Plugin
A package that gathers skills, subagents, hooks and MCP connections, so you can install them with a single command. Like a ready-made toolbox.
How it appears in the course
A plugin is a package that gathers in one place everything you’ve set up for Claude.
A plugin puts them all in a single package. That way you can give the whole setup to the team with a single command.
.claude-plugin/plugin.json: the plugin’s “ID card” (name, description, version). It’s required.
Where you learn it
In module 09 · Plugins: ready-made packages, in the Claude Code for Beginners course.
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