panel-design

name	panel-design
description	Expertise in designing Lightfall panel plugins with self-registration

Lightfall Panel Design

Expert at designing Qt panel plugins for Lightfall with self-registration.

See references/panel_design.md (loaded automatically by the SDK Skill tool) for full API reference covering:

• PanelMetadata - id, name, category, docking preferences, proactive_init
• BasePanel lifecycle - _setup_ui(), signals, state management
• Status indicator - PanelStatus + set_status() tint the sidebar icon (health at a glance)
• Title bar toolbar - add_title_bar_button() for high-level panel actions
• MCP introspection - _get_specific_introspection_data(), actions
• User-plugin auto-registration via PluginType.__init_subclass__
• Qt widgets and layout patterns

Key imports: from lightfall.ui.panels.base import BasePanel, PanelMetadata