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title: Telegraf Documentation
description: 'Telegraf Plugin Documentation - Edit in Source Repository The Telegraf plugin documentation in subdirectories (input-plugins/, output-plugins/, aggregator-plugins/, processor-plugins/) is generated from plugin READMEs in the influxdata/telegraf repository. Workflow Source of truth: Plugin READMEs in telegraf/plugins/<type>/<plugin>/README.md Automated sync: The telegraf-internal repository generates documentation PRs from plugin READMEs Release process: Telegraf releases automatically trigger do'
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/claude/
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product: Telegraf
version: v1
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# Telegraf Plugin Documentation - Edit in Source Repository

The Telegraf plugin documentation in subdirectories (`input-plugins/`, `output-plugins/`, `aggregator-plugins/`, `processor-plugins/`) is **generated from plugin READMEs** in the [influxdata/telegraf](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf) repository.

## Workflow

1. **Source of truth**: Plugin READMEs in `telegraf/plugins/<type>/<plugin>/README.md`
2. **Automated sync**: The `telegraf-internal` repository generates documentation PRs from plugin READMEs
3. **Release process**: Telegraf releases automatically trigger documentation updates

## To Make Changes

1. Edit the source README in the `telegraf` repository: `plugins/<type>/<plugin>/README.md`
2. Submit a PR to `influxdata/telegraf`
3. After merge, the sync process will create a PR to docs-v2

## Plugin Types and Locations

| Directory | Source Location |
| --- | --- |
| input-plugins/ | telegraf/plugins/inputs/<plugin>/README.md |
| output-plugins/ | telegraf/plugins/outputs/<plugin>/README.md |
| aggregator-plugins/ | telegraf/plugins/aggregators/<plugin>/README.md |
| processor-plugins/ | telegraf/plugins/processors/<plugin>/README.md |

## Documentation

-   **Telegraf repository**: https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf
-   **Contributing guide**: https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md

## Non-Generated Content

The following files in `content/telegraf/` are **not generated** and can be edited directly:

-   `_index.md`
-   `configuration.md`
-   `install.md`
-   `get-started.md`
-   `metrics.md`
-   `release-notes.md`
-   Other top-level documentation files