Bug

The published @openclaw/matrix plugin tarball contains "openclaw": "workspace:*" in its package.json dependencies. This is a pnpm workspace protocol reference that only resolves inside the monorepo.

When users install the plugin via openclaw plugins install @openclaw/matrix, it runs npm install in the extracted directory, which fails:

npm error code EUNSUPPORTEDPROTOCOL
npm error Unsupported URL Type "workspace:": workspace:*

This breaks Matrix connectivity on every update, since the plugin gets re-extracted with the unresolved workspace reference.

Expected

workspace:* should be resolved to a concrete version range (e.g. "openclaw": "*" or "openclaw": "^2026.2.9") before publishing to npm. Both pnpm and npm handle this automatically during pnpm publish / npm publish when configured correctly.

Workaround

Manually replace "openclaw": "workspace:*" with "openclaw": "*" and run bun install (bun handles workspace: gracefully) or npm install.

Environment

• openclaw 2026.2.9
• macOS, npm global install
• skills.install.nodeManager: "bun" (not respected for plugin installs)

Suggestion

1. Fix the publish pipeline so workspace: refs are resolved in the tarball
2. Consider respecting skills.install.nodeManager for plugin installs too