### Activate Appium Plugin

Source: https://github.com/browserstack/appium-plugins/blob/main/README.md

Demonstrates how to activate an installed Appium plugin when starting the Appium server. This ensures the plugin's functionality is applied.

```bash
appium --plugins=opentelmetry
```

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### Install Appium Opentelemetry Plugin

Source: https://github.com/browserstack/appium-plugins/blob/main/packages/opentelemetry/README.md

Instructions for installing the Appium Opentelemetry Plugin using the Appium plugin CLI. It covers installation as a named plugin, from NPM, and locally from a repository path.

```bash
appium plugin install opentelemetry
appium plugin install --source=npm @browserstack/opentelemetry-plugin
appium plugin install <path-to-repo>/packages/opentelemetry --source local
```

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### Activate Appium Opentelemetry Plugin

Source: https://github.com/browserstack/appium-plugins/blob/main/packages/opentelemetry/README.md

Demonstrates how to activate the installed Appium Opentelemetry Plugin when starting the Appium server. The plugin is only active if explicitly enabled.

```bash
appium --plugins=opentelemetry
```

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### Appium Plugin Development Commands

Source: https://github.com/browserstack/appium-plugins/blob/main/README.md

Provides essential npm commands for managing and developing Appium plugins. Includes cleaning, bootstrapping dependencies, installing, building, and testing.

```bash
npm run clean
```

```bash
npm run bootstrap
npm install
npm run build
```

```bash
npm test:unit
```

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