Plugins

Plugins extend RealTimeX with extra providers, agent skills, and runtime behavior. The Settings > Plugins page is the main control surface for enabling built-in plugins, installing new ones, configuring plugin settings, and troubleshooting plugin problems.

Who this guide is for

This section is written for RealTimeX end users who manage their own desktop or hosted instance.

• If you administer the instance, this is your operational guide.
• If you use RealTimeX in a shared deployment, your admin may enable plugins for you, but you may still want to understand what they do.

This is not plugin developer documentation. It explains how to use plugins already available to your RealTimeX instance.

What counts as a plugin in RealTimeX

Plugins can add one or more of the following:

• new AI capabilities for agents
• new image generation providers
• configurable runtime policies
• reusable integration logic that appears elsewhere in the product

Some plugins are visible because they add a new provider or a new settings workflow. Others work more quietly by extending what agents can do in the background.

Built-in plugins vs installed plugins

RealTimeX supports two main plugin types.

Built-in plugins

Built-in plugins ship with RealTimeX itself.

• They appear with a Built-in badge.
• Some are enabled by default.
• They can usually be enabled, disabled, configured, or reloaded.
• They cannot be uninstalled from the UI.

Installed plugins

Installed plugins are added to your instance later, usually from a .zip package.

• They appear beside built-in plugins in the same list.
• They can be enabled, disabled, configured, reloaded, and uninstalled.
• Some can also be published to the marketplace after installation.

Common plugin tasks

• Learn which plugins ship with RealTimeX on Built-In Plugins
• Use browser-backed agent workflows on Agent Browser
• Understand platform-aware agent control on RealtimeX Moderator
• Understand note retrieval and wiki behavior on Notes, Wiki & Memory Plugins
• Install or remove plugins on Install & Manage Plugins
• Understand plugin forms and LLM slots on Configure Plugin Settings
• Set up provider ordering on Image Generation Plugins
• Configure permission policies on Runtime Auto-Approve
• Fix common problems on Troubleshooting

How plugins appear in the UI

Each plugin card can show some combination of:

• status and version
• description
• author
• a Built-in badge
• Enable or Disable
• Configure
• Reload
• Publish
• Uninstall

If a plugin does not expose configurable settings, the Configure action will not appear.

Important behavior to remember

• Saving plugin settings does not replace the plugin itself. It only updates that plugin's stored configuration.
• Some changes take effect immediately, but reloading the plugin is the safest way to apply new settings after a significant change.
• Disabled plugins stay installed. They are simply inactive.
• Built-in plugins cannot be uninstalled.

Recommended approach

1. Start by reviewing Built-In Plugins.
2. Enable only the plugins you actually need.
3. Configure required API keys or provider settings before first use.
4. Reload the plugin after major configuration changes.
5. Test the user-facing feature that depends on the plugin.