Coding Starter

A host-only Agent Plugins 1.0 package with two Station Workspace Panes and one owner-qualified review action. The package ID and source directory remain coding-starter.

Coding Workspace shows a labelled sample file list and terminal output. Coding Diff Review shows a labelled example diff and review prompts. These are authored examples, not a live repository browser, command runner, or current Git diff. Connect an appropriate provider before presenting real project data.

Install and place

Use a Station build supporting the io.kontourai.station namespace, Project Pane SDK context, and captured host actions. Candidate SDK/CLI availability does not imply an npm publication. From this directory:

station plugin build
station plugin preview .
station plugin install .

Review the navigation.dock and agents.invoke permissions. Open the intended Project, choose Add pane, then Coding Workspace or Coding Diff Review. Installation makes the contribution discoverable; placement is an explicit Project action. Both Panes can also be placed in the host's supported Project Layout regions.

Open Chat Dock only opens the existing dock through the public navigation SDK. It does not submit the sample code or choose an Agent. Review current diff is the separate action in the host action bar. Its authored prompt asks the package-owned coding-starter-assistant to review the current diff; it does not automatically attach the sample diff shown by the Pane. The Agent needs appropriate repository access to inspect a real diff.

Agent and execution

The packaged Agent definition contains its original name and prompt, with no engine or model override. Configure a compatible native model connection in Station before invoking it. The host binds the declared own-plugin Agent to its exact installation and the selected Project; it does not silently select an unrelated Agent when configuration, permission, or ownership is missing.

For Projects configured with worktree execution, the canonical owner provisions the Session workspace. Native Bash and relative file operations use that Session directory; explicitly configured MCP roots retain their own meaning. This is execution-location propagation, not a universal filesystem sandbox. An uncertain launch is never automatically retried.

An unavailable Pane or action displays its host reason. Pending activation can require recovery; an uninstalled package withdraws its rendered controls. There is no whole-plugin enable/disable workflow implied by this example.

Package and migration

The package includes plugin.json, authored source/CSS, agents/, and this README. No install hook copies files into Station's checkout. Keep authored CSS selectors scoped to the package: this example uses coding-starter- class names so it cannot inherit or override the host's terminal styles. Building a copied source directory requires compatible candidate tooling and its dependencies; no independently resolved public-registry install is claimed here.

This slice does not remove compatibility parsers or complete the example migration. It adds no command-palette protocol and does not resolve #1419.