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Use Plugins ​

A plugin is a packaging unit in Silicon Worker: it bundles a set of related capabilities into one package you install in a single step. This guide covers what a plugin is, how to install and manage plugins, and how plugins relate to skills.

What a plugin is ​

A plugin can bundle several kinds of capability together, including:

  • Skills: reusable how-to documents (see Use and manage skills).
  • Expert / team definitions: ready-made roles and teams (see Teams in practice).
  • MCP connection settings: connectors to external tools (see Connect MCP tools).
  • Hooks: handlers that fire automatically at certain moments.

In other words, a plugin is a way to deliver "a whole set of related capabilities" at once, instead of installing each piece separately.

How plugins relate to skills ​

These are two different levels:

  • A skill is one concrete capability unit — a single how-to document.
  • A plugin is a larger packaging and distribution unit; one plugin can contain several skills, and can also carry experts, teams, MCP connections, and hooks.

So you can install a skill on its own, or install a plugin and have its bundled skills, experts, and connections fall into place together. Use a skill when you want to manage a single how-to; use a plugin when you want a whole set of related capabilities at once. For installing and using skills themselves, see Use and manage skills — this page won't repeat it.

Install a plugin ​

  1. Open the Plugins page.
  2. Choose an install method:
    • From a zip archive: import a packaged plugin file.
    • From a directory: import a local plugin directory.
  3. After confirming, the plugin is installed, and its bundled skills, experts, MCP connections, and so on are registered into Silicon Worker.

Manage plugins ​

Once installed, you can see each plugin's name and version in the list.

  • View contents: see which skills, experts, or connections a plugin brings.
  • Update: overwrite an installed plugin with a newer version.

Only install plugins you trust

A plugin can bring executable tools and external connections. Install plugins only from trusted sources; once installed, the tools they bring are still subject to Silicon Worker's permission and risk controls.

Where to get plugins ​

You can obtain plugin files distributed as a zip archive or a directory, then import them with the steps above. Teams can also package their own experts, skills, and connections into a plugin to share internally.

Result and verification ​

Seeing the plugin in the list, and seeing the skills, experts, or MCP connections it brings on their respective pages, means it installed successfully. Then give a task that uses those capabilities and watch whether the agent invokes them to confirm it's working.