Create and develop a Paperclip plugin

Use this skill when the task is to create, scaffold, or iterate on a Paperclip plugin against a local Paperclip instance.

1. Default: build the plugin OUTSIDE Paperclip core

Plugins are their own packages. Unless the task explicitly asks for a bundled in-repo example, do not add plugin source under packages/plugins/ in this repo.

• Scaffold the plugin into a directory outside the Paperclip checkout (e.g. ~/dev/paperclip-plugins/<name>).
• Install it into the running Paperclip instance by local absolute path.
• Edit code in the external package; let Paperclip pick up rebuilt output.

Only edit Paperclip core itself when the user asks to surface a plugin as a bundled example (server/src/routes/plugins.ts, in-repo example lists, docs).

2. Ground rules

Reference docs when you need detail:

1. doc/plugins/PLUGIN_AUTHORING_GUIDE.md