{"version":"2.1.290","anchor":"plugin-in-desktop-app-returns-guidance-text","canonical_anchor":"plugin-in-desktop-app-returns-guidance-text","heading":"\/plugin in the desktop app explains where to go instead","tier":"notice","area":"Elsewhere","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.290\/e\/plugin-in-desktop-app-returns-guidance-text","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.290","markdown":"### `\/plugin` in the desktop app explains where to go instead\n\nRunning \/plugin in the desktop app now explains it cannot run there and points to the Plugins menu or the command line\n\n**What**\n\nRunning `\/plugin` in the desktop app now gives you a short explanation instead of trying to open its menu. `\/plugin` opens a panel meant for the terminal, so it cannot run in the desktop app. The message points you to:\n\n- The + > Plugins menu in the app.\n\n- `claude plugin marketplace add` on the command line, followed by `\/reload-plugins`.\n\nThis applies to the desktop app only, not WSL (Linux running inside Windows) and not remote sessions.\n\n**Why**\n\nDesktop users get clear directions instead of a command that fails without saying why.\n\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Names: `\/plugin`\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}