Plugin Architecture

Plugin Architecture Skill

name: plugin-architecture version: 1.1.0 author: Charles Sears description: Adds UI plugin registration support to OpenClaw - allows plugins to register custom tabs in the Control UI.

Overview

This skill adds the ability for OpenClaw plugins to register custom UI views/tabs that appear in the Control dashboard sidebar.

Installation

This skill requires manual installation by your OpenClaw agent.

After extracting this skill to your skills folder, give your agent this prompt:

Please install the plugin-architecture skill. Read the INSTALL_INSTRUCTIONS.md file in the skill folder and follow it step by step. The skill is at: ~/clawd/skills/plugin-architecture/

What It Does

Once installed, plugins can register UI tabs like this:

// In your plugin's register() function:
if (typeof api.registerView === "function") {
  api.registerView({
    id: "my-view",
    label: "My View",
    subtitle: "Description here",
    icon: "database",  // Icon name from the icon set
    group: "Agent",    // Which nav group (Chat, Control, Agent, Settings)
    position: 5,       // Order within the group
  });
}

Files Included

• SKILL.md - This file
• INSTALL_INSTRUCTIONS.md - Step-by-step instructions for the agent
• reference/ - Reference code files showing what to add