diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bb2b790..98e7a3d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -158,5 +158,4 @@ cython_debug/
 # End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/python
 
 .task.mk
-plugins/
 
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/zsh/plugins/zexists/zexists.plugin.zsh b/home/private_dot_config/zsh/plugins/zexists/zexists.plugin.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8964d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/private_dot_config/zsh/plugins/zexists/zexists.plugin.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+function source-zshcmdd {
+  setopt extended_glob
+
+  # glob search for the zshcmd.d dir
+  local -a zshcmdd=()
+  [[ -n "$ZSHCMDD" ]] && zshcmdd+=($ZSHCMDD(N))
+  [[ -n "$ZDOTDIR" ]] && zshcmdd+=(
+    $ZDOTDIR/exists.d/cmd(N)
+  )
+  zshcmdd+=(${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/zexists.d/cmd(N))
+
+  if ! (( $#zshcmdd )); then
+    echo >&2 "zexists: dir not found '${ZSHCMDD:-${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/zexists.d/cmd}'"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  local -a conf_files=("$zshcmdd[1]"/*.{sh,zsh}(N))
+  local rcfile
+  local antircfile
+  # sort and source conf files
+  for rcfile in ${(o)conf_files}; do
+    # ignore files that begin with a tilde and antircfiles
+    case ${rcfile:t} in 'anti'*|'~'*) continue;; esac
+
+    # source files only if exe with that name exists
+    if (( ! $+commands[{rcfile:t:r}] )); then
+      source "$rcfile"
+    else
+      # if it doesn't exist try the anti version
+      antircfile=${rcfile:h}/anti-${rcfile:t}
+      [ -f $antircfile ] && source $antircfile
+    fi
+  done
+}
+source-zshcmdd
+
+function zshdir-decode {
+  # echo ${${1//--DOLLAR--/$}//--SLASH--/\/} | envsubst
+  # for now just remove the 'dir' part
+  # :3 for 'dir'
+  echo ${${1//-DOLLAR-/$}//-SLASH-/\/} | envsubst
+}
+
+function zshdir-encode {
+  # dir is hardcoded...
+  echo dir${${1//${HOME}/\-DOLLAR-HOME}//\//-SLASH-}
+}
+
+
+function source-zshpathd {
+  setopt extended_glob
+
+  # glob search for the zshcmd.d dir
+  local -a zshpathd=()
+  [[ -n "$ZSHPATHD" ]] && zshpathd+=($ZSHPATH(N))
+  [[ -n "$ZDOTDIR" ]] && zshpathd+=(
+    $ZDOTDIR/zexists/path(N)
+  )
+  zshpathd+=(${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/zexists.d/path(N))
+
+  if ! (( $#zshpathd )); then
+    echo >&2 "zexists: dir not found '${ZSHPATHD:-${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/zexists.d/path}'"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  local -a conf_files=("$zshpathd[1]"/*(N))
+  local rcfile
+  local name
+  local pathtype
+  local directory
+  local antircfile  # sort and source conf files
+
+  for rcfile in ${(o)conf_files}; do
+
+    if [[ ${rcfile:t} == "dir"* ]];then
+      pathtype='dir'
+    elif [[ ${rcfile:t} == "file"* ]];then
+      pathtype='file'
+      echo >&2 "zexists: file type not yet supported"
+    else
+      echo >&2 "zexists: unknown path type for ${rcfile}"
+      return 1
+    fi
+
+
+    # ignore files that begin with a tilde
+    case ${rcfile:t} in '~'*) continue;; esac
+    # remove 'dir' from name
+    name=${${rcfile:t}/$pathtype/}
+    directory=$(zshdir-decode ${name})
+    # source files only if exe with that name exists
+    if [[ -d $directory ]]; then
+      source $rcfile
+    else
+      # if it doesn't exist try the anti version
+      antircfile=${rcfile:h}/anti-${pathtype}-${rcfile:t}
+      [[ -f $antircfile ]] && source $antircfile
+    fi
+  done
+}
+
+source-zshpathd
+