/// Plugin metadata describing the plugin and its compatibility.
interface metadata {
    record plugin-metadata {
        /// Name of the plugin.
        name: string,
        /// Plugin version (semver).
        version: string,
        /// Plugin authors.
        authors: list<string>,
        /// Short description of the plugin.
        description: string,
        /// Plugin dependencies.
        dependencies: list<string>,
        /// Permissions requested by the plugin.
        permissions: list<string>,
    }

    get-metadata: func() -> plugin-metadata;
}