# Accessing engine stores from plugins? **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [22 April 2024 10:09 UTC](https://narrat.discourse.group/t/accessing-engine-stores-from-plugins/199 "2024-04-22T10:09:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ParanormalInstigator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@ParanormalInstigator](https://narrat.discourse.group/u/ParanormalInstigator)\ **Post date:** [22 April 2024 10:09 UTC](https://narrat.discourse.group/t/accessing-engine-stores-from-plugins/199/1 "2024-04-22T10:09:41Z")
Attempting to build a stat assignment/character build screen using a custom plugin. I will admit I am new to typescript and pina and more advanced javascript programming in general. I’m a database guy whose done some front end javascript, so I’m out of my depth but trying to learn by the sink or swim method. When I attempt to import a constant to execute its methods (in this case, to get and modify skill values) I get this error: – [plugin:vite:import-analysis] Failed to resolve import “…/node\_modules/narrat/dist/stores/skills” from “src\counter-ui.vue”. Does the file exist? E:/narrat/narrat-game/src/counter-ui.vue:7:26 1 | import { computed, defineComponent } from “vue”; 2 | import { useCounter } from “./custom-stores/counter-store”; 3 | import { useSkills } from “…/node\_modules/narrat/dist/stores/skills”; | ^ 4 | const \_sfc\_main = defineComponent({ 5 | setup() { ``` at formatError (file:///E:/narrat/narrat-game/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-41cf5ffd.js:44062:46) at TransformContext.error (file:///E:/narrat/narrat-game/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-41cf5ffd.js:44058:19) at normalizeUrl (file:///E:/narrat/narrat-game/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-41cf5ffd.js:41844:33) at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5) at async file:///E:/narrat/narrat-game/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-41cf5ffd.js:41998:47 at async Promise.all (index 2) at async TransformContext.transform (file:///E:/narrat/narrat-game/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-41cf5ffd.js:41914:13) at async Object.transform (file:///E:/narrat/narrat-game/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-41cf5ffd.js:44352:30) at async loadAndTransform (file:///E:/narrat/narrat-game/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-41cf5ffd.js:55026:29) at async viteTransformMiddleware (file:///E:/narrat/narrat-game/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-41cf5ffd. ``` – Is accessing the engine stores from a plugin even possible or am I barking up the wrong tree. ---
**Author:** ![Narrat-Admin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/narrat.discourse.group/narrat-admin/32/429_2.png) [@Narrat-Admin](https://narrat.discourse.group/u/Narrat-Admin)\ **Post date:** [22 April 2024 12:49 UTC](https://narrat.discourse.group/t/accessing-engine-stores-from-plugins/199/2 "2024-04-22T12:49:05Z")
You shouldn’t import file paths directly from node modules, it won’t work, especially with typescript. You can only import what’s exported by narrat. I think I’ve put stores in the exports list but not sure. So this should work: `import { useSkills } from 'narrat';` You can also see all the exports in this folder: [narrat-engine/packages/narrat/src/exports at main · liana-p/narrat-engine · GitHub](https://github.com/liana-p/narrat-engine/tree/main/packages/narrat/src/exports) exports.ts exports the other files in there which themselves export a bunch of narrat things, that can all be imported from narrat ---
**Author:** ![ParanormalInstigator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@ParanormalInstigator](https://narrat.discourse.group/u/ParanormalInstigator)\ **Post date:** [22 April 2024 15:01 UTC](https://narrat.discourse.group/t/accessing-engine-stores-from-plugins/199/3 "2024-04-22T15:01:05Z")
> [@Narrat-Admin](#): > > Import { useSkills } from ‘narrat’; That did the trick, thank you! 😃 Appreciate the instruction. Still trying to wrap my head around the data structure. > [@Narrat-Admin](#): > > exports.ts exports the other files in there which themselves export a bunch of narrat things, that can all be imported from narrat Ah! There it is! I was looking everywhere for these hooks. Thanks again! And thanks for making this engine, its really cool!