Nothing to try yetTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
PluginsArea: what it touches
In DevelopmentKind: in v2.1.281,
In DevelopmentSection of the release
What
The discover view of /plugin, the command that manages plugins (add-ons for Claude Code), has new helpers. These ones work:
Sorting plugins by install count.
An "All" filter alongside a filter for each marketplace, where a marketplace is a catalogue of plugins.
Labelling a plugin as official when it is also listed in the official catalogue.
Search is also meant to match a plugin by the names of the parts it contains, such as its commands. The helper that supplies those names always returns an empty list, so this kind of match never succeeds.
Why
When you search in /plugin, type the plugin's own name or description. Typing the name of one of its commands will not find it.
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 sinceA small documentation edit on Explore the .claude directory touched a line naming /plugin after this was published.| `plugins/installed_plugins.set-aside.<date>.<hash>.json`, `plugins/installed_plugins.unreadable.<date>.<hash>.kept` | Dated copies Claude Code makes before rewriting [`installed_plugins.json`](/docs/en/plugins/loading#find-plugins-on-dis…claude-directorysee the edit
Confirmed sinceAnthropic's documentation has since written up /plugin, on Error reference.The marketplace is registered under a name that is [reserved for official Anthropic marketplaces](/docs/en/plugins/marketplace-reference#marketplace-file), but its registered source isn't an `anthropics` GitHub repository. Claude Code re-c…errorssee the edit
How sure we are
Two sources agreeTwo things we can check say the same as this entry.
Anthropic's documentation agreesAnthropic's documentation has since written up /plugin, on Error reference.
Anthropic's release notes agreeAdded a scrollbar to the /skills, /mcp and /plugin Installed lists in fullscreen mode, like the one /workflows now has: it appears while the…
