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# How-To Guides

This chapter of the documentation provides instructions for achieving specific goals with your plugin.

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If you've never built a QIIME 2 plugin before, and would like step-by-step instructions for building an example plugin before creating your own, you'll find those instructions in the [tutorial on building your first QIIME 2 plugin](plugin-tutorial-intro).
If you're already comfortable with plugin development and are looking for instructions to achieve a specific task, you may find more targeted instructions in the [Plugin Development How-To Guides](plugin-how-to-guides).
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