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Manual registry commands exist for advanced setup and troubleshooting.
Most users should rely on provider discovery. Discovery is safer because it uses provider-specific evidence to find sessions and populate the registry. But there are cases where manual registry control is useful: testing a new provider edge, repairing a stale row, adding a remote target, or reproducing a support scenario.
A manual add operation should capture the important identity fields:
– display name;
– provider surface;
– provider session id;
– node id when applicable;
– source;
– sender address or raw metadata when applicable.
The point is not to create arbitrary names with no proof. The point is to give support and advanced operators a way to model a target explicitly when they know what they are doing.
Manual removal is equally important. Stale rows can cause wrong-target sends. Old provider names can survive rename work. A chat can be deleted while its registry row remains. Removing a bad row is sometimes the cleanest fix.
Manual registry commands should be treated as sharp tools. They should not be the normal onboarding path for supported providers. If manual registry editing becomes common, discovery or installer behavior probably needs improvement.
The best product balance is clear: discovery first, manual registry control for repair and advanced cases.
Manual add and remove commands make AxiOwl more inspectable without making the registry a free-for-all.