Create Claude Plugin
When to Use This Skill
Use this skill when:
- •Creating a new Claude Code plugin from scratch
- •Setting up the standard plugin directory structure
- •Adding a new plugin to the ClaudeKit marketplace
Trigger phrases:
- •"create a new plugin"
- •"scaffold a plugin for X"
- •"add a plugin called X"
Instruction
- •Use the
Globtool to check if plugin is existing - •Use Ask Question Tool to confirm overwriting if plugin already exists
- •Create a new directory for the plugin
- •Create a minimal plugin structure for plugin
- •Update the plugin metadata file with basic information
- •Update root README.md to include the new plugin
- •Update
.claude-plugin/marketplace.jsonto include the new plugin - •Update release please config to include the new plugin
Plugin Structure
code
|- .claude-plugin/
|- plugin.json
|- commands/ # Omit if no commands
|- example.md
|- agents/ # Omit if no agents
|- example-agent.md
|- skills/ # Omit if no skills
|- example-skill/
|- SKILL.md
|- hooks/ # Omit if no hooks
|- hooks.json
|- src/ # Omit if no hook script is needed
|- example.ts
|- dist/ # Auto-generated, omit
|- example.js
|- README.md
|- rolldown.config.js # Omit if no src
|- package.json # Omit if no src
|- tsconfig.json # Omit if no src
The minimal plugin.json is
json
{
"name": "plugin-name",
"version": "0.1.0",
"description": "A brief description of the plugin",
"author": {
"name": "Author Name"
}
}
Reference
For detailed information on creating Claude plugins, refer to following documentation: