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🔌 SmartPlug Test Scenario

This is the simplest working SmartPlug based on the PlugKit protocol — a minimal but functional demonstration of plugin-to-host communication.

🧠 Concept

The goal of this test scenario is to verify that a single message can be sent from a host to a plug, and that the plug can respond correctly — exactly once. No loops, no protocol magic. Just one roundtrip. Clean and minimal.

This is useful as a smoke test for your PlugKit-compatible infrastructure or as a starting point for implementing more complex plugins.

📁 Project structure

. 
├── plug/ # 🔌 The plug binary – implements RawStreamPlug 
├── client/ # 🧑‍💻 The host – sends a single message to the plug 
└── shared/ # 📦 Shared types and helpers – messages, CBOR encoding, codes, etc.

• The plug listens for a single Envelope message, processes it, and responds.
• The host sends one message, waits for the reply, and exits.
• The shared package contains the agreed contract between plug and host ( message types, payload encoding, etc).

✅ What it demonstrates

• 🎯 PlugKit-compatible message envelope handling (CBOR-encoded)
• 🔄 One-shot request/response cycle
• 🔌 Bidirectional stdio stream between host and plug

🚀 Running the scenario

You can run the test by building both binaries.

The host will:

1. Start the plug process

2. Send a single CBOR-encoded message

3. Wait for the plug to respond

4. Print the response and exit

The plug will:

1. Wait for a message

2. Process it

3. Reply

4. Shut down

This is a great minimal example to understand the lifecycle of a SmartPlug 🔌 – message in, response out, context-aware shutdown, and no extra fluff.

Enjoy plugging!