Plugin listing reads a per-plugin autoUpdate setting

Unclear The finding does not say whether the setting is shown in the list or how it is set.

Read from

Names in the bundleautoUpdate

What the documentation says

Documented inclaude-code/settings

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 20 Oct 2026 A small documentation edit on Deploy with MDM touched a line naming autoUpdate after this was published. * The update keys `disableAutoUpdates`, `autoUpdaterEnforcementHours`, `updateViaUpdatesHost`, and [`releaseChannel`](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/configuration#releasechannel). third-party/claude-desktop/mdm see the edit

Confirmed since 25 Sep 2026 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

How sure we are

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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