datasette-plugin-writer
Guide for writing Datasette plugins. This skill should be used when users want to create or develop plugins for Datasette, including information about plugin hooks, the cookiecutter template, database APIs, request/response handling, and plugin configuration.
Install
With your agent
Install OMGSkills skill "simonw/research:datasette-plugin-skill" into this agent's normal skills directory: call the OMGSkills MCP get_install_plan tool for your agent and run the script it returns (it installs only the pinned commit and verifies SKILL.md), and stop if MCP or the pin is unavailable. Do not overwrite or change existing skills without asking me.
Manual command
git clone https://github.com/simonw/research /tmp/research && ln -s /tmp/research/datasette-plugin-skill ~/.claude/skills/datasette-plugin-writerFrom README
Writing Datasette Plugins Use this skill to build plugins for Datasette, the open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data. with Cookiecutter Template Start a new plugin using the datasette-plugin cookiecutter template with newline-delimited variables: Example for a plugin called "my-cool-plugin": The last two y responses enable static/ and templates/ directories. After creating the plugin: Plugin Structure A typical plugin structure: Essential Plugin Hooks prepareconnection(conn, database, datasette) Register custom SQL functions. Called when SQLite connections are created: registerroutes(datasette) Add custom URL routes. Return list of (regex, viewfunction) pairs: View functions can accept: datasette, request, scope, send, receive.