create-plugin

Create Plugin Skill

Creates a new Claude Code plugin with the standard directory structure.

What it creates

[plugin-name]/
├── .claude-plugin/
│   └── plugin.json     # Plugin manifest
├── commands/           # Slash commands
├── skills/             # Auto-activating domain knowledge
├── agents/             # Autonomous task performers
├── rules/              # File-pattern guidelines
├── .mcp.json           # MCP configuration (if examples enabled)
└── README.md           # Documentation

Usage

Ask Claude to create a plugin:

• "Create a plugin called my-helper"
• "Scaffold a new plugin for code review"
• "Make a plugin skeleton with examples"

Required Information

1. Plugin name - lowercase with hyphens (e.g., my-plugin)
2. Description - What the plugin does
3. Author - GitHub username (for install instructions)
4. Include examples? - Whether to add example command/skill files

Process

1. Ask for the required information if not provided
2. Run the create-plugin.py script from this skill's scripts directory
3. The script creates all directories and files
4. Tell user how to test: claude --plugin-dir ./[name]

Script Location

The creation script is at: skills/create-plugin/scripts/create-plugin.py (relative to the plugin root)

Run it with:

# With all arguments
python plugins/claude-code-tutorial/skills/create-plugin/scripts/create-plugin.py my-plugin "My plugin description" --author myusername --examples

# Interactive mode (prompts for each value)
python plugins/claude-code-tutorial/skills/create-plugin/scripts/create-plugin.py