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truthound plugins enable

Enable (activate) a loaded plugin.

Synopsis

truthound plugins enable <NAME>

Arguments

Argument Required Description
NAME Yes Plugin name to enable

Description

The plugin enable command activates a loaded plugin:

  1. Loads the plugin automatically if not already loaded
  2. Activates the plugin for use
  3. Makes it available for validation
  4. Changes state from loaded/inactive to active

State Transitions

loaded → active
inactive → active

Examples

Enable Plugin

truthound plugins enable my-validator

Output: 

Enabled plugin: my-validator

Enable After Load Without Activate

# Load without activating
truthound plugins load my-validator --no-activate

# Enable when ready
truthound plugins enable my-validator

Re-enable Disabled Plugin

# Plugin was disabled
truthound plugins enable my-validator

Output: 

Enabled plugin: my-validator

Verify After Enable

# Enable the plugin
truthound plugins enable my-validator

# Verify it's active
truthound plugins list --state active

Use Cases

1. Activate After Inspection

# Load without activating
truthound plugins load my-validator --no-activate

# Inspect plugin
truthound plugins info my-validator

# Enable if satisfied
truthound plugins enable my-validator

2. Re-enable Temporarily Disabled Plugin

# Previously disabled for testing
truthound plugins enable my-validator

# Use in validation
truthound check data.csv --validators my-validator

3. Selective Plugin Activation

# Load multiple plugins
truthound plugins load validator-a --no-activate
truthound plugins load validator-b --no-activate
truthound plugins load validator-c --no-activate

# Enable only what's needed
truthound plugins enable validator-a
truthound plugins enable validator-c

Error Handling

Plugin Not Found

truthound plugins enable unknown-plugin

Output: 

Error enabling plugin: Plugin 'unknown-plugin' not found.

Note: If the plugin is discovered but not loaded, the enable command will automatically load it first before enabling.

Exit Codes

Code Condition
0 Success
1 Error (plugin not found, enable failed)

See Also