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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, slash 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, 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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7Plugins are available in Cowork and Code. They aren't used in Chat.
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.
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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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911## What a plugin can contain
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11A plugin's manifest declares any combination of the following.
13A plugin can contain any combination of the following components.
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1315| Component | What it adds |
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2224## Install a plugin
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24Open **Customize** in the sidebar, then **Plugins**.
26You browse, install, and upload plugins from the **Plugins** page. Open **Customize** in the sidebar, then select **Plugins**.
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2628<Steps>
2729 <Step title="Browse the marketplace">
28 Select **Browse plugins** to see available plugins. The default marketplace
30 Select **Discover** to see available plugins. The default marketplace
2931 is Anthropic's official catalog; you can add other marketplaces by URL.
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3234 <Step title="Install">
33 Select a plugin and click **Install**. If the plugin includes a connector
34 that needs authentication, you're prompted to sign in.
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.
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3740 <Step title="Review components">
3841 Open the installed plugin to see its skills, connectors, agents, and hooks.
39 Enable or disable individual components as needed.
42 Select **Disable plugin** to turn the whole plugin off, and connect or
43 disconnect each connector on its own from the **Connectors** tab.
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4549## Use a Git repository as a marketplace
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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.
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.
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62Click **Update** on a marketplace to pull the latest plugins from its repository.
66Select **Check for updates** on a marketplace to pull the latest plugins from its repository, or turn on **Sync automatically**.
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64For administrator-managed marketplaces, see [MCP, plugins, skills, and hooks](/docs/cowork/3p/extensions) in the deployment guide.
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.
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6670## Limits
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8286On 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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84For how administrators provision plugins, see [MCP, plugins, skills, and hooks](/docs/cowork/3p/extensions) in the deployment guide.
88For how administrators provision plugins, see [Manage plugins for your organization](/docs/plugins/admin).
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8690## Update and remove plugins
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8892Cowork 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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90To remove a plugin you installed, open it under **Customize → Plugins** and click **Uninstall**. Organization-managed plugins can only be removed by an administrator.
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**.
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92## Related
96## Next steps
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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
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
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