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Claude Code v2.1.233

claude plugin validate works on directories without a plugin manifest

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Plugins

claude plugin validate now falls back to checking skills, agents and commands when there is no manifest.

claude plugin validate
What

Pointing claude plugin validate at a directory that has no .claude-plugin/plugin.json or .claude-plugin/marketplace.json no longer just fails. It now falls back to validating the skills, agents and commands subdirectories.

Details
  • The manifest lookup returns an error tagged NO_MANIFEST, which is what triggers the fallback rather than aborting.
  • A dedicated message covers the case where the target path or its enclosing .claude directory is a symlink.
  • The command's help text was updated to describe both behaviours.
Usage
claude plugin validate ./my-plugin-dir
Evidence

Validate a plugin or marketplace manifest, or the skills, agents, and commands in a directory

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

Related

Other releases about the same thing. Found by shared names or similar wording; neither means one caused the other.

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