docs(#4484): correct native-plugin-install's install-time-config parity claim (#4579)

* docs(#4484): correct native-plugin-install's install-time-config parity claim

The doc claimed the plugin path and the npm installer "differ in
namespace and lifecycle only." False: the native plugin path
(claude plugin install, marketplace discovery, and the skills-dir
zero-friction load) materializes the repository tree directly and never
runs GSD's install engine, so install-time config baked into generated
artifact files at install time never applies there -- confirmed for
agent_tools (#4238/#4032, reproduced live in #4484: 35/35 files granted
via npm install, 0/35 via plugin install, even after
`claude plugin update`). model_overrides is the same architectural class
(install-time-only logic on the npm-install call tree, per
src/install-model-override-resolver.cts) but hedged, not claimed
confirmed, matching the issue's own hedging.

Reporter explicitly frames this as a docs-only fix: the code behavior
(zero install step on the plugin path) is presumably intentional design;
the bug is the doc's incorrect parity claim, not the missing
functionality. No code changed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs(#4484): backfill changeset PR number

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: sim <sim@local>
Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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**Corrected the native-plugin-install docs' parity claim** — the doc previously said the plugin path and the npm installer differ only in namespace and lifecycle. They also differ in whether install-time config applies at all: the native plugin path never runs GSD's install engine, so config like `agent_tools` that the npm installer bakes into generated artifacts at install time silently never applies there, even after `claude plugin update`. (#4484)

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### Claude Code — native plugin install ### Claude Code — native plugin install
GSD Core ships a `.claude-plugin/plugin.json` manifest, which enables installation and lifecycle management through the Claude Code plugin system. This path is **additive** — the npm installer above remains fully supported, and the two approaches differ in namespace and lifecycle only. GSD Core ships a `.claude-plugin/plugin.json` manifest, which enables installation and lifecycle management through the Claude Code plugin system. This path is **additive** — the npm installer above remains fully supported, and the two approaches differ in namespace and lifecycle.
**Install-time config does not apply here.** The native plugin path (this section, the skills-dir load below, and marketplace discovery) materializes the repository tree directly — there is no install step. Install-time config that the npm installer bakes into generated artifact files at install time (confirmed for `agent_tools`; the same applies architecturally to `model_overrides` and other install-time-only keys) is never applied on this path, and running `claude plugin update` does not change that. If your setup relies on install-time config, use the npm installer above.
**Install paths** **Install paths**