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+.. _cliconf_plugins:
+
+Cliconf plugins
+===============
+
+.. contents::
+   :local:
+   :depth: 2
+
+Cliconf plugins are abstractions over the CLI interface to network devices. They provide a standard interface for Ansible to execute tasks on those network devices.
+
+These plugins generally correspond one-to-one to network device platforms. Ansible loads the appropriate cliconf plugin automatically based on the ``ansible_network_os`` variable.
+
+.. _enabling_cliconf:
+
+Adding cliconf plugins
+-------------------------
+
+You can extend Ansible to support other network devices by dropping a custom plugin into the ``cliconf_plugins`` directory.
+
+.. _using_cliconf:
+
+Using cliconf plugins
+------------------------
+
+The cliconf plugin to use is determined automatically from the ``ansible_network_os`` variable. There should be no reason to override this functionality.
+
+Most cliconf plugins can operate without configuration. A few have additional options that can be set to affect how tasks are translated into CLI commands.
+
+Plugins are self-documenting. Each plugin should document its configuration options.
+
+.. _cliconf_plugin_list:
+
+Viewing cliconf plugins
+-----------------------
+
+These plugins have migrated to collections on `Ansible Galaxy <https://galaxy.ansible.com>`_. If you installed Ansible version 2.10 or later using ``pip``, you have access to several cliconf plugins. To list all available cliconf plugins on your control node, type ``ansible-doc -t cliconf -l``. To view plugin-specific documentation and examples, use ``ansible-doc -t cliconf``.
+
+
+.. seealso::
+
+   :ref:`Ansible for Network Automation<network_guide>`
+       An overview of using Ansible to automate networking devices.
+   `User Mailing List <https://groups.google.com/group/ansible-devel>`_
+       Have a question?  Stop by the google group!
+   `irc.libera.chat <https://libera.chat/>`_
+       #ansible-network IRC chat channel