{"version":"2.1.280","anchor":"reserved-and-spoofed-marketplace-names-are-now-rejected","canonical_anchor":"reserved-and-spoofed-marketplace-names-are-now-rejected","heading":"Reserved and spoofed marketplace names are now rejected","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.280\/e\/reserved-and-spoofed-marketplace-names-are-now-rejected","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.280","markdown":"### Reserved and spoofed marketplace names are now rejected\n\nPlugin marketplaces can no longer be named to impersonate the reserved Anthropic directory name\n\n**What**\n\nWhen adding or reconciling a plugin marketplace, Claude Code now checks its name against the reserved name `anthropic-plugin-directory`, and also checks for spoofed variants that use lookalike characters or normalization tricks (via NFKC normalization and stripping of zero-width characters). Marketplaces that match or spoof a reserved name are refused with an explicit error.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis prevents a malicious plugin marketplace from disguising itself as the official Anthropic plugin directory using visually similar names, protecting users from being tricked into trusting a fake marketplace.\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}