> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.min-ai.ar/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Add a plugin

> Two ways to give an agent a new skill: from the library or by asking it.

A plugin gives an agent a new tool: your email, your calendar, your bank, GitHub… You can add it yourself from the library, or tell the agent what you need and let it look for the plugin.

## From the library

<Steps>
  <Step title="Find the plugin">
    In **Plugins**, search for it by name or browse the categories. Tap it to see what it includes and what it will ask you for.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/min-ai/EQr5ljJyas4JWh5G/images/es/plugin-email.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=EQr5ljJyas4JWh5G&q=85&s=a626395ef15ce4470b91d9a2088a566a" alt="The Email plugin's page" width="1280" height="800" data-path="images/es/plugin-email.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose the agent">
    Tap **Add to an agent** and choose which one. Some show up grayed out: **Already has it**, **Paused** (resume it first, so it sets the plugin up with you) or **It's a group's** (that plugin is for personal agents only).

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/min-ai/EQr5ljJyas4JWh5G/images/es/plugin-agregar-elegir.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=EQr5ljJyas4JWh5G&q=85&s=824a86c1aa3faf377a88f2642b8fd5bf" alt="Which agent?" width="2560" height="1600" data-path="images/es/plugin-agregar-elegir.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="minai installs it">
    In a few seconds, the agent has it.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/min-ai/EQr5ljJyas4JWh5G/images/es/plugin-agregado.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=EQr5ljJyas4JWh5G&q=85&s=3040d42a2ca53a6ed9ed4ac2f884fb3e" alt="Clara now has Email: she'll write to you in her chat to finish setting it up" width="2560" height="1600" data-path="images/es/plugin-agregado.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Finish setting it up with your agent">
    The agent writes to you in its chat to ask for what's missing: it asks you for simple values right there, and for keys it sends you **one-time links**. Tap **Go to the chat** to carry on.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/min-ai/EQr5ljJyas4JWh5G/images/es/chat-plugin-config.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=EQr5ljJyas4JWh5G&q=85&s=efe89a1479690e57da8fdadc40033030" alt="Clara asks for the email details, with buttons to enter them in secure links" width="2560" height="1600" data-path="images/es/chat-plugin-config.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="The agent confirms">
    When it has everything, it checks that it works and tells you what it can do now.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Info>
  The **Google** plugins (Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Analytics, Search Console) and **Atlassian** have an **installer on the web** that opens when you add them: you complete it there and then the agent confirms in the chat. See [Your Google app](/en/tools/your-google-app).
</Info>

You can also add plugins from the agent's page: **Plugins** tab → **Add plugins**.

## By asking the agent

Tell it what you need and it searches the library:

* "Connect to my GitHub and tell me which PRs I have open."
* "I want you to read my Gmail and let me know if anything comes in from the bank."
* "Can you see my Mercado Pago transactions?"

It tells you in one line which plugin it would use and what it lets it do, and **waits for your OK** before installing it. Then it's the same as before: it asks you for what's missing and confirms.

## Before adding it: what it will ask you for

On each plugin's page, **What it will ask you for** tells you what you need to have at hand:

* **Nothing**: it works as soon as you add it.
* Steps: for example, creating an app password or your Google app. If there's a guide, tap **See the instructions** to read it first.
* Values: the ones entered in the chat (an account number, a region).
* Keys: the ones entered in one-time links and stored encrypted.

See [Keys and values](/en/tools/keys-and-values).

## Keep reading

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Permissions" icon="shield-halved" href="/en/tools/permissions">
    What a plugin can do and what needs your OK.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Plugin catalog" icon="grip" href="/en/plugins/index">
    All the plugins, one by one.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>


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