Plugins overview changedplugins/overview

Nearest release: v2.1.283, published under an hour after upstream edited the page. Shown because the two are within 24 hours of each other. Nothing here says the release caused the edit.

Upstream edited this page at 25 Sep 2026 18:09 UTC, give or take a minute or two: the time comes from Anthropic’s own sitemap rather than from a commit. This site recorded the change at 25 Sep 2026 18:37 UTC.

Upstream edited 25 Sep 2026 18:09 UTC

Recorded here 25 Sep 2026 18:37 UTC

Lines+6added

Lines−3removed

From line 5 where the diff opens

First seen 25 Sep 2026 this site's first read of the page

Recorded edits2to this page, all time

The whole hunk

from line 5, old and new numbered

lines

from line 5

55A Claude Code plugin is a directory of skills, agents, hooks, MCP servers, or other components that Claude Code installs and loads as one unit. Most plugins come from a marketplace, which is a catalog that lists plugins and where to fetch each one. You can also load a plugin from a folder someone gives you, or [build your own](/docs/en/plugins/create).

77<Note>

8 If you use claude.ai chat or Cowork and not Claude Code, see [Plugins on claude.ai and in Cowork](https://claude.com/docs/plugins/overview).

8 Start on claude.com instead if either of these describes you:

10 * **You use claude.ai chat or Cowork and not Claude Code**: see [Plugins on claude.ai and in Cowork](https://claude.com/docs/plugins/overview)

11 * **You built an MCP server and want it in Anthropic's directory**: see [Publish to the directory](https://claude.com/docs/directory/publish)

912</Note>

1013

1114To try a plugin now, run `/plugin` in a Claude Code terminal session and install one from the **Discover** tab, which lists the plugins from Anthropic's official marketplace and any marketplace you've added. From there:

from line 107

104107A cloud session, including one in the browser at claude.ai/code, doesn't load the plugins in your local settings. For install steps in the terminal, VS Code, and the desktop app, and for what a cloud session loads, see [Install a plugin](/docs/en/plugins/install#install-a-plugin).

105108

106109<Note>

107 The same plugin format also installs on claude.ai and in Cowork, where a different set of components loads. For those surfaces, see [Plugins on claude.ai and in Cowork](https://claude.com/docs/plugins/overview) on claude.com.

110 The same plugin format also installs on claude.ai and in Cowork, where a different set of components loads. For those surfaces, see [Plugins on claude.ai and in Cowork](https://claude.com/docs/plugins/overview) on claude.com and its [component support table](https://claude.com/docs/plugins/platform-support#compare-component-support-by-app).

108111</Note>

109112

110113## Next steps

from line 118

115118

116119Once you've installed or built a plugin, these pages cover what comes next:

117120

118* **Share what you built**: [Publish and distribute a plugin](/docs/en/plugins/publish)

121* **Share what you built**: [Publish and distribute a plugin](/docs/en/plugins/publish), through your own marketplace or [Anthropic's directory](/docs/en/plugins/publish#submit-to-anthropics-directory)

119122* **Check whether it works and is used**: [Test plugins with evals](/docs/en/plugin-evals) and [Measure plugin cost and usage](/docs/en/plugins/measure)

120123* **Run a marketplace for your team**: [Create a marketplace](/docs/en/plugins/create-marketplace), then [Host and maintain a marketplace](/docs/en/plugins/host-marketplace)

121124* **Set plugin policy for an organization**: [Manage plugins for your organization](/docs/en/plugins/org)