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Building a Custom Plugin System via Entry Points
Updated May 4, 2026
Short answer
Extending applications using setuptools entry points.
Deep explanation
Allows an application to discover and load third-party code at runtime without explicit imports, following a micro-kernel architecture pattern common in tools like Pytest or Tox.
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