Quick Introduction to Developing sf Plugins

A Salesforce plugin is a group of commands. For example, the plugin-deploy-retrieve plugin provides commands to deploy and retrieve metadata to and from an org. Salesforce CLI is itself a plugin.

Why create your own plugin? The Salesforce CLI core plugins provide commands and functionality to meet common needs that customers and partners have. But your team probably has specific needs. That’s why Salesforce CLI is extensible. Even at Salesforce, different teams have different requirements. Salesforce teams create internal plug-ins, Salesforce employees create plug-ins as side projects, and Trailblazers in the Salesforce community create and share plug-ins.

See Conceptual Overview of Salesforce CLI for more information.