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GitBook Sample Plugin

This is a model for GitBook plugins.

How GitBook plugin works?

A plugin for GitBook is a node package that can be published on NPM. It has to follow the name convention: gitbook-plugin-*name*.

package.json

name

The package name should begin with gitbook-plugin-.

Examples: gitbook-plugin-mixpanel, gitbook-plugin-googleanalytics.

engine

The package.json should contain a engine field using the standard norm.

"engines": {
    "gitbook": "*"
}

For example if you want your plugin to supports only GitBook version supperior to 0.3.1:

"engines": {
    "gitbook": ">=0.3.1"
}

entry point

The plugin entry point should return an object with some metadata.