SDK Overview | Dryade

Build sovereign AI agents that run anywhere.

Author Dryade plugins in Python with type-safe protocols. Scaffold, validate, package, and ship in one CLI.

Why this SDK

Sovereign — author plugins that ship to self-hosted Dryade installs. No cloud lock-in.
Type-safe — Python Protocol + @runtime_checkable. Your IDE catches contract violations before runtime does.
Hermetic — develop and test plugins without installing Dryade. The SDK ships its own test fixtures.

uv tool install "dryade-plugins-sdk[cli]"
dryade plugin new my_plugin --tier starter
cd my_plugin
dryade plugin validate
dryade plugin package

Five commands. Your .dryadepkg is ready to submit to the Dryade marketplace or share directly.

Walk through the full tutorial in Getting Started.

Page	What it covers
Getting Started	5-step tutorial — install through package
Concepts	Protocols, manifest v2, tiers, signing, contract version
API Reference	Every public symbol in the SDK
CLI Reference	Every `dryade` command + flag
Examples	Five reference plugins linked from `examples/`
Cookbook	Recipes — HITL, MCP tool, multi-agent, KV, UI
Security	What plugin authors must know about hashing + slots
Migration	Notes for internal contributors moving off manifest v1
FAQ	Common questions; 10 entries; covers the early-author friction
Changelog	Versioned release notes