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

1. Use the Glob tool to check if plugin is existing
2. Use Ask Question Tool to confirm overwriting if plugin already exists
3. Create a new directory for the plugin
4. Create a minimal plugin structure for plugin
5. Update the plugin metadata file with basic information
6. Update root README.md to include the new plugin
7. Update .claude-plugin/marketplace.json to include the new plugin
8. Update release please config to include the new plugin

Plugin Structure

|- .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

{
    "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:

• Claude Plugin Reference
• Claude Hook Reference
• Claude Agent
• Claude Agent Skill