The idea would be to allow permissions granted on wearing a specific item. Ie: a RP server mod could wear a police vest and get access to a list of permissions. Maybe the simplest solution is: if the item was able to execute a console command on equip/wear and taking off. Then user could be added to a group with all permissions. Is this already a thing?

Dangit. It isnt exactly solved. Close tho. I found a plugin called commands item that issues commands through the trigger of throwing a signal ..there has to be a fairly straightforward way

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If i find the bit of code that results from equipping the vest, can i paste some code to issue a console command when the specific skin id is recognized? I know nothing....just enough to be dangerous.

Hello,
From the doc, you can use this hook for your needs, but you have to know to code, as you need to create a group of items with permissions from the config or data file.

bool CanEquipItem(PlayerInventory inventory, Item item, int targetPos)
{
    Puts("CanEquipItem works!");
    return true;
}​

Do you have a list of items to be equiped with, and a list of abilities for each?