claude plugin validate gains --json output

claude plugin validate gains a --json flag for machine-readable validation results.

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The entry above is what we published on the day. These lines were added later, as Anthropic's own pages caught up, and they sit beside the original rather than replacing it.

Confirmed since 10 Sep 2026 Anthropic's documentation has since written up claude plugin validate, on Claude Code changelog. * Fixed `claude plugin validate` rejecting plugin paths whose directory name begins with two dots, which the plugin loader accepts changelog see the edit

Confirmed since 10 Sep 2026 Anthropic's documentation has since written up --json, on Claude Code changelog. * Added `configDirectory` to the output of `claude auth status --json` changelog see the edit

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Anthropic's documentation agreesAnthropic's documentation has since written up --json, on Claude Code changelog.

Anthropic's release notes agreeAdded --json to claude plugin validate for a machine-readable validation report

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