Anthropic opens an official plugin directory for Claude Code

Anthropic has put up a company-managed directory of Claude Code plugins at github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official, and it has climbed to roughly 40,000 stars since its November launch. The repo splits into two folders: /plugins, with Anthropic-built tools for LSP support across 12 languages, PR review, git workflows, output formatting, and code quality; and /external_plugins, where third-party tools from GitHub, GitLab, Linear, Asana, Firebase, Playwright, Terraform, and Discord go after passing quality and security screening. Installation is straightforward — `/plugin install {name}@claude-plugins-official` or browse in `/plugin > Discover`. Anthropic is blunt in the README, though: even listed plugins can bundle third-party MCP servers and software it can't verify, so trust a plugin before you install it.

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