---
####
#### This document is auto-generated and is meant to be viewed inside our experimental, new docs system.
#### Reach out in #docs-engineering for more info.
####
id: kibCloudChatProviderPluginApi
slug: /kibana-dev-docs/api/cloudChatProvider
title: "cloudChatProvider"
image: https://source.unsplash.com/400x175/?github
description: API docs for the cloudChatProvider plugin
date: 2023-06-22
tags: ['contributor', 'dev', 'apidocs', 'kibana', 'cloudChatProvider']
---
import cloudChatProviderObj from './cloud_chat_provider.devdocs.json';

This plugin exists as a workaround for using `cloudChat` plugin in plugins which can't have a direct dependency on security plugin.

Contact [@elastic/kibana-core](https://github.com/orgs/elastic/teams/kibana-core) for questions regarding this plugin.

**Code health stats**

| Public API count  | Any count | Items lacking comments | Missing exports |
|-------------------|-----------|------------------------|-----------------|
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |

## Client

### Setup
<DocDefinitionList data={[cloudChatProviderObj.client.setup]}/>

### Start
<DocDefinitionList data={[cloudChatProviderObj.client.start]}/>

