Governed ability

List plugins

aafm/list-plugins Read only

Lists installed plugins with their name, version, and active state. Read-only - it can never activate, deactivate, or change a plugin. Requires the activate-plugins capability.

How it is governed

The same model as every ability in the plugin, stated for this one.

  • Off until you enable it

    Like every ability, List plugins ships switched off. You turn it on one at a time, and an update never widens access on its own.

  • Reads only

    It reads data and returns it to your client. Nothing on your site is created, changed, or removed.

  • Capability gated

    A connection only sees List plugins if the user you connected can run it, and the plugin checks that capability again before it executes.

  • Every call audited

    The call is written to the log in your own database, denials included, with the argument keys but never the values.

See it in action

An illustrative run. Your real calls and data stay on your own site.

agent-abilities · audit Governed
You List plugins on this site.
Run Running aafm/list-plugins
Gate Allowed read capability confirmed
Audit aafm/list-plugins · principal: editor · args: (none)
Result Returns the data the agent asked for. Nothing on the site changes.

Try it with a prompt

Example requests you could paste to your agent.

  1. List the installed plugins and tell me which ones are active.
  2. What version of each plugin is installed on this site?
  3. Show me all plugins and their active state.

These are illustrative example prompts. The agent runs them as the user you connected, checked against that user's capabilities and written to your audit log.

Frequently asked

Short answers for List plugins.

Can this activate or deactivate a plugin?

No. It is strictly read only. It reports each plugin's name, version, and active state and can never activate, deactivate, or change a plugin.

What does it require?

The activate-plugins capability, and it stays off until an administrator enables it. No ability in the plugin installs or executes code.

Back to all abilities

Governed by default, from the first call.

List plugins is off until you enable it, scoped to the user you connect, and logged like everything else. Turn on only what you need.

Every ability off until you enable it, capability-gated on every call.