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Plugin Schema

The plugin schema defines metadata, installation, and configuration details about a plugin.

Plugin Fields

name

The unique name for the plugin, this must be the same name as the filename and can not be changed later.

It should also match the regex [a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9\.-_]*, start with alphabetic character and followed by any number of alphanumeric characters, ., -, or _.

Declaration: name: string;

displayName

The name used for display purposes

Declaration: `displayName?: string;

type

The type of the plugin, the only current type of plugin is a shell plugin

Declaration: type: "shell"

description

A short description of a plugin, this should breifly explain what the plugin is in less than 100 characters.

Declaration: description?: string

icon

The icon of a plugin used in the plugin store

This should either be an emoji or a url to a square image

Declaration: icon?: string

screenshots

An array of screenshots that will be displayed along with the plugin.

Declaration: screenshots?: string[];

site

A url to the offical site of a plugin

Declaration: site?: string

docs

A url to the offical docs for a plugin

Declaration: docs?: string

github

The owner/repo of the plugin, this is both used for metadata and determining where to clone the plugin from

Declaration: github?: string

twitter

The twitter handle for the plugin

Declaration: twitter?: string

authors

A list of authors who created the plugin

Declaration: authors?: Author[]

Author type

The authors is a list of the following type:

type Author =
  | string
  | {
      name: string;
      twitter?: string;
      github?: string;
    };

If the author is a string that is their name, the twitter should be their twitter handle, and github should be the github username

license

The license is a list of the licences of the plugin

The string should follow the SPDX License syntax

Declaration: license?: string[]

shells

This is an inclusive list of the shells that a plugin supports

Declaration: shells?: Shell[]

Shell type

type Shell = "bash" | "zsh" | "fish";

categories

The categories is a list of the catagories that a plugin falls under, this array should contain at least one category

Declaration: categories?: Category[]

Category type

type Category =
  | "Completion"
  | "Prompt"
  | "Color"
  | "Alias"
  | "Convenience Function"
  | "Productivity Hack"
  | "Framework"
  | "Other";

keywords

Keywords act as additional metadata for a plugin that is fully user definable

Declaration: keywords?: string[]

installation

See Installation

configuration

See Configuration