How do I install the Plugin Publishing Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/plugin-publishing/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at https://claudskills.com/install/.

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

ClaudSkills / General / plugins-extensions

Plugin Publishing

Category: General · Sub-category: plugins-extensions · Last updated: 2026-05-21

Knowledge for extracting local Claude Code components and publishing to plugin marketplaces. Use when helping users package skills, agents, hooks into shareable plugins. Triggers: publish, marketplace, share skill, share agent, extract plugin, contribute, upload plugin.

From the source SKILL.md

This skill provides knowledge for extracting locally installed Claude Code components and packaging them into shareable plugins for marketplace submission.

What this skill does

Plugin Publishing is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the plugins-extensions sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/plugin-publishing/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when helping users package skills, agents, hooks into shareable plugins. Triggers: publish, marketplace, share skill, share agent, extract plugin, contribute, upload plugin.

Who uses this skill

The Plugin Publishing Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 69,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

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

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/plugin-publishing/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\plugin-publishing\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.

Pro

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Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/jimmc414/claude-code-plugin-marketplace/blob/HEAD/plugins/plugin-publisher/skills/plugin-publishing/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: jimmc414

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Plugin Publishing

From the source SKILL.md

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Manual install (2 steps)

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