plugin update
A Claude Code CLI flag, read out of the shipped bundle. No mined inventory carries it: everything below comes from what this site has written about it.
What it is
Plugins that build via a command won't silently run it; you get an error telling you to update.
Not Anthropic's. This is the line from the earliest changelog entry here that named it, v2.1.229.
Presence across releases
The miner has never read a build containing this name. It is here because a changelog entry of ours names it, which is evidence that it existed and not evidence of which releases carried it. The inventory starts at v2.1.138 and everything older than that was never mined.
Changelog entries naming it
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v2.1.246
claude plugin updateaccepts a bare plugin nameYou can run claude plugin update with just the plugin name, no marketplace needed.
named in this entry
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v2.1.239Plugin commands explain why a plugin cannot be toggled
Plugin commands now explain refusals for built-ins and org-locked plugins instead of acting oddly.
named in this entry
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v2.1.233Plugin subcommand help text comes from one table
Plugin subcommand descriptions come from the shared table that also hides early-access entries.
named in this entry
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v2.1.229Command-sourced plugins are not rebuilt behind your back
Plugins that build via a command won't silently run it; you get an error telling you to update.
named in this entry
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v2.1.229
claude plugin installandupdategained-yPlugin install and update take -y to skip the command confirmation, but not inside a session.
named in this entry
Documentation pages
- Claude Code changelog mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Discover and install prebuilt plugins through marketplaces mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Hooks reference mentions it Claude Code CLI
- JetBrains IDEs mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Constrain plugin dependency versions mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Create and distribute a plugin marketplace mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Plugins reference mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Extend Claude with skills mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Manage your listing after publishing mentions it Claude Documentation
- What should I build: MCP, plugin, or both? mentions it Claude Documentation
- Install plugins mentions it Claude Documentation
- Use Claude for M365 with third-party platforms mentions it Claude Documentation
A reference table page is one whose own table defines this name, and it is where the description above came from. A page that mentions it carries the name somewhere in its text and may say nothing about it at all. Every page carrying it.
Names beside it
Every CLI flag in the inventory starting plugin, up to twelve of them.
pluginFailed plugin commands now flush their analytics before exiting instead of dropping the event. never mined
plugin disablePlugin commands now explain refusals for built-ins and org-locked plugins instead of acting oddly. never mined
plugin enablePlugin subcommand descriptions come from the shared table that also hides early-access entries. never mined
plugin evalPlugin eval now writes report.html and publishes it to claude.ai unless you pass --no-publish. never mined
plugin eval initPoint plugin eval at any case directory with --eval-dir, still behind an early-access gate or env var. never mined
plugin installPlugin install and update take -y to skip the command confirmation, but not inside a session. never mined
plugin listclaude plugin list now groups plugins by scope, including a "Synced from claude.ai" section. never mined
plugin uninstallPlugin commands now explain refusals for built-ins and org-locked plugins instead of acting oddly. never mined
plugin validateclaude plugin validate now falls back to checking skills, agents and commands when there is no manifest. never mined
Read out of the published npm bundle release by release, and out of Anthropic's own documentation as this site captured it. Nothing on this page is a description anybody here wrote about what the CLI flag does. All CLI flags.