You can include custom ribbon commands in the ISE to aid in improving the script authoring experience.

Add a custom plugin

For this example, we wish to have a plugin that analyzes the script and reports on any errors.

Create a new script stored under the following structure:

Use the following sample to fill in the script body.

if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($scriptText)){
    Show-Alert "Script is empty - nothing to format."
    exit
}
​
Import-Module -Name PSScriptAnalyzer
Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -ScriptDefinition $scriptText

Now you can run the command from the ribbon and see the results in the ISE.