diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1946700b..a6112490 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         "packages/plugin-runtime",
         "packages/plugin-runtime-types",
         "plugins-external/mcp-server",
-        "plugins/template-function-faker",
+        "plugins-external/faker",
         "plugins-external/httpsnippet",
         "plugins/action-copy-curl",
         "plugins/action-copy-grpcurl",
@@ -4154,7 +4154,7 @@
       "link": true
     },
     "node_modules/@yaak/faker": {
-      "resolved": "plugins/template-function-faker",
+      "resolved": "plugins-external/faker",
       "link": true
     },
     "node_modules/@yaak/filter-jsonpath": {
@@ -15957,6 +15957,33 @@
         "undici-types": "~7.16.0"
       }
     },
+    "plugins-external/faker": {
+      "name": "@yaak/faker",
+      "version": "1.1.1",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@faker-js/faker": "^10.1.0"
+      },
+      "devDependencies": {
+        "@types/node": "^25.0.3",
+        "typescript": "^5.9.3"
+      }
+    },
+    "plugins-external/faker/node_modules/@faker-js/faker": {
+      "version": "10.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@faker-js/faker/-/faker-10.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-It0Sne6P3szg7JIi6CgKbvTZoMjxBZhcv91ZrqrNuaZQfB5WoqYYbzCUOq89YR+VY8juY9M1vDWmDDa2TzfXCw==",
+      "funding": [
+        {
+          "type": "opencollective",
+          "url": "https://opencollective.com/fakerjs"
+        }
+      ],
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "^20.19.0 || ^22.13.0 || ^23.5.0 || >=24.0.0",
+        "npm": ">=10"
+      }
+    },
     "plugins-external/httpsnippet": {
       "name": "@yaak/httpsnippet",
       "version": "1.0.3",
@@ -16139,33 +16166,6 @@
       "name": "@yaak/template-function-encode",
       "version": "0.1.0"
     },
-    "plugins/template-function-faker": {
-      "name": "@yaak/faker",
-      "version": "1.1.1",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "@faker-js/faker": "^10.1.0"
-      },
-      "devDependencies": {
-        "@types/node": "^25.0.3",
-        "typescript": "^5.9.3"
-      }
-    },
-    "plugins/template-function-faker/node_modules/@faker-js/faker": {
-      "version": "10.3.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@faker-js/faker/-/faker-10.3.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-It0Sne6P3szg7JIi6CgKbvTZoMjxBZhcv91ZrqrNuaZQfB5WoqYYbzCUOq89YR+VY8juY9M1vDWmDDa2TzfXCw==",
-      "funding": [
-        {
-          "type": "opencollective",
-          "url": "https://opencollective.com/fakerjs"
-        }
-      ],
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": "^20.19.0 || ^22.13.0 || ^23.5.0 || >=24.0.0",
-        "npm": ">=10"
-      }
-    },
     "plugins/template-function-fs": {
       "name": "@yaak/template-function-fs",
       "version": "0.1.0"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3a9d76df..2f03a786 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "packages/plugin-runtime",
     "packages/plugin-runtime-types",
     "plugins-external/mcp-server",
-    "plugins/template-function-faker",
+    "plugins-external/faker",
     "plugins-external/httpsnippet",
     "plugins/action-copy-curl",
     "plugins/action-copy-grpcurl",
diff --git a/plugins/template-function-faker/README.md b/plugins-external/faker/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/template-function-faker/README.md
rename to plugins-external/faker/README.md
diff --git a/plugins/template-function-faker/package.json b/plugins-external/faker/package.json
similarity index 91%
rename from plugins/template-function-faker/package.json
rename to plugins-external/faker/package.json
index 5e281288..b5d00a7e 100755
--- a/plugins/template-function-faker/package.json
+++ b/plugins-external/faker/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/mountain-loop/yaak.git",
-    "directory": "plugins/template-function-faker"
+    "directory": "plugins-external/faker"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "yaakcli build",
diff --git a/plugins/template-function-faker/src/index.ts b/plugins-external/faker/src/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/template-function-faker/src/index.ts
rename to plugins-external/faker/src/index.ts
diff --git a/plugins/template-function-faker/tests/__snapshots__/init.test.ts.snap b/plugins-external/faker/tests/__snapshots__/init.test.ts.snap
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/template-function-faker/tests/__snapshots__/init.test.ts.snap
rename to plugins-external/faker/tests/__snapshots__/init.test.ts.snap
diff --git a/plugins/template-function-faker/tests/init.test.ts b/plugins-external/faker/tests/init.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/template-function-faker/tests/init.test.ts
rename to plugins-external/faker/tests/init.test.ts
diff --git a/plugins/template-function-faker/tsconfig.json b/plugins-external/faker/tsconfig.json
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/template-function-faker/tsconfig.json
rename to plugins-external/faker/tsconfig.json