You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
PluginsArea: what it touches
Bug FixesKind: in v2.1.281,
Bug FixesSection of the release
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.
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…
