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Extension Development	1	Learn how to develop Extensions inside the OpenBB Platform.	openbb platform introduction extensions contributing documentation

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We have a Cookiecutter template that will help you get started. It serves as a jumpstart for your extensions development, so you can focus on the data and not on the boilerplate.

Please refer to the Cookiecutter template and follow the instructions there.

This section will walk you through the steps of adding a new extension to the OpenBB Platform.

The high level steps are:

• Generate the extension structure
• Install your dependencies
• Install your new package
• Use your extension (either from Python or the API interface)
• QA your extension
• Share your extension with the community