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Pocketbase Admin Plugins

by pockethost in pockethost/pockethost

Builds PocketBase superuser admin UI extensions (admin plugins) on PB ≥0.37: ServeEvent.uiExtensions, client main.js, window.app SPA hooks, Shablon UI, reactive stores, CSP, SSE/realtime topics.

MITAuto-check passedBackend & APIs

Install Pocketbase Admin Plugins

skills CLI
$ npx skills add pockethost/pockethost --skill pocketbase-admin-plugins -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install pockethost/pockethost pocketbase-admin-plugins --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pockethost/pockethost.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.cursor/skills/pocketbase-admin-plugins .claude/skills/pocketbase-admin-plugins && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
pocketbase-admin-plugins
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~1.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
568 words
Files
7
Skills in repo
11
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Builds PocketBase superuser admin UI extensions (admin plugins) on PB ≥0.37: ServeEvent.uiExtensions, client main.js, window.app SPA hooks, Shablon UI, reactive stores, CSP, SSE/realtime topics.

  • Works in 3 steps: Directory layout → Server registration → Client entry (main.js)
  • Extending the PocketBase admin dashboard
  • SKILL.md covers Architecture (two layers), Version gate, Which skill to use and Quick start (JSVM), plus 6 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Pocketbase Admin Plugins is an agent skill from pockethost/pockethost. Builds PocketBase superuser admin UI extensions (admin plugins) on PB ≥0.37: ServeEvent.uiExtensions, client main.js, window.app SPA hooks, Shablon UI, reactive stores, CSP, SSE/realtime topics. Use when extending the PocketBase admin dashboard, operator pages, custom collection tabs/fields, live dashboards, or mothership post-v0.39 operator tooling — not for pbhooks server logic alone (see pocketbase-jsvm) or external SPAs.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files (for example `client-api.md`, `examples.md` and `pockethost.md`).

It sits in Backend & APIs. The repository describes itself as: Open source multitenant PocketBase server. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Extending the PocketBase admin dashboard
  • Custom collection tabs/fields
  • Live dashboards
  • Mothership post-v0.39 operator tooling — not for pbhooks server logic alone (see pocketbase-jsvm)

Example prompts

  • “Use the pocketbase-admin-plugins skill to build PocketBase superuser admin UI extensions (admin plugins) on PB ≥0.37: ServeEvent.uiExtensions…”
  • “/pocketbase-admin-plugins”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Directory layout
  2. Server registration
  3. Client entry (main.js)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 82c9ba3. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are javascript).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • github.com
    • pocketbase.io

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Pocketbase Admin Plugins loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 114 tokens; SKILL.md has 568 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~114
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.8k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from pockethost/pockethost at commit 82c9ba3, republished under its MIT licence (© pockethost). 568 words, ~1,841 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/pocketbase-admin-plugins/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 6 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
pocketbase-admin-plugins
description
Builds PocketBase superuser admin UI extensions (admin plugins) on PB ≥0.37: ServeEvent.uiExtensions, client main.js, window.app SPA hooks, Shablon UI, reactive stores, CSP, SSE/realtime topics. Use when extending the PocketBase admin dashboard, operator pages, custom collection tabs/fields, live dashboards, or mothership post-v0.39 operator tooling — not for pb_hooks server logic alone (see pocketbase-jsvm) or external SPAs.

PocketBase Admin Plugins (UI Extensions)

PocketBase ≥0.37 (including mothership 0.39.*) ships a rewritten superuser dashboard with an experimental UI extension system. Extensions add pages, header links, collection tabs, field types, modals, and DOM hooks inside the built-in admin SPA.

Status: APIs are experimental and undocumented on pocketbase.io until Stage 2 / v1.0-rc. Expect breaking changes. Source of truth: GitHub discussion #7612.

Architecture (two layers)

LayerRuns inPurpose
Server registrationJSVM (pb_hooks) or Go OnServeMount static assets at /_/extensions/{name}/*, bundle main.js into /_/extensions.js
Client registrationBrowser (admin SPA)main.js uses global window.app to register routes, store fields, modals, mount hooks
pb_hooks/register.pb.js          extensions/my-plugin/
        │                              ├── main.js      ← client entry (required for UI hooks)
        │ onServe → uiExtensions       ├── style.css
        └──────────────────────────────└── …
                    │
                    ▼
        GET /_/extensions/my-plugin/*
        GET /_/extensions.js          ← concatenates all main.js files
                    │
                    ▼
        Admin SPA loads extensions.js → window.app hooks fire

Version gate

PocketBaseAdmin plugins
≤ v0.36Not available (old Svelte admin, no extension API)
≥ v0.37Experimental UI extensions
Mothership 0.39.*Supported (PocketHost control plane)

Confirm target version before writing extension code. Customer instances must run ≥0.37 to load admin plugins.

Which skill to use

TaskSkill
Register extension dir, onServe, static FSpocketbase-admin-plugins (this) + server-registration.md
Client pages, window.app, Shablonpocketbase-admin-plugins + client-api.md
Reactive UI, maps, CSP, imperative DOMshablon-reactivity-and-dom.md
SSE, custom topics, collection subscriberealtime-and-sse.md
Custom API routes, record hooks, cronpocketbase-jsvm
External customer-facing dashboardpocketbase-js-sdk + separate SPA

Quick start (JSVM)

1. Directory layout

Place static assets next to hooks (paths are your choice; keep them stable across deploys):

pb_hooks/
  admin_plugins.pb.js
pb_admin_ext/
  hello/
    main.js
    style.css
2. Server registration
js
// pb_hooks/admin_plugins.pb.js
$app.onServe().bindFunc((e) => {
  e.uiExtensions.push({
    name: 'hello',
    fs: $os.dirFS(`${__hooks}/../pb_admin_ext/hello`),
  })
  e.next()
})

Each name becomes the URL segment /_/extensions/{name}/…. Invalid entries (empty name or missing FS) are skipped.

3. Client entry (main.js)

Runs in the browser (modern JS, async/await OK). Not Goja JSVM rules.

js
// pb_admin_ext/hello/main.js
app.store.headerLinks.push({
  href: '#/hello',
  icon: 'ri-hand-heart-line',
  label: 'Hello',
})

app.routes.superuserOnly('#/hello', () => {
  return t.div({ className: 'page' }, t.h1(null, 'Hello from an admin plugin'))
})

Open the mothership/instance admin UI, sign in as superuser, click the new header link.

Pre-flight checklist

  • Target PocketBase ≥0.37
  • Extension name is unique, URL-safe (used in /_/extensions/{name}/)
  • main.js exists at FS root if you need client hooks (optional for static-only assets)
  • Asset URLs in main.js use /_/extensions/{name}/… paths
  • Server hook calls e.next() in onServe
  • Client code uses app.pb (superuser SDK) for data, not raw tokens in source
  • Event handlers use onclick (lowercase), not onClick
  • Async UI state uses store() + arrow children () => …, not plain objects
  • Edit/New record actions use app.modals.openRecordUpsert(collection, …) with collection object from app.store.collections
  • Third-party widgets (maps, charts) use imperative mount — not Shablon lifecycle hooks
  • Realtime: collection subscribe and/or custom topics gated to superuser on server
  • Treat APIs as unstable until PocketBase Stage 2 docs ship
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Shablon vs plain JS

The admin UI uses Shablon (t.div, t.button, …). Shablon is optional in extensions. Plain DOM works:

js
const link = document.createElement('link')
link.rel = 'stylesheet'
link.href = '/_/extensions/hello/style.css'
document.head.appendChild(link)

Important: Shablon is not Mithril. oncreate / data-* attrs / ref callbacks are unreliable for plugin routes. Use id + imperative DOM for maps and other third-party widgets. See shablon-reactivity-and-dom.md.

Explore live APIs: open admin UI → DevTools → console.log(app).

Security note

Extensions run with full superuser privileges in the browser and serve from public /_/ routes (CSP applies). Do not ship untrusted third-party extension code. PocketBase will warn about this in future docs (#7612).

PocketHost

Mothership (0.39) and customer instances (≥0.37) differ in deploy path. See pockethost.md.

Typical mothership use case: Live operator dashboard (pb_admin_ext/live/) — platform SSE topics, edge collection subscribe, Leaflet heatmaps. See realtime-and-sse.md and shablon-reactivity-and-dom.md.

Other use cases (backlog): operator stats pages replacing legacy SQL views — view collections + admin plugin charts/tables.

Reference files

FileContents
server-registration.mdJSVM + Go registration, FS layout, routes
client-api.mdwindow.app — routes, store, modals, field types, mount events
shablon-reactivity-and-dom.mdReactive stores, ticks, CSP, imperative DOM / Leaflet
realtime-and-sse.mdCollection subscribe, custom SSE topics, server broadcast
examples.mdCopy-paste patterns
pockethost.mdMothership tsdown, phio/FTP deploy, dev workflow

© pockethost, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 6 other files in .cursor/skills/pocketbase-admin-plugins of pockethost/pockethost.

  • SKILL.md
  • client-api.md
  • examples.md
  • pockethost.md
  • realtime-and-sse.md
  • server-registration.md
  • shablon-reactivity-and-dom.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 82c9ba3

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Categories

Questions about Pocketbase Admin Plugins

What does Pocketbase Admin Plugins do?

Builds PocketBase superuser admin UI extensions (admin plugins) on PB ≥0.37: ServeEvent.uiExtensions, client main.js, window.app SPA hooks, Shablon UI, reactive stores, CSP, SSE/realtime topics. Pocketbase Admin Plugins is an agent skill from pockethost/pockethost.app SPA hooks, Shablon UI, reactive stores, CSP, SSE/realtime topics.

When should I use Pocketbase Admin Plugins?

Pocketbase Admin Plugins fits situations like: extending the PocketBase admin dashboard; custom collection tabs/fields; live dashboards; mothership post-v0.39 operator tooling — not for pbhooks server logic alone (see pocketbase-jsvm).

How do I install Pocketbase Admin Plugins in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add pockethost/pockethost --skill pocketbase-admin-plugins -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.cursor/skills/pocketbase-admin-plugins in pockethost/pockethost) into .claude/skills/pocketbase-admin-plugins in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Pocketbase Admin Plugins in Codex?

Run `npx skills add pockethost/pockethost --skill pocketbase-admin-plugins -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.cursor/skills/pocketbase-admin-plugins in pockethost/pockethost) into .agents/skills/pocketbase-admin-plugins in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Pocketbase Admin Plugins in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add pockethost/pockethost --skill pocketbase-admin-plugins -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/pocketbase-admin-plugins, .gemini/skills/pocketbase-admin-plugins, .github/skills/pocketbase-admin-plugins and .opencode/skills/pocketbase-admin-plugins in your project.

What does Pocketbase Admin Plugins need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Pocketbase Admin Plugins is instructions for the agent only.

Does Pocketbase Admin Plugins access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. As links in the text: github.com and pocketbase.io. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Pocketbase Admin Plugins safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Pocketbase Admin Plugins use?

Pocketbase Admin Plugins is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Pocketbase Admin Plugins use?

About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Pocketbase Admin Plugins?

pockethost (a GitHub organization) maintains it in pockethost/pockethost, which has 1,444 GitHub stars. The repository holds 11 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 28, 2026.

Source: pockethost/pockethost on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.