Feature: package/extension system for sharing community-developed features (like Pi packages)
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Description
Feature request
Add a package/extension system so community-developed features can be easily shared and installed, analogous to the package system in the Pi coding agent.
What it should do
- A first-class way to package, publish, and install extensions (skills, tools, providers, commands, UI additions) without a full jcode fork/build.
- Simple install/publish UX (e.g. an index/registry plus a CLI command such as
jcode pkg install <name>), and a clear manifest format describing an extension (name, version, dependencies, entrypoints, supported jcode versions). - Versioning and an explicit trust/review story, since extensions execute with user privileges.
Why it benefits all users
- The issue tracker is already receiving requests where users are re-implementing the same provider integrations (e.g. commandcode #741) and features because there is no supported distribution path.
- A package system lets one person build a provider or tool once and share it, instead of many users self-developing overlapping functionality (and shipping their own fork builds, which the maintainer then has to vet).
- Centralizes where community contributions live and makes them installable/reviewable rather than scattered as uncommitted fork patches.
Suggested scope
- Extension manifest + discovery.
jcode pkgsubcommand (install/uninstall/list/publish/update).- A trust/review mechanism before installing an extension.
- Docs on authoring extensions.
This complements the existing skill system (which is local) and would avoid duplicating useful features across users.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing the existing local skill system and CLI command structure, then determine where a manifest, discovery, and the jcode pkg subcommands would fit. Done means extensions can be described, published, installed, updated, and reviewed with documented trust expectations, without requiring a fork or rebuild.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli, documentation, security, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 32/100