feat: add a plugin API and startup timing

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Refs #343. This is the Ecosystem section of phase 4: a public plugin API, and startup and DI timing.

Plugin API (version 1)

New entry @pangular-inspector/devtools/plugin. It has no runtime imports and builds to about 2 KB.

Page side

• registerPangularPlugin({ id, version, apiVersion?, title?, description?, setup?, collect?, actions? }) returns an unregister function.
• It works whether the overlay loads before or after the plugin, even when a library bundles its own copy of the entry.
• The context gives the plugin:
  • pageId and active;
  • getNg();
  • push(view) and refresh();
  • serialize, redact and isSecretName.
• The host serializes and checks every view and pushes one report per page. It skips unchanged reports and runs collect only while someone watches, at most once a second.
• A plugin that throws shows as error, and one that needs a later API version shows as unsupported. The other plugins keep running.

Server side

• definePangularServerPlugin({ id, version, tools?, state?, setup? }), passed as serverPlugins to initPangularHub, the Vite plugin or createPangular.
• Tool ids are pangular:plugin:<id>:<tool>, so plugin tools can't collide with or shadow the built-in ones.
• Tools are read by default. Any action or destructive tool is dropped by agent.readOnly, actions.plugins: false or plugins.<id>.actions: false, and plugins.<id>.tools: false drops all of a plugin's tools.
• Every answer is marked as data. A plugin's shared state is masked.
• Built-in read tools: list-plugins and inspect-plugin.

Panel

• One Plugins tab, which appears only once a plugin reports. It renders a declarative view with five section kinds: stats, table, list, tree and text.
• It uses the panel's own components, so no plugin code or HTML reaches the panel and the axe and theme checks still hold. Iframes and remote components were rejected for that reason.
• Action buttons ask for confirmation before they run.

Config: a new plugins inspector and action, and plugins: { <id>: boolean | { enabled, tools, actions } }, covered by config validation.

Example: a plugin for the demo's TravelStore, wired in src/app/app.config.ts and src/server.ts. It has a bookings read tool and a clear-saved action, and the package and panel tests use it.

Startup and DI timing

• New entry @pangular-inspector/devtools/startup-hook, loaded from the development polyfills (the demo's project.json now does this). It records:

  • when Angular started and when the root component was created;
  • the first stable state, exactly;
  • provider construction times from ng.enableProfiling() (Angular 20+).

  It turns profiling on just after bootstrap and restores everything a second after the app is stable.

• Without the hook, first stable comes from ApplicationRef.isStable (16.2+) and is reported as "at the latest". Navigation timing and first contentful paint are always shown.

• A Startup section at the bottom of the Injectors tab shows the milestones and the 10 slowest providers. A read-only startup-timing agent tool returns the same data.

Docs

• A new "Write a plugin" guide, with the API reference and the example.
• A Startup timing section in Injectors.
• Plugins and startup-timing in agents/tools.md, new state keys in resources.md, the plugin options in configuration.md, the new entry points in installation.md and publishing.md, and a glossary entry.

Checks

Check	Result
pnpm format:check	Passes
pnpm typecheck	Passes
pnpm test:devtools	2790 passed, 1 timing flake (see below), 3 skipped
pnpm test:panel	684 passed, 1 skipped
pnpm docs:build	Passes
pnpm skills:check	Passes
pnpm commit:check	Passes
pnpm extension:build	Done, in its own commit

The one failure was cd-diagnosis-real, "credits a signal written in a timer…". It failed once under load and passed 10 out of 10 runs alone, both on this branch and without it, so it is a timing flake in an existing test, not caused by this branch.

Browser check: the Plugins and Injectors tabs show no axe violations in dark or light, and no overflow at 1280 or 360 px. The example plugin's confirm-then-run action worked. The hook timed 299 providers and an exact first stable.

Not covered

• Plugin actions don't post "Agent ran …" to the hub messages.
• There is no Dashboard card for startup timing.
• Providers created by environment initializers before profiling turns on are not timed. Components and directives also appear in the list, because Angular creates them through injectors. The docs say so.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added a Plugins tab for viewing plugin status, details, and reported data, with filtering and configurable actions.
  • Added startup timing details to the Injectors inspector, including Angular startup milestones and provider timings when available.
  • Added plugin APIs for page views, actions, server-side tools, and shared state.
  • Added a sample travel plugin with booking and saved-destination tools.
• Documentation
  • Added guides and reference material for plugins, startup timing, and related configuration.

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📝 Walkthrough

The change adds page and server plugin APIs, reporting and action handling, a conditional Plugins panel, and a Travel example. It also adds Angular startup timing collection, reporting, an Injectors inspector section, agent tools, and supporting documentation.

Changes: Plugin inspection

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Plugin contracts, views, and configuration packages/devtools/src/plugin.ts, packages/devtools/src/plugin-view.ts, packages/devtools/src/config.ts, packages/devtools/package.json, packages/devtools/tsdown.config.ts, packages/devtools/src/__tests__/*	Adds page and server plugin contracts, sanitized view formats, plugin configuration switches, package exports, and tests for configuration and view conversion.
Page collection and actions packages/devtools/src/plugins-collector.ts, packages/devtools/src/overlay.ts, src/app/devtools/travel-plugin*, src/app/app.config.ts, packages/devtools/src/__tests__/plugins-collector.test.ts	Collects and reports page plugin views, applies paced refreshes, routes page actions, and registers the TravelStore page plugin.
Server plugin runtime and wiring packages/devtools/src/rpc/plugins-register.ts, packages/devtools/src/devframe.ts, packages/devtools/src/hub.ts, packages/devtools/src/vite.ts, packages/devtools/src/hub-messages.ts, packages/devtools/src/rpc/browser-tools.ts, src/server.ts, packages/devtools/src/__tests__/*	Validates plugin reports and server plugins, registers tools, stores plugin state, routes actions, and passes server plugins through host setup. Server-plugin tools remain MCP-only.
Plugins panel and supporting material app/src/app.ts, app/src/pages/plugin-view.ts, app/src/pages/plugins-inspector.ts, app/src/pages/tab-icon.ts, app/src/types/tab.types.ts, app/src/__tests__/plugins-view.test.ts, src/app/devtools/travel-plugin.server.ts, apps/docs/src/content/*, docs/CONTEXT.md, extension/ui/*	Adds the conditional Plugins tab and its view, filtering, status, action, and tool displays. Adds the Travel server tools and plugin documentation.

Startup timing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Startup recorder and hook packages/devtools/src/startup-recorder.ts, packages/devtools/src/startup-hook.ts, project.json, packages/devtools/src/__tests__/startup-timing.test.ts, packages/devtools/src/__tests__/startup-real.test.ts	Records Angular publication, bootstrap, stability, and provider timing. The hook installs the recorder automatically under its configured runtime conditions.
Startup reporting and server tool packages/devtools/src/startup-timing.ts, packages/devtools/src/rpc/startup-register.ts, packages/devtools/src/config.ts, packages/devtools/src/devframe.ts, packages/devtools/src/__tests__/startup-tools.test.ts	Collects startup reports, validates and stores reports for owned pages, and exposes startup timing through the Injectors inspector and agent tool.
Startup panel and documentation app/src/pages/startup-section.ts, app/src/pages/di-inspector.ts, app/src/__tests__/startup-section.test.ts, apps/docs/src/content/inspectors/injectors.md, apps/docs/src/content/agents/tools.md	Displays milestones and provider timings for a selected page and documents timing precision and hook setup.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant TravelStore
  participant provideTravelPangularPlugin
  participant attachPlugins
  participant registerPlugins
  participant PluginsInspector
  TravelStore->>provideTravelPangularPlugin: provide live plugin data
  provideTravelPangularPlugin->>attachPlugins: register page plugin
  attachPlugins->>registerPlugins: send plugin report
  registerPlugins->>PluginsInspector: expose plugin state

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sequenceDiagram
  participant attachStartup
  participant registerStartup
  participant StartupSection
  attachStartup->>registerStartup: send startup report
  registerStartup->>StartupSection: expose timing in shared state

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to ff503

The documented plugin-state visibility behavior matches the inspected configuration. No identified issue blocks merging after normal checks.

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Rewrite the sentence to remove the colon break and the passive voice.

The sentence puts two ideas in one sentence and joins them with a colon. Split it into one idea per sentence and use active voice.

Proposed fix

-The first stable time is exact when the overlay or the startup hook watched it happen. If the overlay loads after the app is stable, as when `main.ts` imports it after `whenStable()`, the row reads **First stable, at the latest**: the app was stable by the time the overlay looked.
+The first stable time is exact when the overlay or the startup hook watched it happen. If the overlay loads after the app is stable, the row reads **First stable, at the latest**. This happens, for example, when `main.ts` imports the overlay after `whenStable()`. The app was already stable when the overlay first checked.

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Update the explanation about the “First stable, at the latest” row to remove the
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Restore console.timeStamp in a finally block or in afterAll.

Line 58 restores the original console.timeStamp only after every assertion passes. If an assertion fails, the stub stays on the global console for the remaining tests in the worker. The recorder buffer also stays on globalThis, because the test never calls buffer.stop() on that path. Move both cleanup steps into afterAll.

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   afterAll(() => {
+    buffer?.stop?.();
+    console.timeStamp = stamp;
     app?.destroy();
     document.body.innerHTML = '';
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Review comments at @apps/docs/src/content/inspectors/injectors.md:
- Line 122: Update the explanation about the “First stable, at the latest” row
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