Summary

• Repairs configured official external plugin installs when the installed package only contains TypeScript source and no compiled runtime output.
• Allows invalid-config reinstall recovery for externalized stock Brave and Slack installs.
• Adds catalog metadata and regression coverage for Brave web search and Slack channel repair paths, including provenance and failure-preservation cases.

Verification

• node scripts/run-vitest.mjs src/commands/doctor/shared/missing-configured-plugin-install.test.ts src/cli/plugins-install-config.test.ts src/cli/program/preaction.test.ts src/plugins/official-external-plugin-catalog.test.ts
• Packaged local E2E with a real packed openclaw-2026.5.16.tgz installed into an isolated prefix, seeded source-only official Brave install, openclaw doctor --fix --non-interactive, post-repair openclaw config validate, and install-record assertions.
• AWS Crabbox packaged E2E: run run_c1bef99ee105, lease cbx_b51c44bf1af6 (harbor-prawn), exit 0.
• env CI=1 NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=4096 OPENCLAW_TEST_PROJECTS_PARALLEL=6 OPENCLAW_VITEST_MAX_WORKERS=1 OPENCLAW_VITEST_NO_OUTPUT_TIMEOUT_MS=900000 pnpm check:changed

Behavior addressed: openclaw doctor --fix now replaces broken source-only official Brave/Slack installs from trusted official install metadata when the configured plugin/channel still needs that owner.
Real environment tested: AWS Crabbox Linux host using the rebased feature branch, with a freshly packed openclaw-2026.5.16.tgz installed into an isolated npm prefix and isolated HOME, OPENCLAW_HOME, OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR, and OPENCLAW_CONFIG_PATH.
Exact steps or command run after this patch: installed Node 22/pnpm on the AWS host, ran pnpm install --frozen-lockfile, packed the checkout, installed the packed CLI, seeded a tracked source-only brave package install with openclaw.extensions pointing at src/index.ts, ran openclaw doctor --fix --non-interactive, then ran openclaw config validate and inspected .openclaw/plugins/installs.json.
Evidence after fix: doctor output included the compiled-runtime diagnostic and Installed missing configured plugin "brave" from @openclaw/brave-plugin.; the repaired record is source: npm, spec: @openclaw/brave-plugin, resolvedName: @openclaw/brave-plugin, version 2026.5.12, with dist/index.js present.
Observed result after fix: the source-only install path was removed, the official npm package was installed, post-repair config validation passed, and the AWS Crabbox command exited 0.
What was not tested: live Brave Search API calls; this validates install/config/doctor recovery and plugin runtime payload repair, not provider credentialed search execution.

Fixes #82301