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# About `inspec init plugin` CLI command
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## Purpose
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`inspec init plugin` generates the scaffold of InSpec plugin, which can extend the functionality of InSpec itself.
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## Operational Notes
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### Generating InSpec Plugin
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`inspec init plugin --help`
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```
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Usage:
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inspec init plugin PLUGIN_NAME [options]
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Options:
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[--prompt], [--no-prompt] # Interactively prompt for information to put in your generated plugin.
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# Default: true
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[--detail=DETAIL] # How detailed of a plugin to generate. 'full' is a normal full gem with tests; 'core' has tests but no gemspec; 'test-fixture' is stripped down for a test fixture.
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# Default: full
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[--author-email=AUTHOR_EMAIL] # Author Email for gemspec
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# Default: you@example.com
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[--author-name=AUTHOR_NAME] # Author Name for gemspec
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# Default: Your Name
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[--description=DESCRIPTION] # Multi-line description of the plugin
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[--summary=SUMMARY] # One-line summary of your plugin
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# Default: A plugin with a default summary
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[--license-name=LICENSE_NAME] # The name of a license
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# Default: Apache-2.0
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[--activator=one two three] # A list of plugin activator, in the form type1:name1, type2:name2, etc
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# Default: ["cli_command:my_command"]
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[--hook=one two three] # Legacy name for --activator - Deprecated.
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[--homepage=HOMEPAGE] # A URL for your project, often a GitHub link
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[--module-name=MODULE_NAME] # Module Name for your plugin package. Will change plugin name to CamelCase by default.
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[--copyright=COPYRIGHT] # A copyright statement, to be added to LICENSE
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[--log-level=LOG_LEVEL] # Set the log level: info (default), debug, warn, error
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[--log-location=LOG_LOCATION] # Location to send diagnostic log messages to. (default: $stdout or Inspec::Log.error)
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Generates an InSpec plugin, which can extend the functionality of InSpec itself.
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```
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### Options
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`inspec init plugin` command requires few details about the plugin to be added. This can be added using command line prompt or by passing them as the options like for e.g `--author-name`,`--author-email`, `--description`, `--module-name`, etc.
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`--detail` This option can be used to skip generation of test files or gemspec file. Available values `full`, `core` or `test-fixture`.
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`--activator` Available activator type are `cli_command`, `reporter` and `streaming_reporter`. The default activator type is "cli_command".
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Usage: `inspec init pluign <inspec-plugin-name> --activator "cli_command:my_test"`
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`OR`
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`inspec init plugin <inspec-plugin-reporter-name> --activator "reporter:my_reporter"`
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`OR`
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`inspec init plugin <inspec-plugin-streaming-reporter-name> --activator "streaming_reporter:my_streaming_reporter"`
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**Note:** The InSpec plugin generator can currently only generate one activator of each type.
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`--hook` Legacy name for `--activator` - Deprecated.
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