Create a plugin

The recommended way is the interactive scaffold (it fills in the id / name / icon and any optional backend, settings or database parts):

pnpm create-plugin

Or copy the template by hand:

cp -r plugins/_template plugins/my-tools

Then edit plugins/my-tools/plugin.json:

{
  "id": "my-tools",
  "name": "My Tools",
  "tools": [
    {
      "id": "my-tools-hello",
      "name": "Hello",
      "description": "My first tool",
      "icon": "Sparkles",
      "entry": "frontend/views/Tool.vue"
    }
  ]
}

Rewrite frontend/views/Tool.vue — done. Sidebar navigation, routing, titles, the enable/disable toggle, the settings panel, the error boundary and KeepAlive all work automatically, with no manual registration.

Reference implementations

These examples all live in the hello-world plugin (available until you delete it):

Goal	File
Call Rust commands, read/write SQLite	frontend/views/Tool.vue (full Rust integration)
Table + pagination + dialog CRUD + import/export	frontend/views/TableTool.vue
Form controls and validation	frontend/views/FormTool.vue
Make an HTTP request and show the result	frontend/views/HttpTool.vue
Layout and the empty / loading / error states	frontend/views/TemplateTool.vue

Change the command prefix in the template

After copying _template, rename the command prefix from template_xxx to <new-plugin-id>_xxx, otherwise it collides with the template commands and build.rs fails the build.

Next: review plugin.json fields, or write the frontend view.