Create and distribute a plugin marketplace changedplugin-marketplaces

# Create and distribute a plugin marketplace ## Overview ## Walkthrough: create a local marketplace ## Create the marketplace file ## Marketplace schema ### Required fields ### Reserved marketplace names ### Owner fields ### Optional fields ## Plugin entries ### Required fields ### Optional plugin fields ## Plugin sources ### Relative paths ### GitHub repositories ### Git repositories ### Git subdirectories ### npm packages ### Zip archives #### Authenticate archive downloads ##### Add a headersHelper to a plugin entry #### Write the headersHelper command #### When Claude Code skips a headersHelper command or drops its output #### How users accept a headersHelper command ##### Installs and updates that refuse the command instead of asking ##### When a marketplace `url` source's command runs ### Command sources #### Copy mode and link mode #### How users accept the command #### When Claude Code re-runs the command ### Advanced plugin entries ### Strict mode ## Host and distribute marketplaces ### Host on GitHub (recommended) ### Host on other git services ### Private repositories #### Commands you run #### Background auto-updates ### Distribute through organization settings #### Sync a GitLab-hosted marketplace #### Keep executables out of the top-level bin directory ### Require marketplaces for your team ### Pre-populate plugins for containers ### Managed marketplace restrictions #### Common configurations #### How restrictions work ### Version resolution and release channels #### Set up release channels ##### Example ##### Assign channels to user groups #### Pin dependency versions ### Rename or remove a plugin ## Validation and testing ## Manage marketplaces from the CLI ### Plugin marketplace add ### Plugin marketplace list ### Plugin marketplace remove ### Plugin marketplace update ## Troubleshooting ### Marketplace not loading ### Marketplace validation errors #### Validate a plugin or a directory without a manifest ##### Pick the directory to name ##### Check a plugin whose skill is its root `SKILL.md` ##### Check files behind symlinks ##### Read the validation results ### Plugin installation failures ### Private repository authentication fails ### Marketplace updates fail in offline environments ### Git operations time out ### Plugins with relative paths fail in URL-based marketplaces ### Files not found after installation ## See also