Extension API

Extension API Skill

Unified API for domain bundle extensions providing module discovery, build system detection, and command generation. Provides the ExtensionBase abstract base class that all domain extensions must inherit from.

Purpose

• ExtensionBase ABC - Abstract base class with required/optional methods
• Canonical constants - CMD_* constants for command names
• Profile patterns - PROFILE_PATTERNS vocabulary for classification
• Discovery utilities - Loading and discovering extensions
• Build utilities - Module discovery, log file management, issue parsing

When to Reference This Skill

Reference when:

• Creating a new extension.py for a domain bundle
• Implementing discover_modules() for a build system
• Understanding canonical command names and resolution
• Parsing build output and handling issues

Skill Structure

extension-api/
├── SKILL.md                        # This file
├── scripts/
│   ├── extension_base.py           # ExtensionBase ABC, canonical commands
│   ├── extension_discovery.py      # Extension discovery, loading, aggregation
│   ├── build_discover.py           # Module discovery, path building
│   ├── build_result.py             # Log file creation, result construction
│   └── build_parse.py              # Issue structures, warning filtering
└── standards/
    ├── extension-contract.md       # Extension API contract
    ├── canonical-commands.md       # Command vocabulary and resolution
    ├── config-callback.md          # Project configuration callback
    ├── build-base-libs.md          # Base library API reference (optional)
    ├── build-execution.md          # Execution patterns (optional)
    ├── build-return.md             # Return value structure (optional)
    ├── build-project-structure.md  # Module discovery output (optional)
    └── architecture-overview.md    # System architecture (optional)

Quick Reference

All extensions must inherit from ExtensionBase and implement required methods.

Required Methods (Abstract)

Primary Methods

Optional Methods (With Defaults)

Architecture (Optional)

For understanding the complete system architecture, reference these documents:

Note: These documents define the target architecture. Implementation may be in progress.

Scripts

CLI Commands

The extension_discovery.py script provides CLI commands for extension operations:

# Apply config_defaults() callback for all extensions
python3 .plan/execute-script.py plan-marshall:extension-api:extension_discovery apply-config-defaults

Output (TOON):

status	success
extensions_called	3
extensions_skipped	2
errors_count	0

Python Import Usage

Scripts can import discovery functions directly:

import sys
from pathlib import Path

# Add extension-api scripts to path
extension_api_path = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent / "extension-api" / "scripts"
sys.path.insert(0, str(extension_api_path))

from extension_discovery import (
    discover_all_extensions,
    discover_project_modules,
    get_build_systems_from_extensions,
    get_skill_domains_from_extensions,
    apply_config_defaults,
)

from build_discover import (
    discover_descriptors,
    build_module_base,
    find_readme,
)

from build_result import (
    create_log_file,
    success_result,
    error_result,
)

from build_parse import (
    Issue,
    filter_warnings,
    partition_issues,
)

Canonical Command Constants

Import from extension_base for type-safe command references:

from extension_base import (
    CMD_CLEAN,             # "clean"
    CMD_COMPILE,           # "compile"
    CMD_TEST_COMPILE,      # "test-compile"
    CMD_MODULE_TESTS,      # "module-tests"
    CMD_INTEGRATION_TESTS, # "integration-tests"
    CMD_COVERAGE,          # "coverage"
    CMD_BENCHMARK,         # "benchmark"
    CMD_QUALITY_GATE,      # "quality-gate"
    CMD_VERIFY,            # "verify"
    CMD_INSTALL,           # "install"
    CMD_CLEAN_INSTALL,     # "clean-install"
    CMD_PACKAGE,           # "package"
    ALL_CANONICAL_COMMANDS,
    PROFILE_PATTERNS,      # Profile ID to canonical mapping (for internal use)
)

Note: clean is a separate command. Other commands do NOT include clean goal.

See canonical-commands.md for command resolution logic.

Minimal Extension Template

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Extension API for {bundle-name} bundle."""

from pathlib import Path
from extension_base import ExtensionBase


class Extension(ExtensionBase):
    """Extension for {bundle-name} bundle."""

    def get_skill_domains(self) -> dict:
        """Domain metadata for skill loading."""
        return {
            "domain": {
                "key": "domain-key",
                "name": "Domain Name",
                "description": "Domain description"
            },
            "profiles": {
                "core": {"defaults": [], "optionals": []},
                "implementation": {"defaults": [], "optionals": []},
                "testing": {"defaults": [], "optionals": []},
                "quality": {"defaults": [], "optionals": []}
            }
        }

    def discover_modules(self, project_root: str) -> list:
        """Discover modules in the project.

        Returns list of module dicts with:
        - name, build_systems, paths, metadata, packages, dependencies, stats, commands
        """
        # Find descriptors
        from build_discover import discover_descriptors, build_module_base
        descriptors = discover_descriptors(project_root, "descriptor-file")

        modules = []
        for desc_path in descriptors:
            base = build_module_base(project_root, desc_path)
            # Enrich with extension-specific metadata, stats, commands
            modules.append({
                "name": base.name,
                "build_systems": ["my-build-system"],
                "paths": base.paths.to_dict(),
                "metadata": {},
                "packages": {},
                "dependencies": [],
                "stats": {"source_files": 0, "test_files": 0},
                "commands": self._resolve_commands(base)
            })
        return modules

Integration Points

• project-structure - Orchestrates extensions, owns .plan/*.json files
• plan-marshall-config - Uses discover_all_extensions() for domain configuration
• Domain bundles - Implement extension.py inheriting from ExtensionBase

References

• standards/extension-contract.md - Extension API contract (required)
• standards/canonical-commands.md - Command vocabulary and resolution (required)
• standards/config-callback.md - Project configuration callback (required)
• standards/build-base-libs.md - Base library API reference (optional)
• standards/architecture-overview.md - System architecture (optional)