Hi i have a question regards the automation API. about the following function in the Workspace interface:

/**
     * Installs a plugin in the Workspace, for example to use cloud providers like AWS or GCP.
     *
     * @param name the name of the plugin.
     * @param version the version of the plugin e.g. "v1.0.0".
     * @param kind the kind of plugin e.g. "resource"
     */
    installPlugin(name: string, version: string, kind?: string): Promise<void>

What is the plugin in this case? Can i compare it to a npm package? So for example a npm dependency in package json: ‘pulumi/aws”: “^5.4.0,’ dependency. What are exactly the use cases for using the function above from the automation API?

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.