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Introduction

SemanticPluginForge is a powerful library that adds functionality to dynamically alter the metadata for SemanticKernel plugins. This library introduces the IPluginMetadataProvider interface, allowing for real-time updates to plugin metadata, including descriptions, return value descriptions, and parameter descriptions, without the need for redeployment.

Key Benefits

Dynamic Metadata Updates

  • Make real-time updates to plugin metadata, enhancing flexibility and reducing downtime
  • Implement changes without redeployment, ensuring a seamless update process

Extensible Architecture

  • Implement new metadata providers, such as a database-backed provider, to enable metadata changes without requiring a service restart
  • Support various use cases and future expansions

Dynamic Tuning

  • Fine-tune plugin descriptions and parameters based on evolving requirements or user feedback
  • Quickly respond to changes in business logic or user expectations without interrupting service availability

Custom Metadata Providers

  • Develop custom providers that fetch metadata from different sources, such as databases, remote services, or configuration management systems
  • Achieve higher levels of customization and control over plugin behavior

What You Can Do

With SemanticPluginForge, you can:

  • Override plugin and function descriptions dynamically without code changes
  • Suppress functions or parameters to hide them from consumers while maintaining functionality
  • Set default values for parameters through metadata providers
  • Use any CLR type or object as a plugin without requiring KernelFunction attributes
  • Override function names to provide better naming conventions
  • Create multiple instances of the same plugin with different metadata configurations

Architecture Overview

The library is built around the IPluginMetadataProvider interface, which serves as the contract for providing custom metadata. The PluginBuilder class processes existing plugins and applies metadata overrides, creating new plugin instances with the updated information.

graph TD
    A[Original Plugin] --> B[PluginBuilder]
    C[IPluginMetadataProvider] --> B
    B --> D[Enhanced Plugin]
    C --> E[Custom Metadata Sources]
    E --> F[Database]
    E --> G[Configuration Files]
    E --> H[Remote Services]

Getting Started

Ready to enhance your Semantic Kernel plugins? Head over to the Getting Started guide to begin your journey with SemanticPluginForge.

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