Plugin Development Best Practices

Use the `needs( )` method instead of `require( )`.

The needs(*libraries) method wraps the require( ) method with several safeguards and automatically loads RubyGems if needed.

Example usage:

  class MyNeedyPlugin < ScoutAgent::Mission
      needs "faster_csv", "elif"
      # ...
  end
  

Don't use alerts for notifications on a changing metric.

The logic for this already exists using triggers.

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