Tools: Plugins: Share Your Entire Claude Code Setup With One Command

Introduction ## The Problem ## The Solution ## How to Use It ## Pro Tips ## Real-World Use Case ## Conclusion Stop sending 47 files across 12 directories. Start sharing your genius in one install. We've all been there. A colleague sees your Claude Code workflow in action and asks the fateful question: "Can you send me your setup?" What follows is a archaeological expedition through your file system. Custom commands scattered in one folder. Agent configurations in another. MCP server configs buried somewhere in .config. Hooks living in three different directories. Skills you forgot you even created. By the time you've gathered everything, zipped it up, written installation instructions, and answered seventeen follow-up questions, you've lost half a day. The plugin system changes everything. Your entire Claude Code setup—commands, agents, skills, hooks, MCP configurations, everything—packaged into a single installable unit. Share it with one link. Install it with one command. Welcome to the era of portable AI workflows. Claude Code's power comes from its extensibility. But with great power comes great... file sprawl. A typical power user's setup might include: Each of these lives in its own location. Each has its own format. Each requires manual setup. Sharing your configuration means becoming a technical writer, creating step-by-step guides for recreating something that took you weeks to build. And discovery? Forget about it. There's no way to browse what other developers have built. No marketplace. No "trending workflows." Just isolation and reinvention. Plugins bundle everything into a single, shareable package. Found a workflow that looks interesting? One command: That's it. All the commands, agents, skills, hooks, and MCP configurations from that plugin are now available in your Claude Code instance. Browsing Available Plugins Discover what the community has built: Or browse by category: Creating Your Own Plugin Package your setup for sharing: This creates a plugin manifest that references your existing configurations. Edit the manifest to include what you want to share: Publishing Your Plugin Share with the world: Or keep it private for your team: Version Pinning: Lock to specific versions for stability: Local Development: Test plugins before publishing: Dependency Chains: Plugins can depend on other plugins. Build on community foundations instead of starting from scratch. Scoped Installs: Install plugins for specific projects only: Update Management: Keep everything current: Scenario: Your company has 50 developers. Each team has spent months building Claude Code workflows for their domain—backend, frontend, mobile, DevOps. Before Plugins: New developers spend their first week manually setting up Claude Code. They miss half the custom commands. They configure things slightly wrong. They never discover the agent that would save them hours daily. After Plugins: Day one: Three commands. Complete setup. Every tool, every convention, every integration—ready to go. When the DevOps team improves their deployment workflow, they publish an update. Everyone gets it with /plugin update. This isn't just convenience. It's institutional knowledge, packaged and distributed. Plugins transform Claude Code from a personal tool into a collaborative platform. Your best workflows become shareable assets. Community innovations become one install away. The gap between "I built something amazing" and "everyone can use it" shrinks to a single command. Tomorrow, we're diving into a feature that makes your prompt history a superpower. Tired of retyping that perfect prompt you crafted last Tuesday? Day 22 explores Ctrl+R—reverse search through your prompt history. Your past genius, instantly recallable. 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Hide child comments as well For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse CODE_BLOCK: /plugin install @username/my-awesome-setup Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode CODE_BLOCK: /plugin install @username/my-awesome-setup CODE_BLOCK: /plugin install @username/my-awesome-setup CODE_BLOCK: /plugin search code-review Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode CODE_BLOCK: /plugin search code-review CODE_BLOCK: /plugin search code-review CODE_BLOCK: /plugin browse --category productivity Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode CODE_BLOCK: /plugin browse --category productivity CODE_BLOCK: /plugin browse --category productivity CODE_BLOCK: /plugin init my-workflow Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode CODE_BLOCK: /plugin init my-workflow CODE_BLOCK: /plugin init my-workflow CODE_BLOCK: name: my-workflow version: 1.0.0 description: My complete development workflow includes: commands: - /review - /deploy-check - /security-scan agents: - code-reviewer.agent.md - security-auditor.agent.md skills: - our-api-patterns.md hooks: - pre-commit-check mcp: - github-integration Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode CODE_BLOCK: name: my-workflow version: 1.0.0 description: My complete development workflow includes: commands: - /review - /deploy-check - /security-scan agents: - code-reviewer.agent.md - security-auditor.agent.md skills: - our-api-patterns.md hooks: - pre-commit-check mcp: - github-integration CODE_BLOCK: name: my-workflow version: 1.0.0 description: My complete development workflow includes: commands: - /review - /deploy-check - /security-scan agents: - code-reviewer.agent.md - security-auditor.agent.md skills: - our-api-patterns.md hooks: - pre-commit-check mcp: - github-integration CODE_BLOCK: /plugin publish Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode CODE_BLOCK: /plugin publish CODE_BLOCK: /plugin publish CODE_BLOCK: /plugin publish --private --org my-company Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode CODE_BLOCK: /plugin publish --private --org my-company CODE_BLOCK: /plugin publish --private --org my-company CODE_BLOCK: /plugin install @username/[email protected] Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode CODE_BLOCK: /plugin install @username/[email protected] CODE_BLOCK: /plugin install @username/[email protected] CODE_BLOCK: /plugin link ./my-local-plugin Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode CODE_BLOCK: /plugin link ./my-local-plugin CODE_BLOCK: /plugin link ./my-local-plugin CODE_BLOCK: /plugin install @team/backend-workflow --project ./my-api Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode CODE_BLOCK: /plugin install @team/backend-workflow --project ./my-api CODE_BLOCK: /plugin install @team/backend-workflow --project ./my-api CODE_BLOCK: /plugin update --all Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode CODE_BLOCK: /plugin update --all CODE_BLOCK: /plugin update --all CODE_BLOCK: /plugin install @company/backend-starter /plugin install @company/code-standards /plugin install @company/security-baseline Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode CODE_BLOCK: /plugin install @company/backend-starter /plugin install @company/code-standards /plugin install @company/security-baseline CODE_BLOCK: /plugin install @company/backend-starter /plugin install @company/code-standards /plugin install @company/security-baseline - Custom slash commands for domain-specific tasks - Agent configurations tuned for different workflows - Skills that encode team-specific knowledge - Hooks that trigger on certain events - MCP server configurations for external integrations