fix(cli): add --skip-install flag to init, fix e2e test timeout

- Add --skip-install flag to nerve init for testing/offline use
- Use --skip-install in e2e tests to avoid real pnpm install
- Reduce e2e init test timeout from 60s to 10s

Closes #181

packages/cli/src/__tests__/e2e-validate-init.test.ts

@@ -192,11 +192,11 @@ describe("e2e init", () => {
     }
   });
 
-  it("init --force creates workspace layout", { timeout: 60_000 }, async () => {
+  it("init --force creates workspace layout", { timeout: 10_000 }, async () => {
     fakeHome = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "nerve-init-e2e-"));
     const nerveRoot = join(fakeHome, ".uncaged-nerve");
 
-    const result = await runTestCli(fakeHome, ["init", "--force"]);
+    const result = await runTestCli(fakeHome, ["init", "--force", "--skip-install"]);
     // init should exit 0 (install/git failures are warnings, not fatal)
     expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
     expect(result.stdout).toContain("✅");
@@ -213,10 +213,10 @@ describe("e2e init", () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it("generated nerve.yaml passes validate", { timeout: 60_000 }, async () => {
+  it("generated nerve.yaml passes validate", { timeout: 10_000 }, async () => {
     fakeHome = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "nerve-init-e2e-"));
 
-    await runTestCli(fakeHome, ["init", "--force"]);
+    await runTestCli(fakeHome, ["init", "--force", "--skip-install"]);
 
     const validateResult = await runTestCli(fakeHome, ["validate"]);
     expect(validateResult.exitCode).toBe(0);

packages/cli/src/commands/init.ts

@@ -240,9 +240,14 @@ const initWorkspaceCommand = defineCommand({
       description: "Reinitialize even if workspace already exists (preserves data/)",
       default: false,
     },
+    "skip-install": {
+      type: "boolean",
+      description: "Skip dependency installation (for testing or offline use)",
+      default: false,
+    },
   },
   async run({ args }) {
-    await runInitWorkspace(args.force);
+    await runInitWorkspace(args.force, args["skip-install"]);
   },
 });
 
@@ -334,7 +339,7 @@ async function runInitFromGit(url: string): Promise<void> {
   );
 }
 
-async function runInitWorkspace(force: boolean): Promise<void> {
+async function runInitWorkspace(force: boolean, skipInstall = false): Promise<void> {
   const nerveRoot = getNerveRoot();
 
   if (existsSync(nerveRoot) && !force) {
@@ -357,21 +362,23 @@ async function runInitWorkspace(force: boolean): Promise<void> {
     CPU_MIGRATION_SQL,
   );
 
-  process.stdout.write("Installing dependencies…\n");
-  const { cmd, installArgs } = await detectPackageManager();
-  try {
-    await runCommand(cmd, installArgs, nerveRoot);
-  } catch {
-    process.stdout.write(
-      `⚠️ Install failed. Try manually:\n   cd ${nerveRoot} && ${cmd} ${installArgs.join(" ")}\n`,
-    );
-  }
+  if (!skipInstall) {
+    process.stdout.write("Installing dependencies…\n");
+    const { cmd, installArgs } = await detectPackageManager();
+    try {
+      await runCommand(cmd, installArgs, nerveRoot);
+    } catch {
+      process.stdout.write(
+        `⚠️ Install failed. Try manually:\n   cd ${nerveRoot} && ${cmd} ${installArgs.join(" ")}\n`,
+      );
+    }
 
-  if (!(await verifyNodeSqlite())) {
-    process.stdout.write(
-      "⚠️ Built-in SQLite (node:sqlite) is not available in this Node.js build. " +
-        "The daemon requires Node.js 22.5 or newer with SQLite enabled.\n",
-    );
+    if (!(await verifyNodeSqlite())) {
+      process.stdout.write(
+        "⚠️ Built-in SQLite (node:sqlite) is not available in this Node.js build. " +
+          "The daemon requires Node.js 22.5 or newer with SQLite enabled.\n",
+      );
+    }
   }
 
   if (!existsSync(join(nerveRoot, ".git"))) {
@@ -406,6 +413,11 @@ export const initCommand = defineCommand({
       description: "Clone an existing git repo into ~/.uncaged-nerve instead of scaffolding",
       required: false,
     },
+    "skip-install": {
+      type: "boolean",
+      description: "Skip dependency installation (for testing or offline use)",
+      default: false,
+    },
   },
   subCommands: {
     workflow: initWorkflowCommand,
@@ -416,6 +428,6 @@ export const initCommand = defineCommand({
       await runInitFromGit(String(args.from));
       return;
     }
-    await runInitWorkspace(args.force);
+    await runInitWorkspace(args.force, args["skip-install"]);
   },
 });