plugin-dev
Plugin OfficialComprehensive toolkit for developing Claude Code plugins. Includes 7 expert skills covering hooks, MCP integration, commands, agents, and best practices. AI-assisted plugin creation and validation.
Install
claude plugin install plugin-dev@claude-plugins-officialWhat is plugin-dev?
Comprehensive toolkit for developing Claude Code plugins. Includes 7 expert skills covering hooks, MCP integration, commands, agents, and best practices. AI-assisted plugin creation and validation.
What's inside
11 bundled components — installing the plugin installs all of them.
Skills (7)
agent-development
This skill should be used when the user asks to "create an agent", "add an agent", "write a subagent", "agent frontmatter", "when to use description", "agent examples", "agent tools", "agent colors", "autonomous agent", or needs guidance on agent structure, system prompts, triggering conditions, or
command-development
This skill should be used when the user asks to "create a slash command", "add a command", "write a custom command", "define command arguments", "use command frontmatter", "organize commands", "create command with file references", "interactive command", "use AskUserQuestion in command", or needs gu
hook-development
This skill should be used when the user asks to "create a hook", "add a PreToolUse/PostToolUse/Stop hook", "validate tool use", "implement prompt-based hooks", "use ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}", "set up event-driven automation", "block dangerous commands", or mentions hook events (PreToolUse, PostToolUse,
mcp-integration
This skill should be used when the user asks to "add MCP server", "integrate MCP", "configure MCP in plugin", "use .mcp.json", "set up Model Context Protocol", "connect external service", mentions "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT} with MCP", or discusses MCP server types (SSE, stdio, HTTP, WebSocket). Provides
plugin-settings
This skill should be used when the user asks about "plugin settings", "store plugin configuration", "user-configurable plugin", ".local.md files", "plugin state files", "read YAML frontmatter", "per-project plugin settings", or wants to make plugin behavior configurable. Documents the .claude/plugin
plugin-structure
This skill should be used when the user asks to "create a plugin", "scaffold a plugin", "understand plugin structure", "organize plugin components", "set up plugin.json", "use ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}", "add commands/agents/skills/hooks", "configure auto-discovery", or needs guidance on plugin director
skill-development
This skill should be used when the user wants to "create a skill", "add a skill to plugin", "write a new skill", "improve skill description", "organize skill content", or needs guidance on skill structure, progressive disclosure, or skill development best practices for Claude Code plugins.
Subagents (3)
agent-creator
writes filesUse this agent when the user asks to "create an agent", "generate an agent", "build a new agent", "make me an agent that...", or describes agent functionality they need. Trigger when user wants to create autonomous agents for plugins. Examples: <example> Context: User wants to create a code review a
plugin-validator
shellUse this agent when the user asks to "validate my plugin", "check plugin structure", "verify plugin is correct", "validate plugin.json", "check plugin files", or mentions plugin validation. Also trigger proactively after user creates or modifies plugin components. Examples: <example> Context: User f
skill-reviewer
Use this agent when the user has created or modified a skill and needs quality review, asks to "review my skill", "check skill quality", "improve skill description", or wants to ensure skill follows best practices. Trigger proactively after skill creation. Examples: <example> Context: User just crea
What this can do
Capabilities declared by the plugin's own components — read straight from their frontmatter, not inferred.
Run shell commands
1 component declare Bash
Create and modify files
1 component declare Write or Edit
Inherit all session tools
7 components declare no tool restrictions
~759 tokens of context used while enabled, before you invoke anything
All declared tools (5)
BashGlobGrepReadWriteTrust
100/100 · ExcellentDocumentation
README · ~2 min readClaude Code Plugins Directory
A curated directory of high-quality plugins for Claude Code.
⚠️ Important: Make sure you trust a plugin before installing, updating, or using it. Anthropic does not control what MCP servers, files, or other software are included in plugins and cannot verify that they will work as intended or that they won't change. See each plugin's homepage for more information.
Structure
/plugins- Internal plugins developed and maintained by Anthropic/external_plugins- Third-party plugins from partners and the community
Installation
Plugins can be installed directly from this marketplace via Claude Code's plugin system.
To install, run /plugin install {plugin-name}@claude-plugins-official
or browse for the plugin in /plugin > Discover
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