deer-flow/examples/README.md
Wenchao An 0b78051840
feat(extensions): add example guide and packaging checks (#6755)
* feat(extensions): add example guide and packaging checks

* fix(extensions): align packaging checks with installer

Reject Windows drive-qualified wheel paths before extraction and reuse the installer entry-point validator. Cover unsafe paths, dotted attributes, and valid dotted modules in regression tests.

* fix(extensions): skip unused wheel extraction

Only extract wheels when browser manifests need validation, with a backend-only regression test. Link the three remaining example READMEs in the developer guide.

* docs(frontend): trim guidance intro below size budget

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Co-authored-by: Willem Jiang <willem.jiang@gmail.com>
2026-10-12 22:51:20 +08:00

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# Develop an extension from an existing example
Start with the smallest example that covers your extension. Each directory is an
independent Python package using the public `deerflow-extension-api` contract.
| Start here | What it demonstrates |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [Extension example](deerflow-extension-example/README.md) | Middleware, task lifecycle, model observations, services, and HTTP routes. Start here for backend extensions. |
| [Conversation bookmarks](deerflow-extension-bookmarks/README.md) | A browser page, conversation action, backend actions, packaged resources, and a model tool. Start here for full-stack plugins. |
| [Agent teams](deerflow-extension-agent-teams/README.md) | Full Agent orchestration. Use this after the basic contribution and lifecycle patterns are familiar. |
Additional examples cover [text-list classification](deerflow-extension-jev-classify/README.md),
[context pruning](deerflow-extension-jev-context/README.md), and
[advisory screening of fetched content](deerflow-extension-jev-screening/README.md).
## Edit, test, check, then install
1. Copy the selected example outside the DeerFlow checkout. Rename its Python
package, distribution and `deerflow.extensions` entry point. For a full-stack
plugin, also choose its own namespace and browser module name.
2. Follow the example's README to configure its dependencies and run its tests.
Keep package behavior tests alongside the extension.
3. From the DeerFlow checkout root, prepare the backend environment with
`make -C backend install`, then check the package:
```bash
uv run --project backend --no-sync python scripts/check_extension.py /absolute/path/to/your-extension
```
To try the checker on an unchanged example:
```bash
uv run --project backend --no-sync python scripts/check_extension.py examples/deerflow-extension-bookmarks
```
4. Follow that example's deployment and try-it instructions. Restart Gateway,
refresh the browser when applicable, and exercise the installed feature.
Use `make extension-upgrade SOURCE=/absolute/path/to/your-extension` to apply
later source edits: local installs are snapshots.
## What the checker covers
The script builds a wheel in a temporary directory, checks exactly one extension
entry point and its packaged Python module, parses packaged Python syntax, and
checks that the API dependency range accepts this checkout's contract version.
It validates conventional `ui_manifest.json` resources with the same validator
used by Gateway, including detecting manifests left out of the wheel in flat or
`src/` layouts. A custom manifest filename needs an explicit wheel-relative path:
```bash
uv run --project backend --no-sync python scripts/check_extension.py /absolute/path/to/your-extension --manifest your_package/resources.json
```
The build executes the package's build backend, so check trusted sources. The
checker does not import the extension, call `install()`, install the extension, or
change deployment configuration. Registration/configuration behavior and the
`@extension` version marker are verified when loading the plugin; continue to run
the package tests and the installed feature after packaging checks pass.