diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 880029d6..75797626 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -772,6 +772,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "tonic-build",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dummy_sha256_sdk"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "clap",
+ "hipcheck-sdk",
+ "sha2",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dyn-clone"
 version = "1.0.17"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f9d0dc2a..30e594a5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ members = [
     "plugins/dummy_rand_data_sdk",
     "plugins/dummy_rand_data",
     "plugins/dummy_sha256",
+    "plugins/dummy_sha256_sdk",
     "sdk/rust",
 ]
 
diff --git a/hipcheck/src/main.rs b/hipcheck/src/main.rs
index 2fdece46..6bae9dfa 100644
--- a/hipcheck/src/main.rs
+++ b/hipcheck/src/main.rs
@@ -548,15 +548,17 @@ fn cmd_plugin(args: PluginArgs) {
 
 	let tgt_dir = "./target/debug";
 
-	let entrypoint1 = match args.sdk {
-		true => {
-			pathbuf![tgt_dir, "dummy_rand_data_sdk"]
-		}
-		false => {
-			pathbuf![tgt_dir, "dummy_rand_data"]
-		}
+	let (entrypoint1, entrypoint2) = match args.sdk {
+		true => (
+			pathbuf![tgt_dir, "dummy_rand_data_sdk"],
+			pathbuf![tgt_dir, "dummy_sha256_sdk"],
+		),
+		false => (
+			pathbuf![tgt_dir, "dummy_rand_data"],
+			pathbuf![tgt_dir, "dummy_sha256"],
+		),
 	};
-	let entrypoint2 = pathbuf![tgt_dir, "dummy_sha256"];
+
 	let plugin1 = Plugin {
 		name: "dummy/rand_data".to_owned(),
 		entrypoint: entrypoint1.display().to_string(),
diff --git a/plugins/dummy_sha256_sdk/Cargo.toml b/plugins/dummy_sha256_sdk/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..513a7030
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/dummy_sha256_sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "dummy_sha256_sdk"
+version = "0.1.0"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+edition = "2021"
+publish = false
+
+[dependencies]
+clap = { version = "4.5.18", features = ["derive"] }
+hipcheck-sdk = { path = "../../sdk/rust" }
+sha2 = "0.10.8"
+tokio = { version = "1.40.0", features = ["rt"] }
diff --git a/plugins/dummy_sha256_sdk/schema/query_schema_sha256.json b/plugins/dummy_sha256_sdk/schema/query_schema_sha256.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b50ea30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/dummy_sha256_sdk/schema/query_schema_sha256.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "type": "integer"
+}
diff --git a/plugins/dummy_sha256_sdk/src/main.rs b/plugins/dummy_sha256_sdk/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a3f2359
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/dummy_sha256_sdk/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use clap::Parser;
+use hipcheck_sdk::prelude::*;
+use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
+
+static SHA256_KEY_SCHEMA: &str = include_str!("../schema/query_schema_sha256.json");
+static SHA256_OUTPUT_SCHEMA: &str = include_str!("../schema/query_schema_sha256.json");
+
+/// calculate sha256 of provided content
+fn sha256(content: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
+	let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
+	hasher.update(content);
+	hasher.finalize().to_vec()
+}
+
+/// This plugin takes in a Value::Array(Vec<Value::Number>) and calculates its sha256
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+struct Sha256Plugin;
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl Query for Sha256Plugin {
+	fn input_schema(&self) -> JsonSchema {
+		from_str(SHA256_KEY_SCHEMA).unwrap()
+	}
+
+	fn output_schema(&self) -> JsonSchema {
+		from_str(SHA256_OUTPUT_SCHEMA).unwrap()
+	}
+
+	async fn run(
+		&self,
+		_engine: &mut PluginEngine,
+		input: Value,
+	) -> hipcheck_sdk::error::Result<Value> {
+		let Value::Array(data) = &input else {
+			return Err(Error::UnexpectedPluginQueryInputFormat);
+		};
+
+		let data = data
+			.iter()
+			.map(|elem| elem.as_u64().map(|num| num as u8))
+			.collect::<Option<Vec<_>>>()
+			.ok_or_else(|| Error::UnexpectedPluginQueryInputFormat)?;
+
+		let hash = sha256(&data);
+		// convert to Value
+		let hash = hash.iter().map(|x| Value::Number((*x).into())).collect();
+		Ok(hash)
+	}
+}
+
+impl Plugin for Sha256Plugin {
+	const PUBLISHER: &'static str = "dummy";
+
+	const NAME: &'static str = "sha256";
+
+	fn set_config(&self, _config: Value) -> std::result::Result<(), ConfigError> {
+		Ok(())
+	}
+
+	fn default_policy_expr(&self) -> hipcheck_sdk::prelude::Result<String> {
+		Ok("".to_owned())
+	}
+
+	fn explain_default_query(&self) -> hipcheck_sdk::prelude::Result<Option<String>> {
+		Ok(Some("calculate sha256 of provided array".to_owned()))
+	}
+
+	fn queries(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = NamedQuery> {
+		vec![NamedQuery {
+			name: "sha256",
+			inner: Box::new(Sha256Plugin),
+		}]
+		.into_iter()
+	}
+}
+
+#[derive(Parser, Debug)]
+struct Args {
+	#[arg(long)]
+	port: u16,
+}
+
+#[tokio::main(flavor = "current_thread")]
+async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+	let args = Args::try_parse().unwrap();
+	PluginServer::register(Sha256Plugin).listen(args.port).await
+}