---
title: "PluginRegistry"
description: "The PluginRegistry manages all plugins within a scope. Plugins extend FrontMCP functionality by providing tools, resources, prompts, skills, providers, and hooks."
icon: "plug"
keywords: ['frontmcp', 'mcp', 'model context protocol', 'sdk', 'reference', 'api', 'registry', 'registries', 'plugin', 'typescript']
---

## Overview

```typescript
import { PluginRegistry } from '@frontmcp/sdk';

// Access via scope
const plugins = scope.plugins;

// List all plugins
const allPlugins = plugins.getPlugins();
```

## Methods

### getPlugins()

Get all registered plugins.

```typescript
getPlugins(): ReadonlyArray<PluginEntry>
```

**Example:**

```typescript
const plugins = registry.getPlugins();
for (const plugin of plugins) {
  console.log(`Plugin: ${plugin.name}`);
}
```

## Plugin Architecture

Plugins create nested registries for their components:

```
PluginRegistry
├── pProviders    → Map<Token, ProviderDef>
├── pPlugins      → Map<Token, PluginRegistry>  (nested plugins)
├── pAdapters     → Map<Token, AdapterRegistry>
├── pTools        → Map<Token, ToolRegistry>
├── pResources    → Map<Token, ResourceRegistry>
├── pPrompts      → Map<Token, PromptRegistry>
└── pSkills       → Map<Token, SkillRegistry>
```

## Plugin Registration

Plugins are registered via the `@FrontMcp` decorator:

```typescript
@FrontMcp({
  name: 'my-server',
  plugins: [
    RememberPlugin,
    CachePlugin,
    MyCustomPlugin,
  ],
})
class MyServer { }
```

Or via the `@Plugin` decorator for custom plugins:

```typescript
@Plugin({
  name: 'my-plugin',
  tools: [CustomTool],
  providers: [CustomProvider],
})
class MyCustomPlugin { }
```

## Plugin Capabilities

Plugins can provide:

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Tools" icon="wrench">
    Additional MCP tools
  </Card>
  <Card title="Resources" icon="file">
    Additional MCP resources
  </Card>
  <Card title="Prompts" icon="message">
    Additional MCP prompts
  </Card>
  <Card title="Skills" icon="lightbulb">
    Additional MCP skills
  </Card>
  <Card title="Providers" icon="syringe">
    DI providers
  </Card>
  <Card title="Hooks" icon="plug">
    Flow hooks
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Hook Registration

Plugins can register hooks that run during tool/resource/prompt flows:

```typescript
@Plugin({
  name: 'audit-plugin',
  hooks: [
    {
      flow: 'tools:call-tool',
      stage: 'afterExecute',
      handler: async (ctx) => {
        await auditLog(ctx.toolName, ctx.result);
      },
    },
  ],
})
class AuditPlugin { }
```

Hooks are registered with scope-aware targeting:

- **App-scoped**: Hook applies only to the app's tools
- **Server-scoped**: Hook applies to all tools in the server

## Context Extensions

Plugins can extend execution contexts with new properties:

```typescript
// In plugin
declare module '@frontmcp/sdk' {
  interface ExecutionContextBase {
    readonly remember: RememberApi;
  }
}

export function installRememberContextExtension(): void {
  Object.defineProperty(ExecutionContextBase.prototype, 'remember', {
    get: function() {
      return this.get(RememberToken);
    },
  });
}
```

Usage in tools:

```typescript
@Tool({ name: 'my_tool', inputSchema: {} })
class MyTool extends ToolContext {
  async execute() {
    // Plugin-provided context extension
    await this.remember.set('key', 'value');
  }
}
```

## Provider Merging

Plugin providers are merged into both:

- App registry (for app-scoped access)
- Scope registry (for server-wide access)

```typescript
@Plugin({
  name: 'cache-plugin',
  providers: [
    {
      token: CacheToken,
      useFactory: () => new RedisCache(),
      scope: ProviderScope.SINGLETON,
    },
  ],
})
class CachePlugin { }
```

## Built-in Plugins

FrontMCP includes official plugins:

| Plugin           | Description                                |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| `CachePlugin`    | Response caching with Redis/memory support |
| `RememberPlugin` | Session memory storage                     |
| `CodeCallPlugin` | Dynamic code execution                     |

See the [Plugins documentation](/frontmcp/plugins/overview) for details.

## Related

- [Plugin Decorator](/frontmcp/sdk-reference/decorators/plugin)
- [Creating Plugins](/frontmcp/plugins/creating-plugins)
- [Official Plugins](/frontmcp/plugins/overview)
- [Registries Overview](/frontmcp/sdk-reference/registries/overview)
