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# Introduction to BRAT
This is a very special plugin designed to make life much easier for developers and beta-testers of plugins and themes.
The **Beta Reviewers Auto-update Tool** or **BRAT** for short is a plugin that makes it easier for you to assist other developers with reviewing and testing their plugins and themes.
Simply add the GitHub repository path for the beta Obsidian plugin to the list for testing and now you can just check for updates. Updates are downloaded and the plugin is reloaded. No more having to create folders, download files, copy them to the right place, and so on. This plugin takes care of all that for you.
# Learn to use BRAT
- [[Quick guide for using BRAT]]
- [[Working with Plugins]]
- [[Working with Themes]]
- [[Quickly open GitHub repositories for Plugins and Themes]]
- [[Logging Support]]
- [[Special notes for Developers]]
- [[Accessing Private Repositories]]
## How to and use BRAT by community educator Ric Raftis
![](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8pLFnMKsSY)
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