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
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.295,
ImprovementsSection of the release
Unclear What the extra checks look for is not known.
What
claude plugin validate checks a plugin for problems. It already checked the plugin's manifest and components. It now runs a further round of checks over them as well.
The results are added to the JSON output, and extra lines appear in the text output. A plugin can therefore pass validation with warnings.
Why
Validating a plugin may now report more problems than before.
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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 doubtWhat the extra checks look for is not known.
Anthropic's release notes agreeAdded advice to claude plugin validate when a plugin's README has no install line: it prints the line to paste and never changes the exit…
