Claude Code v2.1.281 · 23 Sep 2026
/plugin manager: guard against double actions, scroll-follows-selection, auth count
The /plugin menu ignores repeat clicks while an action runs, and its selection now follows scrolling
Entry Kind: in v2.1.281, 23 Sep 26
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What
The plugin manager, the menu opened by /plugin , has several fixes:
A second enable, disable, uninstall or update is ignored while the first one is still running.
The highlighted entry now moves along when the list scrolls.
The section of entries needing attention is counted even when every entry in it is an MCP server waiting to be signed in to. An MCP server is an add-on that gives Claude extra tools.
A note about the plugin's folder name stays visible after uninstalling.
Why
Pressing a key twice by accident no longer starts the same action twice. The attention count no longer leaves out sections made up only of servers that need you to sign in.
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Anthropic's release notes agree Added a scrollbar to the /skills, /mcp and /plugin Installed lists in fullscreen mode, like the one /workflows now has: it appears while the…
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Names in this entry
slash /plugin Manage Claude Code plugins . Run with no argument to open the plugin menu, or pass a subcommand such as list, install, enable, or disable to act directly. Claude Code can activate a plugin during the install; the install summary tells you whether it did or whether to run /reload-plugins
Anthropic's notes
Upstream's own release notes for v2.1.281 name something this entry names, so the two are probably about the same change. Probably: the pairing is made on a shared name rather than on the words around it.
Added a scrollbar to the /skills , /mcp and /plugin Installed lists in fullscreen mode, like the one /workflows now has: it appears while the mouse is over the list and can be clicked or dragged
Fixed the /plugin Errors tab showing no confirmation after its last error is resolved
Fixed /plugin starting a second uninstall or update of the same plugin when Enter was pressed again while the first was still running
Fixed a y held while /plugin checks a marketplace source adding the marketplace the instant the "Add marketplace?" question appears, before it can be read
Fixed the selected tab in tabbed dialogs (/config , /plugin , /permissions ) showing no highlight while the tab bar has focus when color is off (NO_COLOR )
Fixed the mouse wheel over the /plugin Installed list scrolling the pane behind it instead of the list
Fixed lists such as a skill's state options in /plugin not being answerable by typing a number in screen-reader mode
Improved the / menu, /skills , /context and the /plugin Installed list to show skills synced from claude.ai by their short name when no other command uses it, not anthropic-skills:<name>
Improved /install-github-app , /desktop , the /permissions auto mode environment prompts, and the /plugin "Add marketplace?" and "Run this command?" prompts: they now use the standard dialog frame with key hints, and Ctrl+C or Ctrl+D cancels them on the second press like other dialogs
Improved the /plugin plugin and marketplace details menus and the /remote-control already-connected menu: they now support Home/End and clicking a row
Improved the /plugin Installed list: rows now line up in columns (status, name, type, details) across every section
Changed claude plugin uninstall --json and the /plugin dialog to say a plugin's data was kept when its folder stays because another installed plugin uses it or install records cannot be read
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