kandev/docs/plugins-example.md

Plugin examples

The canonical authoring guide is Authoring a Plugin. It documents the current frontend hooks, backend Host surfaces, six recipes, package layout, and the reproducible build/package/install/test workflow.

For a maintained scaffold, start from kdlbs/kandev-plugin-template. For an in-tree package smoke test, use the fixture and commands in apps/backend/cmd/plugin-fixture and make -C apps/backend e2e-plugin-package.

The fixture is test support, not a production plugin repository. Do not rely on old external example links that are not present in the maintained source catalog; use the template and fixture paths above.