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A plugin is a binary that does CRUD for a particular cloud provider. Your `@pulumi/aws` npm package also needs a binary `pulumi-resource-aws` in order to create cloud resources.

<https://www.pulumi.com/docs/reference/cli/pulumi_plugin/>

If you are using local programs, plugins will be acquired automatically when you run your program. For inline programs, you need to install the plugins manually before running the stack update.