feat(create-plugin): extend experimental-app-sdk to Go backends - #2856
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Adds opt-in support for `grafana-app-sdk` via feature flag or `add`: ``` $ create-plugin --feature-flags=experimentalAppSdk $ create-plugin add experimental-app-sdk ``` Code generation runs through `npm run generate:kinds`, a convenience script to download the grafana-app-sdk binary and run it. This change covers frontend-only app plugins: `kinds/config.cue` sets `codegen: goEnabled: false`, so no Go code, go.mod dependency, or backend is involved. Validation/mutation/conversion and custom routes are not supported. Summary of changes: - templates/app-sdk/: CUE kinds, the generate script, and a README - kinds/config.cue writes the manifest straight into src/app-sdk-manifest.json, so the frontend build's existing **/*.json copy pattern picks it up with no dedicated copy step - docker-compose.yaml: enable the plugins.appSDKManifest feature toggle - AGENTS/: app-sdk.md and edit to instructions.md to point at it
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Extends the `experimental-app-sdk addition` to wire up a plugin's Go backend, for app plugins that have one. When a backend is present: - kinds/config.cue: flips `codegen: goEnabled: true` and sets `goGenPath`, so code generation also emits Go types alongside the existing TypeScript output - pkg/provider/provider.go: new template scaffolding the app.Provider/app.App. - pkg/main.go: replaces the plain `app.Manage(...)` call with the app-sdk's `plugin.Run` helper (best effort, significantly reworked main.go's will need manual intervention). Both edits are idempotent and bail out safely (skip + warn) if main.go has already diverged from the scaffolded shape they expect.
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Extends the
add experimental-app-sdkto wire up a plugin's Go backend,for app plugins that have one. When a backend is present:
codegen: goEnabled: trueand setsgoGenPath, socode generation also emits Go types alongside the existing TypeScript output
app.Manage(...)call with the app-sdk'splugin.Runhelper (best effort, significantly reworked main.go's will needmanual intervention).
Both edits are idempotent and bail out safely (skip + warn) if main.go has
already diverged from the scaffolded shape they expect.
Part of #2842