debug-plugins

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Find why Claude plugins fail to load.

Authoranthropics
Version1.0.0
Installs0

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What problem does it solve?

Use this Skill when a Claude plugin or standalone skill should be available but is missing, not loading, or behaving as if configuration changes never took effect. It helps pinpoint whether the issue is in the agent scope, the container contents, the launch command, the extracted plugin package, or the skill frontmatter.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Container and scope inspection: Checks what plugin zips and skill directories actually arrived in the running session.
  • Launch configuration verification: Confirms whether Claude Code was started with the right plugin directory and account mount flags.
  • Failure diagnosis: Distinguishes between missing plugins, extraction problems, manifest errors, and invalid SKILL.md frontmatter.
  • Security-aware debugging: Treats logs and package contents as untrusted data and avoids executing anything found during inspection.
  • Use Case: A user says a newly installed plugin does not appear in Claude, and this Skill traces the load path to explain exactly what broke and how to fix it.

Quick Start

Ask this Skill to diagnose why your Claude plugin or skill is not showing up and tell you the exact fix.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

Standard package

💻 Claude Code Installation

Recommended: Let Claude install automatically. Simply copy and paste the text below to Claude Code.

Please help me install this Skill:
Name: debug-plugins
Download link: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-tag-plugins/archive/main.zip#debug-plugins

Please download this .zip file, extract it, and install it in the .claude/skills/ directory.
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