diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index bfeb7c28264..390e70e1568 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -521,6 +521,9 @@
     "@kui-shell/plugin-core-themes": {
       "version": "file:plugins/plugin-core-themes"
     },
+    "@kui-shell/plugin-skeleton": {
+      "version": "file:plugins/plugin-skeleton"
+    },
     "@kui-shell/plugin-git": {
       "version": "file:plugins/plugin-git",
       "requires": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ef821ad7b65..58b32041f31 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
     "@kui-shell/client": "file:plugins/plugin-client-default",
     "@kui-shell/plugin-kubectl": "file:plugins/plugin-kubectl",
     "@kui-shell/plugin-ibmcloud": "file:plugins/plugin-ibmcloud",
+    "@kui-shell/plugin-skeleton": "file:plugins/plugin-skeleton",
     "@kui-shell/plugin-wskflow": "file:plugins/plugin-wskflow"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/plugins/plugin-skeleton/.gitignore b/plugins/plugin-skeleton/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..45bbbb07f94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/plugin-skeleton/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+dist/
+mdist/
+build
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/plugin-skeleton/.npmignore b/plugins/plugin-skeleton/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..889f599078c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/plugin-skeleton/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+build
+src
+tests
+dist/test
+tsconfig*
+/*.tgz
diff --git a/plugins/plugin-skeleton/Readme.md b/plugins/plugin-skeleton/Readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cb6231de502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/plugin-skeleton/Readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hi! If you came from [wiki](https://github.com/IBM/kui/wiki), please note that plugin-skeleton is the place to prototype your code, so any pull request from plugin-sandbox won't be accepted. Thank you!
diff --git a/plugins/plugin-skeleton/package.json b/plugins/plugin-skeleton/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cf76420e78a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/plugin-skeleton/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "name": "@kui-shell/plugin-skeleton",
+  "version": "8.4.2",
+  "description": "",
+  "main": "mdist/index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "keywords": [],
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/plugin-skeleton/src/index.ts b/plugins/plugin-skeleton/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..175a9b3df2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/plugin-skeleton/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 IBM Corporation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
diff --git a/plugins/plugin-skeleton/src/plugin.ts b/plugins/plugin-skeleton/src/plugin.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..175a9b3df2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/plugin-skeleton/src/plugin.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 IBM Corporation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
diff --git a/plugins/plugin-skeleton/src/preload.ts b/plugins/plugin-skeleton/src/preload.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..175a9b3df2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/plugin-skeleton/src/preload.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 IBM Corporation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
diff --git a/plugins/plugin-skeleton/tsconfig.json b/plugins/plugin-skeleton/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..42a4d4d0fcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/plugin-skeleton/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../packages/builder/tsconfig-base.json",
+  "include": ["src/**/*"],
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "composite": true,
+    "jsx": "react",
+    "outDir": "mdist",
+    "rootDir": "src"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index da2bd3b322f..fb54cc97121 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
     {
       "path": "plugins/plugin-proxy-support"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "plugins/plugin-skeleton"
+    },
     {
       "path": "plugins/plugin-client-default"
     },