I have no complaints for the well trodden path (e.g. https://github.com/google/protobuf-gradle-plugin https://github.com/google/protobuf-gradle-plugin). I have

I have no complaints for the well trodden path (e.g. https://github.com/google/protobuf-gradle-plugin https://github.com/google/protobuf-gradle-plugin). I have also written some custom build steps, and indeed the docs aren't very helpful - but the final implementation is quite simple.