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#### Validate a manifest file

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605605#### Validate a directory
606606 
607The `<path>` is a manifest file or a directory. Given a directory, Claude Code picks what to validate by what it finds there:
607The `<path>` is a [manifest file](#validate-a-manifest-file) or a directory. Given a directory, Claude Code picks what to validate by what it finds there:
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609609* `.claude-plugin/marketplace.json`, when it exists
610610* Otherwise `.claude-plugin/plugin.json`
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626626* **A `SKILL.md` at the plugin root**: when you run `claude plugin validate` against a plugin directory, Claude Code doesn't check a `SKILL.md` at the plugin root
627627* **A `CLAUDE.md` at the plugin root**: in a plugin run, Claude Code also warns about a `CLAUDE.md` at the plugin root
628628* **Plugin files in a marketplace run**: from a marketplace directory, Claude Code doesn't open the skill, agent, command, or hook files of plugins the marketplace lists in other directories, or the MCP server files they bundle. To find errors in those files, validate each plugin directory
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630#### Validate a manifest file
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632When the file isn't named `plugin.json` or `marketplace.json` and isn't in a `.claude-plugin` directory, Claude Code decides what it is by its fields. It validates the file as a marketplace in these cases, and otherwise as a plugin manifest:
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634* `plugins` is an array
635* `plugins` and `owner` are both present
636* The file has a field that only `marketplace.json` defines, such as `owner`, and none that only `plugin.json` defines, such as `author`
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638To choose the checks yourself, name the file `plugin.json` or `marketplace.json`. Claude Code validates any other file in a `.claude-plugin` directory as a plugin manifest.
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630640#### Output and exit codes
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