Plugin System (Experimental)

What: Complete plugin framework for extending Claude Code with custom commands, agents, and hooks How to use:

# Enable plugin system (currently requires environment variable)
export ENABLE_PLUGINS=1
claude

# Plugins are loaded from ~/.claude/plugins/repos/
# Structure: ~/.claude/plugins/repos/owner/repo/

Details:

• Supports three types of extensions: commands, agents, and hooks
• Git-based distribution with automatic updates via git pull --ff-only
• Plugin manifest format (plugin.json) with name, version, description, and author metadata
• Commands and agents are namespaced (e.g., pluginName:commandName)
• Individual plugins can be enabled/disabled per repository
• Supports ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT} variable for referencing plugin files
• Currently disabled by default - requires ENABLE_PLUGINS environment variable