Claude Code plugins: the best ones and how to install them
Plugins add skills, commands, agents, hooks and MCP servers to Claude Code in one install. The most starred ones and how to add a marketplace.
A Claude Code plugin is a package of skills, slash commands, agents, hooks and MCP servers that installs into Claude Code in one step from a marketplace, a catalog of plugins kept in a GitHub repo.
Also called Claude Code plugins, plugin marketplace, claude-plugins-official.
A Claude Code plugin is one install that can add several things at once: skills, slash commands, agents, hooks and MCP servers. Plugins come from marketplaces, catalogs of plugins kept in a repo; Anthropic's official one is added for you. Compare Claude skills, which are single folders, and MCP servers, which connect an assistant to an app.
Claude Code plugins are packages that add skills, slash commands, agents, hooks and MCP servers to Claude Code in one install. Run /plugin in Claude Code to browse Anthropic's official marketplace, which is already added for you, then pick a plugin and a scope.
The one thing to know first: a plugin can run hooks and servers on your machine, so read what it will install before you say yes. Anthropic does not review third-party marketplaces.
Official vs community marketplaces. Anthropic runs two. The official one, claude-plugins-official, holds Anthropic's own plugins such as commit-commands, code-review and feature-dev, plus plugins from partners and other authors. It is added the first time you start Claude Code and it updates itself. The community one, claude-community, holds plugins that authors submitted to Anthropic; add it with /plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community. You can also search everything on the Claude Marketplace website, which shows install counts and marks some plugins Anthropic verified.
Author marketplaces. Many popular plugins, such as claude-mem and Understand Anything, live in their author's own GitHub repo. Add the repo with /plugin marketplace add <owner>/<repo>, then install with /plugin install <plugin>@<marketplace-name>. Claude Code prints the marketplace name when it adds the repo. The old claude-code-plugins marketplace in anthropics/claude-code is deprecated; skip tutorials that tell you to add it.
Which to pick. The most starred plugin is Superpowers, which makes Claude Code plan and test before it codes, and it installs from the official marketplace. The lists below rank plugins by GitHub stars and link to a full guide for each.
Good for
- Claude Code users who want a ready-made routine in one install
- Teams that want the same commands and checks on every machine
- Developers choosing between the official and community marketplaces
- Anyone who wants to package their own skills and hooks
Most starred plugins with a full guide
Plugins we have written a full guide for, ordered by GitHub stars on their repo as of November 2, 2026. Stars belong to the repo, so plugins that share one repo are counted once.
- 1SuperpowersOfficial marketplacePlugin
Makes Claude Code brainstorm, plan, write tests first and review its own work before it calls a job done. Installs from the official marketplace.
1Hooks - 2claude-memPlugin
Gives Claude Code a memory of past sessions. Its hooks record what Claude does and load the useful notes next time.
11Hooks - 3Understand AnythingPlugin
Maps your codebase into an interactive graph you can explore and ask questions about.
2Hooks - 4career-opsPlugin
Turns Claude Code into a job-search assistant: scores jobs against your CV, tailors applications and tracks them.
1Hooks - 5HyperFramesPlugin
HeyGen's skills for writing a video as HTML and rendering it to MP4 on your own machine.
0Hooks - 6academic-research-skillsPlugin
Takes an academic paper from research question to reviewed draft, pausing for your approval at each stage.
2Hooks
Anthropic's own plugins, A to Z
Eleven of Anthropic's own plugins from the official marketplace, claude-plugins-official, picked for general use and shown A to Z. They share one repo, so there is no per-plugin popularity count to rank by.
- code-reviewPlugin
Reviews a pull request with several agents and reports only issues it is confident about.
46K GitHub stars - commit-commandsPlugin
Adds commands to commit, push and open a pull request.
46K GitHub stars - feature-devPlugin
A feature workflow with agents that explore the codebase, design the change and review it.
46K GitHub stars - frontend-designPlugin
Anthropic's frontend-design skill as a one-step plugin install.
46K GitHub stars - hookifyPlugin
Helps you write hooks that stop Claude from repeating behavior you do not want.
46K GitHub stars - plugin-devPlugin
Skills and agents for building your own plugin: commands, hooks, agents and MCP servers.
46K GitHub stars - pr-review-toolkitPlugin
Six review agents that check comments, tests, error handling, types and code quality.
46K GitHub stars - ralph-loopPlugin
Runs Claude in a loop on the same task until it is done. Formerly called ralph-wiggum.
46K GitHub stars - security-guidancePlugin
Warns about risky patterns as Claude edits code and reviews the diff before you commit.
46K GitHub stars - skill-creatorPlugin
Anthropic's skill-creator as a plugin, for writing and testing your own skills.
46K GitHub stars - typescript-lspPlugin
Connects a TypeScript language server so Claude sees types and errors as it edits. Other languages have their own LSP plugin.
46K GitHub stars
Most starred plugins
60 · by stars
- rea
Reverse engineer anything with agents, from app behavior down to native binaries.
418K GitHub stars - superpowers
Core skills library for Claude Code: TDD, debugging, collaboration patterns, and proven techniques
311K GitHub stars - mattpocock-skills
Matt Pocock's agent skills for real engineering: grilling, spec/ticket flows, TDD, code review, domain modelling and more. Plug-and-play, not vibe coding.
309K GitHub stars - ecc
Harness-native ECC plugin for engineering teams - 71 agents, 314 skills, 98 legacy command shims, reusable hooks, rules, MCP conventions, and operator workflows for Claude Code plus adjacent agent harnesses
295K GitHub stars - andrej-karpathy-skills
Behavioral guidelines to reduce common LLM coding mistakes, derived from Andrej Karpathy's observations on LLM coding pitfalls
228K GitHub stars - document-skills
Collection of document processing suite including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and PDF capabilities
186K GitHub stars - ponytail
Lazy senior dev mode. Forces the simplest, shortest solution that actually works: YAGNI, stdlib first, no unrequested abstractions.
182K GitHub stars - ui-ux-pro-max
UI/UX design intelligence. Searchable local database with 79 styles, 192 palettes, 74 font pairings, 25 charts, and 22 stacks (React, Next.js, Vue, Nuxt.js, Nuxt UI, Svelte, Astro, SwiftUI, React Native, Flutter, Tailwind, shadcn/ui, Jetpack Compose, Angular, Laravel, JavaFX, WPF, WinUI, Avalonia, U
144K GitHub stars - nextjs
Official Next.js skills: adopt and optimize Cache Components, adopt Partial Prefetching, and verify runtime behavior against a running dev server.
143K GitHub stars - caveman
Ultra-compressed communication mode. Shortens prose while preserving technical terms, code, commands, and exact errors.
117K GitHub stars - agent-skills
Production-grade engineering skills for AI coding agents — covering the full software development lifecycle from spec to ship.
113K GitHub stars - claude-mem
Memory compression system for Claude Code - persist context across sessions
109K GitHub stars - claude-mem-cowork
Claude-Mem for Cowork: captures tool use via hooks, streams fragments to cmem.ai (Pro runs the observer), and injects observations back into new sessions and spawned agents.
109K GitHub stars - taste-skill
tasteskill v2: art direction for websites, product pages, dashboards and app screens, with a library of researched directions, real pictures from open collections and a real-browser inspector.
108K GitHub stars - impeccable
Design fluency for frontend development. 1 skill with 24 commands (/impeccable polish, /impeccable audit, /impeccable critique, etc.) and curated anti-pattern detection.
99K GitHub stars - understand-anything
AI-powered codebase understanding — analyze, visualize, and explain any project
90K GitHub stars - claude-flow
Enterprise AI agent orchestration plugin with 150+ commands, 74+ specialized agents, SPARC methodology, swarm coordination, GitHub integration, and neural training capabilities
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-adr
ADR lifecycle management — create, index, reconcile, supersede, check compliance, and link Architecture Decision Records to code via AgentDB hierarchical store + causal edges (supersedes/amends/depends-on/related)
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-agent
Local WASM and managed cloud runtimes with bounded dynamic workflows, live capability discovery and session-local mod policy.
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-agentdb
Substrate plugin for Ruflo memory: AgentDB controller bridge (15 agentdb_* MCP tools), RuVector ONNX embeddings (10 embeddings_* tools incl. RaBitQ 32x quantization), and WASM HNSW pattern router (3 ruvllm_hnsw_* tools). As a mod (ADR-445): opt-in safe recall into the prompt, a write guard that keep
81K GitHub stars
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- ruflo-agntcy
AGNTCY/Outshift Internet-of-Cognition runtime integration for Ruflo — SLIM secure transport for cross-host agent coordination, CASA intent-scoped tool authorization enforcement, optional IOC Layer 9 coordination events, and AGNTCY identity/observability spans (ADR-380). Optional, removable augmentat
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-ai-team
Give Claude a tenant-isolated AI team that divides work, coordinates progress, recalls approved context, and returns evidence-backed results.
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-aidefence
AI safety scanning, PII detection, prompt injection defense, and adaptive threat learning
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-autopilot
Autonomous /loop-driven task completion with learning, prediction, and progress tracking — wraps 10 autopilot_* MCP tools (status/enable/disable/config/reset/log/progress/learn/history/predict)
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-bbs-federation
AgentBBS cross-host agent federation for ruflo (ADR-164). Phase 1 exposes room coordination — federation_bbs_register / federation_bbs_publish / federation_bbs_watch / federation_bbs_human_join. Phase 2 (v3.40.0) adds signed cross-host federation — federation_bbs_identity (persistent Ed25519 node id
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-browser
Session-as-skill browser automation: Playwright + RVF cognitive containers + ruvector trajectories + AgentDB selector memory + AIDefence PII/injection gates As a mod (ADR-445 pattern): a tighten-only tool guard, a local slash command, and a status file the console shows.
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-business-pods
ADR-164 Phase 2 — business-domain pod templates for the federated business autopilot. Ships the sales pod template (templates/sales.json) and a single-tick runner (scripts/pod-tick.mjs) that pre-flights templates via business_pod_validate, reserves budget through a file-based stub ledger (atomic SQL
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-console
ruflo's cockpit inside Claude Code and the one /ruflo command for every ruflo mod (function hooks, early access). Views: overview with health alerts, swarm topology graph, claims flow with TTL rings, federation map, plugin health matrix, learning curve and pipeline, MetaHarness radar and audit trend
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-core
Foundation plugin — registers the ruflo MCP server (300+ tools across memory/agentdb/embeddings/hooks/aidefence/neural/autopilot/browser/agent/swarm), provides 4 generalist agents (coder/researcher/reviewer/witness-curator), 5 skills (discover-plugins/init-project/ruflo-doctor/ruflo-status/witness),
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-cost-tracker
Token usage tracking, model cost attribution per agent, budget alerts, and optimization recommendations — uses memory_* (namespace-routed) for cost-tracking and cost-patterns; pairs with federation budget circuit breaker (ADR-097)
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-daa
Dynamic Agentic Architecture — 8 daa_* MCP tools for adaptive agents (create/adapt), cognitive patterns, workflows (create/execute), knowledge sharing, and learning/performance metrics. Feeds the JUDGE phase of the 4-step intelligence pipeline.
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-ddd
Domain-Driven Design scaffolding — bounded contexts, aggregate roots, domain events, value objects, repositories, and anti-corruption layers; navigable domain graph stored in AgentDB
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-deepseek-harness
DeepSeek model harness for ruflo — agents, commands, scripts, and skills for running and evaluating DeepSeek-backed workflows within the ruflo swarm.
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-docs
Documentation generation, API docs (JSDoc/TSDoc/OpenAPI), and drift detection — drives the `document` background worker via hooks_worker-dispatch; uses Haiku model for cost-efficient docs work
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-federation
Cross-installation agent federation with zero-trust security, peer discovery, consensus-based task routing, and per-call budget circuit breaker (ADR-097)
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-goals
Long-horizon goal planning, deep research orchestration, and adaptive replanning using GOAP algorithms
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-intelligence
User-facing surface for Ruflo's self-learning system: 6 neural_* + 10 hooks_intelligence_* + 6 routing/meta hooks + 3 hooks_model-* + 4 SONA/MicroLoRA tools (29 total). Implements the 4-step pipeline (RETRIEVE → JUDGE → DISTILL → CONSOLIDATE) and IPFS-based cross-project pattern transfer.
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-iot-cognitum
IoT device lifecycle, telemetry anomaly detection, fleet management, and witness chain verification for Cognitum Seed hardware
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-jujutsu
Advanced git workflows with diff analysis, risk scoring, change classification (feature/bugfix/refactor/...), and reviewer recommendations — wraps 6 analyze_* MCP tools (diff, diff-risk, diff-classify, diff-reviewers, file-risk, diff-stats). As a mod (ADR-445): a PR-text and merge/close guard, /juju
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-knowledge-graph
Knowledge graph construction — entity extraction, relation mapping, and pathfinder graph traversal. As a mod (ADR-445): keeps secrets out of the graph, confirms graph deletes, /kg-mod, and a status file the console shows
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-loop-workers
Cache-aware /loop workers and CronCreate background automation — wraps 5 hooks_worker-* MCP tools (list/dispatch/status/detect/cancel) and exposes 12 background worker triggers (ultralearn, optimize, consolidate, predict, audit, map, preload, deepdive, document, refactor, benchmark, testgaps). As a
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-market-data
Market data ingestion — feed normalization, OHLCV vectorization, and HNSW-indexed pattern matching. As a mod (ADR-445): keeps credentials and credentialed feed URLs out of market memory, /market-mod, and a status file the console shows
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-metaharness
MetaHarness integration for ruflo — surfaces score/genome/mint/mcp-scan/threat-model via skills; pairs with @metaharness/router (ADR-148/149) for cost-optimal model routing; honors ADR-150's architectural constraint that MetaHarness remains an optional augmentation, never a required runtime dependen
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-migrations
Schema migration management — generate, validate, dry-run, and rollback database migrations. As a mod (ADR-445): a tighten-only guard on its tools, /migrations-mod, and a status file the console shows
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-music
AI music generation via Cognitum Music (cogmusic MCP) — compose lyrics/prompts, generate tracks, separate stems, extract MIDI, and master through your own music.cognitum.one account. As a mod (ADR-445): a tighten-only guard on its tools, /music-mod, and a status file the console shows
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-neural-trader
Neural trading via npx neural-trader — self-learning strategies, Rust/NAPI backtesting, 112+ MCP tools, swarm coordination, and portfolio optimization. As a mod (ADR-445): a tighten-only guard on its tools, /trader-mod, and a status file the console shows
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-observability
Structured logging, distributed tracing, and metrics — correlate agent swarm activity with application telemetry. As a mod (ADR-445): a tighten-only guard on its tools, /observe-mod, and a status file the console shows
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-plugin-creator
Scaffold, validate, and publish new Claude Code plugins with the canonical plugin contract — now including governed Claude Code mods (function hooks), ADR + smoke + Compatibility + namespace coordination + MCP-tool drift warnings. As a mod (ADR-445): /creator-mod (status, reserved names, a plugin co
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-rag-memory
RuVector memory with HNSW search, AgentDB, and semantic retrieval. As a mod (ADR-445): a write guard that keeps secrets out of memory, /rag-mod, and a status file the console shows
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-ruos
Run ruflo swarm agents on your own ruOS cloud desktops via the tenant-authenticated fleet MCP or per-tenant SSH; optional and removable (ADR-405)
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-rure
Statically analyze a local JS/Electron app you're authorized to study, with file+line evidence, and build an original reimplementation of what you find. Experimental. Phase 1: JS/Electron static analysis. Phase 2: native ELF/PE/Mach-O container inspection. Phase 3: .NET assembly metadata. Phase 4: E
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-ruvector
Self-learning vector database via npx ruvector@0.3.3 — HNSW, adaptive LoRA embeddings, code-graph clustering, hooks routing, brain/SONA, 103 MCP tools. As a mod (ADR-445): a write guard that keeps secrets out of the vector store and shared brain, /ruvector-mod, and a status file the console shows
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-ruvllm
RuVLLM local inference with chat formatting (Claude/GPT/Gemini/Ollama/Cohere), model configuration, MicroLoRA fine-tuning, and SONA real-time adaptation. As a mod (ADR-445): a guard that keeps secrets out of adapters and the pattern router, /ruvllm-mod, and a status file the console shows
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-rvf
RVF format for portable agent memory, session persistence, and cross-platform transfer. As a mod (ADR-445): a write guard that keeps secrets out of memory, sessions and transfers, /rvf-mod, and a status file the console shows
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-security-audit
Security review, dependency scanning, policy gates, and CVE monitoring
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-sparc
SPARC methodology — Specification, Pseudocode, Architecture, Refinement, Completion phases with gate checks
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-swarm
Agent teams, swarm coordination, Monitor streams, and worktree isolation — wraps 4 swarm_* + 8 agent_* MCP tools (12 total) plus 6 topologies (hierarchical / mesh / hierarchical-mesh / ring / star / adaptive). With Claude Code function hooks on (early access), a live swarm pane: agent tiles lit by r
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-testgen
Test gap detection, coverage analysis, and automated test generation — drives the testgaps background worker via hooks_worker-dispatch; SPARC Refinement-phase canonical owner
81K GitHub stars - ruflo-workflows
Persisted workflows, native orchestration and discovery of the optional managed cloud runtime.
81K GitHub stars - career-ops
Open-source AI job search that runs locally in your AI coding CLI: scan job portals, evaluate listings into a structured A-H report with a 1-5 score, tailor your CV, track applications
79K GitHub stars
Verdict
Start with Superpowers from the official marketplace if you want Claude Code to plan and test before it codes. Read what any plugin's hooks run before you install it.
Our pick: Superpowers
Start with Superpowers from the official marketplace if you want Claude Code to plan and test before it codes. Its main limit: it is thorough and slow, and its author says it uses a lot of tokens, so skip it for quick fixes.
Best for
- Claude Code users who want a ready-made routine, not loose prompts
- Teams that want the same commands and checks on every machine
Skip it if
- You work only in cloud sessions, which do not load plugins installed on your machine
- You will not read what a plugin's hooks and servers run
Comparison
Start with the official marketplace: it is already there and keeps itself updated. Whichever marketplace a plugin comes from, read what it installs first; Anthropic does not review third-party marketplaces such as an author's own.
| Option | Install suffix | Added for you | Who lists plugins | Auto-updates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official marketplaceThis page | @claude-plugins-official | Yes | Anthropic and partners | Yes |
| Community marketplace | @claude-community | No | Authors who submit | No |
| An author's own marketplace | Set by the author | No | The author | No |
Add a marketplace and install a plugin
Claude
- 1
Open the plugin panel
Start Claude Code in your project with
claude, then run/plugin. The Discover tab lists plugins from every marketplace you have added. Type to search. - 2
Add a marketplace if the plugin is not listed
Skip this for plugins in the official marketplace. For anything else, add the author's repo once:
/plugin marketplace add thedotmack/claude-memFor the community marketplace, use
anthropics/claude-plugins-community. Claude Code prints the marketplace name when it succeeds.Uses claude-mem
- 3
Open the plugin and read what it installs
Run
/plugin installwith the plugin and marketplace name:/plugin install superpowers@claude-plugins-officialThis opens the plugin's details instead of installing at once. Will install lists its commands, agents, skills, hooks and servers. Read it before you go on.
Uses Superpowers
- 4
Choose a scope
Pick Install for you to get it in every project, Install for all collaborators on this repository to share it through the repo settings, or Install for you, in this repo only.
- 5
Check it works
If the summary says
Run /reload-plugins to apply, Claude Code reloads for you. Then type/and look for the plugin's commands, shown as/<plugin>:<skill>. Use the Installed tab in/pluginto disable, update or uninstall it later.Tip: From a shell or setup script, use `claude plugin install <plugin>@<marketplace>` instead.
How we ranked these
The first list is ordered by GitHub stars on November 2, 2026, one entry per repo. The second list is A to Z.
| Criterion | Weight | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 100% | Stars on the GitHub repo that holds the plugin, read on November 2, 2026. This is the order of the first list. |
| One entry per repo | Stars belong to a repo, not a plugin, so a repo that ships many plugins appears once. Copies of popular repos posted under other accounts are left out. | |
| Full guide | The first list only includes plugins we have written a full guide for. The full top 60 by stars is in the directory list. | |
| Official list | The second list is not ranked. It holds Anthropic's own plugins from the official marketplace, A to Z. |
Data as of 2026-11-02
Questions
What are the best Claude Code plugins?
By GitHub stars in November 2026, Superpowers leads by a wide margin, followed by claude-mem and Understand Anything. For Anthropic's own, commit-commands, code-review and feature-dev are the ones its docs name first. The lists above link to a guide for each.
How do I install a Claude Code plugin?
Run /plugin install <plugin>@<marketplace> in Claude Code, read what it will install, then pick a scope. For a plugin outside the official marketplace, run /plugin marketplace add <owner>/<repo> first. The steps above walk through it.
What is claude-plugins-official?
It is Anthropic's official plugin marketplace, kept in the anthropics/claude-plugins-official repo. Claude Code adds it for you the first time you start it, so its plugins install with the @claude-plugins-official suffix and no extra step.
What is the difference between the official and community marketplaces?
The official marketplace holds Anthropic's plugins plus ones from partners and other authors, is added for you and updates itself. The community marketplace, claude-community, holds plugins authors submitted to Anthropic; you add it yourself and it does not auto-update.
How do I add a plugin marketplace?
Run /plugin marketplace add with a GitHub owner/repo, a git URL, a local folder or a link to a marketplace.json file. Claude Code prints the marketplace name, which is what you type after @ when you install.
Are Claude Code plugins safe?
Only as safe as their author. A plugin can run hooks and MCP servers, which run commands on your machine. Anthropic does not review third-party marketplaces, so read the Will install list and the plugin's hooks before you install.
What is the difference between a plugin, a skill and an MCP server?
A skill is one folder of instructions. An MCP server connects Claude to an app. A plugin is a package that can hold skills, commands, agents, hooks and MCP servers together and installs in one step. See Claude skills.
Do plugins work in the Claude Code desktop app and VS Code?
Yes. The desktop app's Code tab and the VS Code extension each have a plugin browser, and a plugin installed for you in one is available in the others on the same computer. Cloud sessions do not load plugins installed on your machine.
Can I use Claude Code plugins in Claude.ai?
Partly. Plugins you turn on in your claude.ai account sync into Claude Code. Plugins you install with /plugin stay on your machine and do not appear on claude.ai.
How do I update or remove a plugin?
Open /plugin, go to the Installed tab and choose update, disable or uninstall. From a shell, claude plugin update <plugin>@<marketplace> updates one plugin. Plugins from the official marketplace update on their own.
Sources
Docs, issue trackers and discussions this page is built from.
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- Install and manage plugins · code.claude.com
- Anthropic's marketplaces · code.claude.com
- obra/superpowers · github.com
- thedotmack/claude-mem · github.com
- egonex-ai/understand-anything · github.com
- career-ops-hq/career-ops · github.com
- heygen-com/hyperframes · github.com
- imbad0202/academic-research-skills · github.com
- Superpowers 6 · blog.fsck.com
- Plugin security and trust · code.claude.com