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

# Discover Single File Plugins • AI Agent SDK

> discover_single_file_plugins: Discover and load tools from single-file plugins.

# discover\_single\_file\_plugins

Method

> This is a method of the [**ToolRegistry**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/classes/ToolRegistry.md) class in the [**registry**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/modules/registry.md) module.

Discover and load tools from single-file plugins.

Scans default plugin directories for WordPress-style plugins:

* ./.praisonai/plugins/ (project-level)
* \~/.praisonai/plugins/ (user-level)

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def discover_single_file_plugins() -> int
```

### Returns

**Returns** `int`

Number of plugins loaded

## Uses

* `discover_and_load_plugins`
* `logging.debug`
* `logging.warning`

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/tools/registry.py#L547)
>
> `praisonaiagents/tools/registry.py` at line 547

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## Related Documentation

> [card] [Plugins Feature](https://praison.ai/docs/docs/features/plugins)


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