# Reference guides for plugin development

* [Grafana plugin examples](https://grafana.com/developers/plugin-tools/plugin-examples.md)Sample plugins on GitHub for reference when building your own plugins.
* [Metadata (plugin.json)](https://grafana.com/developers/plugin-tools/reference/plugin-json.md)Reference for the Grafana plugin.json metadata file.
* [CLI commands to create plugins](https://grafana.com/developers/plugin-tools/reference/cli-commands.md)Commands available in the create-plugin tool.
* [Data sources APIs reference guide](https://grafana.com/developers/plugin-tools/reference/datasource-apis.md)API reference guides for working with data sources.
* [UI extensions reference guides](https://grafana.com/developers/plugin-tools/reference/ui-extensions-reference.md)Reference guides for UI extensions.