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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions docs/docs/20-usage/51-plugins/10-plugins.md
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# Plugins

Plugins are Docker containers that perform pre-defined tasks and are configured as steps in your pipeline. Plugins can be used to deploy code, publish artifacts, send notification, and more.
Plugins are pipeline steps that perform pre-defined tasks and are configured as steps in your pipeline. Plugins can be used to deploy code, publish artifacts, send notification, and more.

They are automatically pulled from [plugins.drone.io](http://plugins.drone.io).

Example pipeline using the Docker and Slack plugins:

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## Plugin Isolation

Plugins are executed in Docker containers and are isolated from the other steps in your build pipeline. Plugins do share the build workspace, mounted as a volume, and therefore have access to your source tree.
Plugins are just pipeline steps. They share the build workspace, mounted as a volume, and therefore have access to your source tree.

## Creating a plugin

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