diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e885605..0d4994e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@dxcli/command": "^0.1.19",
     "@dxcli/engine": "^0.1.12",
-    "@dxcli/version": "^0.1.5",
+    "@dxcli/version": "^0.1.6",
     "cli-ux": "^3.2.1",
     "debug": "^3.1.0",
     "fixpack": "^2.3.1",
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@
     "yosay": "^2.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@dxcli/dev": "^2.0.2",
+    "@dxcli/dev": "^2.0.3",
     "@dxcli/dev-test": "^0.9.11",
     "@semantic-release/exec": "^1.0.2",
     "@types/shelljs": "^0.7.7",
     "@types/yeoman-generator": "^2.0.1",
     "@types/yosay": "^0.0.29",
     "husky": "^0.14.3",
+    "mocha": "^5.0.0",
     "mocha-junit-reporter": "^1.17.0",
     "npm-run-path": "^2.0.2",
     "nps-utils": "^1.5.0",
diff --git a/src/generators/app/index.ts b/src/generators/app/index.ts
index b689e65..7740e84 100644
--- a/src/generators/app/index.ts
+++ b/src/generators/app/index.ts
@@ -302,15 +302,18 @@ class App extends Generator {
     const dependencies: string[] = []
     const devDependencies = [
       '@dxcli/dev',
+      'nps',
       'nps-utils',
       'husky',
     ]
     if (this.mocha) {
       if (this.type !== 'multi') devDependencies.push('@dxcli/engine')
       devDependencies.push('@dxcli/dev-test')
-    } else {
-      devDependencies.push('nps')
     }
+    devDependencies.push(
+      'mocha',
+      'chai',
+    )
     if (this.ts) {
       devDependencies.push('@dxcli/config')
     }
@@ -320,6 +323,9 @@ class App extends Generator {
         '@dxcli/version',
       )
     }
+    if (this.type === 'plugin') {
+      devDependencies.push('@dxcli/engine')
+    }
     if (['plugin', 'single', 'multi'].includes(this.type)) {
         dependencies.push(
           '@dxcli/command',
@@ -393,6 +399,7 @@ class App extends Generator {
 
   private _writePlugin() {
     if (!this.fromScratch) return
+    this.fs.copyTpl(this.templatePath(`plugin/bin/run.${this._ext}`), this.destinationPath('bin/run'), this)
     this.fs.copyTpl(this.templatePath(`plugin/src/commands/hello.${this._ext}`), this.destinationPath(`src/commands/hello.${this._ext}`), this)
     // this.fs.copyTpl(this.templatePath(`plugin/src/hooks/init.${this._ext}`), this.destinationPath(`src/hooks/init.${this._ext}`), this)
     if (this.ts) {
diff --git a/templates/app/plugin/bin/run.js b/templates/app/plugin/bin/run.js
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..dea3588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/app/plugin/bin/run.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const undefault = m => m.__esModule === true ? m.default : m
+undefault(require('@dxcli/engine'))()
diff --git a/templates/app/plugin/bin/run.ts b/templates/app/plugin/bin/run.ts
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5cf4025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/app/plugin/bin/run.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const fs = require('fs')
+const path = require('path')
+const dev = fs.existsSync(path.join(__dirname, '../tsconfig.json'))
+
+if (dev) require('ts-node/register')
+
+const undefault = m => m.__esModule === true ? m.default : m
+undefault(require('@dxcli/engine'))()
diff --git a/test/commands/multi/typescript.test.js b/test/commands/multi/typescript.test.js
index c5204ed..fe7a346 100644
--- a/test/commands/multi/typescript.test.js
+++ b/test/commands/multi/typescript.test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ const run = require('../../run')
 
 describe('multi', () => {
   run('multi', 'typescript')
-    .retries(2).it(() => {
+    .retries(2)
+    .it(() => {
       sh.exec('node ./bin/run version')
       sh.exec('node ./bin/run hello')
     })
diff --git a/test/commands/plugin/everything.test.js b/test/commands/plugin/everything.test.js
index 2317e57..81b9b62 100644
--- a/test/commands/plugin/everything.test.js
+++ b/test/commands/plugin/everything.test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+const sh = require('shelljs')
+
 const run = require('../../run')
 
 describe('plugin', () => {
   run('plugin', 'everything')
     .retries(2)
-    .it()
+    .it(() => {
+      sh.exec('node ./bin/run hello')
+    })
 })
diff --git a/test/commands/plugin/mocha.test.js b/test/commands/plugin/mocha.test.js
index 74f2e49..a958b21 100644
--- a/test/commands/plugin/mocha.test.js
+++ b/test/commands/plugin/mocha.test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+const sh = require('shelljs')
+
 const run = require('../../run')
 
 describe('plugin', () => {
   run('plugin', 'mocha')
     .retries(2)
-    .it()
+    .it(() => {
+      sh.exec('node ./bin/run hello')
+    })
 })
diff --git a/test/commands/plugin/plain.test.js b/test/commands/plugin/plain.test.js
index af62148..04a5d71 100644
--- a/test/commands/plugin/plain.test.js
+++ b/test/commands/plugin/plain.test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+const sh = require('shelljs')
+
 const run = require('../../run')
 
 describe('plugin', () => {
   run('plugin', 'plain')
     .retries(2)
-    .it()
+    .it(() => {
+      sh.exec('node ./bin/run hello')
+    })
 })
diff --git a/test/commands/plugin/typescript.test.js b/test/commands/plugin/typescript.test.js
index c859ec1..7d0bdba 100644
--- a/test/commands/plugin/typescript.test.js
+++ b/test/commands/plugin/typescript.test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+const sh = require('shelljs')
+
 const run = require('../../run')
 
 describe('plugin', () => {
   run('plugin', 'typescript')
     .retries(2)
-    .it()
+    .it(() => {
+      sh.exec('node ./bin/run hello')
+    })
 })
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2a83ef4..2765863 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
   dependencies:
     find-up "^2.1.0"
 
-"@dxcli/command@^0.1.13", "@dxcli/command@^0.1.18":
+"@dxcli/command@^0.1.18":
   version "0.1.18"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@dxcli/command/-/command-0.1.18.tgz#922115807bd6c954577d1f8119e1f89c9428089d"
   dependencies:
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     debug "^3.1.0"
     tslib "^1.9.0"
 
-"@dxcli/config@^0.1.22", "@dxcli/config@^0.1.26":
+"@dxcli/config@^0.1.26":
   version "0.1.26"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@dxcli/config/-/config-0.1.26.tgz#36458424cb8cc9c1499659bbff3676fa7b0292da"
   dependencies:
@@ -145,16 +145,18 @@
   version "0.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@dxcli/dev-nyc-config/-/dev-nyc-config-0.0.3.tgz#3ff59cf561663710f025a41f64d608d2977a3d3b"
 
-"@dxcli/dev-semantic-release@^0.1.0":
-  version "0.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@dxcli/dev-semantic-release/-/dev-semantic-release-0.1.0.tgz#adc88f1eaee862b73ae824496d4076f3fcc5c7c9"
+"@dxcli/dev-semantic-release@^0.2.0":
+  version "0.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@dxcli/dev-semantic-release/-/dev-semantic-release-0.2.0.tgz#a749272f0d8809ff4aa687b097924b43ce315ce2"
   dependencies:
     "@dxcli/dev-commitmsg" "^0.0.4"
     "@semantic-release/changelog" "^1.0.0"
-    "@semantic-release/git" "^2.0.2"
+    "@semantic-release/exec" "^1.0.2"
+    "@semantic-release/git" "^2.0.3"
     "@semantic-release/github" "^3.0.3"
     "@semantic-release/npm" "^2.6.4"
-    semantic-release "^12.2.2"
+    semantic-release "^12.2.5"
+    shelljs "^0.8.1"
 
 "@dxcli/dev-test@^0.9.11":
   version "0.9.11"
@@ -170,15 +172,13 @@
     tslint "^5.9.1"
     tslint-xo "^0.5.0"
 
-"@dxcli/dev@^2.0.2":
-  version "2.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@dxcli/dev/-/dev-2.0.2.tgz#849c030a9509353f83e8d41de1cc63edbb988b27"
+"@dxcli/dev@^2.0.3":
+  version "2.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@dxcli/dev/-/dev-2.0.3.tgz#84e3fc690d80a832acf3dd9fab6b59122a08ad60"
   dependencies:
     "@dxcli/dev-nyc-config" "^0.0.3"
-    "@dxcli/dev-semantic-release" "^0.1.0"
+    "@dxcli/dev-semantic-release" "^0.2.0"
     "@dxcli/dev-tslint" "^0.0.17"
-    "@dxcli/engine" "^0.1.11"
-    "@dxcli/version" "^0.1.5"
     "@types/ansi-styles" "^2.0.30"
     "@types/chai" "^4.1.2"
     "@types/lodash" "^4.14.97"
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
     ts-node "^4.1.0"
     typescript "^2.6.2"
 
-"@dxcli/engine@^0.1.11", "@dxcli/engine@^0.1.12":
+"@dxcli/engine@^0.1.12":
   version "0.1.12"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@dxcli/engine/-/engine-0.1.12.tgz#a2572ce83d0ff10e47cc545d3b2ad77eef7132fa"
   dependencies:
@@ -244,13 +244,13 @@
   version "0.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@dxcli/screen/-/screen-0.0.1.tgz#9af4e8d0e5a9475e9e4b5f2da775b0447ff72fc2"
 
-"@dxcli/version@^0.1.5":
-  version "0.1.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@dxcli/version/-/version-0.1.5.tgz#4542e8e97fb2efeb19b4694d88c0730d5b97c7dd"
+"@dxcli/version@^0.1.6":
+  version "0.1.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@dxcli/version/-/version-0.1.6.tgz#8534d27aee0154f9a17cf00a4e0b3f579bee517c"
   dependencies:
-    "@dxcli/command" "^0.1.13"
-    "@dxcli/config" "^0.1.22"
-    cli-ux "^3.1.5"
+    "@dxcli/command" "^0.1.19"
+    "@dxcli/config" "^0.1.26"
+    cli-ux "^3.2.1"
 
 "@heroku/linewrap@^1.0.0":
   version "1.0.0"
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
     lodash "^4.17.4"
     parse-json "^4.0.0"
 
-"@semantic-release/git@^2.0.2":
+"@semantic-release/git@^2.0.3":
   version "2.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@semantic-release/git/-/git-2.0.3.tgz#4348a525ec6dfeb9c43ab4ee8d06813583d05644"
   dependencies:
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ cli-table@^0.3.1:
   dependencies:
     colors "1.0.3"
 
-cli-ux@^3.1.5, cli-ux@^3.1.6, cli-ux@^3.2.0, cli-ux@^3.2.1:
+cli-ux@^3.1.6, cli-ux@^3.2.0, cli-ux@^3.2.1:
   version "3.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cli-ux/-/cli-ux-3.2.1.tgz#1fa07b7f8f1861d7d7099133ab414c4d6f1fb438"
   dependencies:
@@ -4441,7 +4441,7 @@ scoped-regex@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/scoped-regex/-/scoped-regex-1.0.0.tgz#a346bb1acd4207ae70bd7c0c7ca9e566b6baddb8"
 
-semantic-release@^12.2.2:
+semantic-release@^12.2.5:
   version "12.2.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semantic-release/-/semantic-release-12.2.5.tgz#595cdffc4226a1974c3257052b6ee259c2353568"
   dependencies: