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33> Add packaged skills, connectors, and agents to Cowork from the plugin marketplace or a file.
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5A plugin is a package that extends what Claude can do in Cowork. Installing one can add skills, MCP connectors, subagents, commands, or hooks in a single step. Plugins come from the marketplace, from your organization, or from a file you upload.
5A plugin is a package that extends what Claude can do in Cowork. Installing one can add skills, MCP connectors, subagents, slash commands, or hooks in a single step. Plugins come from the marketplace, from your organization, or from a file you upload.
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7A plugin you install is saved to your account, so its skills and connectors are also available in chat and in Claude Code. [Plugins](/docs/plugins/overview) covers what each surface loads; this page covers the Cowork side.
7Plugins are available in Cowork and Code. They aren't used in Chat.
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9To get started, [install a plugin](#install-a-plugin) from **Customize**, or [add a Git repository as a marketplace](#use-a-git-repository-as-a-marketplace) to share plugins without publishing them.
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119## What a plugin can contain
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13A plugin can contain any combination of the following components.
11A plugin's manifest declares any combination of the following.
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1513| Component | What it adds |
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2422## Install a plugin
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26You browse, install, and upload plugins from the **Plugins** page. Open **Customize** in the sidebar, then select **Plugins**.
24Open **Customize** in the sidebar, then **Plugins**.
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2826<Steps>
2927 <Step title="Browse the marketplace">
30 Select **Discover** to see available plugins. The default marketplace is
31 Anthropic's official catalog; you can add other marketplaces by URL.
28 Select **Browse plugins** to see available plugins. The default marketplace
29 is Anthropic's official catalog; you can add other marketplaces by URL.
3230 </Step>
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3432 <Step title="Install">
35 Select a plugin and click **Install**. Installing doesn't add or sign you in
36 to any connector. If the plugin includes connectors, open its **Connectors**
37 tab afterward to add or connect each one.
33 Select a plugin and click **Install**. If the plugin includes a connector
34 that needs authentication, you're prompted to sign in.
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4037 <Step title="Review components">
4138 Open the installed plugin to see its skills, connectors, agents, and hooks.
42 Select **Disable plugin** to turn the whole plugin off, and connect or
43 disconnect each connector on its own from the **Connectors** tab.
39 Enable or disable individual components as needed.
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4945## Use a Git repository as a marketplace
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51A Git repository that contains plugin packages can serve as a marketplace, which lets you share plugins without publishing to the public catalog. For a marketplace you add yourself, repositories on GitHub, including GitHub Enterprise, are supported, and public repositories on GitLab and Bitbucket also work. To distribute plugins to everyone in a Team or Enterprise organization, an Owner syncs the repository from organization settings instead, as [Manage plugins for your organization](/docs/plugins/admin#add-your-own-plugins) describes.
47A Git repository that contains plugin packages can serve as a marketplace. This is the typical way teams distribute their own plugins without publishing to the public catalog. Repositories on GitHub (including GitHub Enterprise) are supported; public repositories on GitLab and Bitbucket also work.
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66Select **Check for updates** on a marketplace to pull the latest plugins from its repository, or turn on **Sync automatically**.
62Click **Update** on a marketplace to pull the latest plugins from its repository.
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68For marketplaces your organization manages, see [Manage plugins for your organization](/docs/plugins/admin), or [MCP, plugins, skills, and hooks](/docs/cowork/3p/extensions) if your organization deploys Claude Desktop with its own model provider.
64For administrator-managed marketplaces, see [MCP, plugins, skills, and hooks](/docs/cowork/3p/extensions) in the deployment guide.
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7066## Limits
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8682On Team and Enterprise plans, administrators can require certain plugins for everyone in the organization. Required plugins install automatically and show **This plugin is required by your organization**; you can't remove them.
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88For how administrators provision plugins, see [Manage plugins for your organization](/docs/plugins/admin).
84For how administrators provision plugins, see [MCP, plugins, skills, and hooks](/docs/cowork/3p/extensions) in the deployment guide.
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9086## Update and remove plugins
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9288Cowork checks for plugin updates from the marketplace they came from. If you've edited a plugin's files locally, Cowork detects the change and warns you before an update would overwrite it.
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94To remove a plugin you installed, open it under **Customize > Plugins** and select **Remove**. You can't remove a plugin marked **This plugin is required by your organization**.
90To remove a plugin you installed, open it under **Customize → Plugins** and click **Uninstall**. Organization-managed plugins can only be removed by an administrator.
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96## Next steps
92## Related
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98* [Plugins](/docs/plugins/overview): how plugins work across Claude products
99* [Manage plugins for your organization](/docs/plugins/admin): administrator provisioning on Team and Enterprise plans
100* [Submit a plugin](/docs/plugins/submit): publish your own to the marketplace
101* [MCP, plugins, skills, and hooks](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/extensions): for organizations that deploy Claude Desktop with their own model provider
94* [Plugins overview](/docs/plugins/overview) for how plugins work across Claude products
95* [Submit a plugin](/docs/plugins/submit) to publish your own to the marketplace
96* [MCP, plugins, skills, and hooks](/docs/cowork/3p/extensions) for administrator provisioning
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