Fluid Forge
Get Started
See it run
  • Local (DuckDB)
  • Source-Aligned (Postgres → DuckDB)
  • AI Forge + Data Models
  • GCP (BigQuery)
  • Snowflake Team Collaboration
  • Declarative Airflow
  • Orchestration Export
  • Jenkins CI/CD
  • Universal Pipeline
  • 11-Stage Production Pipeline
  • Catalog Forge End-to-End
CLI Reference
  • Overview
  • Quickstart
  • Examples
  • Your own CI
  • Your own scaffolding
  • Custom validator
  • Apply hook
  • Reference
Demos
  • Overview
  • Architecture
  • GCP (BigQuery)
  • AWS (S3 + Athena)
  • Snowflake
  • Local (DuckDB)
  • Custom Providers
  • Roadmap
GitHub
GitHub
Get Started
See it run
  • Local (DuckDB)
  • Source-Aligned (Postgres → DuckDB)
  • AI Forge + Data Models
  • GCP (BigQuery)
  • Snowflake Team Collaboration
  • Declarative Airflow
  • Orchestration Export
  • Jenkins CI/CD
  • Universal Pipeline
  • 11-Stage Production Pipeline
  • Catalog Forge End-to-End
CLI Reference
  • Overview
  • Quickstart
  • Examples
  • Your own CI
  • Your own scaffolding
  • Custom validator
  • Apply hook
  • Reference
Demos
  • Overview
  • Architecture
  • GCP (BigQuery)
  • AWS (S3 + Athena)
  • Snowflake
  • Local (DuckDB)
  • Custom Providers
  • Roadmap
GitHub
GitHub
  • Introduction

    • Home
    • Getting Started
    • Snowflake Quickstart
    • See it run
    • Forge Data Model
    • Vision & Roadmap
    • Playground
    • FAQ
  • Concepts

    • Concepts
    • Builds, Exposes, Bindings
    • What is a contract?
    • Quality, SLAs & Lineage
    • Governance & Policy
    • Agent Policy (LLM/AI governance)
    • Providers vs Platforms
    • Fluid Forge vs alternatives
  • Data Products

    • Product Types — SDP, ADP, CDP
  • Walkthroughs

    • Walkthrough: Local Development
    • Source-Aligned: Postgres → DuckDB → Parquet
    • AI Forge And Data-Model Journeys
    • Walkthrough: Deploy to Google Cloud Platform
    • Walkthrough: Snowflake Team Collaboration
    • Declarative Airflow DAG Generation - The FLUID Way
    • Generating Orchestration Code from Contracts
    • Jenkins CI/CD for FLUID Data Products
    • Universal Pipeline
    • The 11-Stage Pipeline
    • End-to-End Walkthrough: Catalog → Contract → Transformation
  • CLI Reference

    • CLI Reference
    • fluid init
    • fluid demo
    • fluid forge
    • fluid skills
    • fluid status
    • fluid validate
    • fluid plan
    • fluid apply
    • fluid generate
    • fluid generate artifacts
    • fluid validate-artifacts
    • fluid verify-signature
    • fluid generate-airflow
    • fluid generate-pipeline
    • fluid viz-graph
    • fluid odps
    • fluid odps-bitol
    • fluid odcs
    • fluid export
    • fluid export-opds
    • fluid publish
    • fluid datamesh-manager
    • fluid market
    • fluid import
    • fluid policy
    • fluid policy check
    • fluid policy compile
    • fluid policy apply
    • fluid contract-tests
    • fluid contract-validation
    • fluid diff
    • fluid test
    • fluid verify
    • fluid product-new
    • fluid product-add
    • fluid workspace
    • fluid ide
    • fluid ai
    • fluid memory
    • fluid mcp
    • fluid scaffold-ci
    • fluid scaffold-composer
    • fluid scaffold-ide
    • fluid docs
    • fluid config
    • fluid split
    • fluid bundle
    • fluid auth
    • fluid doctor
    • fluid providers
    • fluid provider-init
    • fluid roadmap
    • fluid version
    • fluid runs
    • fluid retention
    • fluid secrets
    • fluid stats
    • fluid contract
    • fluid ship
    • fluid rollback
    • fluid schedule-sync
    • Catalog adapters

      • Source Catalog Integration (V1.5)
      • BigQuery Catalog
      • Snowflake Horizon Catalog
      • Databricks Unity Catalog
      • Google Dataplex Catalog
      • AWS Glue Data Catalog
      • DataHub Catalog
      • Data Mesh Manager Catalog
    • CLI by task

      • CLI by task
      • Add quality rules
      • Add agent governance
      • Debug a failed pipeline run
      • Switch clouds with one line
  • Recipes

    • Recipes
    • Recipe — add a quality rule
    • Recipe — switch clouds with one line
    • Recipe — tag PII in your schema
  • SDK & Plugins

    • SDK & Plugins
    • Quickstart — your first plugin
    • Examples

      • Runnable examples
      • Example: hello-scaffold — the minimal viable plugin
      • Example: gitlab-ci-scaffold — generate a complete CI project
      • Example: steward-validator — a custom governance rule
      • Example: prod-key-guard — apply-time invariant check
    • Journeys

      • Journeys
      • Your own CI/CD

        • You have your own CI/CD setup, no problem
        • GitLab CI — the bundle template
        • GitHub Actions — the bundle template
        • Jenkins — the bundle template
        • CircleCI — the bundle template
      • You have a strict project layout, no problem
      • You have governance rules, no problem
      • You want a check at apply time, no problem
    • Reference

      • Reference
      • Roles reference
      • Entry points reference
      • Trust model
      • Packaging
      • Companion packages
  • Providers

    • Providers
    • Provider Architecture
    • GCP Provider
    • AWS Provider
    • Snowflake Provider
    • Local Provider
    • Creating Custom Providers
    • Provider Roadmap
  • Advanced

    • Blueprints
    • Governance & Compliance
    • Airflow Integration
    • Built-in And Custom Forge Guidance
    • FLUID Forge Contract GPT Packet
    • Forge Discovery Guide
    • Forge Memory Guide
    • LLM Providers
    • Capability Warnings
    • LiteLLM Backend (opt-in)
    • MCP Server
    • Credential Resolver — Security Model
    • Cost Tracking
    • Agentic Primitives
    • Typed Errors
    • Typed CLI Errors
    • Authoring Forge Tools
    • Source-Aligned Acquisition
    • API Stability — fluid_build.api
    • Guided fluid forge UX
    • V1.5 Catalog Integration — Architecture Deep-Dive
    • V1.5 + V2 Hardening — Release Notes
  • Project

    • Contributing to Fluid Forge
    • Fluid Forge Docs Baseline: CLI 0.8.3
    • Fluid Forge Docs Baseline: CLI 0.8.0
    • Fluid Forge Docs Baseline: CLI 0.7.11
    • Fluid Forge Docs Baseline: CLI 0.7.9
    • Fluid Forge v0.7.1 - Multi-Provider Export Release

Reference

Code-first reference for the SDK + plugin system. Skim the table, jump to what you need.

PageWhen you need it
RolesPicking which BasePlugin subclass to extend. Class signatures, what each role gives you for free.
Entry pointsWiring your plugin into the CLI. The entry-point groups (3 CLI hooks + 4 role-level — 5 wired, 2 on the roadmap), their signatures, failure model.
Trust modelWhat the CLI guarantees about plugin execution. What it deliberately doesn't defend against. How to think about plugin trust in your org.
Packagingpyproject.toml template, py.typed, conformance harness, publishing to PyPI via trusted publishing.
Companion packagesWhat's on PyPI (CLI + SDK + custom-scaffold), version pinning, dual-naming, upgrade compatibility.

If you're new, read the quickstart first. The reference assumes you've built one working plugin and want to look something up.

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