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feat(plugins): plugins add panels, commands, styles and agent tools without a fork - #33606
People who want a right panel, a command, a different layout or an agent tool in T3 Code keep a fork today and rebase it every release. In #31472, one fork adds 8 right panels with about 18 edits across T3's panel code, and other comments ask for layout changes that are personal preferences T3 shouldn't have to ship one setting at a time.
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A plugin is a folder with a t3-plugin.json that you drop onto Settings → Plugins. It installs turned off, on one environment, and can have any of these:
Themes and styles. Files in themes/ and styles/, with no code. Main areas carry data-t3-region names and the SDK lists the theme tokens T3 keeps, so plugin CSS doesn't depend on class names.
A server half that runs in the environment's server. It registers RPC methods and channels, keeps storage, gets a settings form drawn from its JSON Schema with t3-secret fields kept in the secret store, and adds MCP tools that agents see.
A web half that loads in the app with T3's own React and UI kit. It adds right panels, command palette commands users can bind to keys, a settings panel and assets, and it can redraw the composer's control row, the sidebar or the Settings frame from pieces T3 hands over.
@t3tools/plugin-sdk types both halves, and its Vite preset builds a web half. examples/quick-notes and examples/settings-pages are working plugins. The guides are in docs/user/plugins.md, docs/internals/plugins.md and packages/plugin-sdk/README.md.
How it stays safe and cheap:
Plugins are trusted code with no sandbox. The docs and the Plugins page say so, and the permissions a manifest lists are shown but not enforced.
A plugin fails alone. Every call has a deadline, unhandled rejections are tied to their plugin, a plugin that ends the server while starting stays off on the next start, and t3 --no-plugins starts with none running.
With no plugins, startup JS grows about 19 KB minified (7.4 KB gzipped, 6 more chunks) against this nightly. The loader downloads only when a plugin has a web half, no database opens, and nothing runs per message.
Each browser picks the environments it loads plugin UI from. Uploads go to a signed, single-use HTTP URL, and each plugin file fetch carries a DPoP proof over T3 Connect.
The mobile app shows no plugin UI. Plugin state lives in plugins.json and plugins.sqlite, outside settings.json and statev2.sqlite.
One choice needs a maintainer's call: once a server plugin is on, the failure guard wraps the process's unhandledRejection listeners, so T3's own unhandled rejections pass through it too.
This is 202 files and about 16,000 lines. I can split it into a series of smaller PRs if you'd rather review it that way.
Scope and approval
Proposed in #31472, with a working build and community feedback. No maintainer has approved the direction or scope yet.
Verification
vp run check:changed passes on this commit: format, lint, knip, typecheck of 42 packages, the changed packages' tests and the React Compiler check.
Focused tests cover install, update and rollback, uninstall, duplicate ids, unreadable folders, the starting mark and --no-plugins, the failure guard, deadlines and the 256 KB result cap, settings with secrets and the save and remove race, storage, MCP tool limits, upload URLs (forged, expired, reused and oversized), file serving with symlinks, the web loader across environments, right panels, redrawn parts, styles, theme tokens, region names and the SDK's Vite preset.
Screenshots from a dev build with a fresh database, a demo project and the 2 example plugins:
Before
After
Quick notes adds a right panel
Settings pages shows Settings beside the sidebar
Settings → Plugins
A real Claude Haiku 5.5 turn on a dev server called the mcp-plugin fixture's 2 tools, which agents see as plg_mcp-plugin_echo and plg_mcp-plugin_touch. They returned {"echoed":"plugin check"} and {"touches":1}, and the server's tools/call spans succeeded.
Not checked: this commit on Windows, macOS or mobile, and a plugin's write tool while tool approvals are on (the test turn ran with permissions bypassed). Earlier builds of this branch ran as a Windows desktop app with several plugins.
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This change set adds plugin contracts, server and browser plugin support, published theme handling, and desktop window background updates. It also adds the plugin SDK, examples, documentation, tests, and workspace integration.
Desktop settings now persist normalized window backgrounds. The desktop bridge synchronizes them with windows and connecting splashes. The Electron protocol allows blob: for plugin scripts and fonts.
Plugin contracts and SDK packages/contracts/*, packages/plugin-sdk/*, packages/client-runtime/*, knip.jsonc, package.json, scripts/release-smoke.ts
Shared contracts define plugin manifests, states, RPCs, uploads, keybindings, and theme fields. The SDK adds server and web APIs, atom declarations, Vite bundling, examples, fixtures, and workspace checks.
Server plugin lifecycle and persistence apps/server/src/plugins/*, apps/server/src/auth/*, apps/server/src/cli/*, apps/server/src/config.ts, apps/server/src/environment/*, apps/server/package.json
Server code discovers, activates, installs, links, uninstalls, tracks, and persists plugins. It adds plugin settings, storage, failure handling, theme integration, authorization scopes, and the --no-plugins option.
Server plugin APIs and transport apps/server/src/plugins/*, apps/server/src/mcp/*, apps/server/src/http.ts, apps/server/src/ws.ts, apps/server/src/server.ts, apps/server/src/observability/*
Server transport exposes plugin RPCs, signed uploads, MCP tools, and authenticated web-file serving. The server runtime composes the plugin services and routes.
Browser plugin runtime and UI apps/web/src/plugins/*, apps/web/src/components/*, apps/web/src/routes/*, apps/web/src/state/plugins.ts, apps/web/src/rightPanelStore.ts
The browser loads plugin bundles and styles, registers plugin UI contributions, and renders plugin panels and settings. Plugin commands appear in the command palette and keybinding options. Settings pages, sidebar behavior, composer controls, and T3 region markers are also updated.
Published themes and theme propagation apps/server/src/environmentTheme.ts, apps/web/src/themePalette.ts, apps/web/src/hooks/*, apps/web/index.html, packages/shared/src/themePalettes.ts, packages/contracts/src/server.ts
Theme handling adds published theme metadata, local caching, plugin theme discovery, artwork rules, radius and status colors, and canvas-color synchronization with desktop windows.
Supporting integration and documentation docs/*, packages/client-runtime/src/state/*, packages/contracts/src/*, apps/server/src/*, apps/web/src/*
The changes add plugin environment capability and client runtime wiring, update authorization and observability, register the Plugins settings route, and document plugin APIs and usage.
A failed plugin removal can leave settings, secrets or stored data behind without a normal retry. Plugin loading and composer interactions also have narrower issues; address these risks before merging.
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Remove the startup-size narrative from this internal doc.
This paragraph lists a byte count, a chunk count, and the names of several files and chunks. A reader can get this from the bundle output and the source. The numbers will go stale after the next change to the starter or the contracts.
Keep only the durable constraint: when no plugins are installed, the plugin system must stay small in startup chunks. Add the reason, and name the lazy-loading boundary that protects it. Put the measured sizes in the PR description.
As per coding guidelines: "Do not document every feature, enumerate fields or methods, narrate control flow, maintain file catalogs, or append PR summaries."
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Remove the byte counts, chunk counts, file and chunk catalog, and control-flow
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Fix the line wrap in the server-restart paragraph.
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Review comments at @apps/server/src/plugins/pluginsConfig.ts:
- Around line 172-188: Update recordCrash to omit the starting list from the
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and crashed updates. This prevents recoverStarting from attributing a known
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Review comments at @packages/plugin-sdk/examples/quick-notes/web.tsx:
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I compared the server SDK, web SDK and guides at this head with the earlier capabilities and examples. Agent tools, settings, write-only secrets, storage, panels and palette commands are already represented here. The remaining use cases are:
Turn notifications: a supported server-side subscription to run.finalized / run.finalization-failed, plus notifications that can open the originating thread on connected clients. The earlier turn-notifier example uses both. Its event delivery has an acknowledged cursor and stable delivery IDs so handlers can deduplicate retries and resume after a restart.
Thread statuses: set/clear a small, attributed status on a thread, removed when its plugin stops. The earlier machine-label example combines this with settings and turn events. A right panel or toast serves a different purpose from a label visible beside the thread header.
Native client contributions: read-only plugin/settings visibility on mobile, notifications, statuses and declared actions rendered by the native client. This can work without loading plugin JavaScript on mobile. The earlier actions also appear in composer / and thread menus; this SDK currently exposes palette/keybinding commands.
The three example plugins are useful migration cases: todo-count appears portable to mcp.registerTool already; turn-notifier and machine-label need the hooks above. That portability is based on source inspection, not a tested port.
Other capabilities from the earlier proposal worth making an explicit follow-up decision on are bounded pre-send context enrichment, opt-in approval handlers that leave unanswered requests with the user, and npm installation/updates with integrity checks. These can be scoped separately.
There is also a deliberate availability tradeoff to settle: the earlier host used supervised child processes; this proposal runs server plugins in-process and documents that a CPU loop can stall the server and plugin timers can survive disable. The child process was an availability boundary, not a security sandbox.
Could we agree which of these use cases belong in this platform’s initial scope and which should be follow-ups? The existing examples can serve as concrete acceptance cases.
…ithout a fork
A plugin is a folder with a t3-plugin.json that a user drops onto Settings → Plugins. It installs
turned off on one environment, and can ship themes and styles, a server half (RPC methods and
channels, storage, settings with secrets in the secret store, and MCP tools for agents) and a web
half that loads with T3's own React and UI kit (right panels, commands, a settings panel, assets,
and redrawing the composer's control row, the sidebar and the Settings frame). @t3tools/plugin-sdk
types both halves and builds a web half.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/chat/useTimelineFollow.ts:
- Around line 217-218: Update the readerScrolledVisit lifecycle in the
timeline-follow logic so it is cleared when the reader returns to the end,
including through scrollToEnd, but not on the transient onIsAtEndChange(true)
event that can occur during the first scroll within the end band; ensure
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Review comments at @apps/web/src/themePalette.ts:
- Around line 1351-1357: Update themeAllowsSidebarArtwork to resolve the active
definition using the established theme-resolution path, then allow artwork only
when that definition is not custom and has sidebarArtwork enabled. Exclude
custom definitions even when cached with sidebarArtwork set, while preserving
the existing behavior for eligible published themes.
Review comments at @docs/user/plugins.md:
- Around line 47-48: Update the plugin settings instructions in the paragraph
near “Each setting saves” to distinguish regular form fields from the JSON
editor: explain that regular fields save on change or when focus leaves the
field, while JSON edits require selecting Save. Make clear that users should
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Clear readerScrolledVisit when the timeline returns to the end.
After the reader scrolls up and returns to the end, a later minimap jump can set tellComposer again and fold the composer.
Clear the marker on return to the end, including scrollToEnd. Preserve it during the first reader scroll: onIsAtEndChange(true) can fire while that scroll is still within the end band.
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Update the readerScrolledVisit lifecycle in the timeline-follow logic so it is
cleared when the reader returns to the end, including through scrollToEnd, but
not on the transient onIsAtEndChange(true) event that can occur during the first
scroll within the end band; ensure tellComposer cannot reuse a stale marker for
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Respect custom-theme precedence for sidebar artwork.
When a custom theme shadows an artwork-enabled published theme, this lookup still finds the published theme and allows artwork. Resolve the active definition and exclude custom definitions, including cached ones that may retain sidebarArtwork.
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--- "a/apps/web/src/themePalette.ts"+++ "b/apps/web/src/themePalette.ts"@@ -1348,13 +1348,12 @@
}
/** Built-in themes and published ones, such as a plugin's, can allow it; custom themes can't. */
export function themeAllowsSidebarArtwork(theme: ThemePreference): boolean {
- const themeId = themeIdFromPreference(theme);- const definition =- BUILT_IN_THEME_DEFINITIONS.find((candidate) => candidate.id === themeId) ??- getEnvironmentThemes().find((candidate) => candidate.id === themeId);- return definition?.sidebarArtwork === true;+ const definition = getThemeDefinition(theme);+ return definition !== null &&+ !getCustomThemes().includes(definition) &&+ definition.sidebarArtwork === true;
}
/** Every selection path must check single-appearance themes to keep mix and appearance tiles in sync. */
export function singleAppearanceOf(theme: ThemeDefinition): ThemeAppearance | null {
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Distinguish form saving from JSON saving.
When a plugin’s settings use the JSON editor, leaving the field does not save the edit. The user must select Save. Change this instruction so users do not lose edits when they close settings. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
As per coding guidelines, “docs/user/ helps users accomplish tasks” and should explain “anything unintuitive.”
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Update the plugin settings instructions in the paragraph near “Each setting
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I'd keep this PR's scope as it is and take all of these as follow-ups. It's already 202 files and about 16,000 lines, and no maintainer has approved its direction yet. Each use case below adds to the SDK without changing what's here, so each can be its own PR once this one lands, with your examples as the acceptance cases.
I checked server.ts and web.ts at this head, and your summary matches them. In the order I'd take them:
Turn events and notifications. A server API that follows run.finalized and run.finalization-failed, with acknowledged delivery so a handler can resume after a restart, plus a notification that opens its thread. turn-notifier is the acceptance case.
Thread statuses. A small attributed label beside the thread header that goes away when its plugin stops. machine-label is the acceptance case.
Native clients. Statuses, notifications and declared actions are data, so mobile can show them without loading plugin code. That fits once 1 and 2 exist, and composer / and thread menu actions belong in the same change.
Pre-send context, approval handlers and npm installs. Each needs its own decision. Approval handlers change the permission model, so I'd want a maintainer's view before building one.
The process model is the one point that affects this PR itself. I chose in-process to keep the host small, and the cost is real: a plugin that blocks the event loop stalls the server, and timers it starts outlive a disable. A child process would remove both, along with the open question in the description about wrapping the server's unhandledRejection listeners, at the cost of an IPC layer. The server API is async calls, callbacks and plain values, so I expect moving server halves into a child process later wouldn't change plugin code, though I haven't tried it. I'd ship in-process and revisit if a maintainer wants that boundary now.
fixed the ChatComposer "Add to chat" finding in 2 lines: when the composer is folded, addTerminalContext now marks it focused before focusing the insertion cursor, so the editor is visible and the cursor is kept.
skipped the RightPanelTabs typeahead finding: the add-panel menu's single-key shortcuts are main's behavior, and plugin items stay reachable by arrow keys and click.
vp run check:changed on a blacksmith testbox: format, lint, knip, typecheck of 42 packages, 77 test files (1055 tests) and react compiler pass.
not verified at runtime: the composer fix (needs a plugin with scroll-fold on, a scrolled thread and a terminal selection). the runtime verification below was done at 4051d5ed5e.
Takeover update at ea641009fa
merged current main twice with merge commits (no rebase). one conflict in RightPanelTabs.tsx: main renamed the volume icons to Volume2Icon/VolumeOffIcon from lucide-react, so the stray lucide import goes and the Puzzle plugin icon stays. dropped the isElectron import in Sidebar.tsx, which main's fix(web): opening the terminal with Cmd+J no longer re-renders the whole sidebar #33129 left unused once this pr moved the sidebar chrome into the layout.
regenerated pnpm-lock.yaml from main's lockfile; the auto-merged one was broken. the delta is the same 21 lines this pr added before (the plugin-sdk importer and two workspace links).
the three open coderabbit threads (useTimelineFollow marker, custom-theme sidebar artwork, json settings docs) are already fixed on the head by the previous update.
vp run check:changed on a blacksmith testbox: format, lint, knip, typecheck of 42 packages and react compiler pass. 76 of 77 test files pass.
the one failure, RightPanelTabs.browser.test.tsx "a flick ... a swipe from the edge goes back", is also red on main since 11611419f3 (main ci runs 42967142911 and 42968435394), so it fails here too and is left for main to fix.
the runtime verification below was done at 4051d5ed5e and was not repeated.
Takeover update at 1f7be4bae8
merged current main with a merge commit. two conflicts: Sidebar.tsx (main moved ThreadContextDragGhost out, this pr moved SidebarChromeHeader into the layout, so both lines go) and ChatView.browser.test.tsx (kept both new tests).
fixed four review findings in 12 lines:
themeAllowsSidebarArtwork now resolves through getThemeDefinition, so a custom theme that shadows a published theme's id no longer keeps its sidebar artwork. extended the existing id-collision test.
useTimelineFollow clears the reader-scrolled marker when the timeline returns to the end or scrollToEnd runs, so a later minimap or find jump can't fold the composer. it also clears the refold baseline there (the follow-up finding on that change).
docs/user/plugins.md says JSON settings save only on Save.
the recordCrash, quick-notes and build.ts findings were already fixed on the head.
vp run check:changed passed on a blacksmith testbox: format, lint, knip, typecheck of 42 packages, 75 test files, react compiler.
the previous runtime verification below was done at 4051d5ed5e and was not repeated after these changes.
Earlier verification (gpt-6.1-sol)
Verified in a real dev environment
verified as-is at 4051d5ed5ee84dfe399308f0b0899a6e8e1bc6f0 on a disposable linux vm, using playwright 1.60 from the repo and /usr/bin/google-chrome against the real background dev server.
baseline: checked out github/main at 4c924ff4e6, ran vp i, created a real git project through the client, and completed a codex gpt-6.1-sol turn. main has no plugins settings or plugin panel.
pr: checked out the exact head, ran vp i, built the shipped examples, and ran vp run dev with isolated state. main's server was stopped first.
installed quick notes and settings pages through settings > plugins > choose folder. both installed off. enabled quick notes, added and removed notes, and confirmed storage survived browser reload, plugin reload, and server restart. removal followed by reinstall started off with empty storage.
settings pages replaced the settings dialog with a page beside the sidebar. disabling it restored the dialog.
codex created a real release journal plugin in the project. installed it through the client, saved its title and a secret field, and started a fresh codex gpt-6.1-sol thread. its write and read mcp tools returned the saved entry. in supervised mode, the read worked after client approval, while the server refused the write even after provider approval. disabling the plugin made a cached tool call fail with tool not found. after restarting the server, codex read the same entry and saved title. the secret field remained empty with its stored-secret placeholder.
updated that plugin through choose folder with a web half built using the sdk preset. enabled state and journal data survived. its palette command fetched the real title and entry count, its panel loaded the stored journal, its scoped css applied, and its theme applied in dark appearance. checked the panel at 1440x1000 and 1000x800. disabling removed the command and theme.
nearby behavior: ordinary codex turns completed, the built-in terminal executed printf 'plugin-neighbor-terminal-ok\n' beside a plugin panel, and ordinary settings navigation still worked.
checks: 55 focused tests passed across plugin host, installer, mcp tools, settings, storage, and uploads on blacksmith. github reports 24 successful and 6 skipped checks on this head, with no pending or failing checks. no source changes were needed.
selected provider transcript:
13:27:30 full access: append -> saved "verified with Codex gpt-6.1-sol"
13:27:30 full access: list -> title "Boat release journal", 1 saved entry
13:30:21 supervised: list -> same title and entry
13:30:50 supervised: append -> refused, full access required
13:38:07 plugin disabled: list -> MCP -32602, tool not found
13:41:23 server restarted: list -> same title and entry
after, the same baseline conversation with quick notes:
before, main settings:
after, the same general settings with settings pages enabled:
notes add/remove and settings enable/disable. loading intervals were trimmed; this is functional evidence, not a timing measurement:
Not verified
native ios/android clients, electron shell behavior, macos/windows, other providers, linked environments and relay/tunnel dpop, plan-mode tool restrictions, and exhaustive crash isolation, rollback, or compatibility failures were not exercised. this run used local web and codex on linux. the focused tests cover additional cases, but do not substitute for those runtime checks.
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- Line 354: When clearing the reader visit marker with
setReaderScrolledVisit(null), also clear refoldFromRef.current so a stale scroll
baseline cannot affect a later composer reopen; apply this to both
visit-clearing paths.
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Major · Keep failed cleanup retryable. · PluginInstaller.ts:382-415
apps/server/src/plugins/PluginInstaller.ts:382-415 Major · Data Integrity & Integration · Heavy lift
Keep failed cleanup retryable.
If settings or storage cleanup fails, the rescan has already removed the plugin’s record. A retry cannot reach cleanup because host.pluginOf fails, and the removal row is gone. Settings, secrets, or stored data can remain until the plugin is reinstalled or the data is removed manually. Preserve a way to retry cleanup after the plugin is removed.
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Update PluginInstaller.uninstall so failures in settingsStore.clear or
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Minor · Skip the title-bar overlay for the splash. · DesktopWindow.ts:314
apps/desktop/src/window/DesktopWindow.ts:314 Minor · Stability & Availability · Quick win
Skip the title-bar overlay for the splash.
On Windows or Linux, a background update can reach syncAppearance while the frameless splash is still open. syncAllAppearance visits the splash, but Electron throws because its title-bar overlay is not enabled. The IPC update then fails and may leave the main window unsynchronized. Guard this call for windows with an overlay. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Update syncAppearance so setTitleBarOverlay is called only for windows configured with a title-bar overlay; skip it for the frameless splash while preserving appearance synchronization for eligible windows.
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- Line 2921: Update the terminal-context “Add to chat” flow around focusAtEnd
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ensuring the inserted context chip is visible. Preserve and focus the supplied
nextCollapsedCursor after expansion rather than always moving focus to the end.
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Supported by static analysis
Script executed:
#!/bin/bash# Find external callers of the imperative handle methods that focus the editor.
rg -nP -C3 '\.(focusAt|addTerminalContext)\s*\(' apps/web/src --glob '!**/*.test.*'
When a plugin enables scroll collapse and the timeline is scrolled up, “Add to chat” can insert a reference while the composer remains collapsed. The editor is hidden, so focusAt(nextCollapsedCursor) cannot focus it and the new context chip is not shown.
Expand the composer before focusing the insertion cursor. Preserve that cursor instead of always focusing at the end.
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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx at line 2921:
Update the terminal-context “Add to chat” flow around focusAtEnd and focusAt so it expands the composer before focusing the insertion cursor, ensuring the inserted context chip is visible. Preserve and focus the supplied nextCollapsedCursor after expansion rather than always moving focus to the end.
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I focused on the parts that can affect a server with no plugins installed, or widen access: the plugin host, installer, uploads, web-file serving, RPC scopes, MCP tool access, and the desktop window-background path. I skimmed the web UI. The security-sensitive pieces look careful:
Upload URLs are signed and single-use, and the claim is checked before the body is read.
Upload paths are checked lexically, and real paths are re-checked on read.
Plugin roots are canonicalized at discovery.
Write methods and tools need operate scope or Full access.
t3-secret fields are redacted for clients.
The window colour is held to #rrggbb before it reaches the splash HTML.
Low: the failure guard can pick up T3's own rejections whose message names a plugin file (apps/server/src/plugins/pluginFailureGuard.ts:41). When no pluginCodeScope store is set, pluginOf falls back to stack.includes(root). V8's stack begins with name: message, and Node fs errors put the path in the message (ENOENT: ... open '<stateDir>/plugins/foo/t3-plugin.json'). An unhandled rejection from T3's own code about a plugin file (discovery, installer, settings) would therefore count as the plugin's. It would be swallowed instead of reaching T3's listeners, and under uncaughtExceptionMonitor the plugin would be marked as having crashed the server. Matching only the frame lines (the part after the first \n at ) keeps the intended behaviour, attributing failures whose frames are in plugin files, without the false positives. This is next to the guard question you already flagged for maintainers.
No other defects found in the paths above. CodeRabbit's open points (recordCrash clearing every starting mark, the timeline refold baseline, and the others) are not repeated here.
Process: no maintainer approval is linked yet, and at 202 files the PR also carries pieces that could land on their own, such as the theme-driven window canvas (DesktopWindow.ts, DesktopAppSettings.ts, the index.html environment-theme lookup). Your offer to split it into a series would probably make review much easier.
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Minor · Track stylesheet and web failures separately · pluginStyles.ts:7-31
apps/web/src/plugins/pluginStyles.ts:7-31 Minor · Stability & Availability · Heavy lift
Track stylesheet and web failures separately
If styles fail before web activation fails, a later successful stylesheet retry clears the activation failure. Settings then hides the failure, and a restored panel can remain on “Loading plugin” until the plugin restarts. Keep independent failure ownership so stylesheet recovery clears only the stylesheet failure.
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Review comment at @apps/web/src/plugins/pluginStyles.ts around lines 7 - 31:
Update failure handling in startPluginStyles and clearFailure so stylesheet failures are tracked independently from web activation failures. On a successful stylesheet retry, clear only the stylesheet-owned failure and preserve any active web failure; use the existing state mechanism where possible without assuming stylesheet recovery means web activation succeeded.
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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/RightPanelTabs.tsx:
- Line 1483: Update handleAddSurfaceMenuKeyDown so built-in shortcuts do not
consume printable keys needed for typeahead in PluginPanelMenuItems; preserve
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Preserve keyboard navigation for plugin items.
If a plugin panel is named “Tasks”, typing T in the menu opens Terminal instead. handleAddSurfaceMenuKeyDown intercepts the key before the menu can use typeahead. Make plugin-item navigation coexist with the built-in shortcuts. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Update handleAddSurfaceMenuKeyDown so built-in shortcuts do not consume printable keys needed for typeahead in PluginPanelMenuItems; preserve the shortcuts while allowing plugin-item keyboard navigation to select matching items.
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@maria-rcks is there anything you'd like me to do on this PR? I've stopped pushing so I don't collide with your merges, but I'm still happy to help:)
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People who want a right panel, a command, a different layout or an agent tool in T3 Code keep a fork today and rebase it every release. In #31472, one fork adds 8 right panels with about 18 edits across T3's panel code, and other comments ask for layout changes that are personal preferences T3 shouldn't have to ship one setting at a time.
Change
A plugin is a folder with a
t3-plugin.jsonthat you drop onto Settings → Plugins. It installs turned off, on one environment, and can have any of these:themes/andstyles/, with no code. Main areas carrydata-t3-regionnames and the SDK lists the theme tokens T3 keeps, so plugin CSS doesn't depend on class names.t3-secretfields kept in the secret store, and adds MCP tools that agents see.@t3tools/plugin-sdktypes both halves, and its Vite preset builds a web half.examples/quick-notesandexamples/settings-pagesare working plugins. The guides are indocs/user/plugins.md,docs/internals/plugins.mdandpackages/plugin-sdk/README.md.How it stays safe and cheap:
t3 --no-pluginsstarts with none running.plugins.jsonandplugins.sqlite, outsidesettings.jsonandstatev2.sqlite.One choice needs a maintainer's call: once a server plugin is on, the failure guard wraps the process's
unhandledRejectionlisteners, so T3's own unhandled rejections pass through it too.This is 202 files and about 16,000 lines. I can split it into a series of smaller PRs if you'd rather review it that way.
Scope and approval
Proposed in #31472, with a working build and community feedback. No maintainer has approved the direction or scope yet.
Verification
vp run check:changedpasses on this commit: format, lint, knip, typecheck of 42 packages, the changed packages' tests and the React Compiler check.--no-plugins, the failure guard, deadlines and the 256 KB result cap, settings with secrets and the save and remove race, storage, MCP tool limits, upload URLs (forged, expired, reused and oversized), file serving with symlinks, the web loader across environments, right panels, redrawn parts, styles, theme tokens, region names and the SDK's Vite preset.mcp-pluginfixture's 2 tools, which agents see asplg_mcp-plugin_echoandplg_mcp-plugin_touch. They returned{"echoed":"plugin check"}and{"touches":1}, and the server'stools/callspans succeeded.Not checked: this commit on Windows, macOS or mobile, and a plugin's write tool while tool approvals are on (the test turn ran with permissions bypassed). Earlier builds of this branch ran as a Windows desktop app with several plugins.
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