diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index ee6d355d..de55a843 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -67,10 +67,9 @@ jobs:
           go-version: "1.23"
 
       - name: Lint code with golangci-lint 🚨
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v4
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v6
         with:
-          version: "v1.60.3"
-          skip-pkg-cache: true
+          version: "latest"
           install-mode: "goinstall"
 
       - name: Lint Bash script with shellcheck 🚨
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
           dockerfile: Dockerfile
 
       - name: Run Go tests 🔬
-        run: go test -p 1 -cover -covermode atomic -coverprofile=profile.cov -v ./...
+        run: go test -tags embed_plugin_template -p 1 -cover -covermode atomic -coverprofile=profile.cov -v ./...
         env:
           GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.INTEGRATION }}
 
diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
index 4a617b33..ddab1d5b 100644
--- a/.golangci.yaml
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ linters-settings:
           - "github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go"
           - "github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
           - "github.com/docker/go-connections/nat"
+          - "github.com/codingsince1985/checksum"
   tagalign:
     align: false
     sort: false
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b3bf09f1..78fe74d5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ clean:
 	@rm -rf dist
 
 test:
-	@go test -v -cover -coverprofile=c.out ./...
+	@go test -tags embed_plugin_template -v -cover -coverprofile=c.out ./...
 
 test-race:
 	@go test -race -v ./...
diff --git a/cmd/cmd_helpers_test.go b/cmd/cmd_helpers_test.go
index 375d87a3..a3fbc0ac 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd_helpers_test.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd_helpers_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 
@@ -44,3 +45,10 @@ func mustPullPlugin() (string, error) {
 
 	return filepath.Abs(fileName) //nolint:wrapcheck
 }
+
+// runCommand runs a command in a given directory.
+func runCommand(dir string, command string, args ...string) error {
+	cmd := exec.Command(command, args...)
+	cmd.Dir = dir
+	return cmd.Run() //nolint:wrapcheck
+}
diff --git a/cmd/plugin_scaffold_test.go b/cmd/plugin_scaffold_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a3cc183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/plugin_scaffold_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/codingsince1985/checksum"
+	"github.com/gatewayd-io/gatewayd/config"
+	"github.com/gatewayd-io/gatewayd/plugin"
+	"github.com/gatewayd-io/gatewayd/testhelpers"
+	"github.com/spf13/cast"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	yamlv3 "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+)
+
+func Test_pluginScaffoldCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	// Start the test containers.
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	postgresHostIP1, postgresMappedPort1 := testhelpers.SetupPostgreSQLTestContainer(ctx, t)
+	postgresHostIP2, postgresMappedPort2 := testhelpers.SetupPostgreSQLTestContainer(ctx, t)
+	postgresAddress1 := postgresHostIP1 + ":" + postgresMappedPort1.Port()
+	t.Setenv("GATEWAYD_CLIENTS_DEFAULT_WRITES_ADDRESS", postgresAddress1)
+	postgresAddress2 := postgresHostIP2 + ":" + postgresMappedPort2.Port()
+	t.Setenv("GATEWAYD_CLIENTS_TEST_WRITE_ADDRESS", postgresAddress2)
+
+	globalTestConfigFile := filepath.Join("testdata", "gatewayd.yaml")
+	plugin.IsPluginTemplateEmbedded()
+	pluginTestScaffoldInputFile := "./testdata/scaffold_input.yaml"
+
+	tempDir := t.TempDir()
+
+	output, err := executeCommandC(
+		rootCmd, "plugin", "scaffold", "-i", pluginTestScaffoldInputFile, "-o", tempDir)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "plugin scaffold should not return an error")
+	assert.Contains(t, output, "scaffold done")
+	assert.Contains(t, output, "created files:")
+	assert.Contains(t, output, "test-gatewayd-plugin/.github/issue_template.md")
+	assert.Contains(t, output, "test-gatewayd-plugin/.github/pull_request_template.md")
+	assert.Contains(t, output, "test-gatewayd-plugin/.github/workflows/commits-signed.yaml")
+
+	pluginName := "test-gatewayd-plugin"
+	pluginDir := filepath.Join(tempDir, pluginName)
+
+	pluginsConfig, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(pluginDir, "gatewayd_plugin.yaml"))
+	require.NoError(t, err, "reading plugins config file should not return an error")
+
+	var localPluginsConfig map[string]interface{}
+	err = yamlv3.Unmarshal(pluginsConfig, &localPluginsConfig)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "unmarshalling yaml file should not return error")
+
+	err = runCommand(pluginDir, "go", "mod", "tidy")
+	require.NoError(t, err, "running go mod tidy should not return an error")
+	err = runCommand(pluginDir, "make", "build-dev")
+	require.NoError(t, err, "running make build-dev should not return an error")
+
+	pluginBinaryPath := filepath.Join(pluginDir, pluginName)
+
+	_, err = os.Stat(pluginBinaryPath)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "plugin binary file should exist")
+
+	pluginsList := cast.ToSlice(localPluginsConfig["plugins"])
+	plugin := cast.ToStringMap(pluginsList[0])
+	plugin["localPath"] = filepath.Join("cmd", pluginDir, pluginName)
+	sum, err := checksum.SHA256sum(pluginBinaryPath)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "marshalling yaml file should not return error")
+	plugin["checksum"] = sum
+
+	pluginsList[0] = plugin
+	plugins := make(map[string]interface{})
+	plugins["plugins"] = pluginsList
+
+	updatedPluginConfig, err := yamlv3.Marshal(plugins)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "marshalling yaml file should not return error")
+
+	err = os.WriteFile(
+		filepath.Join(pluginDir, "gatewayd_plugins.yaml"),
+		updatedPluginConfig, FilePermissions)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "writingh to yaml file should not return error")
+
+	pluginTestConfigFile := filepath.Join(pluginDir, "gatewayd_plugins.yaml")
+
+	stopChan = make(chan struct{})
+
+	var waitGroup sync.WaitGroup
+
+	waitGroup.Add(1)
+	go func(waitGroup *sync.WaitGroup) {
+		// Test run command.
+		output, err := executeCommandC(
+			rootCmd, "run", "-c", globalTestConfigFile, "-p", pluginTestConfigFile)
+		require.NoError(t, err, "run command should not have returned an error")
+
+		// Print the output for debugging purposes.
+		runCmd.Print(output)
+		// Check if GatewayD started and stopped correctly.
+		assert.Contains(t, output, "GatewayD is running")
+		assert.Contains(t, output, "Stopped all servers")
+
+		waitGroup.Done()
+	}(&waitGroup)
+
+	waitGroup.Add(1)
+	go func(waitGroup *sync.WaitGroup) {
+		time.Sleep(waitBeforeStop)
+
+		StopGracefully(
+			context.Background(),
+			nil,
+			nil,
+			metricsServer,
+			nil,
+			loggers[config.Default],
+			servers,
+			stopChan,
+			nil,
+			nil,
+		)
+
+		waitGroup.Done()
+	}(&waitGroup)
+
+	waitGroup.Wait()
+}
diff --git a/cmd/run_test.go b/cmd/run_test.go
index 823189cc..534d203a 100644
--- a/cmd/run_test.go
+++ b/cmd/run_test.go
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ var (
 
 func Test_runCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	postgresHostIP, postgresMappedPort := testhelpers.SetupPostgreSQLTestContainer(context.Background(), t)
-	postgredAddress := postgresHostIP + ":" + postgresMappedPort.Port()
-	t.Setenv("GATEWAYD_CLIENTS_DEFAULT_WRITES_ADDRESS", postgredAddress)
+	postgresAddress := postgresHostIP + ":" + postgresMappedPort.Port()
+	t.Setenv("GATEWAYD_CLIENTS_DEFAULT_WRITES_ADDRESS", postgresAddress)
 
 	globalTestConfigFile := "./test_global_runCmd.yaml"
 	pluginTestConfigFile := "./test_plugins_runCmd.yaml"
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ func Test_runCmd(t *testing.T) {
 // Test_runCmdWithTLS tests the run command with TLS enabled on the server.
 func Test_runCmdWithTLS(t *testing.T) {
 	postgresHostIP, postgresMappedPort := testhelpers.SetupPostgreSQLTestContainer(context.Background(), t)
-	postgredAddress := postgresHostIP + ":" + postgresMappedPort.Port()
-	t.Setenv("GATEWAYD_CLIENTS_DEFAULT_WRITES_ADDRESS", postgredAddress)
+	postgresAddress := postgresHostIP + ":" + postgresMappedPort.Port()
+	t.Setenv("GATEWAYD_CLIENTS_DEFAULT_WRITES_ADDRESS", postgresAddress)
 
 	globalTLSTestConfigFile := "./testdata/gatewayd_tls.yaml"
 	pluginTestConfigFile := "./test_plugins_runCmdWithTLS.yaml"
@@ -144,11 +144,11 @@ func Test_runCmdWithTLS(t *testing.T) {
 // Test_runCmdWithMultiTenancy tests the run command with multi-tenancy enabled.
 func Test_runCmdWithMultiTenancy(t *testing.T) {
 	postgresHostIP, postgresMappedPort := testhelpers.SetupPostgreSQLTestContainer(context.Background(), t)
-	postgredAddress := postgresHostIP + ":" + postgresMappedPort.Port()
-	t.Setenv("GATEWAYD_CLIENTS_DEFAULT_WRITES_ADDRESS", postgredAddress)
+	postgresAddress := postgresHostIP + ":" + postgresMappedPort.Port()
+	t.Setenv("GATEWAYD_CLIENTS_DEFAULT_WRITES_ADDRESS", postgresAddress)
 	postgresHostIP2, postgresMappedPort2 := testhelpers.SetupPostgreSQLTestContainer(context.Background(), t)
-	postgredAddress2 := postgresHostIP2 + ":" + postgresMappedPort2.Port()
-	t.Setenv("GATEWAYD_CLIENTS_TEST_WRITE_ADDRESS", postgredAddress2)
+	postgresAddress2 := postgresHostIP2 + ":" + postgresMappedPort2.Port()
+	t.Setenv("GATEWAYD_CLIENTS_TEST_WRITE_ADDRESS", postgresAddress2)
 
 	globalTestConfigFile := "./testdata/gatewayd.yaml"
 	pluginTestConfigFile := "./test_plugins_runCmdWithMultiTenancy.yaml"
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ func Test_runCmdWithMultiTenancy(t *testing.T) {
 
 func Test_runCmdWithCachePlugin(t *testing.T) {
 	postgresHostIP, postgresMappedPort := testhelpers.SetupPostgreSQLTestContainer(context.Background(), t)
-	postgredAddress := postgresHostIP + ":" + postgresMappedPort.Port()
-	t.Setenv("GATEWAYD_CLIENTS_DEFAULT_WRITES_ADDRESS", postgredAddress)
+	postgresAddress := postgresHostIP + ":" + postgresMappedPort.Port()
+	t.Setenv("GATEWAYD_CLIENTS_DEFAULT_WRITES_ADDRESS", postgresAddress)
 
 	globalTestConfigFile := "./test_global_runCmdWithCachePlugin.yaml"
 	pluginTestConfigFile := "./test_plugins_runCmdWithCachePlugin.yaml"
diff --git a/cmd/testdata/scaffold_input.yaml b/cmd/testdata/scaffold_input.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db04542d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/testdata/scaffold_input.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+remote_url: https://github.com/gatewayd-io/test-gatewayd-plugin
+version: 0.1
+description: This is test plugin
+license: MIT
+authors:
+  - GatewayD Team
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/constants.go b/config/constants.go
index 28dffe83..0fbbef89 100644
--- a/config/constants.go
+++ b/config/constants.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const (
 	// Plugin constants.
 	DefaultMinPort                 = 50000
 	DefaultMaxPort                 = 60000
-	PluginPriorityStart            = 1000
+	PluginPriorityStart            = uint(1000)
 	DefaultPluginAddress           = "http://plugins/metrics"
 	DefaultMetricsMergerPeriod     = 5 * time.Second
 	DefaultPluginHealthCheckPeriod = 5 * time.Second
diff --git a/network/roundrobin_test.go b/network/roundrobin_test.go
index 259e8c56..9f98d6ac 100644
--- a/network/roundrobin_test.go
+++ b/network/roundrobin_test.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func TestRoundRobin_ConcurrentAccess(t *testing.T) {
 
 	waitGroup.Wait()
 	nextIndex := roundRobin.next.Load()
-	if nextIndex != uint32(numGoroutines) { //nolint:gosec
+	if nextIndex != uint32(numGoroutines) {
 		t.Errorf("expected next index to be %d, got %d", numGoroutines, nextIndex)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/network/server.go b/network/server.go
index ec919d72..0858976c 100644
--- a/network/server.go
+++ b/network/server.go
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ func (s *Server) OnClose(conn *ConnWrapper, err error) Action {
 
 	// Shutdown the server if there are no more connections and the server is stopped.
 	// This is used to shut down the server gracefully.
-	if uint64(s.CountConnections()) == 0 && !s.IsRunning() {
+	if s.CountConnections() == 0 && !s.IsRunning() {
 		span.AddEvent("Shutting down the server")
 		return Shutdown
 	}
diff --git a/plugin/.template/input.example.yaml b/plugin/.template/input.example.yaml
index 517e4bb5..db04542d 100644
--- a/plugin/.template/input.example.yaml
+++ b/plugin/.template/input.example.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-remote_url: https://github.com/gatewayd/test-gatewayd-plugin
+remote_url: https://github.com/gatewayd-io/test-gatewayd-plugin
 version: 0.1
 description: This is test plugin
 license: MIT
diff --git a/plugin/plugin_registry.go b/plugin/plugin_registry.go
index f486bfe2..b5130d52 100644
--- a/plugin/plugin_registry.go
+++ b/plugin/plugin_registry.go
@@ -477,7 +477,8 @@ func (reg *Registry) LoadPlugins(
 		// in the config file. Built-in plugins are loaded first, followed by user-defined
 		// plugins. Built-in plugins have a priority of 0 to 999, and user-defined plugins
 		// have a priority of 1000 or greater.
-		plugin.Priority = sdkPlugin.Priority(config.PluginPriorityStart + uint(priority))
+		plugin.Priority = sdkPlugin.Priority(
+			config.PluginPriorityStart + uint(priority)) //nolint:gosec
 
 		logAdapter := logging.NewHcLogAdapter(&reg.Logger, pCfg.Name)
 
diff --git a/plugin/plugin_registry_test.go b/plugin/plugin_registry_test.go
index 4a33d910..fcd66294 100644
--- a/plugin/plugin_registry_test.go
+++ b/plugin/plugin_registry_test.go
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func BenchmarkHookRun(b *testing.B) {
 		args.Fields["test"] = v1.NewStringValue("test1")
 		return args, nil
 	}
-	for priority := range 1000 {
+	for priority := range uint(1000) {
 		reg.AddHook(v1.HookName_HOOK_NAME_ON_NEW_LOGGER,
 			sdkPlugin.Priority(priority),
 			hookFunction,