paperclipai/paperclip · error

Plugin ${packageName}: ${String(err)}

Error message

Plugin ${packageName}: ${String(err)}

What it means

Discovery wrapper: loadManifestFromPath threw while discovering a candidate plugin package; the error is rethrown prefixed with the package name so callers can aggregate per-package failures into their errors array. The underlying manifest problem is at fault.

Source

Thrown at server/src/services/plugin-loader.ts:1447

        packageName,
        version,
        source,
        manifest: null,
      };
    }

    try {
      const manifest = await loadManifestFromPath(manifestPath);
      return {
        packagePath,
        packageName,
        version,
        source,
        manifest,
      };
    } catch (err) {
      // Rethrow with context — callers catch and route to the errors array
      throw new Error(
        `Plugin ${packageName}: ${String(err)}`,
      );
    }
  }

  // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
  // Public API
  // -------------------------------------------------------------------------

  return {
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    // discoverAll
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------

    async discoverAll(npmSearchDirs?: string[]): Promise<PluginDiscoveryResult> {
      const allDiscovered: DiscoveredPlugin[] = [];
      const allErrors: Array<{ packagePath: string; packageName: string; error: string }> = [];
      const sources: PluginSource[] = [];

View on GitHub (pinned to 120ae5428f)

Solutions

1. Investigate the wrapped error for the named plugin (build, install, or load failure), fix the root cause, and retry the operation.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at server/src/services/plugin-loader.ts:1447 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of paperclipai/paperclip@120ae5428f (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/e16b18b083f9a2de. Report an issue: GitHub.