feat(claude-code): expose settings and loaded skills

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Changes

Closes #1113.

• Adds settingSources to ClaudeCodeTextConfig and forwards it to Claude Code's --setting-sources flag.
• Surfaces the SDK init message's loaded skills in the existing claude-code.session-id custom event.
• Preserves the prior default setting source (user) and normalizes omitted SDK skills to an empty array.

Checklist

• I have followed the steps in the Contributing guide.
• I have tested this code locally with pnpm run test:pr. It was started, but the unrelated React Native Expo smoke stage did not complete locally.

Release Impact

• This change affects published code, and I have generated a changeset.

Test plan

• pnpm --filter @tanstack/ai-claude-code test:lib -- --run tests/text-adapter.test.ts tests/translate.test.ts
• pnpm --filter @tanstack/ai-claude-code test:types
• pnpm --filter @tanstack/ai-claude-code test:oxlint
• pnpm --filter @tanstack/ai-claude-code test:build
• pnpm exec oxfmt --check ...
• git diff origin/main...HEAD --check

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added configuration to select Claude Code setting sources: user, project, or local.
  • Session metadata now reports skills loaded during initialization.
  • When no skills are reported, session metadata provides an empty list.

• Bug Fixes

  • Configured setting sources are now correctly passed to Claude Code.
  • When setting sources are omitted, user settings remain the default.

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Walkthrough

The Claude Code adapter configures CLI setting sources and forwards loaded skills from SDK init messages through session metadata events. Tests cover custom sources, default sources, populated skills, and empty-skill defaults. A changeset documents the update.

Changes

Claude Code adapter updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Setting source configuration packages/ai-claude-code/src/adapters/text.ts, packages/ai-claude-code/tests/text-adapter.test.ts	Adds supported setting-source types and configuration. CLI arguments use configured sources and default to user. Tests cover project,local and the default.
Skill metadata forwarding packages/ai-claude-code/src/stream/sdk-types.ts, packages/ai-claude-code/src/stream/translate.ts, packages/ai-claude-code/tests/translate.test.ts, .changeset/pink-skills-dance.md	Adds optional SDK skill data and includes it in session metadata. Missing skills become an empty array. Tests cover both cases, and the changeset documents the update.

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This change adds settings-source configuration and exposes loaded skills without a supplied merge-blocking correctness or production risk; it is merge-ready after normal checks and review.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ClaudeSDK
  participant translateSdkStream
  participant SessionMetadata
  ClaudeSDK->>translateSdkStream: Send init message with skills
  translateSdkStream->>SessionMetadata: Emit CUSTOM session event with skills

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes exposing Claude Code settings and loaded skills.
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Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The implementation meets issue #1113 by forwarding setting sources and exposing normalized loaded skills in session metadata.
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Thanks for the PR, @mikemikimike! 🙌 @tombeckenham will take a look.

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