Plugin New | Vault

Before running vault plugin new, ensure your environment is ready:

| Requirement | Description | |-------------|-------------| | Vault CLI | Version 1.11.0 or higher. Check with vault -v. | | Go (1.21+) | Vault plugins are written in Go. | | Make / GCC | For compiling the plugin binary. | | Git | For fetching dependencies. | | Vault Dev Server | For testing (recommended). | vault plugin new

Install Vault on macOS, Linux, or WSL2. Windows is not officially supported for plugin development. Before running vault plugin new , ensure your

You must calculate the SHA256 checksum of the binary and register it with Vault's catalog. This is a security measure to ensure the binary hasn't been tampered with. You must calculate the SHA256 checksum of the

# Calculate SHA256
SHA256=$(sha256sum /opt/vault/plugins/my-custom-plugin | cut -d ' ' -f1)
# Register the plugin in the catalog
vault plugin register \
  -sha256=$SHA256 \
  -command="my-custom-plugin" \
  secret \
  my-custom-plugin

// backend_test.go
func TestBackend(t *testing.T) {
    b, _ := Factory(context.Background(), &logical.BackendConfig{
        StorageView: &logical.InmemStorage{},
    })
// Test write
req := &logical.Request{
    Operation: logical.UpdateOperation,
    Path:      "config",
    Data: map[string]interface{}
        "api_key": "test",
    ,
    Storage: b.(*framework.Backend).Storage(),
}
resp, err := b.HandleRequest(context.Background(), req)
if err != nil || resp != nil 
    t.Fatal("failed to write config")

}

| Feature | Description | |---------|-------------| | Auto-filing | Moves notes to predefined folders when a specific tag (e.g., #science) or link is detected. | | Rule-based engine | Create rules like: if note has tag #projects/work, move to Projects/Work/. | | Tag & link triggers | Supports tags, internal links, and frontmatter properties as triggers. | | Folder templates | Option to create subfolders dynamically (e.g., #daily/2025 → Journal/2025/). | | Manual override | Prevent auto-move for certain notes via frontmatter (topic-vault: false). | | Bulk processing | Run rules against existing notes to reorganize your vault retroactively. | | Conflict handling | If multiple rules match, you choose priority or prompt. |