Claude Plugins Community
Claude Plugins Community is Anthropic's read-only community marketplace mirror for Claude Code and Claude Cowork. It indexes third-party plugins that passed automated security scanning and distribution review, with most external sources pinned to exact commits.
Project overview
Claude Plugins Community is Anthropic's marketplace mirror for community extensions used with Claude Code and Claude Cowork. It brings plugin names, descriptions, homepages, and source locations into one manifest and uses a review pipeline, automated validation, commit pinning, and source-liveness checks to reduce distribution risk. The intended workflow is to add the marketplace, then choose and review one plugin; this is not a bundle that installs more than two thousand plugins at once.
Core capabilities
Centralized community plugin discovery
The marketplace manifest collects plugin names, descriptions, homepages, source locations, and revisions across development, security, content, data, and business workflows.
Install one selected plugin
Register the claude-community marketplace first, then install one named plugin instead of importing the entire catalog.
Pinned external source revisions
At review time, 2,274 of 2,282 entries had source objects with commit SHAs; the daily maintenance flow revalidates upstream changes before proposing pin updates.
Automated structure and source validation
Repository CI checks marketplace invariants, external manifests, pin rules for auto-executing MCP launchers, and source-owner identity drift.
Distribution across Claude clients
The catalog serves both Claude Code and Claude Cowork, with different browsing and installation entry points.
Installation and usage
Add the official community marketplace first. Then select one plugin, inspect its source, license, manifest, hooks, scripts, and MCP configuration, and install only after its boundaries are acceptable.
Let an AI Agent install it
Send this prompt to Codex, Claude Code, or another AI agent that can work with your local environment.
Help me install one community plugin from https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community. Ask for the plugin name first, then inspect its catalog entry, homepage, pinned source revision, README, LICENSE, plugin.json, hooks, scripts, and .mcp.json. Explain local file, command, network, credential, paid-service, and external-write boundaries. After I confirm, add the marketplace and run `claude plugin install <plugin-name>@claude-community`. Do not bulk-install plugins or bypass login and permission prompts. Finish with one non-destructive minimum verification from the target plugin's documentation.- Claude Code with plugin support is installed and signed in
- Public GitHub repositories are reachable
- You know the name and purpose of the plugin you want
- You can review the plugin's local permissions and third-party account access
claude plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community- 1Add the claude-community marketplace
Run `claude plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community`. This registers the catalog without bulk-installing its plugins.
- 2Select and inspect a target plugin
Use marketplace.json to identify the name, homepage, source path, and pinned SHA, then read the target repository's README, license, and permission-related configuration.
- 3Install one plugin
Run `claude plugin install <plugin-name>@claude-community`; review OAuth, API-key, command-execution, and file-write requests against that plugin's documentation.
- 4Perform a minimum verification
Confirm the plugin is enabled and inspect its loaded components, then execute one documented non-destructive example before granting write access.
After `claude plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community`, confirm that `claude-community` appears in the marketplace list. After installing one plugin, check its enabled state and revision, then run only the non-destructive minimum example from its README. Recheck authorization before login, file writes, command execution, or external mutations.
- Adding a marketplace and installing a plugin are separate actions
- Pinned revisions change when reviewed updates are accepted
- Automated scanning is a risk-control layer, not proof of zero risk
Use cases
Extend Claude Code on demand
Choose testing, review, research, content, or service-integration plugins from one catalog instead of copying unverified installation snippets.
Govern team plugin sources
Use source URLs, SHAs, and homepages as the starting point for a team allowlist and review process.
Track third-party plugin updates
Use catalog pin changes and source checks to identify version movement before choosing when to upgrade.
Assessment
The repository's main value is combining community plugin discovery, source pinning, and ongoing maintenance in one distribution path. Its 2,282 entries provide broad coverage, while recent commits and daily checks show active upkeep. The boundary matters just as much: this is metadata and a review entry point, not a permanent security guarantee for every third-party plugin. Install one plugin at a time and treat its source, license, permissions, and data flow as mandatory review items. This assessment is based on first-party repository evidence and read-only statistics; no installation was performed.
Why it may be useful
- Hosted by Anthropic with a clear source identity
- Large catalog shared by Claude Code and Claude Cowork
- Most external sources are pinned to exact commits
- Ongoing validation, pin updates, and source-owner checks
What to know first
- Third-party quality, licensing, and permissions vary substantially
- Automated scanning and distribution approval are not continuous manual audits
- No unified GitHub release version; follow catalog commits and per-plugin versions
- Installation and functional behavior were not tested for this entry
README
Claude Plugins Community
Overview
Claude Plugins Community is Anthropic's read-only community marketplace mirror for Claude Code and Claude Cowork. It indexes third-party plugins that passed automated security scanning and distribution review, with most external sources pinned to exact commits. Community plugin marketplace for Claude Cowork and Claude Code. Read-only mirror — submit plugins at clau.de/plugin-directory-submission.
Getting started
- Add the official community marketplace first. Then select one plugin, inspect its source, license, manifest, hooks, scripts, and MCP configuration, and install only after its boundaries are acceptable.
- The repository is a read-only community marketplace mirror synchronized from Anthropic's internal review pipeline; external submissions use a form rather than direct pull requests.
- Claude Code uses a two-step flow: add `anthropics/claude-plugins-community`, then install one `<plugin-name>@claude-community` entry.
- After `claude plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community`, confirm that `claude-community` appears in the marketplace list. After installing one plugin, check its enabled state and revision, then run only the non-destructive minimum example from its README. Recheck authorization before login, file writes, command execution, or external mutations.
Configuration
claude plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community