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Claude Code v2.1.268 ·

Plugin status listing now flags org-required MCP plugins

Plugin status now shows "required by your org" when a loaded MCP plugin is mandated by org settings

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KindImprovementsin v2.1.268,
You'll notice

Plugin status now shows "required by your org" when a loaded MCP plugin is mandated by org settings

What

The status report shown by /plugin (and claude mcp) now adds the text "required by your org" next to a plugin's status line when that plugin is enabled and your organization's settings mark it as required. This is shown alongside the existing statuses for disabled plugins, plugins that loaded with errors, and plugins that loaded normally.

Why

This makes it clear at a glance which plugins are enabled because your organization requires them, rather than by your own choice, so you understand why a plugin can't simply be turned off.

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Names in the bundle/pluginclaude mcp
What the documentation says
claude mcp Error reference modified, high confidence You ran `claude mcp add` or `claude mcp add-json` with `--scope managed`. That scope holds the servers your organization provides through the [`managedMcpServers`](/docs/en/settings-reference#managedmcpservers) managed setting. Claude Code… see the edit
claude mcp Connect Claude Code to tools via MCP modified, high confidence Some services still expose only an SSE endpoint. Add these with the same `claude mcp add --transport http <name> <url>` command as [an HTTP server](#option-1-add-a-remote-http-server). Claude Code tries the HTTP transport first and switche… see the edit
claude mcp Claude Code changelog modified, high confidence * Fixed `/mcp` and `/plugin` server details, `claude mcp list`/`get`, and MCP login errors showing secrets resolved from `${VAR}` placeholders in MCP configs see the edit
claude mcp CLI reference modified, high confidence | `claude mcp` | Configure Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers | See the [Claude Code MCP documentation](/docs/en/mcp). | see the edit
claude mcp Connect Claude Code to tools via MCP modified, medium confidence * You can set the client secret only when you add the server. When you authenticate with `claude mcp login` or from `/mcp`, Claude Code uses the stored secret and doesn't prompt for one or read `MCP_CLIENT_SECRET` see the edit
Since it was published

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.

Added since A small documentation edit on Automate work with routines touched a line naming claude mcp after this was published. Connectors are the [claude.ai integrations](/docs/en/mcp#use-mcp-servers-from-claude-ai) on your account. MCP servers you added locally in the CLI with `claude mcp add` are stored on your machine rather than your claude.ai account, so they… routines see the edit
Confirmed since Anthropic's documentation has since written up claude mcp, on Claude Code changelog. * Improved `claude mcp serve`: a running tool call now sends a progress update every 30 seconds, so clients show it is still running and idle timeouts don't abort a long command that prints nothing changelog see the edit
Added since A small documentation edit on Plugins in the SDK touched a line naming /plugin after this was published. * **Relative paths**: resolved relative to the `cwd` option (for example, `"./plugins/my-plugin"`) agent-sdk/plugins see the edit
Confirmed since Anthropic's documentation has since written up /plugin, on Extend Claude with skills. | A plugin skill and a skill at any of the locations above | Both load, because plugin skills are namespaced as `/plugin-name:skill-name` | skills see the edit
How sure we are
Two sources agreeTwo things we can check say the same as this entry.
Anthropic's documentation agreesclaude mcp on Error reference
Anthropic's release notes agreeFixed /mcp and /plugin server details, claude mcp list/get, and MCP login errors showing secrets resolved from ${VAR} placeholders in MCP…

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