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title: Processing engine and Python plugins
description: Use the Python processing engine to trigger and execute custom code on different events in an {{< product-name >}} instance.
menu:
  influxdb3_core:
    name: Processing engine and Python plugins
weight: 4
influxdb3/core/tags: []
related:
- /influxdb3/core/reference/cli/influxdb3/test/wal_plugin/ 
- /influxdb3/core/reference/cli/influxdb3/create/plugin/ 
- /influxdb3/core/reference/cli/influxdb3/create/trigger/
source: /shared/v3-core-plugins/_index.md
---

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