Problem
The Autopilot Head widget currently appears to be gated by a fixed plugin dependency list, such as the legacy Signal K autopilot plugin or a specific provider plugin. This prevents the widget from being added when Signal K has an active Autopilot API v2 provider registered by another plugin.
This is a problem because the Signal K Autopilot API v2 is provider-based. A compatible autopilot can be exposed through:
/signalk/v2/api/vessels/self/autopilots
without the historical autopilot plugin being active.
Expected behavior
When adding or configuring the Autopilot Head widget, Skip should consider the widget available if the server exposes at least one Autopilot API v2 provider at:
/signalk/v2/api/vessels/self/autopilots
The widget should not require a hard-coded plugin id if the v2 API already reports an available provider.
Current behavior
The widget can be blocked before its own Autopilot API discovery/configuration flow runs, with a message indicating that one of the known autopilot plugins is installed but none is active.
Suggested direction
The Autopilot Head dependency check could be relaxed or changed from a hard-coded plugin-id requirement to an API capability check:
- Prefer Autopilot API v2 provider discovery via
/signalk/v2/api/vessels/self/autopilots.
- Allow the widget when that endpoint returns one or more providers.
- Keep legacy plugin checks only as a fallback for v1 compatibility.
This would make the widget work with any compatible Signal K Autopilot API v2 provider, while preserving support for existing provider plugins.
Problem
The Autopilot Head widget currently appears to be gated by a fixed plugin dependency list, such as the legacy Signal K autopilot plugin or a specific provider plugin. This prevents the widget from being added when Signal K has an active Autopilot API v2 provider registered by another plugin.
This is a problem because the Signal K Autopilot API v2 is provider-based. A compatible autopilot can be exposed through:
/signalk/v2/api/vessels/self/autopilotswithout the historical
autopilotplugin being active.Expected behavior
When adding or configuring the Autopilot Head widget, Skip should consider the widget available if the server exposes at least one Autopilot API v2 provider at:
/signalk/v2/api/vessels/self/autopilotsThe widget should not require a hard-coded plugin id if the v2 API already reports an available provider.
Current behavior
The widget can be blocked before its own Autopilot API discovery/configuration flow runs, with a message indicating that one of the known autopilot plugins is installed but none is active.
Suggested direction
The Autopilot Head dependency check could be relaxed or changed from a hard-coded plugin-id requirement to an API capability check:
/signalk/v2/api/vessels/self/autopilots.This would make the widget work with any compatible Signal K Autopilot API v2 provider, while preserving support for existing provider plugins.