Setting up your development environment

To use the CommandAPI in your plugins, there are a few methods of adding it to your development environment.

Manually using the .jar

Download the latest CommandAPI.jar from the download page here
Add the CommandAPI.jar file to your project/environment's build path:
Add the CommandAPI as a dependent in the plugin.yml (depend: [CommandAPI])

Using Maven (recommended)

Developer's Note:

If you've never used maven before, I highly recommend it! It makes it easier to keep your code updated with the latest dependency updates. For information on how to set up a plugin using maven, you can read Bukkit's plugin tutorial.

Add the maven repository to your pom.xml file:

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>commandapi</id>
        <url>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JorelAli/CommandAPI/mvn-repo/</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>

Add the dependency to your pom.xml:

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>dev.jorel</groupId>
        <artifactId>commandapi-core</artifactId>
        <version>4.1</version>
        <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

Add the CommandAPI as a dependent in the plugin.yml (depend: [CommandAPI])

Using Gradle

Add the repositories to your build.gradle file (the second repository is required because the CommandAPI depends on the NBT-API):

repositories {
    maven { url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JorelAli/CommandAPI/mvn-repo/" }
    maven { url = "https://repo.codemc.org/repository/maven-public/" }
}

Add the dependency to your list of dependencies in your build.gradle file:
```
dependencies {
    compileOnly "dev.jorel:commandapi-core:4.1"
}
```

Add the CommandAPI as a dependent in the plugin.yml (depend: [CommandAPI])