From f8de8bb4f25f8b225db13949919da484d371a39e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NanoCode012 <nano@axolotl.ai>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 21:18:01 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] chore(doc): add instructions on adding custom integrations
 (#2422) [skip ci]

* chore(doc): add instructions on adding custom integrations

* chore: add warning help

* feat: add note about integration path

* fix: adjust text per suggestion
---
 docs/config.qmd              |  6 +++++
 docs/custom_integrations.qmd | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/config.qmd b/docs/config.qmd
index 38ec368a1..ea7ea2293 100644
--- a/docs/config.qmd
+++ b/docs/config.qmd
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ gpu_memory_limit: 20GiB
 # Do the LoRA/PEFT loading on CPU -- this is required if the base model is so large it takes up most or all of the available GPU VRAM, e.g. during a model and LoRA merge
 lora_on_cpu: true
 
+# List[str]. Add plugins to extend the pipeline.
+# See `src/axolotl/integrations` for the available plugins or doc below for more details.
+# https://axolotl-ai-cloud.github.io/axolotl/docs/custom_integrations.html
+plugins:
+  # - axolotl.integrations.cut_cross_entropy.CutCrossEntropyPlugin
+
 # A list of one or more datasets to finetune the model with
 datasets:
   # HuggingFace dataset repo | s3://,gs:// path | "json" for local dataset, make sure to fill data_files
diff --git a/docs/custom_integrations.qmd b/docs/custom_integrations.qmd
index 8d0498298..cb4aef9ca 100644
--- a/docs/custom_integrations.qmd
+++ b/docs/custom_integrations.qmd
@@ -55,3 +55,47 @@ sections = [
 for section_name, folder_name in sections:
     print(print_section(section_name, folder_name))
 ```
+
+## Adding a new integration
+
+Plugins can be used to customize the behavior of the training pipeline through [hooks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooking). See [`axolotl.integrations.BasePlugin`](https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/blob/main/src/axolotl/integrations/base.py) for the possible hooks.
+
+To add a new integration, please follow these steps:
+
+1. Create a new folder in the `src/axolotl/integrations` directory.
+2. Add any relevant files (`LICENSE`, `README.md`, `ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.md`, etc.) to the new folder.
+3. Add `__init__.py` and `args.py` files to the new folder.
+  - `__init__.py` should import the integration and hook into the appropriate functions.
+  - `args.py` should define the arguments for the integration.
+4. (If applicable) Add CPU tests under `tests/integrations` or GPU tests under `tests/e2e/integrations`.
+
+::: {.callout-tip}
+
+See [src/axolotl/integrations/cut_cross_entropy](https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/tree/main/src/axolotl/integrations/cut_cross_entropy) for a minimal integration example.
+
+:::
+
+::: {.callout-warning}
+
+If you could not load your integration, please ensure you are pip installing in editable mode.
+
+```bash
+pip install -e .
+```
+
+and correctly spelled the integration name in the config file.
+
+```yaml
+plugins:
+  - axolotl.integrations.your_integration_name.YourIntegrationPlugin
+```
+
+:::
+
+::: {.callout-note}
+
+It is not necessary to place your integration in the `integrations` folder. It can be in any location, so long as it's installed in a package in your python env.
+
+See this repo for an example: [https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/diff-transformer](https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/diff-transformer)
+
+:::