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ida-plugin-development

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Build IDA Pro Python plugins with best practices

Software Engineering#automation#plugins#Python#GUI#hooking#IDA Pro#Domain API
AuthorHexRaysSA
Version1.0.0
Installs0

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What problem does it solve?

Developing IDA Pro plugins can be complex and error-prone. This skill provides a structured, Python-based approach to building GUI and background plugins, leveraging idiomatic patterns and the Python Domain API (ida-domain) for reliable integration with IDA Pro.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Use the IDA Domain API to build plugins with a clean Python interface.
  • Integrate plugins into the Plugin Manager for packaging, distribution, and version checks.
  • Define a safe plugin entry point and pairwise hook registration for reliable lifecycle management.
  • Enable cross-plugin communication via IDC functions to automate tasks and data exchange.
  • Save and load plugin state using netnodes to persist data across sessions.
  • Respond to current addresses and selections to react to user context and UI events.
  • Create and manage custom viewers, hints, and rendering customization for richer analysis UI.

Quick Start

Create a new Python-based IDA Pro plugin skeleton using ida-domain patterns, wire it into the Plugin Manager, and implement a minimal UI hook to verify end-to-end integration.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

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Name: ida-plugin-development
Download link: https://github.com/HexRaysSA/ida-claude-plugins/archive/main.zip#ida-plugin-development

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