From 2ae52c97ad48195f3f9f568378823a514d002417 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy Gayton <andy@thecablelounge.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:21:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] feat: add nushell's plugin management commands (plugin
 list, stop, use, ...)

---
 Cargo.lock           | 14 ++++++++++++++
 Cargo.toml           |  1 +
 README.md            |  8 ++++++++
 src/engine.rs        |  1 +
 tests/eval_test.rs   | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 tests/server_test.rs | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 66 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 13e156f..c4f5b66 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2784,6 +2784,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nu-cli",
  "nu-cmd-extra",
  "nu-cmd-lang",
+ "nu-cmd-plugin",
  "nu-command",
  "nu-engine",
  "nu-parser",
@@ -4719,6 +4720,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "shadow-rs",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nu-cmd-plugin"
+version = "0.116.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2a3455969656165b9b0dd2ad4c668d63c11b8498d6fbc594b99f5bb1a59878c7"
+dependencies = [
+ "itertools 0.15.0",
+ "nu-engine",
+ "nu-path",
+ "nu-plugin-engine",
+ "nu-protocol",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nu-color-config"
 version = "0.116.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 239aeef..b692e72 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ url = "2.5.0"
 
 nu-cli = "0.116.0"
 nu-cmd-lang = "0.116.0"
+nu-cmd-plugin = "0.116.0"
 nu-cmd-extra = "0.116.0"
 nu-command = { version = "0.116.0", features = ["sqlite"] }
 nu-engine = "0.116.0"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 07f5d0e..ec34f72 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -921,6 +921,14 @@ $ http-nu --plugin ~/.cargo/bin/nu_plugin_inc eval -c '1 | inc'
 2
 ```
 
+Nushell's plugin management commands (`plugin list`, `plugin stop`, `plugin use`,
+`plugin add`, `plugin rm`) are available. `plugin list --engine` shows the
+plugins loaded with `--plugin`, including the process id when running:
+
+```bash
+$ http-nu --plugin ~/.cargo/bin/nu_plugin_inc eval -c 'plugin list --engine | select name status pid'
+```
+
 ### Module Paths
 
 Make module paths available with `-I` / `--include-path`:
diff --git a/src/engine.rs b/src/engine.rs
index e08b0e0..e295a8c 100644
--- a/src/engine.rs
+++ b/src/engine.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ impl Engine {
         engine_state = add_shell_command_context(engine_state);
         engine_state = add_cli_context(engine_state);
         engine_state = nu_cmd_extra::extra::add_extra_command_context(engine_state);
+        engine_state = nu_cmd_plugin::add_plugin_command_context(engine_state);
 
         load_http_nu_stdlib(&mut engine_state)?;
         nu_std::load_standard_library(&mut engine_state)?;
diff --git a/tests/eval_test.rs b/tests/eval_test.rs
index 33a65ff..4055ae0 100644
--- a/tests/eval_test.rs
+++ b/tests/eval_test.rs
@@ -143,6 +143,22 @@ fn test_eval_with_plugin() {
         .stdout("PLUGIN_WORKS\n");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_eval_plugin_stop_respawns() {
+    let plugin_path = workspace_bin("nu_plugin_test");
+    Command::new(assert_cmd::cargo::cargo_bin!("http-nu"))
+        .args([
+            "eval",
+            "--plugin",
+            plugin_path.to_str().unwrap(),
+            "-c",
+            "let a = test-plugin-pid; plugin stop test; let b = test-plugin-pid; [($a != $b) ($b == (plugin list --engine | get pid.0))] | to nuon",
+        ])
+        .assert()
+        .success()
+        .stdout("[true, true]\n");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_eval_include_path() {
     let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
diff --git a/tests/server_test.rs b/tests/server_test.rs
index 1eb58fc..ba47aba 100644
--- a/tests/server_test.rs
+++ b/tests/server_test.rs
@@ -1367,6 +1367,32 @@ async fn test_plugin_process_shared_across_requests() {
     );
 }
 
+/// Tests that `plugin list --engine` is available to served scripts and reports
+/// the running plugin's pid, matching the pid the plugin reports for itself.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_plugin_list_engine() {
+    let plugin_path = workspace_bin("nu_plugin_test");
+    let server = TestServer::new_with_plugins(
+        "127.0.0.1:0",
+        r#"{|req|
+            let own = test-plugin-pid
+            let listed = plugin list --engine | where name == test | get pid.0
+            {own: $own, listed: $listed, status: (plugin list --engine | get status.0)} | to json -r
+        }"#,
+        false,
+        &[plugin_path],
+    )
+    .await;
+
+    let output = server.curl("/").await;
+    assert!(output.status.success());
+    let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
+    let v: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(stdout.trim()).expect("json response");
+    assert_eq!(v["status"], "running");
+    assert!(v["own"].as_i64().is_some(), "missing plugin pid: {v}");
+    assert_eq!(v["own"], v["listed"]);
+}
+
 // ============================================================================
 // Watch mode tests (-w/--watch)
 // ============================================================================

From 8b2833820cb2f9615f860cd45c822022fc8c7454 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy Gayton <andy@thecablelounge.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:32:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] style: deno fmt README

---
 README.md | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ec34f72..855bc0b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -921,9 +921,9 @@ $ http-nu --plugin ~/.cargo/bin/nu_plugin_inc eval -c '1 | inc'
 2
 ```
 
-Nushell's plugin management commands (`plugin list`, `plugin stop`, `plugin use`,
-`plugin add`, `plugin rm`) are available. `plugin list --engine` shows the
-plugins loaded with `--plugin`, including the process id when running:
+Nushell's plugin management commands (`plugin list`, `plugin stop`,
+`plugin use`, `plugin add`, `plugin rm`) are available. `plugin list --engine`
+shows the plugins loaded with `--plugin`, including the process id when running:
 
 ```bash
 $ http-nu --plugin ~/.cargo/bin/nu_plugin_inc eval -c 'plugin list --engine | select name status pid'