CLC bio provides software developer kits, SDKs, for our Workbenches so you can develop your own plugins for the software.

If you plan to develop plugins that will make use of tools only available in the QIAGEN CLC Genomics Workbench, then you will need both the standard CLC Developer Kit as well as the Genomics Developer Kit.  The latter requires a special license.

For developing plugins using functionality of the Main Workbench, you need just the standard CLC Developer Kit . No license for this SDK is needed, but you will need a licensed version of the Main Workbench.

In any case, please contact the QIAGEN Digital Insights support team ts-bioinformatics@qiagen.com to get the SDKs.

You will be provided access to the CLC Developer Connection site where you can find documentation as well as the developer kit software itself:
http://connection.clcdeveloper.com/