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A guide to Paper's Brigadier command API. |
Paper's command system is built on top of Minecraft's Brigadier command system. This system provides a powerful and flexible way to define commands and arguments. It offers many advantages above the previously widely used Bukkit command system:
- Less parsing or error checking required by the developer for arguments.
- Better user experience with client error checking.
- Integration with reload events, allowing the definition of commands usable in datapacks.
- Easier creation of subcommands.
:::danger[Experimental]
Paper's command system is still experimental and may change in the future.
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:::info
To see a comparison between the new Brigadier system and the old Bukkit system, click here.
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The following sites are worth-while to look through first when learning about Brigadier:
- The Command Tree
- Arguments and Literals
- Command Executors
- Command Registration
- Command Requirements
- Argument Suggestions
For a reference of more advanced arguments, you should look here:
:::danger[Future pages]
The following pages will be added to the documentation in the future:
- Custom Arguments
- Tutorial: Creating Utility Commands
- The Command Dispatcher
- Forks and Redirects
- Tutorial: Extending the vanilla execute command
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For support regarding the command API, you can always ask in our Discord Server in the #paper-dev channel!