{"version":"2.1.296","anchor":"plugin-install-gets-replace-for-same-repo-duplicates-mcp","canonical_anchor":"plugin-install-gets-replace-for-same-repo-duplicates-mcp","heading":"Plugin install hint uses --replace and --scope; disabled MCP servers are no longer connected","tier":"use","area":"Plugins","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.296\/e\/plugin-install-gets-replace-for-same-repo-duplicates-mcp","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.296","markdown":"### Plugin install hint uses --replace and --scope; disabled MCP servers are no longer connected\n\nThe plugin install hint now uses `--replace` and `--scope`, and disabled MCP servers stay disconnected when Claude Code reconciles its server list\n\n**What**\n\nThe plugin install code that handles `--replace` was looked at in this release from two angles:\n\n- Install hint: the suggested install command is now built from `--replace` and `--scope`. This is for a plugin that duplicates another from the same repository.\n\n- Disabled MCP servers: MCP servers are outside programs that give Claude Code extra tools. When Claude Code reconciles its list of MCP servers, servers you have disabled are now kept as disabled entries and are not connected.\n\n- Other changes: one review found the rest of the `--replace` install code was only renamed by the build process. The changelog built into Claude Code now begins at 2.1.294.\n\n**Why**\n\nIf you get an install hint for a duplicate plugin, it now spells out the `--replace` and `--scope` options to use. MCP servers you have disabled should no longer be connected in the background.\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Names: `--scope`\n- Tier: Use it now\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}