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821821### Path traversal limitations
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823Copied plugins cannot reference files outside their directory. Paths that traverse outside the plugin root (such as `../shared-utils`) will not work after installation because those external files are not copied to the cache.
823Claude Code doesn't let a plugin reference files outside its own directory. It rejects a component path that resolves outside the plugin root, such as `../shared-utils`, whether the path is declared in `plugin.json` or in a [marketplace entry](/docs/en/plugin-marketplaces#plugin-entries). Claude Code reports a [`path escapes plugin directory`](/docs/en/errors#path-escapes-plugin-directory) error and loads the plugin without that component.
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825Claude Code also doesn't copy files outside the plugin directory into the cache when it installs the plugin, so when a script inside a copied plugin reads a path above the plugin root, it doesn't find those files either.
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825827### Share files within a marketplace with symlinks
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