# PyLink Developer Documentation This documentation is provided for reference only, and may not always be up to date as APIs change. Patches are welcome if something looks wrong or *is* wrong. In such cases, consulting the source code is probably your best bet. The docs are also really incomplete (contributions are appreciated!) ## Introduction PyLink is an a modular, plugin-based IRC services framework. It uses swappable protocol modules and a hooks system for calling plugins, allowing them to function regardless of the IRCd used. ## Contents - [Writing plugins for PyLink](writing-plugins.md) - [PyLink hooks reference](hooks-reference.md) - [Services bot API/Creating your own service bots](services-api.md) - [Permissions API Introduction](permissions-api.md) - [Using `utils.IRCParser()`](using-ircparser.md) ---- - [PyLink protocol module specification](pmodule-spec.md) ---- - [Release Process for PyLink](release-process.md) 