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Replace the bundle-based plugin proposal with an MCP-style architecture. New proposal chapters: 01-architecture, 02-registry, 03-remote-plugins, 04-engines, 05-trust, 06-paid, 07-later. Move the earlier bundle design (protocol, lifecycle, versioning, app, cli, install, python, release, runtime, sdk) under docs/proposals/plugins/bundles/ and keep it there for history. Add ADRs 0047 (premium plugins are source-available), 0051 (plugins are MCP servers behind one tool gateway), 0052 (the chat model never calls tools) and 0053 (plugins are listed in a registry; third-party ones start off). Update the docs that linked the old paths: ROADMAP, ADRs 0021 and 0025, data-model, egress, the scraper auth contract and the file-agent proposals.
Rename the registry file from connectors.json to plugins.json. It is now the only list: every plugin the app shows is in it, SurfSense's own included. An entry points to the plugin, and the code stays with its publisher. On each merge to main, CI signs the list with Ed25519 and uploads it to SurfSense's plugin host. The app fetches it from there and checks the signature against a key built into the app, so new plugins show up without an app update. The copy in the installer is only used when there is no network. This replaces the unsigned fetch from raw.githubusercontent.com. Describe how bundle entries will work later. A bundle's code and release files stay in its author's repository. A scanner checks each release and records its file URLs and sha256s in the entry, and the app refuses any file whose hash does not match. Also: a tool whose description changes is switched off again, tool descriptions are capped at 2,000 characters, and CODEOWNERS requires a maintainer to approve surfsense and partner entries. ADR 0053, the plugins and bundles READMEs, 03-remote-plugins and 07-later are updated to match.
The chat router now decides per model whether it is on by default. It is on for models that pass the router test, remote models the catalog marks as supporting structured output, and ChatGPT plan models. It is off until the user turns it on for unmeasured local models, models the catalog says nothing about, and custom connections. It never runs on a model the catalog marks as lacking structured output. A schema does not guarantee the reply matches it, so every router reply is now checked against its schema. A choose reply that does not match counts as none, a fill reply that does not match ends the router with no call, and three mismatches in a row switch the router off for that model with a notice. If an @ mention cannot be filled, the composer shows the tool's inputs as a small form. ADR 0052 is updated to match and notes that router calls on a ChatGPT plan count against the user's plan. The plugins README gains a prior-art table (Pi, Claude's connectors, Obsidian), an order of work, what this design gives up, a contributor-guide workstream and the offline wording for the interface. 02-registry gains a "who can publish what" table, and bundles/README a side-by-side comparison of remote and bundle plugins.
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe pull request replaces the local-plugin proposal with a remote MCP design. It adds Tool Gateway, registry, engine, trust, licensing, remote-server, and deferred-bundle proposals, plus ADRs and corrected documentation links. ChangesPlugin architecture
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Other Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The proposal can merge only with explicit acceptance of several unresolved plugin safety and lifecycle rules; settling those rules before implementation would reduce the risk of exposing credentials or offering tools contrary to user settings. Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The proposed design makes external publishers influential in permission decisions and sends call arguments and credentials to external services. Approval and request-recipient guarantees need tighter specification before implementation. Optional connections, HTTPS, publisher review and user consent limit exposure, and this PR does not deploy the new behavior. Retained concerns
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- Line 20: Update the Markdown link label in the plugin interpreter reference to
match its target path, including the bundles/python directory; leave the link
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- Line 49: Update the qualified-name normalization rule in the architecture
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- Line 65: Update the plugin_tools metadata definition to persist a canonical
metadata hash covering each tool’s description, annotations, and input schema,
so the gateway can detect description-only changes.
Review comments at @docs/proposals/plugins/04-engines.md:
- Around line 78-79: Define a stable Save to Sources identity in the proposal:
derive the key from plugin_id, tool, and a hash of recursively canonicalized
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| - Installers ship for four targets: macOS arm64, Windows x64, Linux AppImage and Linux deb. | ||
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| - The plugin interpreter proposal follows the same rule and has no Intel Mac asset ([`proposals/plugins/python/01-interpreter.md`](../proposals/plugins/python/01-interpreter.md)). | ||
| - The plugin interpreter proposal follows the same rule and has no Intel Mac asset ([`proposals/plugins/python/01-interpreter.md`](../proposals/plugins/bundles/python/01-interpreter.md)). |
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Match the link label to the new path.
The link target points to proposals/plugins/bundles/python/01-interpreter.md, but the visible label still says proposals/plugins/python/01-interpreter.md. Update the label so readers see the correct path.
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- The release matrix in [`.github/workflows/release-local.yml`](../../.github/workflows/release-local.yml) has one macOS runner, `macos-15`, marked Apple Silicon only. The `macos-15-intel` entry was removed.
- Installers ship for four targets: macOS arm64, Windows x64, Linux AppImage and Linux deb.
- A Mac with an Intel chip has no installer.
-- The plugin interpreter proposal follows the same rule and has no Intel Mac asset ([`proposals/plugins/python/01-interpreter.md`](../proposals/plugins/bundles/python/01-interpreter.md)).
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Update the Markdown link label in the plugin interpreter reference to match its
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| - **Status:** Proposed, with the [plugins proposal](../proposals/plugins/README.md) | ||
| - **Date:** 2026-10-08 | ||
| - **Source:** maintainer decision, 8 Oct 2026 (no permalink); [obsidianmd/obsidian-releases](https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-releases), [Obsidian plugin security](https://obsidian.md/help/Extending+Obsidian/Plugin+security) |
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Pin the external ADR sources.
docs/adr/README.md requires source links to use fixed-commit permalinks. The Obsidian repository and help-page URLs can change after this ADR is merged. Replace them with fixed references before relying on this evidence.
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Update the external source links in the ADR’s Source entry to fixed, immutable
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| A tool's qualified name is `<plugin id>__<tool name>`, with every character outside `[A-Za-z0-9_]` replaced by `_`, cut to 64 characters with a short hash when longer, as providers allow at most 64. opencode adds its server prefix, so the agent sees `plugins_notion__search`. Permissions, steps, history and `@` mentions all use the qualified name. |
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Make qualified tool names collision-safe.
The normalization maps distinct MCP names such as foo-bar and foo_bar to the same qualified name. Permissions, history, and @ mentions use that name, so the gateway cannot address both tools reliably. Reject duplicate normalized names or append a stable hash of the original tool name for every collision, not only for names longer than 64 characters.
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Update the qualified-name normalization rule in the architecture proposal so
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rejecting duplicate normalized names or appending a stable hash of each original
name on collision, including when names are shorter than 64 characters.
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| - A step has "Save to Sources". It writes a note with the result as markdown and `document_metadata` naming `plugin_id`, `tool`, `call_id` and `fetched_at` ([documents](../../architecture/documents.md)). | ||
| - Saving the result of the same tool with the same arguments again updates that note in place and its `fetched_at`, rather than adding a copy. |
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Define a stable Save to Sources identity.
The proposal requires update-in-place behavior for the same tool and arguments, but it does not define how Save to Sources finds the existing note. Define a stable key, such as plugin_id + tool + a hash of recursively canonicalized arguments. Specify that Save to Sources uses this key for lookup and updates. Keep call_id as provenance, not as the deduplication key. Add acceptance coverage for equivalent JSON with different object-key ordering.
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Define a stable Save to Sources identity in the proposal: derive the key from
plugin_id, tool, and a hash of recursively canonicalized arguments, and use it
to find and update the existing note. Keep call_id as provenance, not part of
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| Approval follows the tool's MCP annotations. A server that sets none gets MCP's defaults: not read-only, possibly destructive, open world. | ||
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| | `readOnlyHint: true` | Asks on the tool's first call, offering Allow once, Always allow this tool, or Deny | | ||
| | Not read-only, not destructive | Asks every call, offering the same three | | ||
| | `destructiveHint: true` | Asks every call, offering Allow once or Deny | |
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Authorization Bypass
Reachability: External
Exploitability: Moderate
CWE: CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization
Do not trust remote annotations to grant persistent approval.
The remote server controls readOnlyHint and destructiveHint. With readOnlyHint: true, the gateway asks only on the first call and offers Always allow. A malicious or compromised server can label a mutating or data-exporting tool as read-only. After the user selects Always allow, later calls receive arguments without per-call approval. Treat annotations as hints only, and require a trusted capability classification or per-call approval for remote tools.
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| - SurfSense's paid plugins live in `plugins/proprietary/` under the Business Source License 1.1, each a container of its own that SurfSense deploys, holding everything it sells. Everything under `plugins/proprietary/` is under the Business Source License, including helpers that are Apache-2.0 in the backend today, such as the proxy, captcha and crawl code. All of it was written by SurfSense's maintainers, so SurfSense holds the rights to relicense it. The scrapers move there from `surfsense_backend/app/proprietary/`: copied now, and deleted from the backend once its scraper API no longer serves outside clients, never before the purge on 18 Oct 2026. |
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Review comments at @docs/proposals/plugins/core/01-architecture.md:
- Line 25: Update the list_tools readiness contract to specify that removed
plugins are not offered after refresh while their connections are retained.
Clarify that refresh marks the installation non-ready, or include registry
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Review comments at @docs/proposals/plugins/core/04-trust.md:
- Line 31: Update the @-mention approval rule so remote-server annotations
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Review comments at @docs/proposals/plugins/README.md:
- Line 75: Update the remote plugin traffic requirements in the registry
proposal to reject loopback, private, link-local, and metadata destinations
after DNS resolution, and re-check every redirect target. Add acceptance tests
covering DNS rebinding and redirects.
- Line 87: Update the Paid plugin and remote MCP transport descriptions to
require HTTPS for license-bearing requests and to reject redirects unless each
target is HTTPS and allowlisted before forwarding the license header.
Review comments at @docs/proposals/plugins/remote/01-mcp-client.md:
- Around line 25-27: Define redirect handling for credentialed MCP requests in
the proposal: either reject redirects or revalidate host consent at every hop,
reject HTTPS downgrades, and never forward Authorization across origins,
including HTTPS-to-HTTPS redirects. Keep MCP request redirects distinct from the
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| - The dialog shows the plugin, its publisher badge, the tool's title, and the exact arguments. | ||
| - It is the agent's existing approval dialog ([`approval-dialog.tsx`](../../../../surfsense_local/frontend/src/features/agent/approval-dialog.tsx)) with a plugin variant. In both kinds of thread, the run goes `needs-approval` while it waits, and the answer goes to `POST /chat/threads/{id}/permissions/{request_id}`, which today serves opencode's own requests; plugin requests are answered by the gateway rather than passed to opencode. | ||
| - "Always allow" is stored per tool in `plugin_tools.approval` and can be changed or revoked in Settings → Plugins. | ||
| - An `@` mention approves its own call, except for a destructive tool ([`03-engines.md`](03-engines.md#-mentions)). |
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Do not use a remote server’s destructiveHint as the approval authority.
The approval rules allow an @ mention to bypass confirmation unless the remote server marks the tool as destructive. A malicious server can mark a mutating tool as non-destructive. Use a trusted risk classification, or require confirmation for remote tools.
docs/proposals/plugins/core/04-trust.md#L31-L31: Define the mention rule so remote annotations cannot suppress confirmation.docs/proposals/plugins/core/03-engines.md#L68-L68: Apply the same rule to mention-triggered agent and router calls.
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Update the @-mention approval rule so remote-server annotations cannot bypass
confirmation for mutating tools: use a trusted risk classification or require
confirmation for remote tools. Apply the same rule to mention-triggered agent
and router calls. In docs/proposals/plugins/core/04-trust.md, line 31, revise
the mention approval rule; in docs/proposals/plugins/core/03-engines.md, line
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| | Results | Belong to the turn and are stored with the call. Nothing reaches Sources unless the user saves it | | ||
| | Approval | From the tool's MCP annotations, in SurfSense's own dialog, for every caller | | ||
| | Egress | A plugin's hosts need consent before it connects, and appear in Settings → Network with its name | | ||
| | Paid | SurfSense's paid plugins are unlocked by the SurfSense license key, which reaches only SurfSense's servers and is checked there on every call, never in the app. A third party bills on its own side and never sees the key ([`core/05-paid.md`](core/05-paid.md)) | |
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+- The key goes only to an `https://` URL whose host is on a list compiled into the app (SurfSense's own plugin hosts). Redirect targets must pass the same HTTPS and host checks before the key is forwarded. An entry pointing anywhere else is refused before any request, so a mistaken or tampered registry entry cannot send the key away. This guards the key; it does not decide access.🧰 Tools
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Review comment at @docs/proposals/plugins/README.md at line 87:
Update the Paid plugin and remote MCP transport descriptions to require HTTPS
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| | `token` | Pastes a key, labelled with the entry's `title` and `description` | `Authorization: Bearer <key>` | | ||
| | `oauth` | Signs in on the publisher's page in their browser | `Authorization: Bearer <access token>` | | ||
| | `license` | Nothing beyond holding a SurfSense license | `Authorization: License <key>` ([`../core/05-paid.md`](../core/05-paid.md)) | |
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Define redirect handling for credentialed MCP requests. The proposal requires consent for configured hosts but does not define redirect handling. Credentialed requests must either reject redirects or reapply host consent at every hop, reject HTTPS downgrades, and avoid forwarding Authorization across origins. This must also cover HTTPS-to-HTTPS redirects. The OAuth callback redirect is separate from MCP request redirects.
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Define redirect handling for credentialed MCP requests in the proposal: either
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@mentions all reach plugin tools through one Tool Gateway, and results come back into the turn instead of going through Sourcesplugins, in front of the gateway; SurfSense's own tool list and its pinned order do not change@mentions work on every model, with an input form where the model cannot fill oneplugins/registry/plugins.json, lists every plugin, SurfSense's included, and is served from SurfSense's plugin host so it grows without app updates; third-party plugins start off until Restricted mode is turned offplugins/proprietary/under BSL 1.1, run as their own containers, and check the license on the server only; third parties bill and check access on their own servicesurfsense_backend; the backend's copy goes once outside clients no longer use the scraper APIcore/,remote/andbundles/; the earlier local-runtime design is kept underbundles/for laterupstream/dev(ROADMAP and file-agent conflicts resolved)python scripts/check_docs.pypassesWhy
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This PR fundamentally redesigns the plugins system from local-first bundles to remote-first MCP servers. The new architecture introduces a Tool Gateway that routes all plugin calls through one interface, enabling both the agent and chat engine to use external tools. Remote plugins are prioritized: publishers host their own MCP servers, users connect via Settings, and the registry (
plugins.json) lists approved plugins without hosting their code. SurfSense's paid plugins live inplugins/proprietary/under the Business Source License and are unlocked via license keys. The earlier local-runner design moves tobundles/for future work. Three new ADRs (0051-0053) formalize the architectural decisions, and existing docs are updated to reflect the shift from sidebar actions writing to Sources to tools returning results into conversation turns.⏱️ Estimated Review Time: 30-90 minutes
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