fix(installer): support local custom-source modules in resolveInstalledModuleYaml and TOML key (#2316)

- resolveInstalledModuleYaml: fall back to CustomModuleManager._resolutionCache for local
  custom-source modules (external cache path doesn't exist for these); refactor candidate-path
  search into shared searchRoot() helper; add *-setup/assets/module.yaml BMB standard path
- manifest-generator: use module code field (not display name) as TOML section key [modules.X]

Co-authored-by: cidemaxio <cidemaxio@users.noreply.github.com>

.github/workflows/publish.yaml

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
       - "src/**"
       - "tools/installer/**"
       - "package.json"
+      - "removals.txt"
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       channel:
@@ -135,6 +136,22 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
+      - name: Advance @next dist-tag to stable
+        if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.channel == 'latest'
+        # Failure here leaves @next stale until the next push-driven prerelease
+        # republishes — annoying but not release-breaking. Don't fail the job
+        # after a successful stable publish + tag + GH release.
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: |
+          # Without this, @latest can leapfrog @next (e.g. latest=6.5.0 while
+          # next=6.4.1-next.0) and `npx bmad-method@next install` silently
+          # downgrades users. Point @next at the just-published stable so
+          # @next >= @latest always holds; the next push-driven prerelease will
+          # bump from this base via the existing derive step above.
+          VERSION=$(node -p 'require("./package.json").version')
+          npm dist-tag add "bmad-method@${VERSION}" next
+          echo "Advanced @next dist-tag to ${VERSION}"
+
       - name: Notify Discord
         if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.channel == 'latest'
         continue-on-error: true

tools/installer/bmad-cli.js

@@ -23,13 +23,10 @@ checkForUpdate().catch(() => {
 
 async function checkForUpdate() {
   try {
-    // For beta versions, check the beta tag; otherwise check latest
+    // Prereleases (e.g. 6.5.1-next.0) live on the `next` dist-tag; stable
-    const isBeta =
+    // releases live on `latest`. semver.prerelease() returns null for stable,
-      packageJson.version.includes('Beta') ||
+    // so this correctly routes pre-1.0-next/rc/etc. without string matching.
-      packageJson.version.includes('beta') ||
+    const tag = semver.prerelease(packageJson.version) ? 'next' : 'latest';
-      packageJson.version.includes('alpha') ||
-      packageJson.version.includes('rc');
-    const tag = isBeta ? 'beta' : 'latest';
 
     const result = execSync(`npm view ${packageName}@${tag} version`, {
       encoding: 'utf8',

tools/installer/core/manifest-generator.js

@@ -435,6 +435,9 @@ class ManifestGenerator {
     // this means user-scoped keys (e.g. user_name) could mis-file into the
     // team config, so the operator should notice.
     const scopeByModuleKey = {};
+    // Maps installer moduleName (may be full display name) → module code field
+    // from module.yaml, so TOML sections use [modules.<code>] not [modules.<name>].
+    const codeByModuleName = {};
     for (const moduleName of this.updatedModules) {
       const moduleYamlPath = await resolveInstalledModuleYaml(moduleName);
       if (!moduleYamlPath) {
@@ -447,6 +450,7 @@ class ManifestGenerator {
       try {
         const parsed = yaml.parse(await fs.readFile(moduleYamlPath, 'utf8'));
         if (!parsed || typeof parsed !== 'object') continue;
+        if (parsed.code) codeByModuleName[moduleName] = parsed.code;
         scopeByModuleKey[moduleName] = {};
         for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(parsed)) {
           if (value && typeof value === 'object' && 'prompt' in value) {
@@ -545,6 +549,9 @@ class ManifestGenerator {
       if (moduleName === 'core') continue;
       const cfg = moduleConfigs[moduleName];
       if (!cfg || Object.keys(cfg).length === 0) continue;
+      // Use the module's code field from module.yaml as the TOML key so the
+      // section is [modules.mdo] not [modules.MDO: Maxio DevOps Operations].
+      const sectionKey = codeByModuleName[moduleName] || moduleName;
       // Only filter out spread-from-core pollution when we actually know
       // this module's prompt schema. For external/marketplace modules whose
       // module.yaml isn't in the src tree, fall through as all-team so we
@@ -552,14 +559,14 @@ class ManifestGenerator {
       const haveSchema = Object.keys(scopeByModuleKey[moduleName] || {}).length > 0;
       const { team: modTeam, user: modUser } = partition(moduleName, cfg, haveSchema);
       if (Object.keys(modTeam).length > 0) {
-        teamLines.push(`[modules.${moduleName}]`);
+        teamLines.push(`[modules.${sectionKey}]`);
         for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(modTeam)) {
           teamLines.push(`${key} = ${formatTomlValue(value)}`);
         }
         teamLines.push('');
       }
       if (Object.keys(modUser).length > 0) {
-        userLines.push(`[modules.${moduleName}]`);
+        userLines.push(`[modules.${sectionKey}]`);
         for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(modUser)) {
           userLines.push(`${key} = ${formatTomlValue(value)}`);
         }

tools/installer/project-root.js

@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ function getExternalModuleCachePath(moduleName, ...segments) {
  * Built-in modules (core, bmm) live under <src>. External official modules are
  * cloned into ~/.bmad/cache/external-modules/<name>/ with varying internal
  * layouts (some at src/module.yaml, some at skills/module.yaml, some nested).
+ * Local custom-source modules are not cached; their path is read from the
+ * CustomModuleManager resolution cache set during the same install run.
  * This mirrors the candidate-path search in
  * ExternalModuleManager.findExternalModuleSource but performs no git/network
  * work, which keeps it safe to call during manifest writing.
@@ -97,14 +99,13 @@ async function resolveInstalledModuleYaml(moduleName) {
   const builtIn = path.join(getModulePath(moduleName), 'module.yaml');
   if (await fs.pathExists(builtIn)) return builtIn;
 
-  const cacheRoot = getExternalModuleCachePath(moduleName);
+  // Search a resolved root directory using the same candidate-path pattern.
-  if (!(await fs.pathExists(cacheRoot))) return null;
+  async function searchRoot(root) {
-
     for (const dir of ['skills', 'src']) {
-    const direct = path.join(cacheRoot, dir, 'module.yaml');
+      const direct = path.join(root, dir, 'module.yaml');
       if (await fs.pathExists(direct)) return direct;
 
-    const dirPath = path.join(cacheRoot, dir);
+      const dirPath = path.join(root, dir);
       if (await fs.pathExists(dirPath)) {
         const entries = await fs.readdir(dirPath, { withFileTypes: true });
         for (const entry of entries) {
@@ -115,8 +116,39 @@ async function resolveInstalledModuleYaml(moduleName) {
       }
     }
 
-  const atRoot = path.join(cacheRoot, 'module.yaml');
+    // BMB standard: {setup-skill}/assets/module.yaml (setup skill is any *-setup directory)
+    const rootEntries = await fs.readdir(root, { withFileTypes: true });
+    for (const entry of rootEntries) {
+      if (!entry.isDirectory() || !entry.name.endsWith('-setup')) continue;
+      const setupAssets = path.join(root, entry.name, 'assets', 'module.yaml');
+      if (await fs.pathExists(setupAssets)) return setupAssets;
+    }
+
+    const atRoot = path.join(root, 'module.yaml');
     if (await fs.pathExists(atRoot)) return atRoot;
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const cacheRoot = getExternalModuleCachePath(moduleName);
+  if (await fs.pathExists(cacheRoot)) {
+    const found = await searchRoot(cacheRoot);
+    if (found) return found;
+  }
+
+  // Fallback: local custom-source modules store their source path in the
+  // CustomModuleManager resolution cache populated during the same install run.
+  // Match by code OR name since callers may use either form.
+  try {
+    const { CustomModuleManager } = require('./modules/custom-module-manager');
+    for (const [, mod] of CustomModuleManager._resolutionCache) {
+      if ((mod.code === moduleName || mod.name === moduleName) && mod.localPath) {
+        const found = await searchRoot(mod.localPath);
+        if (found) return found;
+      }
+    }
+  } catch {
+    // Resolution cache unavailable — continue
+  }
 
   return null;
 }

tools/installer/ui.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const path = require('node:path');
 const os = require('node:os');
 const semver = require('semver');
 const fs = require('./fs-native');
+const installerPackageJson = require('../../package.json');
 const { CLIUtils } = require('./cli-utils');
 const { ExternalModuleManager } = require('./modules/external-manager');
 const { resolveModuleVersion } = require('./modules/version-resolver');
@@ -128,6 +129,24 @@ class UI {
       await prompts.log.warn(warning);
     }
 
+    // When the user launched the installer from a prerelease (npx bmad-method@next),
+    // mirror that intent for external modules: seed the global channel to 'next' so
+    // the module picker's version labels resolve from main HEAD (matching what
+    // actually gets installed) and the interactive channel gate skips — the user
+    // already declared "next" intent by typing @next. Explicit channel flags
+    // override this seed.
+    if (
+      semver.prerelease(installerPackageJson.version) !== null &&
+      !channelOptions.global &&
+      channelOptions.nextSet.size === 0 &&
+      channelOptions.pins.size === 0
+    ) {
+      channelOptions.global = 'next';
+      await prompts.log.info(
+        'Launched from a prerelease — installing all external modules from main HEAD (next channel). Pass --all-stable or --pin to override.',
+      );
+    }
+
     // Get directory from options or prompt
     let confirmedDirectory;
     if (options.directory) {
@@ -332,8 +351,10 @@ class UI {
 
     // Interactive channel gate: "Ready to install (all stable)? [Y/n]"
     // Only shown for fresh installs with no channel flags and an external module
-    // selected. Non-interactive installs skip this and fall through to the
+    // selected. Skipped for prerelease launches because channelOptions.global
-    // registry default (stable) or whatever flags were supplied.
+    // was already seeded to 'next' upstream. Non-interactive installs skip this
+    // and fall through to the registry default (stable) or whatever flags were
+    // supplied.
     await this._interactiveChannelGate({ options, channelOptions, selectedModules });
 
     let toolSelection = await this.promptToolSelection(confirmedDirectory, options);
@@ -1783,7 +1804,9 @@ class UI {
    *
    * Skipped when:
    *   - running non-interactively (--yes)
-   *   - the user already passed channel flags (--channel / --pin / --next)
+   *   - the user already passed channel flags (--channel / --pin / --next), OR
+   *     the installer was launched from a prerelease (which seeds
+   *     channelOptions.global = 'next' upstream in promptInstall)
    *   - no externals/community modules are selected
    *
    * Mutates channelOptions.pins and channelOptions.nextSet to reflect picker choices.