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Plugin listing reads a per-plugin autoUpdate setting

Building the plugin list now reads each plugin's own autoUpdate setting

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What

When Claude Code builds its list of plugins, it now reads each plugin's own autoUpdate setting.

Why

Plugin list entries now include each plugin's own auto-update setting.

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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 Anthropic's documentation has since written up autoUpdate, on All settings. Set `"autoUpdate": true` alongside `source` to make Claude Code refresh that marketplace and update its installed plugins in the background after startup. When omitted, `claude-plugins-official` and most other official Anthropic marketplac… settings-reference see the edit
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Something disagreesSomething we can check disagrees with this entry, or the writer said they could not settle it.
The writer flagged doubtThe finding does not say whether the setting is shown in the list or how it is set.
Anthropic's documentation agreesAnthropic's documentation has since written up autoUpdate, on All settings.

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