Available Plugins

Official SideButton plugins maintained by the team.

screen-record

Screen recording on Linux agent VMs via ffmpeg x11grab.

Repo	sidebutton/plugin-screen-record
Tools	start_recording, stop_recording, list_recordings
Language	Bash
Requires	Linux with X11, ffmpeg

Install:

git clone https://github.com/sidebutton/plugin-screen-record.git
sidebutton plugin install plugin-screen-record

Tools:

Tool	Description
start_recording	Start ffmpeg x11grab recording (1920x1080, 10fps, H.264). Optional filename parameter.
stop_recording	Stop active recording with graceful SIGINT shutdown. Returns file path and size.
list_recordings	List all MP4 files in ~/.sidebutton/recordings/ with sizes and timestamps.

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writing-quality

AI writing pattern detection and 5-dimension quality scoring.

Repo	sidebutton/plugin-writing-quality
Tools	check_writing_quality
Language	Node.js
Requires	ANTHROPIC_API_KEY env var (for LLM scoring mode)

Install:

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/sidebutton/plugin-writing-quality.git
sidebutton plugin install plugin-writing-quality

Tools:

Tool	Description
check_writing_quality	Score content on 5 dimensions (Directness, Rhythm, Trust, Authenticity, Density) and detect AI writing patterns. Pass/fail at 35/50.

Modes:

Mode	Description
full	Deterministic patterns + LLM scoring (default)
patterns-only	Deterministic only, no LLM call
score-only	LLM scoring only

Pattern categories: throat-clearing, emphasis crutches, business jargon, filler phrases, AI vocabulary, promotional words, sycophantic phrases, passive voice, em dashes, rule-of-three, binary contrast, metronomic rhythm, and more (29 patterns total).

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