Claude Code Plugin Template

Claude Code Plugin Marketplace Template

Create and distribute Claude Code plugins for your team or community. This GitHub template gives you a working marketplace structure, scaffolding commands, validation, and CI/CD automation.

Features

- Skip the boilerplate. Marketplace structure, plugin manifests, and GitHub Actions validation come ready to use.
- Plugin development toolkit. Scaffold plugins, add commands, skills, agents, and hooks, then validate before release.
- Team distribution. Set up automatic marketplace installation for your projects.
- Docs and a working example. Guides for every plugin component, plus a hello-world plugin you can copy.

What's Included

Quick Start

1. Create Your Marketplace

Click "Use this template" on GitHub, then clone your new repository:

2. Customize the Marketplace

Update .claude-plugin/marketplace.json with your organization details:

3. Install the Plugin Development Toolkit

4. Create Your First Plugin

Plugin Development Commands

The plugin-development plugin provides these commands:

Repository Structure

Team Distribution

Configure automatic marketplace installation for your team by adding .claude/settings.json to your projects:

When team members trust the repository folder, Claude Code installs the marketplace for them. See Configure team marketplaces for details.

Installing from GitHub

Once your marketplace is published to GitHub, users can install plugins with:

Local Testing

Test your plugins before publishing:

For iterative development:

Uninstalling

Remove the marketplace and its plugins from Claude Code:

To remove everything, delete the cloned repository directory.

Creating Plugins Manually

If you prefer manual setup over the scaffolding commands:

1. Create Plugin Directory

2. Add Plugin…