diff --git a/src/__tests__/unit/builtins/subtract.test.ts b/src/__tests__/unit/builtins/subtract.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ac717142
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+++ b/src/__tests__/unit/builtins/subtract.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import {Subtract} from '../../../builtins/subtract';
+
+import {ERRORS} from '../../../util/errors';
+
+const {InputValidationError} = ERRORS;
+
+describe('lib/subtract: ', () => {
+  describe('Subtract: ', () => {
+    const globalConfig = {
+      'input-parameters': ['cpu/energy', 'network/energy', 'memory/energy'],
+      'output-parameter': 'energy/diff',
+    };
+    const subtract = Subtract(globalConfig);
+
+    describe('init: ', () => {
+      it('successfully initalized.', () => {
+        expect(subtract).toHaveProperty('metadata');
+        expect(subtract).toHaveProperty('execute');
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('execute(): ', () => {
+      it('successfully applies Subtract strategy to given input.', async () => {
+        expect.assertions(1);
+
+        const expectedResult = [
+          {
+            duration: 3600,
+            'cpu/energy': 4,
+            'network/energy': 2,
+            'memory/energy': 1,
+            'energy/diff': 1,
+            timestamp: '2021-01-01T00:00:00Z',
+          },
+        ];
+
+        const result = await subtract.execute([
+          {
+            duration: 3600,
+            'cpu/energy': 4,
+            'network/energy': 2,
+            'memory/energy': 1,
+            timestamp: '2021-01-01T00:00:00Z',
+          },
+        ]);
+
+        expect(result).toStrictEqual(expectedResult);
+      });
+
+      it('throws an error on missing params in input.', async () => {
+        const expectedMessage =
+          'Subtract: cpu/energy is missing from the input array.';
+
+        expect.assertions(1);
+
+        try {
+          await subtract.execute([
+            {
+              duration: 3600,
+              timestamp: '2021-01-01T00:00:00Z',
+            },
+          ]);
+        } catch (error) {
+          expect(error).toStrictEqual(
+            new InputValidationError(expectedMessage)
+          );
+        }
+      });
+
+      it('returns a result with input params not related to energy.', async () => {
+        expect.assertions(1);
+        const newConfig = {
+          'input-parameters': ['carbon', 'other-carbon'],
+          'output-parameter': 'carbon-diff',
+        };
+        const subtract = Subtract(newConfig);
+
+        const data = [
+          {
+            duration: 3600,
+            timestamp: '2021-01-01T00:00:00Z',
+            carbon: 3,
+            'other-carbon': 2,
+          },
+        ];
+        const response = await subtract.execute(data);
+
+        const expectedResult = [
+          {
+            duration: 3600,
+            carbon: 3,
+            'other-carbon': 2,
+            'carbon-diff': 1,
+            timestamp: '2021-01-01T00:00:00Z',
+          },
+        ];
+
+        expect(response).toEqual(expectedResult);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/builtins/index.ts b/src/builtins/index.ts
index 91a647737..5efcded90 100644
--- a/src/builtins/index.ts
+++ b/src/builtins/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export {GroupBy} from './group-by';
 export {TimeSync} from './time-sync';
+export {Subtract} from './subtract';
 export {Coefficient} from './coefficient';
 export {Multiply} from './multiply';
 export {Sum} from './sum';
diff --git a/src/builtins/subtract/README.md b/src/builtins/subtract/README.md
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index 000000000..9279220b8
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+++ b/src/builtins/subtract/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+# Subtract
+
+`subtract` is a generic plugin for doing arithmetic subtractions of two or more values in an `input` array.
+
+You provide the names of the values you want to subtract, and a name to use to add the subtraction to the output array.
+
+For example, you could subtract `cpu/energy` and `network/energy` and name the result `offset/energy`. `offset/energy` would then be added to every observation in your input array as the diff of `cpu/energy` and `network/energy`.
+
+## Parameters
+
+### Plugin config
+
+Two parameters are required in global config: `input-parameters` and `output-parameter`.
+
+`input-parameters`: an array of strings. Each string should match an existing key in the `inputs` array
+`output-parameter`: a string defining the name to use to add the result of the diff to the output array.
+
+### Inputs
+
+All of `input-parameters` must be available in the input array.
+
+## Returns
+
+- `output-parameter`: the subtraction of all `input-parameters` with the parameter name defined by `output-parameter` in global config.
+
+## Calculation
+
+```pseudocode
+output = input0 - input1 - input2 ... - inputN
+```
+
+## Implementation
+
+To run the plugin, you must first create an instance of `Subtract`. Then, you can call `execute()`.
+
+```typescript
+import {Subtract} from 'builtins';
+
+const config = {
+  inputParameters: ['cpu/energy', 'network/energy'],
+  outputParameter: 'offset/energy',
+};
+
+const subtract = Subtract(config);
+const result = subtract subtract.execute([
+  {
+    duration: 3600,
+    timestamp: '2021-01-01T00:00:00Z',
+    'cpu/energy': 0.005,
+    'memory/energy': 0.0001,
+  },
+]);
+```
+
+## Example manifest
+
+IF users will typically call the plugin as part of a pipeline defined in a manifest file. In this case, instantiating the plugin is handled by and does not have to be done explicitly by the user. The following is an example manifest that calls `subtract`:
+
+```yaml
+name: subtract demo
+description:
+tags:
+initialize:
+  outputs:
+    - yaml
+  plugins:
+    subtract:
+      method: Subtract
+      path: 'builtin'
+      global-config:
+        input-parameters: ['cpu/energy', 'network/energy']
+        output-parameter: 'energy/diff'
+tree:
+  children:
+    child:
+      pipeline:
+        - subtract
+      config:
+        subtract:
+      inputs:
+        - timestamp: 2023-08-06T00:00
+          duration: 3600
+          cpu/energy: 0.003
+          network/energy: 0.001
+```
+
+You can run this example by saving it as `./examples/manifests/test/subrtact.yml` and executing the following command from the project root:
+
+```sh
+npm i -g @grnsft/if
+ie --manifest /manifests/plugins/subtract.yml --output manifests/outputs/subtract.yml
+```
+
+The results will be saved to a new `yaml` file in `manifests/outputs`.
diff --git a/src/builtins/subtract/index.ts b/src/builtins/subtract/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0af02898a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/builtins/subtract/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import {z} from 'zod';
+
+import {ERRORS} from '../../util/errors';
+import {buildErrorMessage} from '../../util/helpers';
+import {validate} from '../../util/validations';
+
+import {ExecutePlugin, PluginParams} from '../../types/interface';
+import {SubtractConfig} from './types';
+
+const {InputValidationError} = ERRORS;
+
+export const Subtract = (globalConfig: SubtractConfig): ExecutePlugin => {
+  const errorBuilder = buildErrorMessage(Subtract.name);
+  const metadata = {
+    kind: 'execute',
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Checks global config value are valid.
+   */
+  const validateGlobalConfig = () => {
+    const globalConfigSchema = z.object({
+      'input-parameters': z.array(z.string()),
+      'output-parameter': z.string().min(1),
+    });
+
+    return validate<z.infer<typeof globalConfigSchema>>(
+      globalConfigSchema,
+      globalConfig
+    );
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Checks for required fields in input.
+   */
+  const validateSingleInput = (
+    input: PluginParams,
+    inputParameters: string[]
+  ) => {
+    inputParameters.forEach(metricToSubtract => {
+      validateParamExists(input, metricToSubtract);
+      validateNumericString(input[metricToSubtract]);
+    });
+
+    return input;
+  };
+
+  const validateParamExists = (input: PluginParams, param: string) => {
+    if (input[param] === undefined) {
+      throw new InputValidationError(
+        errorBuilder({
+          message: `${param} is missing from the input array`,
+        })
+      );
+    }
+  };
+
+  const validateNumericString = (str: string) => {
+    if (isNaN(+Number(str))) {
+      throw new InputValidationError(
+        errorBuilder({
+          message: `${str} is not numberic`,
+        })
+      );
+    }
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Subtract items from inputParams[1..n] from inputParams[0] and write the result in a new param outputParam.
+   */
+  const execute = (inputs: PluginParams[]): PluginParams[] => {
+    const {
+      'input-parameters': inputParameters,
+      'output-parameter': outputParameter,
+    } = validateGlobalConfig();
+    return inputs.map(input => {
+      validateSingleInput(input, inputParameters);
+
+      return {
+        ...input,
+        [outputParameter]: calculateDiff(input, inputParameters),
+      };
+    });
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Calculates the diff between the 1st item in the inputs nad the rest of the items
+   */
+  const calculateDiff = (input: PluginParams, inputParameters: string[]) => {
+    const [firstItem, ...restItems] = inputParameters;
+    return restItems.reduce(
+      (accumulator, metricToSubtract) => accumulator - input[metricToSubtract],
+      input[firstItem] // Starting accumulator with the value of the first item
+    );
+  };
+
+  return {
+    metadata,
+    execute,
+  };
+};
diff --git a/src/builtins/subtract/types.ts b/src/builtins/subtract/types.ts
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index 000000000..4dc6775d2
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+++ b/src/builtins/subtract/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export type SubtractConfig = {
+  'input-parameters': string[];
+  'output-parameter': string;
+};