@blackbelt-technology/pi-dashboard-plugin-skill

Pi skill that scaffolds dashboard plugins — either by creating a new plugin package inside the dashboard monorepo, or by retrofitting an existing pi-extension project on disk with dashboard plugin contributions.

Install

Globally:

npm i -g @blackbelt-technology/pi-dashboard-plugin-skill

Per-workspace (preferred for projects you regularly augment):

// ~/.pi/agent/settings.json
{
  "packages": [
    "@blackbelt-technology/pi-dashboard-plugin-skill"
  ]
}

Invoke

In any pi session:

/skill dashboard-plugin-scaffold

The skill begins with a single ask_user batch:

• Mode: new (scaffold inside the dashboard monorepo) or augment (retrofit the pi-extension at the current working directory)
• For new: id, displayName, priority, slot multiselect (10 React slots), server entry?, bridge entry? (default off), config schema?
• For augment: no extra questions up front — the skill runs a grep prelude, drives the agent through the canonical TUI → dashboard mapping table, and asks per-callsite confirmation before injecting anything.

After the batch, the skill is fully prescriptive: render templates, write files, register the workspace (mode new) or inject the manifest field (mode augment), print next-steps. The skill never auto-runs builds, restarts, or publishes.

Why this exists

packages/dashboard-plugin-runtime/ ships the loader, slot registry, and React context. packages/demo-plugin/ is the canonical fixture. What was missing is the human-and-agent on-ramp from "I have an idea for a plugin" to "I have a manifest, a client.tsx, and a working dev loop." This skill is that on-ramp.

See also

• Architecture: dashboard-plugin-architecture
• Reference fixture: packages/demo-plugin/
• Runtime: @blackbelt-technology/dashboard-plugin-runtime