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

# Your first plugin, step by step

> From your idea to the .jar file: write, answer, start, download.

**1. Describe your idea**

On your dashboard, write what your plugin should do in the **Describe your Minecraft plugin…** box, then send.

> [!TIP]
>
> Say what players do, which commands you want, who can use them, and your server's version. Example: "A homes plugin for Paper 1.21.4: /sethome saves my position, /home takes me back, 3 homes per player." If you give no version, Minax builds for Paper 26.2.

**2. Answer Minax's questions**

Minax sometimes asks a few questions, never more than three at a time, in the strip above the message box. Pick an answer then **Confirm**, write your own with **Other answer…**, or click **Skip, Minax chooses for me**. These questions are free.

**3. Read your request**

The **Your request** card shows what Minax will build, with the Minecraft version at the top. **Details** unfolds the commands and settings. Nothing is built yet. See [Shape your request](https://docs.minax.fun/en/conversation/shape-your-request.md).

**4. Start the build**

The **Your request is ready** card appears above the message box. With no plan, click **Choose my plan and start**: the plan choice opens next to your request, and after payment the build starts by itself. With credits, click **Start the build**.

**5. Follow the work**

Minax writes the code, compiles it, then tries it on a real server. Count about ten minutes in **Fast** mode. The **Details** button shows every step.

**6. Get your plugin**

When Minax has wrapped up, click **Download the .jar**, or **Test in game** to join it right away.

> [!NOTE]
>
> You can have three requests in preparation at once. Finish or delete one to start another.

## What next?

> **[Install on your server](https://docs.minax.fun/en/getting-started/install-on-your-server.md)**
>
> Where to put the .jar.

> **[Ask for a change](https://docs.minax.fun/en/conversation/build-and-wrap-up.md)**
>
> Write it in the chat.


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