# External Plugins

Drop user plugins in this folder to make them available to the app without editing the built-in `Provider/` package.

Supported discovery paths:
- `plugins/` in the repo root
- `plugins/` in the current working directory
- Any directory listed in `MM_PLUGIN_PATH`
- Any directory listed in `MEDEIA_PLUGIN_PATH`

Plugin module rules:
- A plugin can be a single `.py` file or a package directory with `__init__.py`.
- Define a class that inherits from `ProviderCore.base.Provider`.
- Give it a stable name using `PLUGIN_NAME` or the class name.

Example skeleton:

```python
from ProviderCore.base import Provider, SearchResult


class MyPlugin(Provider):
    PLUGIN_NAME = "myplugin"
    URL_DOMAINS = ("example.com",)

    def search(self, query, limit=50, filters=None, **kwargs):
        text = str(query or "").strip()
        if not text:
            return []
        return [
            SearchResult(
                table="myplugin",
                title=f"Result for {text}",
                path=f"https://example.com/{text}",
            )
        ]
```

Built-in plugins still live in `Provider/`.