{"version":"2.1.265","anchor":"plugin-dir-watching-now-covers-folders-of-plugins-collectio","canonical_anchor":"plugin-file-watcher-gains-watch-collections-abstraction","heading":"Plugin hot-reload watcher now covers plugin collections","tier":"internal","area":"Plugins","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.265\/e\/plugin-dir-watching-now-covers-folders-of-plugins-collectio","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.265","markdown":"### Plugin hot-reload watcher now covers plugin collections\n\nClaude Code's plugin file watcher can now watch entire folders of plugins, not just individual plugin directories\n\n**What**\n\nThe plugin hot-reload watcher, which watches plugin files and reloads plugins when they change, gained a \"watch collections\" abstraction. It now accepts `watchRoot`\/`listChildren`\/`reloadPlugins`, and exposes `watchCollections`\/`watchedCollections` alongside its existing per-plugin watch tracking.\n\nThe plugin-directory watcher now separately resolves individual plugin paths and plugin-collection (folder-of-plugins) paths, calling `watchCollections` in addition to the existing `watchPlugins`, and logs both the watched plugins and the watched collections.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis lets Claude Code detect and hot-reload plugins that live inside a folder of multiple plugins, not just plugins installed individually.\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}