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# Plugin Specs

Plugin specs define how Nacos extension points are loaded, selected, executed,
configured, and surfaced through the unified plugin management model.
They extend the [Nacos Design Spec](../design/nacos-design-spec.md), must keep
[Resource Model](../design/resource-model-spec.md) semantics stable, and must
follow [HTTP API](../http-api/api-spec.md) rules when exposing HTTP endpoints.

## Common Model

- [Nacos Plugin Spec](plugin-spec.md)
- [Addressing Extension Spec](addressing-plugin-spec.md)

## Data And Configuration

- [Data Source Dialect Plugin Spec](datasource-dialect-plugin-spec.md)
- [Default Data Source Dialect Implementation Spec](default-datasource-dialect-plugin-spec.md)
- [Config Change Plugin Spec](config-change-plugin-spec.md)
- [Config Encryption Plugin Spec](config-encryption-plugin-spec.md)

## Runtime Extensions

- [Environment Plugin Spec](environment-plugin-spec.md)
- [Trace Plugin Spec](trace-plugin-spec.md)
- [Control Plugin Spec](control-plugin-spec.md)
- [Default Control Plugin Implementation Spec](default-control-plugin-spec.md)

## AI Extensions

- [AI Publish Pipeline Plugin Spec](ai-pipeline-plugin-spec.md)
- [AI Storage Plugin Spec](ai-storage-plugin-spec.md)
- [AI Resource Import Plugin Spec](ai-resource-import-plugin-spec.md)

## Security Extensions

- [Auth Plugin Spec](../auth/auth-plugin-spec.md)
- [RAM Auth Plugin Spec](../auth/ram-auth-plugin-spec.md)
- [OIDC Auth Plugin Spec](../auth/oidc-auth-plugin-spec.md)
- [Visibility Plugin Spec](../auth/visibility-plugin-spec.md)