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feat(automation,spec): descriptor-only contract + boot audit for declarative connectors (#2612) - #2985

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#2612: declarative connectors: stack entries are registered as metadata but never reach the automation engine's connector registry — only plugins populate it via engine.registerConnector(def, handlers) (ADR-0018 §Addendum). A declared connector with actions and no plugin behind it looked dispatchable but was silently inert — the worst failure mode for AI-authored stacks (plausible, schema-valid, dead).

This PR is the interim resolution (option 2 of #2612, hardened) plus the roadmap for the correct bridge (option 1): ADR-0096 / #2977.

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  • service-automation: 25 files / 267 tests pass (includes the new connector-descriptor-audit.test.ts).
  • spec: 252 files / 6826 tests pass.
  • showcase: test/coverage.test.ts 13/13 pass; new connectors module typechecks clean.

Closes #2612. Roadmap: #2977 (ADR-0096).

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…arative connectors (#2612)

Declarative `connectors:` stack entries never reach the automation
connector registry (plugins only, via engine.registerConnector — ADR-0018
§Addendum), so a declared connector with actions and no plugin behind it
looked dispatchable but was silently inert. Make the contract explicit and
audited, and chart the upgrade path:

- service-automation: kernel:ready + metadata:reloaded audit — declared
  connectors with actions but no same-name runtime registration log a loud
  warning naming each inert entry (findInertDeclaredConnectors, tested).
- spec: stack.zod.ts `connectors:` and integration/connector.zod.ts now
  document the descriptor-vs-registered contract (including .describe() text
  for AI stack authoring); `enabled: false` marks a deliberate catalog-only
  descriptor and silences the audit.
- showcase: demonstrates the declarative collection per the documented
  contract (catalog descriptor, enabled: false) and flips the #2612
  STACK_COLLECTION_COVERAGE waiver to demonstrated; live connectors remain
  demonstrated via the connector plugins.
- ADR-0096 (Proposed): declarative connector instances — provider-bound
  entries materialized by the ADR-0023/0024 generic executors, credentialRef
  instead of inline secrets, loud boot error for unbound providers. Tracked
  in #2977.

Closes #2612.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01TQFjxP9nJqyZyRYTNqRNxJ
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This PR changes 2 package(s): packages/services, @objectstack/spec.

99 hand-written doc(s) reference the affected code and may need an implementation-accuracy re-verification:

  • content/docs/ai/agents.mdx (via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/ai/skills-reference.mdx (via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/ai/skills.mdx (via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/api/client-sdk.mdx (via @objectstack/spec)
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  • content/docs/automation/approvals.mdx (via packages/spec)
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  • content/docs/automation/webhooks.mdx (via packages/services, @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/automation/workflows.mdx (via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/concepts/architecture.mdx (via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/concepts/design-principles.mdx (via packages/spec)
  • content/docs/concepts/index.mdx (via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/concepts/metadata-driven.mdx (via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/concepts/metadata-lifecycle.mdx (via packages/spec)
  • content/docs/concepts/north-star.mdx (via packages/spec)
  • content/docs/data-modeling/analytics.mdx (via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/data-modeling/drivers.mdx (via @objectstack/spec)
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  • content/docs/kernel/contracts/data-engine.mdx (via @objectstack/spec)
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  • content/docs/kernel/contracts/metadata-service.mdx (via packages/spec)
  • content/docs/kernel/contracts/storage-service.mdx (via packages/spec)
  • content/docs/kernel/index.mdx (via packages/spec)
  • content/docs/kernel/runtime-services/audit-service.mdx (via packages/services)
  • content/docs/kernel/runtime-services/email-service.mdx (via packages/spec)
  • content/docs/kernel/runtime-services/index.mdx (via packages/services, packages/spec)
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  • content/docs/kernel/runtime-services/settings-service.mdx (via packages/services)
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  • content/docs/kernel/services-checklist.mdx (via @objectstack/spec)
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  • content/docs/plugins/index.mdx (via @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/plugins/packages.mdx (via packages/services, @objectstack/spec)
  • content/docs/protocol/backward-compatibility.mdx (via @objectstack/spec)
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  • content/docs/protocol/kernel/plugin-spec.mdx (via @objectstack/spec)
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  • content/docs/protocol/objectql/index.mdx (via packages/spec)
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  • content/docs/ui/setup-app.mdx (via @objectstack/spec)

Advisory only. To re-verify, run the docs-accuracy-audit workflow scoped to these files:
node scripts/docs-audit/affected-docs.mjs origin/main → pass the list as args.docs.

… (lint #2035 rule)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01TQFjxP9nJqyZyRYTNqRNxJ
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Declarative connectors: stack entries are inert — bridge them to the automation connector registry or document as descriptor-only

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