A starting point for developing your own external plug-in for Auto-GPT
If you want your plugin to live within the codebase, use the example in the plugins repo instead
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Clone or download the plugin repository: Clone the plugin repository, or download the repository as a zip file.
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Install the plugin's dependencies (if any): Navigate to the plugin's folder in your terminal, and run the following command to install any required dependencies:
pip install -r requirements.txt
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Package the plugin as a Zip file: If you cloned the repository, compress the plugin folder as a Zip file.
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Copy the plugin's Zip file: Place the plugin's Zip file in the
plugins
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Allowlist the plugin (optional): Add the plugin's class name to the
ALLOWLISTED_PLUGINS
in the.env
file to avoid being prompted with a warning when loading the plugin:ALLOWLISTED_PLUGINS=example-plugin1,example-plugin2,example-plugin3
If the plugin is not allowlisted, you will be warned before it's loaded.