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Marketplace plugin system
The marketplace system lets you discover, install, and manage plugins from Git-hosted catalogs. It is compatible with the Claude Code plugin registry format.
Quick start
/marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
/marketplace install wordpress.com@claude-plugins-official
Or just type /marketplace with no arguments to open the interactive plugin browser.
Concepts
A marketplace is a Git repository (or local directory) containing a catalog file at .claude-plugin/marketplace.json. The catalog lists available plugins with their sources, descriptions, and metadata.
A plugin is a directory containing skills, commands, hooks, MCP servers, or LSP servers. Plugins are identified by name@marketplace (e.g. code-review@claude-plugins-official).
Scopes: plugins can be installed at two scopes:
- user (default) -- available in all projects, stored in
~/.omp/plugins/installed_plugins.json - project -- available only in the current project, stored in
.omp/plugins/installed_plugins.json
Project-scoped installs shadow user-scoped installs of the same plugin.
Commands
Interactive mode
| Command | Effect |
|---|---|
/marketplace |
Open interactive plugin browser (install) |
Marketplace management
| Command | Effect |
|---|---|
/marketplace add <source> |
Add a marketplace source |
/marketplace remove <name> |
Remove a marketplace |
/marketplace update [name] |
Re-fetch catalog(s); omit name to update all |
/marketplace list |
List configured marketplaces |
Plugin operations
| Command | Effect |
|---|---|
/marketplace discover [marketplace] |
Browse available plugins |
/marketplace install [--force] [--scope user|project] name@marketplace |
Install a plugin |
/marketplace uninstall [--scope user|project] name@marketplace |
Uninstall a plugin |
/marketplace installed |
List installed marketplace plugins |
/marketplace upgrade [--scope user|project] [name@marketplace] |
Upgrade one or all plugins |
CLI equivalents
The same operations are available from the command line:
omp plugin marketplace add <source>
omp plugin marketplace remove <name>
omp plugin marketplace update [name]
omp plugin marketplace list
omp plugin discover [marketplace]
omp plugin install [--force] [--scope user|project] name@marketplace
omp plugin uninstall [--scope user|project] name@marketplace
omp plugin upgrade [--scope user|project] [name@marketplace]
Marketplace sources
When you run /marketplace add <source>, the system classifies the source:
| Source format | Type | Example |
|---|---|---|
owner/repo |
GitHub shorthand | anthropics/claude-plugins-official |
https://...*.json |
Direct catalog URL | https://example.com/marketplace.json |
https://...*.git or git@... |
Git repository | https://github.com/org/repo.git |
./path or ~/path or /path |
Local directory | ./my-marketplace |
The system clones the repository (or reads the local directory), locates .claude-plugin/marketplace.json, validates it, and caches the catalog locally.
Catalog format (marketplace.json)
A marketplace catalog lives at .claude-plugin/marketplace.json in the repository root:
{
"$schema": "https://anthropic.com/claude-code/marketplace.schema.json",
"name": "my-marketplace",
"owner": {
"name": "Your Name",
"email": "you@example.com"
},
"description": "A collection of plugins",
"plugins": [
{
"name": "my-plugin",
"description": "What this plugin does",
"source": "./plugins/my-plugin",
"category": "development",
"homepage": "https://github.com/you/my-plugin"
}
]
}
Required fields
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
name |
Marketplace name. Lowercase alphanumeric, hyphens, and dots. Must start and end with alphanumeric. Max 64 chars. |
owner.name |
Marketplace owner name |
plugins |
Array of plugin entries |
Plugin entry fields
| Field | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
name |
yes | Plugin name (same rules as marketplace name) |
source |
yes | Where to find the plugin (see below) |
description |
no | Short description |
version |
no | Version string |
author |
no | { name, email? } |
homepage |
no | URL |
category |
no | Category string (e.g. development, productivity, security) |
tags |
no | Array of string tags |
strict |
no | Boolean |
commands |
no | Slash commands provided |
agents |
no | Agents provided |
hooks |
no | Hook definitions |
mcpServers |
no | MCP server definitions |
lspServers |
no | LSP server definitions |
Plugin source formats
The source field supports several formats:
Relative path (within the marketplace repo):
"source": "./plugins/my-plugin"
Git repository URL:
"source": {
"source": "url",
"url": "https://github.com/org/repo.git",
"sha": "abc123..."
}
GitHub shorthand:
"source": {
"source": "github",
"repo": "org/repo",
"ref": "main",
"sha": "abc123..."
}
Git subdirectory (monorepo):
"source": {
"source": "git-subdir",
"url": "https://github.com/org/monorepo.git",
"path": "plugins/my-plugin",
"ref": "main",
"sha": "abc123..."
}
npm package:
"source": {
"source": "npm",
"package": "@scope/my-plugin",
"version": "1.0.0"
}
On-disk layout
~/.omp/
marketplaces.json # Registry of added marketplaces
plugins/
installed_plugins.json # User-scoped installed plugins
cache/
marketplaces/ # Cached marketplace catalogs
plugins/ # Cached plugin directories
<project>/.omp/
plugins/
installed_plugins.json # Project-scoped installed plugins
Naming rules
Marketplace and plugin names must:
- Start and end with a lowercase letter or digit
- Contain only lowercase letters, digits, hyphens, and dots
- Be at most 64 characters
Plugin IDs (name@marketplace) must be at most 128 characters total.
Valid examples: my-plugin, code-review, wordpress.com, ai-firstify
Invalid examples: -bad, bad-, .bad, Bad, under_score