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@@ -47,3 +47,16 @@ When creating pull request, please heed the following:
 * Code review may ensue in order to help shape your proposal
 * Pull request must adhere to 2-Clause BSD licensing
 * Explain the problem and your proposed solution
+
+New plugins
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+
+The pull request notes apply, but with the following additional points:
+
+* Open an issue first to explain what you want to work on and give it time for discussion
+* If you are integrating a service binary it should at least be available in FreeBSD ports
+* Precompiled binaries in the plugins are not allowed
+* Plugins should almost always focus on integrating an existing service and providing MVC/API GUI pages for it
+* It is not possible to review and integrate plugins with a large initial codebase
+* If you use AI tools in your submission please disclose their use (name and model)
+* Even though you are the maintainer you effectively force burden of maintainership to the community and OPNsense developers as soon as you open your first PR