feat: use CLI commands for plugin installation when possible

.claude/skills/wizard-architecture/SKILL.md

@@ -126,10 +126,12 @@ Each init hook follows the same shape:
 
 The parent hook consumes it as `const initial = useInitial*()` and initializes its own state: `useState<Phase>(initial.phase)`.
 
+**Async variant.** When resolution requires async work (e.g. shelling out to a CLI), seed `useState` with a pending phase and run the async operation in a `useEffect` named `resolveInitial*`. The parent hook overlays its own phase: `installPhase ?? initial.phase`.
+
 Existing init hooks:
 
 - `useInitialAuth` — resolves persisted credentials, syncs auth state to store
-- `useInitialDetection` — resolves installed plugins, syncs to store
+- `useInitialDetection` — async; detects installed plugins via CLI, syncs to store
 - `useInitialOnboarding` — resolves project emptiness / framework, syncs empty-project flag
 - `useInitialMcpDetection` — resolves dry-run phase for MCP detection
 - `useInitialSystemCheck` — resolves dry-run checks, syncs check results to store

__tests__/e2e/__snapshots__/happy-path.e2e.ts.snap

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ exports[`happy-path flow > navigates Welcome → SystemCheck → Authenticate 
 exports[`happy-path flow > navigates Welcome → SystemCheck → Authenticate → InstallPlugins → ConnectTools → SelectGoal → OnboardProject → Done > connect-tools 1`] = `
 " Confidence by Spotify                                              https://confidence.spotify.com/
 
- Connect your AI to Confidence                                        Todo (3/5)
+ Teach your AI Confidence                                             Todo (3/5)
 
  Give your AI assistant direct access to flags, docs, and             ● Check system
- integration tools. With it, you'll be able to:                       ● Sign in to Confidence
+ integration tools via Confidence MCP. With it, you'll be able to:    ● Sign in to Confidence
                                                                       ● Set up your agent
  ● Ask your agent to create and manage feature flags.                 ▶ Connect tools
  ● Search docs and generate code, all from your IDE.                  ○ Onboard project
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ exports[`happy-path flow > navigates Welcome → SystemCheck → Authenticate 
 exports[`happy-path flow > navigates Welcome → SystemCheck → Authenticate → InstallPlugins → ConnectTools → SelectGoal → OnboardProject → Done > install-plugins 1`] = `
 " Confidence by Spotify                                              https://confidence.spotify.com/
 
- Teach your AI Confidence                                             Todo (2/5)
+ Select agent to set up                                               Todo (2/5)
 
- Plugins give your agent tool Confidence-specific skills — flag       ● Check system
- management, warehouse setup, migrations, onboarding — no more        ● Sign in to Confidence
- searching docs yourself.                                             ▶ Set up your agent
+ Your agent will get Confidence skills for flag management,           ● Check system
+ warehouse setup, migrations, and onboarding — so it can help         ● Sign in to Confidence
+ without searching the docs.                                          ▶ Set up your agent
                                                                       ○ Connect tools
                                                                       ○ Onboard project
 
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ exports[`happy-path flow > navigates Welcome → SystemCheck → Authenticate 
  ❯ Claude Code
    Cursor
    Codex
-   Skip (install manually later)
 
  ↑↓ navigate   enter confirm                                                                 vX.Y.Z"
 `;

__tests__/e2e/__snapshots__/stale-auth.e2e.ts.snap

@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 exports[`when auth token is stale > allows re-authentication after expired token and proceeds normally > auth-re-authenticated 1`] = `
 " Confidence by Spotify                                              https://confidence.spotify.com/
 
- Teach your AI Confidence                                             Todo (2/5)
+ Select agent to set up                                               Todo (2/5)
 
- Plugins give your agent tool Confidence-specific skills — flag       ● Check system
- management, warehouse setup, migrations, onboarding — no more        ● Sign in to Confidence
- searching docs yourself.                                             ▶ Set up your agent
+ Your agent will get Confidence skills for flag management,           ● Check system
+ warehouse setup, migrations, and onboarding — so it can help         ● Sign in to Confidence
+ without searching the docs.                                          ▶ Set up your agent
                                                                       ○ Connect tools
                                                                       ○ Onboard project
 
@@ -18,19 +18,18 @@ exports[`when auth token is stale > allows re-authentication after expired token
  ❯ Claude Code
    Cursor
    Codex
-   Skip (install manually later)
 
  ↑↓ navigate   enter confirm                                                                 vX.Y.Z"
 `;
 
 exports[`when auth token is stale > allows signing in after failed refresh and proceeds normally > auth-refresh-failed-then-signed-in 1`] = `
 " Confidence by Spotify                                              https://confidence.spotify.com/
 
- Teach your AI Confidence                                             Todo (2/5)
+ Select agent to set up                                               Todo (2/5)
 
- Plugins give your agent tool Confidence-specific skills — flag       ● Check system
- management, warehouse setup, migrations, onboarding — no more        ● Sign in to Confidence
- searching docs yourself.                                             ▶ Set up your agent
+ Your agent will get Confidence skills for flag management,           ● Check system
+ warehouse setup, migrations, and onboarding — so it can help         ● Sign in to Confidence
+ without searching the docs.                                          ▶ Set up your agent
                                                                       ○ Connect tools
                                                                       ○ Onboard project
 
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ exports[`when auth token is stale > allows signing in after failed refresh and p
  ❯ Claude Code
    Cursor
    Codex
-   Skip (install manually later)
 
  ↑↓ navigate   enter confirm                                                                 vX.Y.Z"
 `;
@@ -89,11 +87,11 @@ exports[`when auth token is stale > prompts user to sign in again instead of usi
 exports[`when auth token is stale > refreshes and authenticates when choosing existing account > auth-refreshed 1`] = `
 " Confidence by Spotify                                              https://confidence.spotify.com/
 
- Teach your AI Confidence                                             Todo (2/5)
+ Select agent to set up                                               Todo (2/5)
 
- Plugins give your agent tool Confidence-specific skills — flag       ● Check system
- management, warehouse setup, migrations, onboarding — no more        ● Sign in to Confidence
- searching docs yourself.                                             ▶ Set up your agent
+ Your agent will get Confidence skills for flag management,           ● Check system
+ warehouse setup, migrations, and onboarding — so it can help         ● Sign in to Confidence
+ without searching the docs.                                          ▶ Set up your agent
                                                                       ○ Connect tools
                                                                       ○ Onboard project
 
@@ -104,7 +102,6 @@ exports[`when auth token is stale > refreshes and authenticates when choosing ex
  ❯ Claude Code
    Cursor
    Codex
-   Skip (install manually later)
 
  ↑↓ navigate   enter confirm                                                                 vX.Y.Z"
 `;

__tests__/e2e/__snapshots__/stale-mcp-auth.e2e.ts.snap

@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ exports[`when MCP config has expired auth tokens > allows skipping when auth is
 exports[`when MCP config has expired auth tokens > shows auth-expired status and reconnects successfully > connect-tools-expired 1`] = `
 " Confidence by Spotify                                              https://confidence.spotify.com/
 
- Connect your AI to Confidence                                        Todo (3/5)
+ Teach your AI Confidence                                             Todo (3/5)
 
  Give your AI assistant direct access to flags, docs, and             ● Check system
- integration tools. With it, you'll be able to:                       ● Sign in to Confidence
+ integration tools via Confidence MCP. With it, you'll be able to:    ● Sign in to Confidence
                                                                       ● Set up your agent
  ● Ask your agent to create and manage feature flags.                 ▶ Connect tools
  ● Search docs and generate code, all from your IDE.                  ○ Onboard project
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ exports[`when MCP config has expired auth tokens > shows auth-expired status and
 exports[`when MCP config has expired auth tokens > shows auth-expired status and reconnects successfully > connect-tools-reconnected 1`] = `
 " Confidence by Spotify                                              https://confidence.spotify.com/
 
- Connect your AI to Confidence                                        Todo (4/5)
+ Teach your AI Confidence                                             Todo (4/5)
 
  Give your AI assistant direct access to flags, docs, and             ● Check system
- integration tools. With it, you'll be able to:                       ● Sign in to Confidence
+ integration tools via Confidence MCP. With it, you'll be able to:    ● Sign in to Confidence
                                                                       ● Set up your agent
  ● Ask your agent to create and manage feature flags.                 ● Connect tools
  ● Search docs and generate code, all from your IDE.                  ○ Onboard project

__tests__/e2e/download-fallback.e2e.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import {
+  createSession,
+  navigateToPlugins,
+  selectIdeAndOnboard,
+  readInvocation,
+} from './testing-framework/index.js';
+
+describe('when CLI plugin install fails', () => {
+  it('falls back to download and references skills by file path in the prompt', async () => {
+    using session = createSession({ env: { E2E_PLUGIN_INSTALL_FAIL: '1' } });
+
+    await navigateToPlugins(session);
+    await selectIdeAndOnboard(session, 0);
+
+    const invocation = readInvocation(session.cwd);
+
+    expect(invocation.prompt).toContain('.claude/skills/analyze-project/SKILL.md');
+    expect(invocation.prompt).not.toContain('`/analyze-project`');
+  });
+});

__tests__/e2e/happy-path.e2e.ts

@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ describe('happy-path flow', () => {
     session.checkpoint();
 
     // InstallPlugins
-    await session.waitForText('Teach your AI');
+    await session.waitForText('Select agent to set up');
     await session.waitForText('Which CLI agent would you like to use?');
     expect(session.snapshot()).toMatchSnapshot('install-plugins');
     session.checkpoint();
     await session.press('Enter');
 
     // ConnectTools
-    await session.waitForText('Connect your AI to Confidence');
+    await session.waitForText('Teach your AI Confidence');
     await session.waitForText('Connect Confidence tools?');
     expect(session.snapshot()).toMatchSnapshot('connect-tools');
     session.checkpoint();

__tests__/e2e/onboarding-invocation.e2e.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const IDE_CASES = [
     expectedArgs: ['--print', '--output-format', 'stream-json', '--verbose'],
     expectedPromptSnippets: [
       'Confidence SDK',
-      '.claude/skills/analyze-project/SKILL.md',
+      '/confidence:analyze-project',
       'existing codebase',
       'mcp__confidence-flags__',
     ],
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const IDE_CASES = [
     expectedArgs: ['exec', '--json', '--sandbox', 'workspace-write', '-'],
     expectedPromptSnippets: [
       'Confidence SDK',
-      '.agents/skills/analyze-project/SKILL.md',
+      '$analyze-project',
       'existing codebase',
       'confidence-flags:',
     ],

__tests__/e2e/testing-framework/mocks/binaries/claude.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ if (args[0] === 'mcp') {
   process.exit(0);
 }
 
+if (args[0] === 'plugin') {
+  if (process.env.E2E_PLUGIN_INSTALL_FAIL) process.exit(1);
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
 if (args.includes('--append-system-prompt')) {
   const idx = args.indexOf('--append-system-prompt');
   const prompt = args[idx + 1] || '';

__tests__/e2e/testing-framework/mocks/binaries/codex.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ if (args[0] === 'mcp') {
   process.exit(0);
 }
 
+if (args[0] === 'plugin') {
+  if (process.env.E2E_PLUGIN_INSTALL_FAIL) process.exit(1);
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
 if (args[0] === 'exec') {
   let input = '';
   process.stdin.setEncoding('utf-8');

__tests__/e2e/testing-framework/mocks/binaries/cursor.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ if (args[0] === 'agent' && args[1] === '--version') {
   process.exit(0);
 } else if (args[0] === 'agent' && args[1] === 'mcp') {
   process.exit(0);
+} else if (args[0] === 'agent' && args[1] === 'plugin') {
+  if (process.env.E2E_PLUGIN_INSTALL_FAIL) process.exit(1);
+  process.exit(0);
 } else if (args[0] === 'agent' && args.includes('--print')) {
   fs.writeFileSync(
     path.join(process.cwd(), '.e2e-onboarding-invocation'),

__tests__/e2e/testing-framework/navigation.ts

@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ export async function navigateToPlugins(session: TerminalSession): Promise<void>
  */
 export async function navigateToConnectTools(session: TerminalSession): Promise<void> {
   await navigateToPlugins(session);
-  await session.waitForText('Skip (install manually later)');
   session.checkpoint();
   await session.press('Enter');
-  await session.waitForText('Connect Confidence tools?');
+  await session.waitForText('Plugin installed successfully');
+  await session.waitForText('Teach your AI Confidence');
 }
 
 /**