diff --git a/.prototools b/.prototools
index c033428..c382ebb 100644
--- a/.prototools
+++ b/.prototools
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ flux = "2.8.8"
 flux-operator-mcp = "0.52.0"
 golangci-lint = "2.12.2"
 grpcurl = "1.9.3"
+kind = "0.32.0"
 kubeconform = "0.8.0"
 prek = "0.4.5"
 rumdl = "0.2.14"
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ flux = "file://./flux/plugin.toml"
 flux-operator-mcp = "file://./flux-operator-mcp/plugin.toml"
 golangci-lint = "file://./golangci-lint/plugin.toml"
 grpcurl = "file://./grpcurl/plugin.toml"
+kind = "file://./kind/plugin.toml"
 kubeconform = "file://./kubeconform/plugin.toml"
 prek = "file://./prek/plugin.toml"
 rumdl = "file://./rumdl/plugin.toml"
diff --git a/kind/README.md b/kind/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5773dcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kind/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# kind plugin
+
+[kind](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind) plugin for
+[proto](https://github.com/moonrepo/proto).
+
+## Installation
+
+kind is not built into proto, so register this plugin, pin a version, then install:
+
+```shell
+proto plugin add kind "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Genesis-Embodied-AI/proto-plugins/main/kind/plugin.toml"
+proto pin kind latest --resolve
+proto install kind
+```
diff --git a/kind/plugin.toml b/kind/plugin.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..313d424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kind/plugin.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name = "kind"
+type = "cli"
+
+[resolve]
+git-url = "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind"
+
+[install.arch]
+aarch64 = "arm64"
+x86_64 = "amd64"
+
+[platform.linux]
+download-file = "kind-linux-{arch}"
+checksum-file = "kind-linux-{arch}.sha256sum"
+
+[platform.macos]
+download-file = "kind-darwin-{arch}"
+checksum-file = "kind-darwin-{arch}.sha256sum"
+
+[platform.windows]
+download-file = "kind-windows-{arch}"
+checksum-file = "kind-windows-{arch}.sha256sum"
+
+# kind ships raw binaries (no archive), one checksum file per binary.
+[install]
+download-url = "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/download/v{version}/{download_file}"
+checksum-url = "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/download/v{version}/{checksum_file}"
+unpack = false