The catalog README's per-plugin `vX.Y.Z` labels were an UNGUARDED surface:
check-versions validated each plugin's OWN README badge, never the catalog
README's labels, so they drifted (config-audit shown v5.5.0 while pinned to
v5.7.0; voyage v5.1.1 while pinned to v5.6.0) — the doc misstated what
`claude plugin install` actually resolves.
Close the class, same pattern as the ref surface:
- check-versions.mjs: new ERROR rule "catalog README label == catalog ref"
via pure extractCatalogLabel() (matches the /open/<name>) heading, takes the
first `vX.Y.Z`, ignores a trailing lang/flag badge). No legitimate transient
state lets label != ref, so ERROR (not WARN). +5 tests.
- release-plugin.mjs: on --write, bump the README label atomically with the ref
via pure reconcileReadmeLabel() and git add README.md on --commit, so future
releases keep label and ref in lock-step. +4 tests.
- README.md: reconcile the 2 stale labels (config-audit -> v5.7.0,
voyage -> v5.6.0). Gate now 9 OK / 1 WARN / 0 ERROR.
- CLAUDE.md: doctrine updated to document the new gate rule + atomic label bump.
ms-ai-architect stays WARN by decision (1.16.0 is unreleased WIP, never tagged).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Cm2RxKbomdLqjiWGcwCCPi
The polyrepo split made a plugin release a TWO-repo act: tag the plugin repo AND
bump the catalog `ref`. The second step is manual and easily forgotten — that
drift just stranded linkedin-studio on v0.4.0 while its plugin.json moved to
0.5.0. This adds the canonical release path that makes the catalog side
impossible to do wrong.
scripts/release-plugin.mjs:
- Pure planner planRelease() — given the catalog + observed plugin state +
target version, computes verdict (READY/NOOP/BLOCKED), the bumped marketplace
object, and the commit subject. REFUSES (BLOCKED) unless plugin.json == README
badge == target AND the vX.Y.Z tag exists, so a READY plan is check-versions-
green by construction. Reuses normalizeVersion/classifyPlugin from
check-versions.mjs (no duplicated rules).
- I/O shell: dry-run by default; --write bumps the ref + re-runs the gate;
--commit/--push apply; --create-tag mints+pushes a missing plugin tag first.
- 10/10 unit tests (scripts/release-plugin.test.mjs); check-versions 9/9 still green.
- Dogfooded: linkedin-studio → NOOP (already pinned v0.5.0); ms-ai-architect →
BLOCKED (v1.16.0 in plugin.json was never tagged — refuses to publish it).
Also: fix the stale LinkedIn Studio README label v0.4.0 -> v0.5.0 (loose end of
the v0.5.0 release), and document the canonical release path in CLAUDE.md.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
