# Service API

Auto-generated reference for the [`Service`][unshackle.core.service.Service] base class that every
service plugin subclasses. See [Creating a Service](../../dev/creating-a-service.md) for a guided
walkthrough and [Service Architecture](../../dev/service-architecture.md) for the wider object model.

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