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plugin-dev-usage

Show plugin-dev status and explain sync workflow

npx claudepluginhub bengous/claude-code-plugins --plugin plugin-dev

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Dev tool for syncing Claude Code plugin cache from local sources.

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plugin-dev

Dev tool for syncing Claude Code plugin cache from local sources.

Current Status

!"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/plugin-dev" version 2>&1 || echo "(plugin-dev not available)"

!"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/plugin-dev" status 2>&1 || echo "(could not get status)"

Workflow

Check status: plugin-dev status — shows which plugins are stale

Sync one plugin: plugin-dev sync <name> — partial name match (e.g. plugin-dev sync meta)

Sync all: plugin-dev sync --all

Restart Claude Code — required after sync (/reload-plugins is not sufficient)

Standalone Mode

For repos not registered as a known marketplace:

CWD auto-detection: if $PWD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json exists, plugin-dev uses it automatically

Explicit source: plugin-dev --source /path/to/repo sync --all

Installation

Run /plugin-dev:install to add plugin-dev to your PATH. On Windows, run /plugin-dev:update after plugin updates to re-copy the script.

Key Paths

Path

Purpose

~/.claude/plugins/cache/

Plugin cache (what plugin-dev syncs)

~/.claude/plugins/installed_plugins.json

Installed plugin registry

~/.claude/plugins/known_marketplaces.json

Marketplace sources

plugin-dev

Dev tool for syncing Claude Code plugin cache from local sources.

Current Status

!"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/plugin-dev" version 2>&1 || echo "(plugin-dev not available)"

!"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/plugin-dev" status 2>&1 || echo "(could not get status)"

Workflow

Check status: plugin-dev status — shows which plugins are stale
Sync one plugin: plugin-dev sync <name> — partial name match (e.g. plugin-dev sync meta)
Sync all: plugin-dev sync --all
Restart Claude Code — required after sync (/reload-plugins is not sufficient)

Standalone Mode

For repos not registered as a known marketplace:

CWD auto-detection: if $PWD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json exists, plugin-dev uses it automatically
Explicit source: plugin-dev --source /path/to/repo sync --all

Installation

Run /plugin-dev:install to add plugin-dev to your PATH. On Windows, run /plugin-dev:update after plugin updates to re-copy the script.

Key Paths

Path	Purpose
`~/.claude/plugins/cache/`	Plugin cache (what plugin-dev syncs)
`~/.claude/plugins/installed_plugins.json`	Installed plugin registry
`~/.claude/plugins/known_marketplaces.json`	Marketplace sources