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What Claude Code plugins are, how to install and judge them, ten newer ones worth knowing, and where to find or build more.

41 topics•5 categories•Updated October 2026

What Claude Code Plugins Are

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A plugin is a directory of skills, subagents, hooks, MCP servers and other components that Claude Code installs and loads as one unit, usually from a marketplace. Skills, subagents, hooks and MCP servers also work on their own, so use a plugin when you want several of them packaged together or shared. Enabled plugins add their skill and agent names to every session, which costs context and usage, and they run code as you, so install selectively.

01Plugins overviewWhat a plugin is, when to use one instead of a standalone skill, and which page to read next. 02Install and manage pluginsInstalling from a marketplace, install scopes (user, project, local) and disabling plugins. 03Plugin componentsEvery component a plugin can hold, with examples. 04Plugin security and trustWhat to review before you install a plugin from any marketplace. 05Claude MarketplaceWebsite for browsing plugins, connectors and partner products.

Ten Newer Plugins and Skills

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The ten tools picked in a September 2026 article, grouped by the problem they address. The article is a member-only Medium story, and the descriptions below come from each project's own repository or site where one was found.

0610 Claude Code Plugins That Deserve More Attention (The Explainer)The source article, 16 September 2026; member-only on Medium. 07GraphifyBuilds a knowledge graph of a codebase so an assistant can query structure instead of reading files; ships a Claude Code skill. The project's site is graphify.com. 08Graphify siteProject site and guides for Graphify. 09Grill Me and Grill with Docs (Matt Pocock)Skills that interview you about a plan before building, so requirements and edge cases surface early; part of the "Skills for Real Engineers" collection. 10Grill Me CodexPairs the grill-me planning interview with a read-only review of the plan by OpenAI Codex over several rounds. 11Codex plugin for Claude CodeOpenAI's official plugin for using Codex from inside Claude Code for reviews, adversarial reviews and delegated tasks. 12claude-obsidianTurns source material into a connected Obsidian vault of Markdown notes, based on Karpathy's LLM Wiki pattern. 13Andrej Karpathy-inspired CLAUDE.mdA single CLAUDE.md of coding principles: think before coding, simplicity first, surgical changes, goal-driven execution. The older forrestchang address redirects here. 14ImpeccableFrontend design skill with commands for hierarchy, typography, spacing and polish, aimed at avoiding generic AI-looking interfaces. 15Impeccable siteDocumentation and examples for Impeccable. 16HiggsfieldAI image and video generation service; the article covers its CLI and MCP server. Check its account and credit terms. 17Higgsfield CLICommand-line client for Higgsfield. 18Higgsfield skillsAgent skills for using Higgsfield from coding agents. 19notebooklm-pyUnofficial Python library and CLI for NotebookLM with an agent skill; it uses undocumented Google APIs that can change. The article's "NotebookLM-Pi" has no link, so this and the next card are the closest matches found. 20pi-notebooklm (Pi extension)Pi extension that exposes NotebookLM through the notebooklm-py bridge; review third-party code before installing. 21NotebookLMGoogle's source-grounded research notebook; the old notebooklm.google.com address redirects here. 22n8n MCP server (official docs)n8n documentation for connecting AI clients to an n8n instance over MCP. 23n8n-mcp (community)Separate community MCP server that gives assistants n8n node documentation and workflow tools.

Build & Publish Your Own

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From a folder to a shared marketplace.

32Create a pluginStart from an empty directory and build a working plugin. 33Create a marketplaceRun a catalog of plugins for your team. 34Publish and distribute a pluginShare through your own marketplace or submit to Anthropic's directory. 35Top MCP ServersMCP servers directory on this site, relevant to plugins that bundle servers. 36Token Optimization ToolsReducing context and token use, relevant to plugin footprint.

Related Pages

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Neighbouring pages on this site.

37AI Coding AgentsCoding agents directory. 38A Meta-Harness for AI AgentsLayer above coding-agent harnesses. 39MCP Servers for AI DevelopersMCP servers for coding agents. 40AI Agent Security SolutionsSecuring agents. 41Agentic AIAgentic AI hub.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Claude Code plugin?

A directory of skills, subagents, hooks, MCP servers and other components that Claude Code installs and loads as one unit, normally from a marketplace added with the /plugin command.

Do I need a plugin, or is a skill enough?

A skill, subagent, hook or MCP server works on its own. Choose a plugin when you want several of them bundled, versioned and easy to share or install across projects.

Do plugins cost tokens?

Yes. Anthropic's documentation says the names and descriptions of an enabled plugin's skills and agents are in context on every turn, which uses context window and usage even when nothing from the plugin runs. Disable plugins you do not use.

Are plugins safe to install?

A plugin can run code with your user privileges. Read its source, prefer trusted marketplaces, pin versions and follow Anthropic's plugin security guidance before installing.

Where did the ten newer plugins come from?

From a September 2026 Medium article, which is member-only. This page links each project's own repository or site instead of repeating the article, and it marks the one item the article did not link.

How current is this page?

Links and project activity were checked in October 2026. Plugins, skills and marketplaces change quickly, and star counts and feature claims come from the projects themselves, so none are quoted here. A plugin runs with your user privileges, so review its code before installing. Sites that block automated checks are kept and may need a manual click.