# Proposal: introduce execution plugins

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/proposal-introduce-execution-plugins/39973>\
**Category:** Project Discussions\
**Tags:** python, ansiballz, ansible-core\
**Created:** [February 2, 2025, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proposal-introduce-execution-plugins/39973 "2025-02-02T11:14:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proposal-introduce-execution-plugins/39973/10 "2025-02-08T13:38:01Z")

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@nitzmahone mentioned in [Should we add ibm z/OS mainframe host info to the Ansible docs? - #5 by nitzmahone](https://forum.ansible.com/t/40091/5) that

> […] the Ansible Core team’s long-term goal has always been to shift most (possibly all) technology- and platform-specific code and docs out to collections via exec subsystem plugins.

That sounds pretty similar to what I mean with ‘execution plugins’, not just from the name, but also from the further explanation.

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