How can I open the side panel programmatically?

I am interested in opening the side panel programmatically by messaging the background script from the content script. However, I am not seeing any documentation on how to do that through Plasmo. I see the Chrome API has chrome.sidePanel.open({ windowId: tab.windowId }); (https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/api/sidePanel#user-interaction) however, this doesn't work which I am guessing because Plasmo handles the extension. Any help is appreciated! :)