plugins: support bundled setup-entry contract in loader

src/plugins/loader.test.ts

@@ -522,6 +522,7 @@ function createSetupEntryChannelPluginFixture(params: {
   setupBlurb: string;
   configured: boolean;
   startupDeferConfiguredChannelFullLoadUntilAfterListen?: boolean;
+  useBundledSetupEntryContract?: boolean;
 }) {
   useNoBundledPlugins();
   const pluginDir = makeTempDir();
@@ -597,7 +598,28 @@ module.exports = {
   );
   fs.writeFileSync(
     path.join(pluginDir, "setup-entry.cjs"),
-    `require("node:fs").writeFileSync(${JSON.stringify(setupMarker)}, "loaded", "utf-8");
+    params.useBundledSetupEntryContract
+      ? `require("node:fs").writeFileSync(${JSON.stringify(setupMarker)}, "loaded", "utf-8");
+module.exports = {
+  kind: "bundled-channel-setup-entry",
+  loadSetupPlugin: () => ({
+    id: ${JSON.stringify(params.id)},
+    meta: {
+      id: ${JSON.stringify(params.id)},
+      label: ${JSON.stringify(params.label)},
+      selectionLabel: ${JSON.stringify(params.label)},
+      docsPath: ${JSON.stringify(`/channels/${params.id}`)},
+      blurb: ${JSON.stringify(params.setupBlurb)},
+    },
+    capabilities: { chatTypes: ["direct"] },
+    config: {
+      listAccountIds: () => ${listAccountIds},
+      resolveAccount: () => ${resolveAccount},
+    },
+    outbound: { deliveryMode: "direct" },
+  }),
+};`
+      : `require("node:fs").writeFileSync(${JSON.stringify(setupMarker)}, "loaded", "utf-8");
 module.exports = {
   plugin: {
     id: ${JSON.stringify(params.id)},
@@ -3168,6 +3190,31 @@ module.exports = {
       expectSetupLoaded: true,
       expectedChannels: 1,
     },
+    {
+      name: "uses package setupEntry bundled contract for setup-runtime channel loads",
+      fixture: {
+        id: "setup-runtime-bundled-contract-test",
+        label: "Setup Runtime Bundled Contract Test",
+        packageName: "@openclaw/setup-runtime-bundled-contract-test",
+        fullBlurb: "full entry should not run while unconfigured",
+        setupBlurb: "setup runtime bundled contract",
+        configured: false,
+        useBundledSetupEntryContract: true,
+      },
+      load: ({ pluginDir }: { pluginDir: string }) =>
+        loadOpenClawPlugins({
+          cache: false,
+          config: {
+            plugins: {
+              load: { paths: [pluginDir] },
+              allow: ["setup-runtime-bundled-contract-test"],
+            },
+          },
+        }),
+      expectFullLoaded: false,
+      expectSetupLoaded: true,
+      expectedChannels: 1,
+    },
     {
       name: "does not prefer setupEntry for configured channel loads without startup opt-in",
       fixture: {

src/plugins/loader.ts

@@ -651,6 +651,21 @@ function resolveSetupChannelRegistration(moduleExport: unknown): {
   if (!resolved || typeof resolved !== "object") {
     return {};
   }
+  const setupEntryRecord = resolved as {
+    kind?: unknown;
+    loadSetupPlugin?: unknown;
+  };
+  if (
+    setupEntryRecord.kind === "bundled-channel-setup-entry" &&
+    typeof setupEntryRecord.loadSetupPlugin === "function"
+  ) {
+    const loadedPlugin = setupEntryRecord.loadSetupPlugin();
+    if (loadedPlugin && typeof loadedPlugin === "object") {
+      return {
+        plugin: loadedPlugin as ChannelPlugin,
+      };
+    }
+  }
   const setup = resolved as {
     plugin?: unknown;
   };