{
  "slug": "flux-cli-adds-plugin-discovery-installation-management-and-invocation-79e43fc45e58",
  "title": "Flux CLI adds plugin discovery, installation, management, and invocation",
  "tools": [
    "flux"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-06-30T15:48:09.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-06-30T15:48:09.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When you need a catalog plugin in a Flux repository, search with `flux plugin search`, install it with `flux plugin install <name>`, then invoke it as `flux <name>`. Manage installed plugins with `flux plugin ls`, `flux plugin update [<name>]`, and `flux plugin uninstall <name>`.",
    "examples": [
      "flux plugin search [<query>]",
      "flux plugin install <name>[@<version>|@<digest>]",
      "flux <name> <plugin-args>"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v2.9.0",
      "query: Optional catalog search filter.",
      "name (required): Plugin name to install or uninstall; plugin name used as a Flux subcommand when invoking it.",
      "version: Optional version pin in `<name>@<version>` form; mutually exclusive with the digest pin.",
      "digest: Optional digest pin in `<name>@<digest>` form; mutually exclusive with the version pin.",
      "plugin name for update: Specify one installed plugin to update; omit it to update all installed plugins.",
      "Prerequisite: Use the Flux CLI v2.9.0 or later, which introduces the plugin system.",
      "Prerequisite: The plugin must be available in the Flux plugin catalog to install it.",
      "The catalog is the official catalog at https://github.com/fluxcd/plugins."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Install or invoke a catalog plugin while working with a Flux repository.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/releases/tag/v2.9.0",
    "https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/pull/5849",
    "https://github.com/fluxcd/plugins",
    "https://v2-9.docs.fluxcd.io/flux/cmd/flux_plugin_install/",
    "https://v2-9.docs.fluxcd.io/blog/2026/06/flux-v2.9.0/"
  ],
  "rank": 0.93046,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v2+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "wave1b-20261016",
    "verdict_id": "wave1b-20261016:wave1b-20261016-d4dc415b1cefd189-0:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "f719b7a3225a7a50dddebee9d2bbb46e454b3c63ab3b9d94dcabcba8747b984f"
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  "review": {
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    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "wave1b-20261016:gate",
    "reason": "2 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.93 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.79 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}