plugin-authoring

Claude Code plugin authoring requires structuring plugin.json and marketplace.json manifests alongside component files. Expert guidance enforces naming conventions, frontmatter compliance, and progressive disclosure standards to ensure correct scaffolding and validation.

Best practices for adding commands, agents, skills, and hooks involve following naming conventions and documentation standards. Expert guidance enforces consistency checks across component structures to maintain progressive disclosure and manifest compliance.

Validating a Claude Code plugin structure requires scaffold validation and consistency reviews. Expert guidance checks frontmatter requirements, naming conventions, and manifest compliance, with escalation to a plugin-reviewer for deeper audits when needed.

Plugin authoring guidance applies to both creating and modifying Claude Code plugins. It supports adding commands, agents, skills, or hooks to existing manifests while ensuring ongoing compliance with best practices and structural consistency.

Escalation to a plugin-reviewer is recommended when standard scaffold validation and consistency checks surface complex compliance issues. Deeper audits ensure frontmatter requirements, naming conventions, and best practices are fully met before publication.

Frontmatter requirements are mandatory when authoring Claude Code plugin Skills. Expert guidance ensures compliance with these standards alongside naming conventions and documentation rules to maintain structural consistency and progressive disclosure.