You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
3Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
PluginsArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.289,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
A plugin can be loaded straight from a folder on your computer instead of being installed from a marketplace. Claude Code now handles these folder plugins more clearly.
Update note: updating a folder plugin that is already up to date now says there is nothing to update. It adds that edits there take effect at the next session start or /reload-plugins.
Reload output: /reload-plugins now adds lines listing the plugin folders it read.
Watching: the watchers that notice changes in a plugin folder now resolve the folder's real path before watching, following any links, and map changes back to the folder you gave.
Matching: plugin sources are compared in a normalised form, and the plugin state keeps a folderReadAt record.
Why
Plugin authors working from a local folder are told how to apply their edits and can see which folders a reload read. Changes inside linked folders should now be noticed.
