feat: add project_sidebar plugin to index

[mbradaschia]

Project Sidebar

A frontend-only Agent Zero plugin that replaces the default chats list with a project-grouped sidebar view.

Features

• Collapsible project groups sorted by most recent chat activity
• Persistent collapse state via localStorage
• Edit shortcut on hover linking to project settings
• No Project group for unassigned chats
• Status indicators matching chat_status_marklet visual style
• Interoperability data attributes (data-chat-id, data-project-name) for other plugins

Plugin Details

• GitHub: https://github.com/mbradaschia/a0-project-sidebar
• Type: Frontend-only (no backend changes)
• Version: 1.0.0
• Tags: ui, web, workflow, tools

Checklist

• index.yaml with required fields (title, description, github)
• thumbnail.png (4KB square image)
• Plugin folder name matches name in plugin.yaml: project_sidebar
• Tags from TAGS.md (≤ 5)
• Description ≤ 500 characters
• LICENSE at repo root
• README.md at repo root
• Adds exactly one new plugin folder

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[3clyp50]

Hello @mbradaschia, hope all is well.

I went through the plugin's code and I have some review for you.

Structure & Purpose Match — 🟡 Warning

File: api/branch_from_end.py → lines 13–17

class BranchFromEnd(ApiHandler):
    """Branch a chat from its last log entry (convenience wrapper for the sidebar).

    Works for both in-memory and on-disk chats — loads from disk if not currently active.
    """

Risk: The manifest describes a sidebar/grouping plugin, but this file introduces a backend API that changes server behavior and reads persisted chats from disk. That mismatch expands the trust boundary beyond what an operator would expect from a UI-focused plugin. Let me know if you need help figuring out how to reuse the same contexts without rewriting them, or using a workaround.

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Remote Communication — 🟡 Warning

File: webui/project-sidebar-store.js → lines 304–309

      // Step 2: directly activate the project on the new chat
      await sendJsonData("/projects", {
        action: "activate",
        context_id: newCtxId,
        name: group.name,
      });

Risk: The plugin is not purely local UI code; it makes backend API requests that create chats, modify project assignments, and invoke its own plugin API. These calls are same-origin and consistent with sidebar actions, but they still expand the network/API surface and depend on the host app’s authorization and CSRF protections.

If you look in our Settings, in Agent Settings, we have a flag that lets users decide whether they want new chats to inherit the active project or not, and we should respect that choice.

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Secrets & Sensitive Data Access — 🔴 Fail

File: api/branch_from_end.py → lines 31–36

                path = persist_chat._get_chat_file_path(context_id)
                js = files.read_file(path)
                if not js:
                    return Response("Context not found", 404)
                data = json.loads(js)
                context = persist_chat._deserialize_context(data)

Risk: This code reads serialized chat files from disk and reconstructs full chat context objects in memory. Persisted chat files can contain logs, metadata, and agent state, so this is sensitive-data access that goes beyond the plugin’s declared role as a sidebar presentation enhancement. This goes together with number 1. It should be possible to make this change only through the UI.

If you need any help or further info/explanation, let me know.

Have a good one,
Alessandro