Overview

The Plugin Creator is a Stratafy-native Cowork meta-plugin that enables organizations to build custom Cowork plugins tailored to their specific needs. Rather than being limited to the standard plugin library, teams can use the Plugin Creator to develop domain-specific AI agent extensions that integrate with their unique workflows, internal systems, and organizational processes.

Within the Stratafy workspace, the Plugin Creator operates under elevated governance controls. Creating a new plugin means defining what data an AI agent can access and what actions it can take — a fundamentally governance-relevant activity. The Plugin Creator includes built-in templates, validation, and testing tools that ensure custom plugins follow Stratafy governance patterns from the start.

Governed plugin creation is essential because custom AI capabilities represent the most significant governance challenge in AI tooling. An ungoverned plugin development process can introduce AI agent capabilities that bypass access controls, expose sensitive data, or take unauthorized actions. The Plugin Creator ensures that custom extensions are built within the governance framework rather than around it, making extensibility a governed activity rather than a governance gap.

Key Features

Plugin Template Library

Start from proven templates implementing Stratafy governance patterns out of the box, covering common integration types including data connectors, workflow automations, analysis tools, and communication interfaces

Schema and Capability Definition

Define data schemas, API interfaces, and capability boundaries for custom plugins, with governance constraints enforced at the schema level requiring upfront declaration of data access requirements and action scopes

Built-In Testing Framework

Test custom plugins in a sandboxed environment before deployment, validating governance compliance, permission enforcement, and audit logging alongside functional correctness

Version Management

Manage plugin versions with rollback capabilities, tracking changes to plugin capabilities over time for governance reviews

Governance Configuration

Configure access controls, approval workflows, and audit requirements during the creation process — governance is a core part of the plugin development workflow, not an afterthought

Integration Connectors

Build connections to external APIs, databases, and services using pre-built connector patterns that inherit Stratafy credential management and access control framework

Use Cases

Workspace Use Cases

Industry-Specific Compliance Plugin

A regulated organization builds a custom plugin that gives AI agents access to industry-specific compliance requirements, internal policy databases, and regulatory filing templates. The plugin is tailored to their specific regulatory environment and integrates with their compliance management system.

Internal Tools Integration

A team builds a custom plugin that connects AI agents to their proprietary internal tools — a custom project management system, an internal knowledge base, or a specialized analytics platform. The plugin follows Stratafy governance patterns while providing access to systems that no standard plugin covers.

Custom Workflow Automation

An operations team creates a plugin that automates their specific approval workflows, combining data from multiple workspace entities with custom business logic. The plugin enforces their unique approval chains and escalation rules within the governed environment.

Domain-Specific Analysis

A research team builds a plugin that gives AI agents specialized analysis capabilities — custom statistical models, domain-specific data transformations, or proprietary analytical frameworks. The plugin makes these capabilities available to governed AI agents without exposing the underlying models or data to unauthorized access.

Integrations

Requires

GitHub MCP

Code repository access

Required

Filesystem MCP

File operations

Required

Run Python MCP

Code sandbox for testing

Optional

Considerations

Before You Adopt

Custom plugins can potentially define broad capability scopes — governance must include review processes for new plugin capabilities to prevent granting AI agents access beyond their intended function
Custom plugins connecting to external systems or processing sensitive data should undergo security review before deployment, with thresholds defined based on data access scope and action capabilities
Custom plugins may depend on external APIs, services, or libraries — changes to dependencies can affect behavior and security posture, requiring monitoring and update management
Custom plugins should meet minimum testing standards before deployment including test coverage for permission enforcement, data access boundaries, and audit logging completeness
Custom plugins require ongoing maintenance as organizational needs and governance requirements evolve — lifecycle management processes for reviewing, updating, and retiring plugins are essential

Stratafy Fit

Integration Potential

5/5

The Plugin Creator is perhaps the strongest expression of Stratafy governance-first philosophy. Extensibility is where most AI governance frameworks break down — organizations need custom capabilities, but custom development often bypasses governance controls. The Plugin Creator solves this by making governance an integral part of the development process. Custom plugins declare their capability scopes upfront, undergo validation against governance requirements, and inherit Stratafy permission and audit infrastructure automatically. This means organizations can extend their AI agent capabilities indefinitely while maintaining the governance rigor that their security and compliance requirements demand.