# Dev · simons-plugins

> - This skill should be used when the user asks to "create an Indigo plugin", "build a plugin for Indigo", "add a device type", "configure Devices.xml", "implement plugin lifecycle", "debug an Indigo plugin", "use runConcurrentThread", "add plugin preferences", "create custom events", "update device states", "use replaceOnServer", "create a device factory", "bundle Python packages", "add menu items", "create actions", or is working within .indigoPlugin directory structures. Provides Indigo home automation plugin development guidance including SDK patterns, device design, and troubleshooting.

## Facts
- Page: https://tashan.sh/capability/skill-simons-plugins-dev
- tashan id: skill:simons-plugins/dev
- Source: https://github.com/simons-plugins/indigo-claude-plugin
- Type: skill
- Category: devtools
- tashan score: not scored (catalogued only — too little public evidence)
- Adoption: 9.0
- Upkeep: 95.0
- Freshness: 90.0
- Evidence coverage: 84% of the inputs this score can use
- Health: active
- Instruction depth: not yet graded
- License: MIT
- Official: no

## Install

```sh
cp -r dev ~/.claude/skills/
```

## Security audit
Not scanned. We audit npm-published capabilities; this one has no npm package we can resolve, or has not reached the queue. This is not a clean bill of health.

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Measured 2026-08-14 by tashan (https://tashan.sh) from public evidence. Scorer s5.