MCP Plugins & Extensions: Extend Your Servers

The Plugins Marketplace allows you to discover, install, and configure modular plugins that extend the capabilities of your Karada MCP servers. Plugins inject production-grade middleware into your generated servers—such as real-time analytics, distributed request tracing, security headers, and custom rate limiting—with zero boilerplate code.

What are Karada Plugins?
Karada Plugins are modular extensions that augment your Auto-MCP servers and gateway proxies. They run alongside your server runtime to provide observability, access control, and runtime transformations without requiring manual code changes to your underlying API or MCP tools.

Browsing Available Plugins

Navigate to the Plugins tab in your Project Dashboard to explore verified plugins. Each plugin card provides:

Display Name and package identifier (e.g., karada-plugin-analytics)
Plugin Overview: A summary of its functionality and supported MCP runtime hooks
Status Badge: Clear indication whether the plugin is Available or Installed
Documentation Link: Configuration options and schema details

Installing a Plugin

Find a Plugin

Open the Plugins tab in your project dashboard and browse the available extensions in the marketplace.

Click Install

Click Install Plugin on the desired plugin card. A secure configuration modal will open.

Configure Parameters

Provide the required configuration values. For example, an analytics plugin requires a tracking ID, while a rate-limiting plugin accepts requests-per-minute thresholds. Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required.

Save & Activate

Click Save & Install. Karada immediately applies the plugin to your project environment and restarts your MCP runtime with the new middleware active.

Managing Installed Plugins

Active plugins appear in your project’s Active Plugins view:

Configure: Update environment settings, secrets, or thresholds without redeploying from scratch.
Toggle State: Temporarily disable a plugin during debugging without losing your saved configuration.
Uninstall: Safely remove the plugin from your server runtime.

Developing & Publishing Plugins

Karada supports custom and community-developed plugins. To publish a plugin to the marketplace or your private team workspace, define a standard plugin manifest.

Plugin Manifest Specification

The manifest describes your plugin’s metadata, repository source, and runtime configuration schema:

Field	Required	Description
Display Name	✅	Human-readable title displayed in the marketplace
Package Identifier	✅	Unique namespace string (e.g., `karada-plugin-rate-limiter`)
Description	✅	Concise explanation of the plugin’s functionality
Source URL	✅	Public or private Git repository hosting the plugin source
Version	✅	Semantic version string (e.g., `1.0.0`)
Author	✅	Maintainer or organization name
Configuration Schema	✅	JSON array defining dynamic input fields for the setup modal

Configuration Schema Example

The configuration schema drives the dynamic form rendered during installation:

[
  {
    "key": "tracking_id",
    "label": "Tracking ID",
    "type": "string",
    "required": true,
    "placeholder": "UA-XXXXXXX-X",
    "description": "Your telemetry or analytics tracking identifier."
  },
  {
    "key": "api_secret",
    "label": "API Secret Key",
    "type": "password",
    "required": true,
    "secret": true,
    "description": "API secret token passed securely to the plugin runtime."
  },
  {
    "key": "rate_limit_rpm",
    "label": "Requests Per Minute",
    "type": "number",
    "required": false,
    "default": 60,
    "description": "Maximum requests permitted per minute per client."
  }
]

Supported schema data types include string, password, number, and boolean. Fields marked with "secret": true are encrypted at rest and masked in the UI to protect production credentials.

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MCP Plugins & Extensions: Extend Your Servers

Browsing Available Plugins

Installing a Plugin

Managing Installed Plugins

Developing & Publishing Plugins

Plugin Manifest Specification

Configuration Schema Example

​Browsing Available Plugins

​Installing a Plugin

​Managing Installed Plugins

​Developing & Publishing Plugins

​Plugin Manifest Specification

​Configuration Schema Example

Browsing Available Plugins

Installing a Plugin

Managing Installed Plugins

Developing & Publishing Plugins

Plugin Manifest Specification

Configuration Schema Example