diff --git a/.github/workflows/community-build.yml b/.github/workflows/community-build.yml
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+name: community-plugins-build
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - 'community/**'
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'community/**'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ ubuntu-latest, macos-latest ]
+        java: [ 8, 11 ]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    name: 'Build Community plugins on ${{ matrix.os }} using Java ${{ matrix.java }}'
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Check out repository'
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: 'Set up JDK ${{ matrix.java }}'
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        with:
+          java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
+      - name: 'Cache Gradle resources'
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: ~/.gradle/caches
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-${{ hashFiles('**/*.gradle') }}
+          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle
+      - name: 'Build Community plugins'
+        run: ./community/build_all.sh
diff --git a/community/README.md b/community/README.md
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+++ b/community/README.md
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+# Tsunami Plugins by Community Members
+
+This directory contains plugins contributed by community members.
+
+## Currently released plugins
+
+### Detectors
diff --git a/community/build_all.sh b/community/build_all.sh
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+++ b/community/build_all.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -eu
+
+SCRIPT_PATH="$( cd "$(dirname "$0")" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; pwd -P )"
+GENERATED_PLUGINS_PATH="${SCRIPT_PATH}/build/plugins"
+mkdir -p "${GENERATED_PLUGINS_PATH}"
+
+# For each community plugin, build the jar file and copy it to build/plugins
+# folder.
+for plugin_dir in $(find "${SCRIPT_PATH}" -name 'gradlew' -print0 | xargs -0 -n1 dirname | sort -u); do
+  plugin_name="${plugin_dir##*"${SCRIPT_PATH}/"}"
+  printf "\nBuilding ${plugin_name}...\n"
+
+  pushd "${plugin_dir}" >/dev/null
+
+  ./gradlew build
+  cp ./build/libs/*.jar "${GENERATED_PLUGINS_PATH}"
+
+  popd >/dev/null
+done
+