{"version":"2.1.323","anchor":"dependency-install-skipped-under-a-new-check","canonical_anchor":"dependency-install-skipped-under-a-new-check","heading":"Plugin dependency install can now be skipped","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.323\/e\/dependency-install-skipped-under-a-new-check","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.323","markdown":"### Plugin dependency install can now be skipped\n\nClaude Code now skips finding and installing a plugin's dependencies when a new condition is met\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear what condition makes Claude Code skip installing plugin dependencies.\n\n**What**\n\nA plugin is an add-on for Claude Code, and some need extra software packages, installed with tools such as npm or bun. Claude Code now stops before finding or installing those packages when a new condition is met. Before, there was no such early stop.\n\n**Why**\n\nIn some cases a plugin's packages will not be installed automatically.\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}