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Introduction to Claude Code Plugins

8 Topics • 22 Lessons

Extend Claude Code with plugins - commands, agents, hooks, MCP servers, and skills, plus building and sharing your own.

Course Contents

Start Here

1 lesson

Welcome & How to Use This Course

What Plugins Are & Why

3 lessons

What a Plugin Is

Why Use Plugins

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Installing & Managing Plugins

3 lessons

Installing Plugins from a Marketplace

Managing Plugins and Scopes

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Anatomy of a Plugin

3 lessons

The Plugin Directory Layout

The Manifest and Namespacing

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Commands & Subagents in a Plugin

3 lessons

Bundling Slash Commands

Bundling Subagents

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Hooks & MCP Servers in a Plugin

3 lessons

Hooks in a Plugin

MCP Servers in a Plugin

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Build Your Own Plugin

3 lessons

Scaffold and Write the Manifest

Add a Command and Skill, Then Test Locally

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Marketplaces: Publish and Share

3 lessons

Build a Marketplace

Version, Publish, and Course Recap

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