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Plugin development toolkit with skills for creating agents, commands, hooks, MCP integrations, and comprehensive plugin structure guidance

Claude Code7 Skills

By Anthropic36.7k GitHub starsUpdated 5 hours ago

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Runtimes
Claude Code
Parsed components
7 skill or MCP entries
Source updated
Sep 24, 2026
Manifest status
Canonical path parsed

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Install plugin-dev for Claude Code

Installs for the current user
claude plugin marketplace add IchenDEV/agent-plugin-mkt
claude plugin marketplace update agent-plugin-marketplace
claude plugin install plugin-dev@agent-plugin-marketplace

Paste and run these commands in a terminal with Claude Code. They add and refresh the PluginsMP catalog, then install this plugin.

The installer fetches third-party code from the source repository shown on this page. This directory validates manifest structure and source location, but does not perform a security audit; review the manifest, components, and source before installing.

Get the source manually
git clone https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official

Clone the source repository, then follow its setup instructions to add the plugin to a compatible client. The plugin root is plugins/plugin-dev/.

Plugin files

plugins/plugin-dev/
├── .claude-plugin/plugin.json
├── skills/agent-development/SKILL.md
├── skills/command-development/SKILL.md
├── skills/hook-development/SKILL.md
├── skills/mcp-integration/SKILL.md
├── skills/plugin-settings/SKILL.md
├── skills/plugin-structure/SKILL.md
└── skills/skill-development/SKILL.md

Included Skills7

agent-developmentskills/agent-development/SKILL.md

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 agent development best practices for Claude Code plugins.

command-developmentskills/command-development/SKILL.md

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 guidance on slash command structure, YAML frontmatter fields, dynamic arguments, bash execution in commands, user interaction patterns, or command development best practices for Claude Code.

hook-developmentskills/hook-development/SKILL.md

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, Stop, SubagentStop, SessionStart, SessionEnd, UserPromptSubmit, PreCompact, Notification). Provides comprehensive guidance for creating and implementing Claude Code plugin hooks with focus on advanced prompt-based hooks API.

mcp-integrationskills/mcp-integration/SKILL.md

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 comprehensive guidance for integrating Model Context Protocol servers into Claude Code plugins for external tool and service integration.

plugin-settingsskills/plugin-settings/SKILL.md

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-name.local.md pattern for storing plugin-specific configuration with YAML frontmatter and markdown content.

plugin-structureskills/plugin-structure/SKILL.md

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 directory layout, manifest configuration, component organization, file naming conventions, or Claude Code plugin architecture best practices.

skill-developmentskills/skill-development/SKILL.md

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.

Plugin manifests1

plugins/plugin-dev/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
{
  "name": "plugin-dev",
  "description": "Plugin development toolkit with skills for creating agents, commands, hooks, MCP integrations, and comprehensive plugin structure guidance",
  "author": {
    "name": "Anthropic",
    "email": "[email protected]"
  }
}

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