feat(service-ai): extract AI metadata authoring into cloud-only AI Studio

packages/cli/src/commands/serve.ts

@@ -1365,6 +1365,31 @@ export default class Serve extends Command {
           }
           // @objectstack/service-ai not installed — AI features unavailable
         }
+
+        // 4b. Auto-register AI Studio (AI-driven metadata authoring / "online
+        // development") when the private @objectstack/service-ai-studio package
+        // is installed. It is NOT part of the open-source framework: the dynamic
+        // import below silently skips when absent, so open-source installs get
+        // the generic AI runtime only. Enterprise installs that ship the package
+        // get full AI authoring. AIStudioPlugin attaches via the `ai:ready` hook.
+        const hasAIStudio = plugins.some(
+          (p: any) => p.name === 'com.objectstack.service-ai-studio'
+              || p.constructor?.name === 'AIStudioPlugin'
+        );
+        if (!hasAIStudio) {
+          try {
+            const studioPkg = '@objectstack/service-ai-studio';
+            const { AIStudioPlugin } = await import(/* webpackIgnore: true */ studioPkg);
+            await kernel.use(new AIStudioPlugin());
+            trackPlugin('AIStudio');
+          } catch (err: unknown) {
+            const msg = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
+            if (!msg.includes('Cannot find module') && !msg.includes('ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND')) {
+              console.error('[AI Studio] AIStudioPlugin failed to start:', msg);
+            }
+            // @objectstack/service-ai-studio not installed — AI authoring unavailable
+          }
+        }
       }
 
       // 5. Capability resolver — auto-load service plugins declared in

packages/runtime/src/cloud/artifact-kernel-factory.ts

@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ export interface ArtifactKernelFactoryConfig {
      * `process.env.OS_AUTH_SECRET` / `AUTH_SECRET` at construction time.
      */
     authBaseSecret?: string;
+    /**
+     * Capability tokens force-mounted on every per-environment kernel, merged
+     * (and de-duped by the loader) with the artifact's own `requires`. Lets a
+     * host make a capability ubiquitous across tenants — e.g. `['ai','aiStudio']`.
+     */
+    defaultRequires?: string[];
 }
 
 /**
@@ -81,12 +87,14 @@ export class ArtifactKernelFactory implements EnvironmentKernelFactory {
     private readonly logger: NonNullable<ArtifactKernelFactoryConfig['logger']>;
     private readonly kernelConfig?: ArtifactKernelFactoryConfig['kernelConfig'];
     private readonly authBaseSecret: string;
+    private readonly defaultRequires: string[];
 
     constructor(config: ArtifactKernelFactoryConfig) {
         this.client = config.client;
         this.envRegistry = config.envRegistry;
         this.logger = config.logger ?? console;
         this.kernelConfig = config.kernelConfig;
+        this.defaultRequires = config.defaultRequires ?? [];
         this.authBaseSecret = (
             config.authBaseSecret
             ?? readEnvWithDeprecation('OS_AUTH_SECRET', ['AUTH_SECRET', 'BETTER_AUTH_SECRET'])
@@ -363,8 +371,13 @@ export class ArtifactKernelFactory implements EnvironmentKernelFactory {
             (Array.isArray(bundle?.requires) ? bundle.requires : null) ??
             (Array.isArray(sys?.requires) ? sys.requires : null) ??
             [];
-        const requires: string[] = (requiresRaw as unknown[])
-            .filter((x): x is string => typeof x === 'string' && x.length > 0);
+        // Merge host-forced defaults (e.g. cloud's ['ai','aiStudio']) with the
+        // artifact's own requires. loadCapabilities de-dupes via a Set, so
+        // overlap is safe.
+        const requires: string[] = [
+            ...(requiresRaw as unknown[]),
+            ...this.defaultRequires,
+        ].filter((x): x is string => typeof x === 'string' && x.length > 0);
 
         if (requires.length > 0) {
             const installed = await loadCapabilities({

packages/runtime/src/cloud/capability-loader.ts

@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@ export const CAPABILITY_PROVIDERS: Record<string, CapabilitySpec> = {
         pkg: '@objectstack/service-ai',
         export: 'AIServicePlugin',
     },
+    // AI Studio — AI-driven metadata authoring ("online development"). This is
+    // a commercial capability that ships in the private @objectstack/service-ai-studio
+    // package (not part of the open-source framework). The dynamic import below
+    // silently skips when the package isn't installed, so the open-source build
+    // is unaffected; cloud and enterprise installs that ship the package light it
+    // up. Pair with `ai` in `requires` (it attaches via the `ai:ready` hook).
+    aiStudio: {
+        pkg: '@objectstack/service-ai-studio',
+        export: 'AIStudioPlugin',
+    },
     analytics: {
         pkg: '@objectstack/service-analytics',
         export: 'AnalyticsServicePlugin',

packages/runtime/src/cloud/objectos-stack.ts

@@ -79,6 +79,15 @@ export interface ObjectOSStackConfig {
      * (ADR §5.2 — "framework exposes seams; cloud supplies metadata + policy").
      */
     extraPlugins?: Plugin[];
+    /**
+     * Capability tokens force-mounted on EVERY per-environment kernel, in
+     * addition to whatever the app artifact declares in `requires`. Merged and
+     * de-duped with `bundle.requires` before the capability loader runs. This
+     * is the host seam for a cloud operator to make a capability ubiquitous
+     * across all tenants without editing each app — e.g. `['ai','aiStudio']`
+     * so every cloud environment supports AI-driven online development.
+     */
+    defaultRequires?: string[];
 }
 
 export interface ObjectOSStackResult {
@@ -209,6 +218,7 @@ class ObjectOSEnvironmentPlugin implements Plugin {
             client: client as ArtifactApiClient,
             envRegistry,
             logger: ctx.logger,
+            defaultRequires: this.config.defaultRequires,
         });
 
         const kernelManager = new KernelManager({

packages/runtime/src/cloud/runtime-config-plugin.ts

@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ export interface RuntimeConfigPluginConfig {
     controlPlaneUrl?: string;
     /** Override the `features.installLocal` flag. Default: false. */
     installLocal?: boolean;
+    /**
+     * Override the `features.aiStudio` flag — whether the SPA should surface
+     * AI-driven metadata authoring ("online development") affordances. Default:
+     * true (the actual authoring capability is still gated server-side by the
+     * presence of the `metadata_assistant` agent / @objectstack/service-ai-studio
+     * package; set false to force-hide the authoring UI for a tier/deployment).
+     */
+    aiStudio?: boolean;
     /**
      * Report this runtime as a single-environment deployment (CLI
      * `objectstack dev` / `os serve`). Defaults to `false` for
@@ -63,6 +71,7 @@ export class RuntimeConfigPlugin implements Plugin {
 
     private readonly cloudUrl: string;
     private readonly installLocal: boolean;
+    private readonly aiStudio: boolean;
     private readonly singleEnvironment: boolean;
     private readonly productName: string;
     private readonly productShortName: string;
@@ -74,6 +83,7 @@ export class RuntimeConfigPlugin implements Plugin {
             ? ''
             : (resolveCloudUrl(config.controlPlaneUrl) ?? '');
         this.installLocal = !!config.installLocal;
+        this.aiStudio = config.aiStudio !== false; // default true (override-to-hide)
         this.singleEnvironment = !!config.singleEnvironment;
         const envName = (typeof process !== 'undefined' ? process.env?.OS_PRODUCT_NAME : undefined)?.trim();
         const envShort = (typeof process !== 'undefined' ? process.env?.OS_PRODUCT_SHORT_NAME : undefined)?.trim();
@@ -113,6 +123,7 @@ export class RuntimeConfigPlugin implements Plugin {
             const features = {
                 installLocal: this.installLocal,
                 marketplace: true,
+                aiStudio: this.aiStudio,
             };
             let envRegistry: any = null;
             try { envRegistry = ctx.getService('env-registry'); } catch { /* not mounted (file/CLI mode) */ }