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API Reference
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This section provides function- and class-level documentation extracted
automatically from the pyCIF source code.
It is split into two parts:

* **Base classes** — the abstract plugin types defined in
  :mod:`pycif.utils.classes`.  These are the building blocks every concrete
  plugin must implement.

* **Plugin implementations** — public submodules and functions of each registered plugin
  (``execute.py``, ``dump.py``, etc.).  For YAML configuration options and
  inter-plugin requirements, follow the back-link on each page to the
  :doc:`plugin configuration reference </documentation/plugins/index>`.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   Base classes <../classes/classes>
   plugins/index