Does this skill handle user permissions?

Yes, it provides the specific manifest configuration logic and step-by-step guidance for setting up user group permissions and access conditions to secure your custom sections.

Does it support the latest Umbraco versions?

Yes, the skill is designed to fetch and follow the latest official Umbraco documentation, ensuring your manifests and extension types are compatible with modern backoffice requirements.

What is an Umbraco Section?

A section is a top-level navigation item in the Umbraco backoffice, like Content or Media, used to house custom functionality, dashboards, and specialized management tools.

Can I add dashboards to my custom sections?

Absolutely. The skill includes implementation patterns for linking dashboards, section views, and sidebar apps to your newly created navigation items.

Umbraco Backoffice Sections

Name: Umbraco Backoffice Sections
Author: umbraco

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Content Management

Builds custom top-level navigation sections and administrative interfaces within the Umbraco CMS backoffice.

About

The Umbraco Sections skill empowers developers to extend the Umbraco CMS backoffice with custom top-level navigation items. It streamlines the creation of specialized workspaces by automating the generation of manifest files, configuring dashboards, and setting up sidebars. By integrating with Umbraco's permission system and conditions API, this skill ensures that custom administrative tools are both functional and secure, providing a seamless extension point for complex business logic and third-party integrations within the CMS environment.

Key Features

1 GitHub stars
Support for both JSON (umbraco-package.json) and TypeScript manifests
Seamless integration with Context API and routing systems
Permission and user group access configuration guidance
Automated manifest generation for Umbraco sections and views
Integration with dashboards and custom sidebar applications

Use Cases

Creating a dedicated CRM or reporting dashboard within the Umbraco backoffice
Building custom management tools for third-party API integrations
Organizing complex plugins into distinct, permission-restricted navigation areas

About

Key Features

1 GitHub stars
Support for both JSON (umbraco-package.json) and TypeScript manifests
Seamless integration with Context API and routing systems
Permission and user group access configuration guidance
Automated manifest generation for Umbraco sections and views
Integration with dashboards and custom sidebar applications

Use Cases

Creating a dedicated CRM or reporting dashboard within the Umbraco backoffice
Building custom management tools for third-party API integrations
Organizing complex plugins into distinct, permission-restricted navigation areas