diff --git a/scripts/plugin-debug.pl b/scripts/plugin-debug.pl
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/scripts/plugin-debug.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use strict;
+use IPC::Open2;
+use JSON::XS;
+
+my $cmd = shift // die "usage: $0 <plugin-command>";
+my $timeout = 5; # seconds
+
+my ($childOut, $childIn);
+my $pid = open2($childOut, $childIn, $cmd);
+
+STDOUT->autoflush(1);
+$childIn->autoflush(1);
+
+eval {
+    process();
+};
+
+if ($@) {
+    kill 'TERM', $pid;
+    die "PLUGIN-DEBUG failure: $@";
+} else {
+    die "PLUGIN-DEBUG exited normally";
+}
+
+
+sub process {
+    while (my $inLine = <STDIN>) {
+        my $parsedIn = parseJson($inLine);
+        my $id = $parsedIn->{event}->{id};
+
+        my $outLine;
+
+        eval {
+            local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die "timeout\n" };
+            alarm $timeout;
+
+            print $childIn $inLine;
+            $outLine = <$childOut>;
+
+            alarm 0;
+
+            my $parsedOut = parseJson($outLine);
+            if ($parsedOut->{id} ne $id) {
+                die "id mismatch (got $parsedOut->{id})";
+            }
+
+            print $outLine;
+        };
+
+        if ($@) {
+            die "error on id $id: $@";
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+sub parseJson {
+    my $inp = shift;
+    chomp $inp;
+
+    my $out;
+
+    eval {
+        $out = decode_json($inp);
+    };
+
+    if ($@) {
+        die "failure decoding JSON: $inp ($@)";
+    }
+
+    return $out;
+}