diff --git a/build_scripts/build.sh b/build_scripts/build.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+cd ../mers
+cargo build --release
+cp target/release/mers ../build_scripts
diff --git a/build_scripts/install_nu_plugin.sh b/build_scripts/install_nu_plugin.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+cd ../mers
+cargo build --features nushell_plugin --profile nushellplugin
+cp target/nushellplugin/mers ../build_scripts/nu_plugin_mers
+echo "done. now run 'register nu_plugin_mers' in nu. You should then be able to use mers-nu."
diff --git a/build_scripts/install_nu_plugin_auto.sh b/build_scripts/install_nu_plugin_auto.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env nu
+./install_nu_plugin.sh
+register nu_plugin_mers
+echo "registered plugin automatically."
diff --git a/build_scripts/mers b/build_scripts/mers
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diff --git a/build_scripts/nu_plugin_mers b/build_scripts/nu_plugin_mers
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diff --git a/custom_type.mers b/custom_type.mers
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diff --git a/mers/src/nushell_plugin.rs b/mers/src/nushell_plugin.rs
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+use std::{fs, path::PathBuf};
+
+use nu_plugin::{serve_plugin, MsgPackSerializer, Plugin};
+use nu_protocol::{PluginExample, PluginSignature, ShellError, Span, Spanned, SyntaxShape, Value};
+
+use crate::{
+    parse,
+    script::{
+        global_info::GlobalScriptInfo,
+        val_data::{VData, VDataEnum},
+    },
+};
+
+pub fn main() {
+    serve_plugin(&mut MersNuPlugin(), MsgPackSerializer {});
+}
+
+struct MersNuPlugin();
+
+impl Plugin for MersNuPlugin {
+    fn signature(&self) -> Vec<nu_protocol::PluginSignature> {
+        vec![PluginSignature::build("mers-nu")
+            .required(
+                "mers",
+                SyntaxShape::String,
+                "the path to the .mers file to run or the mers source code if -e is set",
+            )
+            .optional(
+                "args",
+                SyntaxShape::List(Box::new(SyntaxShape::String)),
+                "the arguments passed to the mers program. defaults to an empty list.",
+            )
+            .switch(
+                "execute",
+                "instead of reading from a file, interpret the 'mers' input as source code",
+                Some('e'),
+            )]
+    }
+    fn run(
+        &mut self,
+        name: &str,
+        call: &nu_plugin::EvaluatedCall,
+        input: &nu_protocol::Value,
+    ) -> Result<nu_protocol::Value, nu_plugin::LabeledError> {
+        // no need to 'match name {...}' because we only register mers-nu and nothing else.
+        let source: String = call.req(0)?;
+        let source_span = Span::unknown(); // source.span;
+                                           // let source = source.item;
+        let mut file = if call.has_flag("execute") {
+            parse::file::File::new(source, PathBuf::new())
+        } else {
+            parse::file::File::new(
+                match fs::read_to_string(&source) {
+                    Ok(v) => v,
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        return Ok(Value::Error {
+                            error: Box::new(ShellError::FileNotFound(source_span)),
+                        })
+                    }
+                },
+                source.into(),
+            )
+        };
+        Ok(match parse::parse::parse(&mut file) {
+            Ok(code) => {
+                let args = match call.opt(1)? {
+                    Some(v) => v,
+                    _ => vec![],
+                };
+                fn to_nu_val(val: VData, info: &GlobalScriptInfo) -> Value {
+                    let span = Span::unknown();
+                    match val.data {
+                        VDataEnum::Bool(val) => Value::Bool { val, span },
+                        VDataEnum::Int(val) => Value::Int {
+                            val: val as _,
+                            span,
+                        },
+                        VDataEnum::Float(val) => Value::Float { val, span },
+                        VDataEnum::String(val) => Value::String { val, span },
+                        VDataEnum::Tuple(vals) | VDataEnum::List(_, vals) => Value::List {
+                            vals: vals.into_iter().map(|v| to_nu_val(v, info)).collect(),
+                            span,
+                        },
+                        VDataEnum::Reference(r) => to_nu_val(
+                            std::mem::replace(
+                                &mut *r.lock().unwrap(),
+                                VDataEnum::Tuple(vec![]).to(),
+                            ),
+                            info,
+                        ),
+                        VDataEnum::EnumVariant(variant, val) => {
+                            let name = info
+                                .enum_variants
+                                .iter()
+                                .find_map(|(name, id)| {
+                                    if *id == variant {
+                                        Some(name.to_owned())
+                                    } else {
+                                        None
+                                    }
+                                })
+                                .unwrap();
+                            Value::Record {
+                                cols: vec![format!("Enum"), format!("Value")],
+                                vals: vec![
+                                    Value::String {
+                                        val: name,
+                                        span: span,
+                                    },
+                                    to_nu_val(*val, info),
+                                ],
+                                span,
+                            }
+                        }
+                        VDataEnum::Function(func) => Value::Nothing { span },
+                        VDataEnum::Thread(t, _) => to_nu_val(t.get(), info),
+                    }
+                }
+                to_nu_val(code.run(args), code.info().as_ref())
+            }
+            Err(e) => Value::Error {
+                error: Box::new(ShellError::IncorrectValue {
+                    msg: format!(
+                        "Couldn't compile mers, error: {}",
+                        e.0.with_file_and_gsinfo(&file, e.1.as_ref())
+                    ),
+                    span: source_span,
+                }),
+            },
+        })
+    }
+}