diff --git a/openc3/templates/plugin/.github/workflows/playwright.yml b/openc3/templates/plugin/.github/workflows/playwright.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ee77789cd
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+++ b/openc3/templates/plugin/.github/workflows/playwright.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# Builds this plugin and installs it into a real COSMOS with Playwright.
+#
+# Runs the most recent COSMOS Core release in Docker, builds the plugin gem, and
+# drives the Admin tool the way an operator would: Install From File, submit the
+# variables dialog, and wait for the install to report Complete. That catches
+# what unit tests can't - a plugin.txt that doesn't parse, a target that doesn't
+# build, a microservice that won't start.
+#
+# Nothing here needs configuring as the plugin grows. Tool pages are discovered
+# from the COSMOS API after install and checked for browser console errors, and
+# a frontend is built with pnpm whenever the plugin has a package.json, so
+# `cli generate tool` and `cli generate widget` are covered with no edit here.
+#
+# Runs on every commit and once a week. The weekly run is what catches a new
+# COSMOS release breaking this plugin. Note that GitHub disables scheduled
+# workflows in a repo with no activity for 60 days.
+
+name: Playwright
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: ["**"]
+  # Off the hour because scheduled runs at :00 get queued behind everyone else's
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '27 7 * * 1'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      cosmos_version:
+        description: 'COSMOS version to run, or latest'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: 'latest'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  # Superseding a pull request run is fine, but a scheduled run and a push to
+  # main share a ref, so cancelling on those would have them kill each other
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+
+jobs:
+  playwright:
+    uses: OpenC3/.github/.github/workflows/plugin-playwright-reusable.yml@main
+    with:
+      plugin_directory: .
+      cosmos_version: ${{ inputs.cosmos_version || 'latest' }}
+      # Once you have added targets with `cli generate target`, list them here
+      # and the install is checked for them:
+      # expected_targets: MY_TARGET ANOTHER_TARGET
+      #
+      # install_demo: true  # Uncomment if this plugin references INST/INST2
+      # is_tool: true  # Uncomment to require that this plugin registers a tool
+      #
+      # Tool pages are checked for browser console errors automatically. Add
+      # regexes here for errors to allow:
+      # console_ignore: |
+      #   some third party gripe
+      #   another known message
diff --git a/openc3/templates/plugin/.github/workflows/release.yml b/openc3/templates/plugin/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91205cbd89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openc3/templates/plugin/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Builds the gem, tags the commit, and creates a GitHub release. Run it by hand
+# from the Actions tab and give it a version number.
+#
+# Both publish steps are off by default so a first release works with no setup
+# at all. Tick the box in the run dialog when you are ready to publish, after
+# adding the matching secret to the repo:
+#
+#   Deploy to OpenC3 App Store  ->  OPENC3_API_TOKEN  (your store account token)
+#   Publish the gem to RubyGems ->  RUBYGEMS_API_KEY  (your RubyGems API key)
+#
+# A tool or widget frontend needs nothing set here: once the plugin has a
+# package.json it is built with pnpm before the gem is packaged.
+
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Version number'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      deploy_to_store:
+        description: 'Deploy to OpenC3 App Store'
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+      deploy_to_rubygems:
+        description: 'Publish the gem to RubyGems'
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    uses: OpenC3/.github/.github/workflows/release-cosmos-plugin-reusable.yml@main
+    with:
+      version: ${{ inputs.version }}
+      deploy_to_store: ${{ inputs.deploy_to_store }}
+      deploy_to_rubygems: ${{ inputs.deploy_to_rubygems }}
+      plugin_directory: .
+      # is_tool: true  # Uncomment to fail the release if package.json is missing
+    secrets:
+      OPENC3_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OPENC3_API_TOKEN }}
+      RUBYGEMS_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.RUBYGEMS_API_KEY }}
diff --git a/openc3/templates/plugin/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/openc3/templates/plugin/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..528e1e6277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openc3/templates/plugin/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Runs this plugin's unit tests on every push and pull request.
+#
+# Python tests are discovered in tests/ or test/, Ruby specs in spec/ or specs/.
+# Whichever this plugin doesn't have is skipped, so there is nothing to set up:
+# add a test file and it starts running. A plugin with no tests at all passes
+# with a warning until you set require_tests below.
+#
+# Dependencies are picked up automatically - requirements.txt for the code under
+# test, <test dir>/requirements.txt for test only ones, and a Gemfile for Ruby
+# when there is one.
+
+name: Unit Tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: ["**"]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  unit-tests:
+    uses: OpenC3/.github/.github/workflows/plugin-unit-tests-reusable.yml@main
+    with:
+      plugin_directory: .
+      # python_version: '3.12'  # Uncomment to pin a different Python
+      # ruby_version: '3.4'  # Uncomment to pin a different Ruby
+      # require_tests: true  # Uncomment to fail the build when there are no tests
diff --git a/openc3/templates/plugin/README.md b/openc3/templates/plugin/README.md
index 66d27ea11a..f88ebe3f86 100644
--- a/openc3/templates/plugin/README.md
+++ b/openc3/templates/plugin/README.md
@@ -39,6 +39,28 @@ docker run -it -v %cd%:/openc3/local -w /openc3/local docker.io/openc3inc/openc3
 1. pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --ignore-scripts
 1. rake build VERSION=1.0.0
 
+## Continuous integration
+
+`.github/workflows/` ships three GitHub Actions workflows that work as soon as
+you push this plugin to GitHub. They call shared workflows from `OpenC3/.github`,
+so the steps stay current without you updating anything here.
+
+- **Unit Tests** - on every push and pull request. Runs Python tests in `tests/`
+  or `test/` and Ruby specs in `spec/` or `specs/`. Whichever you don't have is
+  skipped, so just add a test file.
+- **Playwright** - on every push and pull request, plus weekly. Builds the gem,
+  starts the latest COSMOS release in Docker, and installs the plugin through the
+  Admin tool, which catches a `plugin.txt` that doesn't parse, a target that
+  doesn't build, or a microservice that won't start. The weekly run is what tells
+  you a new COSMOS release broke this plugin. Once you add targets, list them in
+  `expected_targets` so the install is verified against them.
+- **Release** - manual, from the Actions tab. Builds the gem, tags the commit and
+  creates a GitHub release. Publishing to the OpenC3 App Store and to RubyGems is
+  off until you add the matching secret and tick the box.
+
+Adding a tool or a widget needs no change to any of these. All three build a
+frontend with pnpm as soon as the plugin has a `package.json`.
+
 ## Installing into OpenC3 COSMOS
 
 1. Go to the OpenC3 Admin Tool, Plugins Tab