Commit hoarding is a terrible practice

utils/classes.py

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-import asyncio
 from typing import Dict
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from discord.ext.commands import Cog
 
-from bot import TuneBot
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from tunebot import BasePluginInstance
+    from bot import TuneBot
 
 
 class BaseCog(Cog):
-    def __init__(self, bot: TuneBot) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, bot: "TuneBot") -> None:
         self.bot = bot
 
         slash_descriptions: Dict[str, str] = self.bot.config["slash_descriptions"]
@@ -20,3 +22,11 @@ class BaseCog(Cog):
             hasattr(self.bot, "lavalink")
             and len(self.bot.lavalink.node_manager.available_nodes) > 0
         )
+
+
+class PluginCog(BaseCog):
+    def get_plugin_instance(self, name: str) -> "BasePluginInstance":
+        if plugin := self.bot.plugin_manager.get_plugin(name):
+            return plugin
+
+        raise KeyError(f"Failed to retrieve plugin instance with name: {name}")