Plugin Installer

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: Dev Tools · Sub-category: tools-misc

Installs plugin components (skills, commands/workflows, rules, hooks, MCP) into the .agents/ central store and symlinks them to agent environments that require it (.claude/). DEFAULT method: run plugin_add.py for an interactive require it (.claude/). DEFAULT method: run plugin_add.py (the primary TUI and headless orchestrator) which internally delegates to plugin_installer.py (the execution engine) for the actual OS-level installation. Trigger when a user says "install plugin", "deploy plugin", "add plugin", "install from GitHub", or "sync plugin to agents".

What this skill does

Plugin Installer is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the tools-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/plugin-installer/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Plugin Installer skill is built for developers, power users, and teams automating repetitive workflows and improving developer experience. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/plugin-installer
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/plugin-installer/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/plugin-installer/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/plugin-installer/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/plugin-installer/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\plugin-installer\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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