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tags: api/syscall references:

• plug-api/syscalls/system.ts
• client/plugos/syscalls/system.ts
• plugs/editor/system.ts

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The System API provides system-level functions for interacting with the SilverBullet environment.

system.cleanDatabases

system.cleanDatabases()

Deprecated: Use system.wipeClient or the Client: Wipe command instead.

Deprecated no-op retained for compatibility.

system.getBaseURI

system.getBaseURI()

Returns the browser base URI for this SilverBullet instance.

system.getConfig

system.getConfig(key, defaultValue?)

Returns a configuration value, with an optional default.

system.getEnv

system.getEnv()

Deprecated: The environment is always the client.

Deprecated environment probe that always returns nil.

system.getMode

system.getMode()

Returns rw for read-write mode or ro for read-only mode.

system.getSpaceConfig

system.getSpaceConfig(key, defaultValue?)

Deprecated: Use system.getConfig instead.

Deprecated alias for system.getConfig.

system.getURLPrefix

system.getURLPrefix()

Returns the configured URL path prefix for this SilverBullet instance.

system.getVersion

system.getVersion()

Returns the running SilverBullet version.

system.invokeCommand

system.invokeCommand(name, args?)

Deprecated: Use editor.invokeCommand instead.

Deprecated alias for editor.invokeCommand.

system.invokeFunction

system.invokeFunction(name, ...)

Invokes a loaded plug function by its plug-qualified name.

system.invokeFunctionOnServer

system.invokeFunctionOnServer(name, ...)

Deprecated: Use system.invokeFunction instead.

Deprecated alias for system.invokeFunction.

system.listCommands

system.listCommands()

Returns a map of every currently available command definition.

system.listPaletteCommands

system.listPaletteCommands()

Returns the commands the command palette would show right now: context- and mode-filtered, hidden ones dropped, each with its prettified key hint and the time it was last run on this client.

system.listSyscalls

system.listSyscalls()

Lists registered syscalls with permissions, argument counts, and documentation metadata.

system.loadPlug

system.loadPlug(path)

Loads or reloads one plug from a space file path.

system.loadScripts

system.loadScripts()

Reloads Space Lua scripts and configuration.

system.loadSpaceScripts

system.loadSpaceScripts()

Deprecated: Use system.loadScripts instead.

Deprecated alias for system.loadScripts.

system.loadSpaceStyles

system.loadSpaceStyles()

Reloads custom Space Style definitions.

system.runPaletteCommand

system.runPaletteCommand(name)

Runs a command as if it had been picked from the command palette: records it as the most recently run, then invokes it and returns its result.

Parameters:

• name (string) — Command name.

Returns: Whatever the command returned.

system.reboot

system.reboot()

Saves the current editor buffer, detects on-disk changes, waits for indexing, and reloads configuration, scripts, styles, and client state. Because the buffer is saved first, an external edit to the currently open page can be overwritten; edit that page through the editor or navigate away first.

system.reloadConfig

system.reloadConfig()

Deprecated: Configuration reloads automatically; use system.reboot when needed.

Deprecated no-op that returns the current configuration.

system.reloadPlugs

system.reloadPlugs()

Reloads every plug available to the client.

system.serverSyscall

system.serverSyscall(name, ...)

Deprecated: Invoke the target syscall directly instead.

Deprecated helper for invoking a named syscall.

system.unloadPlug

system.unloadPlug(path)

Unloads the plug loaded from a space file path.

system.wipeClient

system.wipeClient(logout?)

Wipes local client state, cached files, databases, and optionally the login session.