@reefclaw/connect 0.1.13 → 0.1.14

package/dist/plugin.js

@@ -48,27 +48,36 @@ export function installPlugin() {
     const cli = which('openclaw');
     if (!cli) {
         fail('the `openclaw` CLI is not on your PATH — cannot register the plugin.');
-        info(`Once OpenClaw is on PATH, run:  openclaw plugins install --force --link ${PLUGIN_DIR}`);
+        info(`Once OpenClaw is on PATH, run:  openclaw plugins install --link ${PLUGIN_DIR}`);
+        info('(if OpenClaw asks you to rerun with --force, add --force before --link)');
         return { registered: false };
     }
-    // --force is REQUIRED on openclaw >= 2026.7.2 (issue #216): non-ClawHub
-    // sources (incl. local paths) need an acknowledgement, and in a non-TTY
-    // context the install is cancelled with "rerun with --force" instead of
-    // prompting. Acknowledging is correct here — the "source" is our own bundled
-    // plugin the user explicitly chose to install by running this installer.
-    // On <= 2026.7.1, --force only means overwrite-an-existing-install, which
-    // also makes installer re-runs idempotent instead of failing on the exists
-    // check. Verified against both dists' plugins-install command + the beta's
-    // confirmNonClawHubInstall (install cancelled when !TTY && !force).
+    // Two OpenClaw generations have MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE requirements here
+    // (issue #216, verified against both npm dists):
+    //  - <= 2026.7.1 hard-REJECTS --force with --link ("--force is not
+    //    supported with --link", plugins-install-command guard);
+    //  - >= 2026.7.2 REQUIRES --force for non-ClawHub sources in a non-TTY
+    //    context (confirmNonClawHubInstall cancels with "rerun with --force").
+    // So: try plain --link first (correct on every version that doesn't gate),
+    // and only when the CLI's own output asks for --force, retry with it.
+    // Acknowledging is correct here — the "source" is our own bundled plugin the
+    // user explicitly chose to install by running this installer. The first
+    // attempt never passes --force, so any mention of --force in its output is
+    // the CLI requesting it, not an echo of our own arguments.
     info('registering the plugin with OpenClaw…');
-    const r = run('openclaw', ['plugins', 'install', '--force', '--link', PLUGIN_DIR], {
-        timeoutMs: 300_000,
-    });
+    let r = run('openclaw', ['plugins', 'install', '--link', PLUGIN_DIR], { timeoutMs: 300_000 });
+    if (!r.ok && `${r.stderr}\n${r.stdout}`.includes('--force')) {
+        info('this OpenClaw requires acknowledging non-ClawHub sources — retrying with --force…');
+        r = run('openclaw', ['plugins', 'install', '--force', '--link', PLUGIN_DIR], {
+            timeoutMs: 300_000,
+        });
+    }
     if (!r.ok) {
-        warn('`openclaw plugins install --force --link` returned non-zero:');
+        warn('`openclaw plugins install --link` returned non-zero:');
         if (r.stderr.trim())
             info(r.stderr.trim().split('\n').slice(-3).join('\n'));
-        info(`Retry manually:  openclaw plugins install --force --link ${PLUGIN_DIR}`);
+        info(`Retry manually:  openclaw plugins install --link ${PLUGIN_DIR}`);
+        info('(if OpenClaw asks you to rerun with --force, add --force before --link)');
         return { registered: false };
     }
     ok('plugin registered with OpenClaw');

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@reefclaw/connect",
-  "version": "0.1.13",
+  "version": "0.1.14",
   "description": "One-command installer that connects your OpenClaw agent to ReefClaw (paper trading, no exchange keys).",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {