fix: enhance plugin initialization by adding required files and updating templates

package.json

@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
     "c8": "./dist/index.js"
   },
   "exports": {
-    "./runtime": "./dist/runtime.js"
+    "./runtime": {
+      "types": "./dist/runtime.d.ts",
+      "default": "./dist/runtime.js"
+    }
   },
   "files": [
     "dist",

src/commands/plugins.ts

@@ -678,8 +678,8 @@ export async function initPlugin(pluginName?: string): Promise<void> {
       agents
     );
 
-    // Create .gitignore
-    writeFileSync(join(pluginDir, '.gitignore'), getTemplate('.gitignore'));
+    // Create .gitignore (stored as 'gitignore' to survive npm publish)
+    writeFileSync(join(pluginDir, '.gitignore'), getTemplate('gitignore'));
 
     logger.success('Plugin scaffolding created successfully!');
     const nextSteps = renderTemplate('init-plugin-next-steps.txt', templateVars);

src/templates/package.json

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
     "watch": "tsc --watch"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "typescript": "^5.0.0",
-    "@types/node": "^22.0.0"
+    "@camunda8/cli": "*",
+    "@types/node": "^22.0.0",
+    "typescript": "^5.0.0"
   }
 }

src/templates/tsconfig.json

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
     "target": "ES2022",
-    "module": "ES2022",
-    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "module": "NodeNext",
+    "moduleResolution": "NodeNext",
     "outDir": "dist",
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "strict": true,

tests/integration/plugin-lifecycle.test.ts

@@ -296,6 +296,44 @@ describe('Plugin Lifecycle Integration Tests', () => {
       }
     }
   });
+
+  test('init plugin should scaffold all required files', () => {
+    const name = 'test-init-files';
+    const dir = join(process.cwd(), `c8ctl-${name}`);
+
+    if (existsSync(dir)) {
+      rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const output = execSync(`node src/index.ts init plugin ${name}`, {
+        cwd: process.cwd(),
+        encoding: 'utf-8',
+        timeout: 5000,
+      });
+
+      assert.ok(output.includes('Plugin scaffolding created successfully'),
+        'Init command should succeed');
+
+      const expectedFiles = [
+        'package.json',
+        'tsconfig.json',
+        'c8ctl-plugin.js',
+        'README.md',
+        'AGENTS.md',
+        '.gitignore',
+        join('src', 'c8ctl-plugin.ts'),
+      ];
+
+      for (const file of expectedFiles) {
+        assert.ok(existsSync(join(dir, file)), `${file} should exist after init`);
+      }
+    } finally {
+      if (existsSync(dir)) {
+        rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      }
+    }
+  });
 
   test('should complete full plugin lifecycle with init, build, load, execute, and help', async () => {
     const scaffoldPluginName = 'test-scaffold';