Take a look at my Frotz plugin as an example/starting point
API only plugins like this tend to be more stable over time so don’t worry about instability. All code requires maintenance in any case. I’ve done minimal changes to Frotz-bot over time.
Take a look at my Discord bot plugin to see how you can write code against events like new posts:
Your needs might be met by:
If you want more control over the code’s destiny, maintain a fork/repo yourself.