ShinyCellModular: Developer Guide

ShinyCellModular: Developer Guide

This guide is for anyone extending ShinyCellModular: adding a tab, modifying an existing one, or adding a new data type.

Start here: adding a new tab

1. Scaffold the file:

templateShinyCellModular(
  id      = "my_new_tab",
  title   = "My New Tab",
  author  = "Your Name",
  contact = "your.email@monash.edu"
)

2. Fill in the _ui and _server function bodies in the generated file.
3. Test it in isolation:

useShinyCellModular(data_type = "RNA", enabled_tabs = "my_new_tab", out_dir = "testing_data/")

That’s the whole loop. See Adding a new tab for the full walkthrough, including the module shape and the server arguments available to you.

Everything else

• Adding a new tab — the template function, module shape, and how to test a new tab
• Core functions reference — prepShinyCellModular(), useShinyCellModular(), register_tab() in full, for when you need more than the quickstart above
• Using an AI agent — briefing Claude Code, Cursor, or a chat tool with skill-shinycellmodular.md to speed up tab development