:py:mod:`plugins`
=================

.. py:module:: conda.plugins

.. autoapi-nested-parse::

   In this module, you will find everything relevant to conda's plugin system.
   It contains all of the code that plugin authors will use to write plugins,
   as well as conda's internal implementations of plugins.

   **Modules relevant for plugin authors**

   - :mod:`conda.plugins.hookspec`: all available hook specifications are listed here, including
     examples of how to use them
   - :mod:`conda.plugins.types`: important types to use when defining plugin hooks

   **Modules relevant for internal development**

   - :mod:`conda.plugins.manager`: includes our custom subclass of pluggy's
     `PluginManager <https://pluggy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/api_reference.html#pluggy.PluginManager>`_ class

   **Modules with internal plugin implementations**

   - :mod:`conda.plugins.solvers`: implementation of the "classic" solver
   - :mod:`conda.plugins.subcommands.doctor`: ``conda doctor`` and ``conda check`` subcommands (with ``--fix`` support)
   - :mod:`conda.plugins.virtual_packages`: registers virtual packages in conda



.. toctree::
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   :titlesonly:
   :maxdepth: 3

   config/index.rst
   environment_exporters/index.rst
   environment_specifiers/index.rst
   hookspec/index.rst
   manager/index.rst
   package_extractors/index.rst
   post_solves/index.rst
   prefix_data_loaders/index.rst
   reporter_backends/index.rst
   solvers/index.rst
   subcommands/index.rst
   types/index.rst
   virtual_packages/index.rst


.. py:data:: hookimpl

   Decorator to mark plugin hook implementations, used to register plugins.