diff --git a/pkg/modules/generators/app_configurations_generator.go b/pkg/modules/generators/app_configurations_generator.go
index fb0a06b4..3c8f4a87 100644
--- a/pkg/modules/generators/app_configurations_generator.go
+++ b/pkg/modules/generators/app_configurations_generator.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func (g *appConfigurationGenerator) Generate(spec *v1.Spec) error {
 
 	// patch workload with resource patchers
 	for _, p := range patchers {
-		if err = patchWorkload(&wl, &p); err != nil {
+		if err = PatchWorkload(&wl, &p); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func (g *appConfigurationGenerator) Generate(spec *v1.Spec) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func patchWorkload(workload *v1.Resource, patcher *internalv1.Patcher) error {
+func PatchWorkload(workload *v1.Resource, patcher *internalv1.Patcher) error {
 	if patcher == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/modules/generators/app_configurations_generator_test.go b/pkg/modules/generators/app_configurations_generator_test.go
index 4bf8fac7..95074a74 100644
--- a/pkg/modules/generators/app_configurations_generator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/modules/generators/app_configurations_generator_test.go
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ func Test_patchWorkload(t *testing.T) {
 			Annotations: map[string]string{"newAnnotation": "newValue"},
 		}
 
-		err := patchWorkload(res, patcher)
+		err := PatchWorkload(res, patcher)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 		workloadLabels := res.Attributes["metadata"].(map[string]interface{})["labels"].(map[string]interface{})
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ func Test_patchWorkload(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		}
 
-		err = patchWorkload(res, patcher)
+		err = PatchWorkload(res, patcher)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 		containers := res.Attributes["spec"].(map[string]interface{})["template"].(map[string]interface{})["spec"].(map[string]interface{})["containers"].([]interface{})
diff --git a/pkg/modules/plugin.go b/pkg/modules/plugin.go
index bf03042d..927422a6 100644
--- a/pkg/modules/plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/modules/plugin.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func (p *Plugin) initModule() error {
 		return err
 	}
 	pluginName := prefix[0] + "-" + prefix[1]
-	client, err := newPluginClient(pluginPath, pluginName)
+	client, err := NewPluginClient(pluginPath, pluginName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func buildPluginPath(namespace, resourceType, version string) (string, error) {
 	return p, nil
 }
 
-func newPluginClient(modulePluginPath, moduleName string) (*plugin.Client, error) {
+func NewPluginClient(modulePluginPath, moduleName string) (*plugin.Client, error) {
 	// create the plugin log file
 	var logFilePath string
 	dir, err := kfile.KusionDataFolder()