# Service local plugin

**URL:** <https://forum.serverless.com/t/service-local-plugin/986>\
**Category:** Serverless Framework\
**Created:** [December 20, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/service-local-plugin/986 "2016-12-20T16:38:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jbarnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e68b1a/32.png) [@jbarnet](https://forum.serverless.com/u/jbarnet)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/service-local-plugin/986/1 "2016-12-20T16:38:59Z")

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In the documentation for plugins i am trying to follow how to make a plugin that is part of my project. I was wondering if anyone has an example of how to do this? I have tried by putting my javascript file inside the .serverless\_plugins folder however it doesn’t seem to be doing anything.

Thanks  
Jeremy

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**Author:** ![horike37](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/horike37/32/345_2.png) [@horike37](https://forum.serverless.com/u/horike37)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/service-local-plugin/986/2 "2016-12-23T00:48:29Z")

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Please try your plugin file to put the node\_modules in your serverless project, then define as follow

```auto
# serverless.yml
plugins:
  - your-plugin

```