Authoring Custom Plugins & Tasks

A task is a named function reachable via xmake <taskname> on the CLI. A plugin is just a task packaged for reuse / distribution. Same API — the only difference is where the code lives.

This skill focuses on writing plugins. For using built-in plugins (xmake project -k compile_commands, etc.), see xmake-plugins.

1. Minimal task in xmake.lua