CLI overview

The mixlar-sdk command line tool is how you scaffold, test, sign, and ship plugins for Mixlar Control and the M1X. It’s the same code the desktop app uses internally, so what you validate and emulate here behaves exactly like it will on a real device.

Install

pip install mixlar-sdk

That installs the mixlar-sdk console script. You can also run it in place without installing, which is handy before pip install -e . or in CI:

python -m mixlar_cli

Both invocations are identical in behavior.

Tip

Every subcommand accepts an optional pkg positional argument — a package directory. Omit it and the CLI defaults to the current directory, resolving it by looking for plugin.json. If none is found you get a clear error, never a silent wrong-folder operation.

The branded menu

Run mixlar-sdk with no arguments (or -h/--help at the top level) and you get a branded launch screen listing every command, rather than a bare argparse usage dump. In a color-capable TTY it animates a short intro first.

mixlar-sdk

Set NO_COLOR (any value) to disable ANSI colors — the menu and every command’s output fall back to plain text. This is respected everywhere the CLI prints [ok] / [warn] / [error] style status lines, so it’s safe to export in CI logs.

NO_COLOR=1 mixlar-sdk validate

For a specific command’s flags, pass -h after the command name:

mixlar-sdk create -h
mixlar-sdk emulate -h

Check the version

mixlar-sdk --version

Commands

command	what it does
create	scaffold a new plugin package from a template (macro, slider, widget, full)
validate	lint plugin.json and every bundled widgets/<id>/widget.json
link	copy (or symlink) a package into the app’s plugins directory
dev	validate + link once, then watch the folder and re-sync on save
emulate	run a package against a headless mock device — render a PNG or drive it interactively
pack	zip a validated package into a .mixplugin, optionally signing it first
sign	sign a package in place with a publisher key
verify	check a package’s signature against the pinned publisher keyset
keygen	generate an ed25519 publisher keypair
publish	upload a .mixplugin to the marketplace (currently a stub until the endpoint ships)

A typical loop

1. Scaffold a package:

   mixlar-sdk create "My Plugin" --template full
   cd my_plugin

2. Lint it:

   mixlar-sdk validate

3. Preview the widget without hardware:

   mixlar-sdk emulate --render preview.png

4. Generate a signing key (once) and build a signed package:

   mixlar-sdk keygen --key-id my-key
   mixlar-sdk pack --sign my-key

5. Copy it into the app’s plugins directory:

   mixlar-sdk link

For active development, mixlar-sdk dev replaces the validate/link steps with a single command that watches your package folder and re-syncs on every save — see the individual command pages for details:

• create — the scaffolding wizard and template flags
• validate and emulate — linting and the headless mock device
• pack, sign, verify, keygen, publish — trust and distribution

If you’re new to the SDK entirely, start at Getting started.