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Open Questions — Extensions

Extension API shape, Lua runtime vendoring, manifest schema version.


Q-8: Extension API shape — widgets, subcommands, both?

  • Status: Open
  • Question: Should extensions contribute widgets (panels, tabs, status-bar items), subcommands (CLI verbs), or both? Both is the obvious answer but has a cost in API surface that must be designed carefully to satisfy user/Claude parity (D-6).
  • Context: CLAUDE.md flags this as "decide during Tier 6." builtin.* stubs today contribute widgets + commands + keybindings; the third-party Lua contract has to match.
  • Source: CLAUDE.md "Open questions" footer.

Q-9: Lua runtime vendoring

  • Status: Open
  • Question: Does the Lua supporter tool (D-19) bundle liblua source (build with the binary) or link system liblua (smaller binary, fragile ABI)?
  • Context: ptyc has no deps; Lua is different — it's a whole VM. Bundling is the straightforward choice but locks a Lua version per clide release.
  • Source: 2026-04-21 planning.

Q-10: Extension manifest schema_version:

  • Status: Open
  • Question: What's the manifest schema-version scheme and bump policy? Coupled with Q-5 (IPC wire format) — both want a versioning story.
  • Context: Today's manifests have no schema_version:. Adding one is cheap; the hard part is deciding when we bump.
  • Source: 2026-04-21 planning.