IDA Plugin Development Skill for Claude Code

Develop plugins for IDA Pro in Python, using idiomatic patterns, lessons, and tricks, including the Python Domain API (ida-domain). Use when creating both GUI (Qt) and background plugins for inspecting and rendering things program structure, functions, disassembly, cross-references, and strings.

Claude Skills that enables Claude to autonomously create, package, and install IDAPython plugins with proper HCLI-compatible packaging.

Claude handles plugin infrastructure (Qt widgets, menus, actions, hooks, settings) so you can focus on what your plugin should do.

Requirements

• uv package manager

Installation

claude plugin marketplace add HexRaysSA/claude-marketplace
claude plugin install ida-plugin-development@HexRaysSA

Scope

In Scope:

• Plugin infrastructure (lifecycle, registration)
• Qt6 widgets (forms, dialogs, choosers)
• Actions, menus, hotkeys
• UI_Hooks for event handling
• Settings descriptors
• HCLI packaging and validation

Out of Scope:

• IDA scripting/analysis logic (use reverse-engineering-with-code-eval-and-ida-domain plugin for script execution)
• IDA 7.x/8.x compatibility
• C++ SDK plugins

Skills

• ida-plugin-development - Plugin infrastructure, Qt widgets, actions, hooks, settings
• ida-domain-api - Domain API reference for IDA Pro binary analysis
• package-ida-plugin - HCLI packaging and distribution

Related

• HCLI Documentation
• IDAPython Documentation
• ida-domain Documentation