicate "user" skill.
+      const fm = readFrontmatter(candidate);
+      if (fm.name && fm.name.startsWith('rdc:')) {
+        try { fs.unlinkSync(candidate); removed++; } catch {}
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return removed;
+}
+
+// Scrub legacy rdc orphans from ~/.claude/skills/ (top-level), not just user/.
+// Some older installs landed flat skill files alongside the plugin tree.
+function cleanGlobalSkillsRoot(skillsDir) {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(skillsDir)) return 0;
+  let removed = 0;
+  for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(skillsDir, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+    if (entry.name === 'user') continue; // handled separately
+    const candidate = path.join(skillsDir, entry.name);
+    if (entry.isFile() && entry.name.endsWith('.md')) {
+      const fm = readFrontmatter(candidate);
+      if (fm.name && fm.name.startsWith('rdc:')) {
+        try { fs.unlinkSync(candidate); removed++; } catch {}
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return removed;
+}
+
+// ── Stale hook cleanup ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Remove ONLY explicitly orphaned hook files — hooks that were previously shipped
+// by rdc-skills and have since been removed from the project.
+// NEVER use "not in source = remove" logic: most hooks in ~/.claude/hooks/ are
+// not managed by rdc-skills (they come from other plugins or were written directly).
+function cleanStaleHooks(hooksDstDir) {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(hooksDstDir)) return 0;
+  // Explicit orphan list — add entries here when a hook is intentionally removed.
+  // Format: filename that should be deleted if it still exists.
+  const ORPHANED_HOOKS = [
+    'verify-rdc-skills.js', // removed in v0.9.7 — was checking for old flat-file format
+  ];
+  let removed = 0;
+  for (const f of ORPHANED_HOOKS) {
+    const p = path.join(hooksDstDir, f);
+    if (fs.existsSync(p)) {
+      try { fs.unlinkSync(p); removed++; } catch {}
+    }
+  }
+  return removed;
+}
+
+// Project-local hookify docs were a temporary workaround for work item exit
+// enforcement. The plugin hook is now authoritative, so installs clean those
+// local shims from known RDC workspaces instead of leaving two gates to drift.
+function cleanProjectHookifyShims(projectRoot) {
+  if (!projectRoot) return 0;
+  const hookifyDir = path.join(projectRoot, '.claude');
+  if (!fs.existsSync(hookifyDir)) return 0;
+  const stale = [
+    'hookify.work-item-done-gate-bash.local.md',
+    'hookify.work-item-done-gate-mcp.local.md',
+    'hookify.work-item-review-gate-bash.local.md',
+    'hookify.work-item-review-gate-mcp.local.md',
+  ];
+  let removed = 0;
+  for (const f of stale) {
+    const p = path.join(hookifyDir, f);
+    if (fs.existsSync(p)) {
+      try { fs.unlinkSync(p); removed++; } catch {}
+    }
+  }
+  return removed;
+}
+
+// ── Cache flush helper ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Only `latest/` is ever kept. Earlier versions wrote BOTH `<version>/` and
+// `latest/`, which caused the plugin loader to scan and register every rdc:*
+// skill twice (once per directory). The fix is permanent single-dir layout.
+function flushOldCaches(cacheBase /* keepVersion intentionally unused */) {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(cacheBase)) return 0;
+  let flushed = 0;
+  for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(cacheBase)) {
+    if (entry === 'latest') continue;
+    try {
+      fs.rmSync(path.join(cacheBase, entry), { recursive: true, force: true });
+      flushed++;
+    } catch {}
+  }
+  return flushed;
+}
+
+// ── Step 2: CLI plugin registration (→ ~/.claude/plugins/) ───────────────────
+function registerCLI(version, gitSha) {
+  const pluginDir  = path.join(claudeHome, 'plugins');
+  const mktDir     = path.join(pluginDir, 'marketplaces', MARKETPLACE);
+  const mktPlugDir = path.join(mktDir, '.claude-plugin');
+  const cacheBase  = path.join(pluginDir, 'cache', MARKETPLACE, 'rdc-skills');
+  const latestDir  = path.join(cacheBase, 'latest');
+
+  // 1. Marketplace manifest
+  fs.mkdirSync(mktPlugDir, { recursive: true });
+  fs.copyFileSync(path.join(repoRoot, '.claude-plugin', 'marketplace.json'), path.join(mktPlugDir, 'marketplace.json'));
+
+  // 2. known_marketplaces.json
+  const kmpPath = path.join(pluginDir, 'known_marketplaces.json');
+  const knownMp = readJson(kmpPath);
+  knownMp[MARKETPLACE] = { source: { source: 'github', repo: 'LIFEAI/rdc-skills' }, installLocation: mktDir, lastUpdated: new Date().toISOString() };
+  writeJson(kmpPath, knownMp, 4);
+
+  // 3. Flush every cache dir except `latest/`, then rewrite `latest/`. We
+  // intentionally do NOT keep a versioned dir — the plugin loader registers
+  // every dir it finds, so two dirs = duplicate skills.
+  const flushed = flushOldCaches(cacheBase);
+  if (flushed > 0) info(`       flushed  : ${flushed} stale cache dir(s)`);
+  if (fs.existsSync(latestDir)) fs.rmSync(latestDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  buildPluginCache(latestDir, version, gitSha);
+
+  // 4. installed_plugins.json — register 'latest/' as stable installPath so
+  // re-installs overwrite in-place rather than creating orphaned version dirs.
+  // Open terminals that re-read installed_plugins.json mid-session will pick
+  // up the updated path; otherwise a terminal restart is needed.
+  const ipPath    = path.join(pluginDir, 'installed_plugins.json');
+  const installed = readJson(ipPath, { version: 2, plugins: {} });
+  // Also overwrite whichever installPath the old entry had, so any open
+  // terminal that already loaded that path sees fresh files.
+  const oldEntries = installed.plugins[PLUGIN_KEY] || [];
+  for (const old of oldEntries) {
+    if (old.installPath && fs.existsSync(old.installPath) && old.installPath !== latestDir) {
+      try { buildPluginCache(old.installPath, version, gitSha); } catch {}
+    }
+  }
+  for (const key of Object.keys(installed.plugins || {})) {
+    if (key.startsWith('rdc-skills@')) delete installed.plugins[key];
+  }
+  installed.plugins[PLUGIN_KEY] = [{ scope: 'user', installPath: latestDir, version, installedAt: new Date().toISOString(), lastUpdated: new Date().toISOString(), gitCommitSha: gitSha }];
+  writeJson(ipPath, installed, 4);
+
+  // 5. settings.json enabledPlugins
+  const settings = readJson(settingsPath);
+  if (!settings.enabledPlugins) settings.enabledPlugins = {};
+  for (const key of Object.keys(settings.enabledPlugins)) {
+    if (key.startsWith('rdc-skills@')) delete settings.enabledPlugins[key];
+  }
+  settings.enabledPlugins[PLUGIN_KEY] = true;
+  writeJson(settingsPath, settings);
+
+  return latestDir;
+}
+
+// ── Step 3: Cowork (Claude Desktop) registration ──────────────────────────────
+function findCoworkBases() {
+  // Cowork stores per-workspace state at:
+  //   %LOCALAPPDATA%/Packages/Claude_*/LocalCache/Roaming/Claude/local-agent-mode-sessions/<workspace>/<device>/
+  // Each has cowork_settings.json + cowork_plugins/
+  const results = [];
+
+  // Candidate MSIX package roots
+  const localAppData = process.env.LOCALAPPDATA || '';
+  const pkgsDir = path.join(localAppData, 'Packages');
+  if (!fs.existsSync(pkgsDir)) return results;
+
+  let claudePkg = null;
+  for (const dir of fs.readdirSync(pkgsDir)) {
+    if (/^Claude_/i.test(dir)) { claudePkg = path.join(pkgsDir, dir); break; }
+  }
+  if (!claudePkg) return results;
+
+  const sessionsRoot = path.join(claudePkg, 'LocalCache', 'Roaming', 'Claude', 'local-agent-mode-sessions');
+  if (!fs.existsSync(sessionsRoot)) return results;
+
+  // Walk two levels: <workspace>/<device>/cowork_settings.json
+  for (const ws of fs.readdirSync(sessionsRoot)) {
+    const wsDir = path.join(sessionsRoot, ws);
+    if (!fs.statSync(wsDir).isDirectory()) continue;
+    for (const dev of fs.readdirSync(wsDir)) {
+      const devDir = path.join(wsDir, dev);
+      if (!fs.statSync(devDir).isDirectory()) continue;
+      const settingsFile = path.join(devDir, 'cowork_settings.json');
+      if (fs.existsSync(settingsFile)) {
+        results.push({ dir: devDir, settingsFile });
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return results;
+}
+
+function registerCowork(version, gitSha) {
+  const bases = findCoworkBases();
+  if (bases.length === 0) {
+    warn('Cowork     — Claude Desktop not found (MSIX package missing)');
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  for (const { dir, settingsFile } of bases) {
+    const pluginsDir = path.join(dir, 'cowork_plugins');
+    const cacheBase  = path.join(pluginsDir, 'cache', MARKETPLACE, 'rdc-skills');
+    const latestDir  = path.join(cacheBase, 'latest');
+    const mktDir     = path.join(pluginsDir, 'marketplaces', MARKETPLACE);
+    const mktPlugDir = path.join(mktDir, '.claude-plugin');
+
+    // Marketplace manifest
+    fs.mkdirSync(mktPlugDir, { recursive: true });
+    fs.copyFileSync(path.join(repoRoot, '.claude-plugin', 'marketplace.json'), path.join(mktPlugDir, 'marketplace.json'));
+
+    // known_marketplaces.json
+    const kmpPath = path.join(pluginsDir, 'known_marketplaces.json');
+    const knownMp = readJson(kmpPath);
+    knownMp[MARKETPLACE] = { source: { source: 'github', repo: 'LIFEAI/rdc-skills' }, installLocation: mktDir, lastUpdated: new Date().toISOString() };
+    writeJson(kmpPath, knownMp, 4);
+
+    // Flush all non-latest caches and rewrite `latest/` only — single-dir layout
+    flushOldCaches(cacheBase);
+    if (fs.existsSync(latestDir)) fs.rmSync(latestDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    buildPluginCache(latestDir, version, gitSha);
+
+    // installed_plugins.json — use stable 'latest/' path
+    const ipPath    = path.join(pluginsDir, 'installed_plugins.json');
+    const installed = readJson(ipPath, { version: 2, plugins: {} });
+    for (const key of Object.keys(installed.plugins || {})) {
+      if (key.startsWith('rdc-skills@')) delete installed.plugins[key];
+    }
+    installed.plugins[PLUGIN_KEY] = [{ scope: 'user', installPath: latestDir, version, installedAt: new Date().toISOString(), lastUpdated: new Date().toISOString(), gitCommitSha: gitSha }];
+    writeJson(ipPath, installed, 4);
+
+    // cowork_settings.json — enabledPlugins + extraKnownMarketplaces
+    const settings = readJson(settingsFile);
+    if (!settings.enabledPlugins) settings.enabledPlugins = {};
+    for (const key of Object.keys(settings.enabledPlugins)) {
+      if (key.startsWith('rdc-skills@')) delete settings.enabledPlugins[key];
+    }
+    settings.enabledPlugins[PLUGIN_KEY] = true;
+    if (!settings.extraKnownMarketplaces) settings.extraKnownMarketplaces = {};
+    settings.extraKnownMarketplaces[MARKETPLACE] = { source: { source: 'github', repo: 'LIFEAI/rdc-skills' } };
+    writeJson(settingsFile, settings);
+  }
+
+  return bases.length;
+}
+
+// ── Codex registration (→ Codex skill dirs/rdc-*/) ───────────────────────────
+function addCodexTarget(targets, label, targetDir) {
+  if (!targetDir) return;
+  const resolved = path.resolve(targetDir);
+  if (targets.some(t => t.targetDir.toLowerCase() === resolved.toLowerCase())) return;
+  targets.push({ label, targetDir: resolved });
+}
+
+// Register the rdc-skills MCP endpoint at the USER/GLOBAL level for every client
+// so all Claude Code projects and all Codex sessions can reach the skills via MCP
+// (not just where a project .mcp.json exists). Idempotent + non-fatal. Mirrors the
+// existing clauth/codeflow entries exactly. claude.ai web still needs the one-time
+// connector add in its UI (no programmatic API).
+function registerMcpEndpoints() {
+  const MCP_URL = 'https://rdc-skills.regendevcorp.com/mcp';
+  const out = [];
+
+  // Claude Code — user-level ~/.claude.json mcpServers (covers EVERY project).
+  try {
+    const claudeJson = path.join(os.homedir(), '.claude.json');
+    if (fs.existsSync(claudeJson)) {
+      const data = readJson(claudeJson);
+      if (!data.mcpServers || typeof data.mcpServers !== 'object') data.mcpServers = {};
+      const cur = data.mcpServers['rdc-skills'];
+      if (!cur || cur.url !== MCP_URL) {
+        data.mcpServers['rdc-skills'] = { type: 'http', url: MCP_URL };
+        writeJson(claudeJson, data, 2);
+        out.push('claude(~/.claude.json)');
+      }
+    }
+  } catch (e) { out.push(`claude WARN:${e.message}`); }
+
+  // Codex — ensure [mcp_servers.rdc-skills] exists and points at the live shared endpoint.
+  try {
+    const codexToml = path.join(os.homedir(), '.codex', 'config.toml');
+    if (fs.existsSync(codexToml)) {
+      const toml = fs.readFileSync(codexToml, 'utf8');
+      const next = updateCodexMcpToml(toml, MCP_URL);
+      if (next !== toml) {
+        fs.writeFileSync(codexToml, next);
+        out.push('codex(~/.codex/config.toml)');
+      }
+    }
+  } catch (e) { out.push(`codex WARN:${e.message}`); }
+
+  return out;
+}
+
+function findCodexTargets() {
+  const targets = [];
+  if (codexRoot) {
+    addCodexTarget(targets, 'project .agents', path.join(codexRoot, '.agents', 'skills', 'user'));
+  }
+  if (explicitCodexSkillDir) {
+    addCodexTarget(targets, 'explicit', explicitCodexSkillDir);
+  }
+
+  const codexHomeSkills = path.join(os.homedir(), '.codex', 'skills');
+  if (fs.existsSync(codexHomeSkills)) {
+    addCodexTarget(targets, 'global .codex', codexHomeSkills);
+  }
+
+  const globalAgentSkills = path.join(os.homedir(), '.agents', 'skills');
+  if (fs.existsSync(globalAgentSkills)) {
+    addCodexTarget(targets, 'global .agents', globalAgentSkills);
+  }
+
+  return targets;
+}
+
+function registerCodexTarget(targetDir) {
+  fs.mkdirSync(targetDir, { recursive: true });
+
+  // Clean: remove dirs that are rdc skills — by prefix OR by frontmatter name
+  let removed = 0;
+  for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(targetDir, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+    if (!entry.isDirectory()) continue;
+    const candidate = path.join(targetDir, entry.name);
+    if (/^rdc-/.test(entry.name)) {
+      fs.rmSync(candidate, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      removed++;
+    } else {
+      const fm = readFrontmatter(path.join(candidate, 'SKILL.md'));
+      if (fm.name && fm.name.startsWith('rdc:')) {
+        fs.rmSync(candidate, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        removed++;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Copy: each source skill dir that has a SKILL.md → rdc-<name>/
+  const skillsSrc = path.join(repoRoot, 'skills');
+  let copied = 0;
+  for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(skillsSrc, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+    if (!entry.isDirectory()) continue;
+    const skillFile = path.join(skillsSrc, entry.name, 'SKILL.md');
+    if (!fs.existsSync(skillFile)) continue;
+    const dst = path.join(targetDir, `rdc-${entry.name}`);
+    copyDirRecursive(path.join(skillsSrc, entry.name), dst);
+    copied++;
+  }
+
+  return { removed, copied };
+}
+
+// ── Step 6: Zip for claude.ai / distribution ─────────────────────────────────
+function buildZip(version) {
+  const distDir = path.join(repoRoot, 'dist');
+  fs.mkdirSync(distDir, { recursive: true });
+  const zipPath = path.join(distDir, `rdc-skills-plugin-v${version}.zip`);
+
+  // Remove old zips
+  if (fs.existsSync(distDir)) {
+    for (const f of fs.readdirSync(distDir)) {
+      if (f.startsWith('rdc-skills-plugin') && f.endsWith('.zip')) {
+        fs.unlinkSync(path.join(distDir, f));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Use PowerShell Compress-Archive on Windows, zip on Unix
+  const items = ['.claude-plugin', 'commands', 'skills', 'guides', 'hooks', 'package.json', 'README.md']
+    .filter(i => fs.existsSync(path.join(repoRoot, i)));
+
+  try {
+    if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+      // Stage to a temp dir so we get a clean zip root
+      const tmp = path.join(os.tmpdir(), `rdc-skills-zip-${Date.now()}`);
+      fs.mkdirSync(tmp, { recursive: true });
+      for (const item of items) {
+        const src = path.join(repoRoot, item);
+        const dst = path.join(tmp, item);
+        if (fs.statSync(src).isDirectory()) copyDirRecursive(src, dst);
+        else fs.copyFileSync(src, dst);
+      }
+      // Try pwsh first (PowerShell 7+), fall back to Windows PowerShell
+      const psExe = fs.existsSync('C:\\Program Files\\PowerShell\\7\\pwsh.exe')
+        ? 'C:\\Program Files\\PowerShell\\7\\pwsh.exe'
+        : 'C:\\Windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe';
+      execSync(
+        `"${psExe}" -NoProfile -NonInteractive -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Compress-Archive -Path '${tmp}\\*' -DestinationPath '${zipPath}' -Force"`,
+        { stdio: 'pipe' }
+      );
+      fs.rmSync(tmp, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    } else {
+      const itemList = items.join(' ');
+      execSync(`zip -r "${zipPath}" ${itemList}`, { cwd: repoRoot, stdio: 'pipe' });
+    }
+    return zipPath;
+  } catch (e) {
+    warn(`Zip failed: ${e.message}`);
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+// ── Hook config ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+function buildHooksConfig(hooksDir, profile = 'core') {
+  const base = hooksDir.replace(/\\/g, '/');
+  const cmd  = (file, msg) => {
+    const command = process.platform === 'win32'
+      ? `powershell.exe -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -File "${base}/run-hidden-hook.ps1" "${base}/${file}"`
+      : `node "${base}/${file}"`;
+    const entry = { type: 'command', command };
+    if (msg) entry.statusMessage = msg;
+    return entry;
+  };
+  const config = {
+    UserPromptExpansion: [{ hooks: [
+      cmd('rdc-invocation-marker.js', 'Marking RDC slash command...'),
+    ]}],
+    UserPromptSubmit: [{ hooks: [
+      cmd('rdc-invocation-marker.js', 'Marking RDC prompt...'),
+    ]}],
+    PreToolUse: [
+      { hooks: [
+        cmd('foreground-process-gate.js', 'Checking foreground process policy...'),
+      ]},
+      { matcher: 'Bash', hooks: [
+        cmd('require-work-item-on-commit.js'),
+      ]},
+    ],
+    PostToolUse: [
+      { hooks: [
+        cmd('check-services.js'),
+      ]},
+      { matcher: 'Bash', hooks: [
+        cmd('require-work-item-on-commit.js', 'Capturing commit SHA for work item...'),
+      ]},
+    ],
+    Stop: [{ hooks: [
+      cmd('rdc-output-contract-gate.js', 'Checking RDC output contract...'),
+      cmd('post-work-check.js',    'Checking for undocumented work...'),
+    ]}],
+  };
+
+  if (profile === 'lifeai') {
+    config.SessionStart = [{ hooks: [
+      cmd('check-rdc-environment.js', 'Checking RDC skills runtime...'),
+      cmd('check-cwd.js'),
+      cmd('check-stale-work-items.js', 'Checking for stale work items...'),
+      // Truth Gate 3.0 Layer 6 — gate watchdog (ADVISORY; SessionStart cannot block).
+      cmd('gate-watchdog-selfcheck.js', 'Truth Gate watchdog: verifying gate registration...'),
+    ]}];
+    config.PreToolUse[0].hooks.push(
+      cmd('work-item-exit-gate.js', 'Checking work item exit gates...'),
+    );
+    // Truth Gate 3.0 Layer 5 — harness completion gates. Both blocking hooks are
+    // FLAG-GATED, default OFF (no-op until the env/DB flag is flipped at deploy),
+    // so registering them does NOT disrupt the in-flight build session.
+    config.TaskCompleted = [{ hooks: [
+      cmd('task-completed-gate.js', 'Truth Gate: verifying task closure...'),
+    ]}];
+    config.PostToolBatch = [{ hooks: [
+      cmd('post-tool-batch-gate.js', 'Truth Gate: checking build-wave worktree bases...'),
+    ]}];
+    config.PreCompact = [{ hooks: [
+      cmd('precompact-log.js'),
+    ]}];
+    config.PostCompact = [{ hooks: [
+      cmd('postcompact-log.js'),
+      cmd('restart-brief.js', 'Writing restart brief...'),
+    ]}];
+    config.Stop[0].hooks.unshift(
+      cmd('rate-limit-retry.js', 'Checking for rate limits...'),
+    );
+    config.Stop[0].hooks.push(
+      cmd('no-stop-open-epics.js', 'Checking for open epics...'),
+    );
+  }
+
+  return config;
+}
+
+// ── MCP server registration (non-fatal) ───────────────────────────────────────
+// Ensures the rdc-skills MCP deps are installed, registers/starts the local MCP
+// under PM2 as `rdc-skills-mcp` on PORT=3110, and prints the claude.ai connector
+// line. Every failure here WARNs — it must never abort the installer.
+function registerMcpServer() {
+  const binPath = path.join(repoRoot, 'bin', 'rdc-skills-mcp.mjs');
+  const connector = 'https://rdc-skills.regendevcorp.com/mcp';
+
+  try {
+    // (a) ensure MCP runtime deps are present (express, @modelcontextprotocol/sdk, yaml, zod)
+    const needDeps = ['express', '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk', 'yaml', 'zod'].some((d) => {
+      try { require.resolve(d, { paths: [repoRoot] }); return false; } catch { return true; }
+    });
+    if (needDeps) {
+      try {
+        execSync('npm install --no-audit --no-fund', { cwd: repoRoot, stdio: 'pipe' });
+        ok('[7/7] MCP deps   — installed');
+      } catch (e) {
+        warn(`[7/7] MCP deps   — npm install failed (${e.message.split('\n')[0]}); install manually with \`npm install\``);
+      }
+    } else {
+      ok('[7/7] MCP deps   — already present');
+    }
+
+    // (b) register/start under PM2 (tolerate pm2 missing)
+    let pm2Ok = false;
+    try { execSync('pm2 -v', { stdio: 'pipe' }); pm2Ok = true; } catch { pm2Ok = false; }
+
+    if (!pm2Ok) {
+      warn('[7/7] MCP server — pm2 not found; start manually:');
+      info(`       PORT=${MCP_PORT} pm2 start ${binPath} --name ${MCP_NAME}`);
+    } else {
+      let registered = false;
+      try {
+        const jlist = JSON.parse(execSync('pm2 jlist', { encoding: 'utf8', stdio: 'pipe' }));
+        registered = Array.isArray(jlist) && jlist.some((p) => p.name === MCP_NAME);
+      } catch {}
+      try {
+        if (registered) {
+          execSync(`pm2 restart ${MCP_NAME} --update-env`, { cwd: repoRoot, stdio: 'pipe', env: { ...process.env, PORT: MCP_PORT } });
+          ok(`[7/7] MCP server — pm2 restarted ${MCP_NAME} (PORT=${MCP_PORT})`);
+        } else {
+          execSync(`pm2 start "${binPath}" --name ${MCP_NAME}`, { cwd: repoRoot, stdio: 'pipe', env: { ...process.env, PORT: MCP_PORT } });
+          ok(`[7/7] MCP server — pm2 started ${MCP_NAME} (PORT=${MCP_PORT})`);
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        warn(`[7/7] MCP server — pm2 start/restart failed (${e.message.split('\n')[0]})`);
+        info(`       PORT=${MCP_PORT} pm2 start ${binPath} --name ${MCP_NAME}`);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // (c) print the claude.ai connector line
+    info(`       claude.ai connector: ${connector}  (Auth: none — URL is the shared secret)`);
+  } catch (e) {
+    warn(`[7/7] MCP server — skipped (${e.message.split('\n')[0]})`);
+  }
+}
+
+// ── Preflight ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+function runPreflight() {
+  const nodeMajor = parseInt(process.versions.node.split('.')[0], 10);
+  if (nodeMajor < 18) { fail(`Node.js >= 18 required — found v${process.versions.node}`); process.exit(1); }
+  ok(`Node.js v${process.versions.node}`);
+  try {
+    execSync('curl -s --max-time 2 http://127.0.0.1:52437/ping', { stdio: 'pipe' });
+    ok('clauth daemon is running');
+  } catch {
+    warn('clauth daemon not responding — start it before using credential-dependent commands');
+  }
+}
+
+// ── Commands listing ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+function listCommands() {
+  const cmdsDir = path.join(repoRoot, 'commands');
+  if (!fs.existsSync(cmdsDir)) return;
+  const files = fs.readdirSync(cmdsDir).filter(f => f.endsWith('.md')).sort();
+  const plugin = readJson(path.join(repoRoot, '.claude-plugin', 'plugin.json'), {});
+  const skillCount = Array.isArray(plugin.skills_meta)
+    ? plugin.skills_meta.length
+    : (plugin.skills_meta && typeof plugin.skills_meta === 'object' ? Object.keys(plugin.skills_meta).length : null);
+  console.log('');
+  if (skillCount !== null) {
+    console.log(`  \x1b[32mAvailable MCP skills (${skillCount}) and /rdc:* command shorthands (${files.length}):\x1b[0m`);
+    console.log('  Use MCP tools rdc_skill_list, rdc_skill_search, and rdc_skill_get for the full skill catalog.');
+  } else {
+    console.log(`  \x1b[32mAvailable /rdc:* command shorthands (${files.length}):\x1b[0m`);
+  }
+  console.log('');
+  const COL = 18;
+  for (const f of files) {
+    const name  = 'rdc:' + f.replace(/\.md$/, '');
+    const fm    = readFrontmatter(path.join(cmdsDir, f));
+    const desc  = (fm.description || '').replace(/\n/g, ' ').replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
+    const short = desc.length > 70 ? desc.slice(0, 70) + '…' : desc;
+    const pad   = ' '.repeat(Math.max(1, COL - name.length));
+    console.log(`  \x1b[36m/${name}\x1b[0m${pad}${short}`);
+  }
+  console.log('');
+}
+
+// ── Migrate helper ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+async function runMigrate(projectRoot) {
+  const absRoot = path.resolve(projectRoot);
+  const rl = readline.createInterface({ input: process.stdin, output: process.stdout });
+  const ask = q => new Promise(resolve => rl.question(q, resolve));
+
+  console.log('\n  \x1b[35mrdc-skills — Migrate to .rdc/ Layout\x1b[0m\n');
+  console.log(`  Project root: ${absRoot}\n`);
+
+  const candidates = [
+    { src: 'docs/guides', dst: '.rdc/guides' }, { src: 'docs/plans', dst: '.rdc/plans' },
+    { src: 'docs/reports', dst: '.rdc/reports' }, { src: 'docs/research', dst: '.rdc/research' },
+  ].filter(c => fs.existsSync(path.join(absRoot, c.src)));
+
+  if (candidates.length === 0) { info('No migratable directories found.'); rl.close(); return; }
+  console.log('  Found:');
+  candidates.forEach(c => console.log(`    ${c.src}`));
+  console.log('');
+
+  for (const c of candidates) {
+    const srcAbs = path.join(absRoot, c.src);
+    const dstAbs = path.join(absRoot, c.dst);
+    const ans = await ask(`  Move ${c.src} → ${c.dst}? [Y/n]: `);
+    if (ans.toLowerCase() === 'n') { info(`Skipped ${c.src}`); continue; }
+    if (fs.existsSync(dstAbs)) {
+      warn(`${c.dst} exists — merging`);
+      for (const f of fs.readdirSync(srcAbs)) {
+        const sf = path.join(srcAbs, f), df = path.join(dstAbs, f);
+        if (!fs.existsSync(df)) fs.renameSync(sf, df);
+        else warn(`  Skipped ${f} (exists in dst)`);
+      }
+    } else {
+      fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(dstAbs), { recursive: true });
+      fs.renameSync(srcAbs, dstAbs);
+    }
+    ok(`Moved ${c.src} → ${c.dst}`);
+  }
+  rl.close();
+}
+
+// ── Main ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+async function main() {
+  if (doMigrate) { await runMigrate(migratePath); return; }
+
+  const bannerVersion = (readJson(path.join(repoRoot, 'package.json')).version || '?');
+  const bannerLine    = `║  install-rdc-skills v${bannerVersion}`;
+  const bannerPadded  = bannerLine.padEnd(41) + '║';
+  console.log('');
+  console.log('  \x1b[32m╔═══════════════════════════════════════╗\x1b[0m');
+  console.log(`  \x1b[32m${bannerPadded}\x1b[0m`);
+  console.log('  \x1b[32m╚═══════════════════════════════════════╝\x1b[0m');
+  console.log('');
+  console.log(`  CLAUDE_HOME : ${claudeHome}`);
+  console.log(`  Plugin root : ${repoRoot}`);
+  console.log(`  Profile     : ${installProfile}${profileArg === 'auto' ? ' (auto)' : ''}`);
+  console.log('');
+
+  if (!fs.existsSync(claudeHome)) {
+    fs.mkdirSync(claudeHome, { recursive: true });
+    warn(`CLAUDE_HOME did not exist — created ${claudeHome}`);
+  }
+  if (!fs.existsSync(settingsPath)) {
+    writeJson(settingsPath, {});
+    info(`       created settings.json`);
+  }
+
+  // 0. Pull latest
+  try {
+    const before = execSync('git rev-parse HEAD', { cwd: repoRoot, encoding: 'utf8', stdio: 'pipe' }).trim();
+    execSync('git pull --ff-only', { cwd: repoRoot, stdio: 'pipe' });
+    const after = execSync('git rev-parse HEAD', { cwd: repoRoot, encoding: 'utf8', stdio: 'pipe' }).trim();
+    ok(`[0/6] git pull   — ${before === after ? after.slice(0, 7) : `${before.slice(0,7)} → ${after.slice(0,7)}`}`);
+  } catch {
+    warn('[0/6] git pull failed — installing from local copy');
+  }
+
+  // Read version + git SHA after pull so plugin caches and the MCP install do
+  // not stamp the pre-update checkout.
+  const pkg     = readJson(path.join(repoRoot, 'package.json'));
+  const version = pkg.version || '0.7.0';
+  let   gitSha  = '';
+  try { gitSha = execSync('git rev-parse HEAD', { cwd: repoRoot, encoding: 'utf8', stdio: 'pipe' }).trim(); } catch {}
+
+  // 0.5a. User-skills cleanup — remove any rdc: skills from ~/.claude/skills/user/
+  // (older installer versions wrote there; plugin cache is the only authoritative source)
+  {
+    const userSkillsDir = path.join(claudeHome, 'skills', 'user');
+    const purged = cleanUserSkills(userSkillsDir);
+    if (purged > 0) ok(`[0.5a] Skills cleanup — removed ${purged} stale rdc: skill(s) from skills/user/`);
+    // Also scan the parent ~/.claude/skills/ for any flat-file rdc orphans.
+    const skillsRoot = path.join(claudeHome, 'skills');
+    const rootPurged = cleanGlobalSkillsRoot(skillsRoot);
+    if (rootPurged > 0) ok(`[0.5a] Skills cleanup — removed ${rootPurged} stale rdc: file(s) from skills/`);
+  }
+
+  // 0.5b. Stale hook cleanup — remove hooks we no longer ship
+  {
+    const staleRemoved = cleanStaleHooks(hooksDst);
+    if (staleRemoved > 0) ok(`[0.5b] Hook cleanup — removed ${staleRemoved} orphaned hook file(s)`);
+    const shimRemoved = cleanProjectHookifyShims(codexRoot);
+    if (shimRemoved > 0) ok(`[0.5b] Hook cleanup — removed ${shimRemoved} project-local work-item hookify shim(s)`);
+  }
+
+  // 0.5. Legacy cleanup — remove old commands/rdc/ (pre-plugin-system format)
+  const legacyCommandsDir = path.join(claudeHome, 'commands', 'rdc');
+  if (fs.existsSync(legacyCommandsDir)) {
+    fs.rmSync(legacyCommandsDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    ok('[0.5] Cleanup    — removed legacy commands/rdc/');
+  }
+  // Also remove extraKnownMarketplaces.rdc-skills from settings.json to prevent
+  // Claude Code from syncing a directory-source marketplace back to known_marketplaces.json
+  // (which causes skills to load from both the cache AND the live source directory)
+  {
+    const st = readJson(settingsPath);
+    if (st.extraKnownMarketplaces && st.extraKnownMarketplaces[MARKETPLACE]) {
+      delete st.extraKnownMarketplaces[MARKETPLACE];
+      if (Object.keys(st.extraKnownMarketplaces).length === 0) delete st.extraKnownMarketplaces;
+      writeJson(settingsPath, st);
+      ok('[0.5] Cleanup    — removed extraKnownMarketplaces.rdc-skills from settings.json');
+    }
+  }
+
+  // 1. CLI registration
+  const cliCacheDir = registerCLI(version, gitSha);
+  ok(`[1/6] CLI plugin — ${PLUGIN_KEY} v${version}`);
+  info(`       cache    : ${cliCacheDir}`);
+
+  // 2. Cowork registration
+  const coworkCount = registerCowork(version, gitSha);
+  if (coworkCount > 0) {
+    ok(`[2/6] Cowork     — registered in ${coworkCount} workspace(s)`);
+  } else {
+    warn('[2/6] Cowork     — no Desktop workspaces found (open Claude Desktop once to create them)');
+  }
+
+  // 2.5. Codex registration
+  const codexTargets = findCodexTargets();
+  if (codexTargets.length > 0) {
+    let copiedTotal = 0;
+    let removedTotal = 0;
+    for (const target of codexTargets) {
+      const { removed, copied } = registerCodexTarget(target.targetDir);
+      copiedTotal += copied;
+      removedTotal += removed;
+      info(`       ${target.label.padEnd(15)}: ${target.targetDir} (${copied} installed, ${removed} stale removed)`);
+    }
+    ok(`[2.5] Codex      — ${copiedTotal} skill install(s), ${removedTotal} stale removed across ${codexTargets.length} target(s)`);
+  } else {
+    info('[2.5] Codex      — skipped (no Codex skill dirs found; use --codex-root or --codex-skill-dir)');
+  }
+
+  // 2.6. Register the rdc-skills MCP endpoint globally (Claude Code + Codex) so
+  // EVERY agent can reach the skills via MCP, not only where a project .mcp.json exists.
+  const mcpReg = registerMcpEndpoints();
+  if (mcpReg.length > 0) {
+    ok(`[2.6] MCP        — registered rdc-skills endpoint: ${mcpReg.join(', ')}`);
+  } else {
+    info('[2.6] MCP        — rdc-skills endpoint already registered (claude + codex)');
+  }
+
+  // If the live MCP is served from the global npm package, update that exact
+  // install before restarting PM2. Windows otherwise holds the package tree open
+  // and `npm install -g` can fail with EBUSY.
+  syncGlobalMcpInstall(version);
+
+  // 2.7. Symlinks in regen-root/.claude/skills/ (FS MCP + claude.ai access)
+  if (codexRoot) {
+    const skillsLinkDir = path.join(codexRoot, '.claude', 'skills');
+    const skillsSrc     = path.join(repoRoot, 'skills');
+    fs.mkdirSync(skillsLinkDir, { recursive: true });
+    let linked = 0;
+    for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(skillsSrc, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+      if (!entry.isDirectory()) continue;
+      if (!fs.existsSync(path.join(skillsSrc, entry.name, 'SKILL.md'))) continue;
+      const linkPath = path.join(skillsLinkDir, entry.name);
+      const target   = path.join(skillsSrc, entry.name);
+      try {
+        if (fs.existsSync(linkPath) || (() => { try { fs.lstatSync(linkPath); return true; } catch { return false; } })()) {
+          fs.rmSync(linkPath, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+      } catch {}
+      try {
+        if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+          fs.symlinkSync(target, linkPath, 'junction');
+        } else {
+          fs.symlinkSync(target, linkPath, 'dir');
+        }
+        linked++;
+      } catch {}
+    }
+    if (linked > 0) {
+      ok(`[2.7] Symlinks   — ${linked} skill link(s) in ${skillsLinkDir}`);
+    } else {
+      info('[2.7] Symlinks   — no rdc skill links created (skills may already be linked)');
+    }
+    const projectGuideCount = copyMissingProjectGuides(codexRoot);
+    if (projectGuideCount > 0) {
+      ok(`[2.8] Guides     — ${projectGuideCount} missing guide(s) copied to ${path.join(codexRoot, '.rdc', 'guides')}`);
+    } else {
+      info('[2.8] Guides     — project .rdc/guides already has base guide files or is absent');
+    }
+  } else {
+    info('[2.7] Symlinks   — skipped (no codex root found)');
+  }
+
+  // 3. Hook files
+  const hookCount = copyHookFiles(hooksSrc, hooksDst);
+  ok(`[3/6] Hook files — ${hookCount} file(s) → ${hooksDst}`);
+
+  // 4. Hook wiring
+  if (skipHooks) {
+    info('[4/6] Hook wiring — skipped (--skip-hooks)');
+  } else {
+    const settings = readJson(settingsPath);
+    settings.hooks = buildHooksConfig(hooksDst, installProfile);
+    writeJson(settingsPath, settings);
+    ok(`[4/6] Hook wiring — ${settingsPath}`);
+  }
+
+  // 4.5 Optional startup blocks
+  if (shouldWriteStartupBlocks) {
+    const startup = writeStartupBlocks(projectRoot, installProfile);
+    if (startup.skipped) warn(`[4.5] Startup   — skipped (${startup.skipped})`);
+    else ok(`[4.5] Startup   — wrote managed startup guide/block(s) under ${projectRoot}`);
+  } else {
+    info('[4.5] Startup   — skipped (use --project-root <path> --write-startup-blocks)');
+  }
+
+  // 5. Zip for claude.ai / distribution
+  const zipPath = buildZip(version);
+  if (zipPath) {
+    ok(`[5/6] Plugin zip  — ${zipPath}`);
+    info('       claude.ai : optional plugin-upload artifact; MCP callers normally use the connector URL below');
+  } else {
+    warn('[5/6] Plugin zip  — build failed (zip/powershell missing?)');
+  }
+
+  // 6. Preflight
+  console.log('');
+  console.log('  \x1b[36mPreflight:\x1b[0m');
+  runPreflight();
+
+  // 6.5 Post-install verification — duplication guard
+  console.log('');
+  console.log('  \x1b[36mPost-install verification:\x1b[0m');
+  let verifyFailed = false;
+  {
+    const cacheBase = path.join(claudeHome, 'plugins', 'cache', MARKETPLACE, 'rdc-skills');
+    const cacheDirs = fs.existsSync(cacheBase) ? fs.readdirSync(cacheBase) : [];
+    if (cacheDirs.length === 1 && cacheDirs[0] === 'latest') {
+      ok(`plugin cache    : 1 dir (latest/)`);
+    } else {
+      fail(`plugin cache    : expected exactly [latest/], found [${cacheDirs.join(', ')}]`);
+      verifyFailed = true;
+    }
+    const ipPath    = path.join(claudeHome, 'plugins', 'installed_plugins.json');
+    const installed = readJson(ipPath, { plugins: {} });
+    const rdcEntries = installed.plugins[PLUGIN_KEY] || [];
+    if (rdcEntries.length === 1) {
+      ok(`installed_plugins: 1 entry for ${PLUGIN_KEY}`);
+    } else {
+      fail(`installed_plugins: expected 1 entry, found ${rdcEntries.length}`);
+      verifyFailed = true;
+    }
+    const userSkillsDir = path.join(claudeHome, 'skills', 'user');
+    const stillThere = fs.existsSync(userSkillsDir)
+      ? fs.readdirSync(userSkillsDir).filter(f => {
+          const p = path.join(userSkillsDir, f);
+          const skillFile = fs.statSync(p).isDirectory()
+            ? ['SKILL.md','skill.md'].map(s => path.join(p, s)).find(fs.existsSync)
+            : (f.endsWith('.md') ? p : null);
+          if (!skillFile) return false;
+          const fm = readFrontmatter(skillFile);
+          return fm.name && fm.name.startsWith('rdc:');
+        })
+      : [];
+    if (stillThere.length === 0) {
+      ok(`skills/user/    : no rdc: orphans`);
+    } else {
+      fail(`skills/user/    : still has rdc: orphans: ${stillThere.join(', ')}`);
+      verifyFailed = true;
+    }
+  }
+  if (verifyFailed) {
+    console.log('');
+    fail('Post-install verification FAILED — duplicates or orphans remain. Investigate.');
+    process.exit(2);
+  }
+
+  // 7. MCP server registration (non-fatal — WARNs only, never aborts)
+  console.log('');
+  console.log('  \x1b[36mMCP server:\x1b[0m');
+  try { registerMcpServer(); } catch (e) { warn(`[7/7] MCP server — unexpected error (${e.message})`); }
+
+  // Done
+  console.log('');
+  console.log('  \x1b[32mDone!\x1b[0m');
+  console.log('');
+  console.log('  \x1b[33mNext steps:\x1b[0m');
+  console.log('  CLI    : restart Claude Code — /rdc:status to verify');
+  console.log('  Cowork : restart Claude Desktop — /rdc:status in a new Cowork session');
+  console.log('  claude.ai : no plugin upload needed for MCP — use the connector URL above');
+  console.log('            dist/rdc-skills-plugin-v' + version + '.zip available if needed');
+  console.log('');
+  console.log(`  Profile: ${installProfile}`);
+  if (installProfile === 'core') {
+    console.log('  Core hooks are portable: RDC output contract + foreground process + commit-message hygiene.');
+    console.log('  Project services are not provisioned. Configure work items, credentials, deploys, and project guides before using infrastructure-heavy skills.');
+  } else {
+    console.log('  LIFEAI hooks are active: regen-root cwd lock, Supabase work-item gates, clauth-aware checks, and overnight queue guard.');
+  }
+  console.log('  Startup blocks: run with --project-root <path> --write-startup-blocks to add managed CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md sections.');
+
+  listCommands();
+
+  console.log('  Docs: https://github.com/LIFEAI/rdc-skills#readme');
+  console.log('');
+}
+
+main().catch(e => { fail(e.message); process.exit(1); });