# Plugin developer SDK

The plugin SDK guide now lives in the SDK's own repository at [user_guide/plugin-sdk.qmd](https://github.com/madeinoz67/benchweave-sdk/blob/main/user_guide/plugin-sdk.qmd), rendered on the [SDK docs site](https://madeinoz67.github.io/benchweave-sdk/docs/user-guide/plugin-sdk.html). The SDK provides the offline authoring tooling -- project generation, contract validation, mock host, conformance helpers, packaging inventory and the local UI preview -- for external device plugins. This stub keeps the guide's former path valid; for device evidence, integration requirements, firmware and qualification, see the [device developer guide](device-developer-guide.md).