Support external plugins in marketplace.json generation#876
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Pull request overview
Adds support for listing external plugins (hosted outside plugins/) by merging a curated plugins/external.json file into the generated plugin marketplace during build.
Changes:
- Introduces
plugins/external.jsonas the source of hand-curated external plugin entries. - Extends
eng/generate-marketplace.mjsto load, merge, warn on name collisions, and sort plugins by name. - Updates contributor/developer docs to explain how to add external plugins.
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
plugins/external.json |
Adds a new curated list for external plugin marketplace entries. |
eng/generate-marketplace.mjs |
Loads/merges external plugins into marketplace generation, adds sorting + logging. |
CONTRIBUTING.md |
Documents the external plugin entry format and how to add them. |
AGENTS.md |
Adds workflow steps for contributing external plugins. |
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The marketplace currently only includes plugins that live as local directories in plugins/. This makes it impossible to list plugins hosted in external GitHub repos, npm packages, or other git URLs. Add plugins/external.json as a hand-curated list of external plugin entries following the Claude Code plugin marketplace spec. The generate-marketplace script now reads this file and merges external entries as-is into the generated marketplace.json, sorted by name. Changes: - Add plugins/external.json (empty array, ready for entries) - Update eng/generate-marketplace.mjs to load, merge, and sort external plugins; warn on duplicate names; log counts - Document the external plugin workflow in CONTRIBUTING.md and AGENTS.md Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Summary
The marketplace currently only includes plugins that live as local directories in
plugins/. This makes it impossible to list plugins hosted in external GitHub repos, npm packages, or other git URLs.This PR adds support for external plugins via a
plugins/external.jsonfile, which is merged into the generatedmarketplace.jsonduring build.Changes
plugins/external.json(new) -- Empty array, ready for hand-curated external plugin entries following the Claude Code plugin marketplace spec.eng/generate-marketplace.mjs-- AddedreadExternalPlugins()to load and mergeplugins/external.jsonentries as-is into the marketplace output. The combined list is sorted by name (case-insensitive), with duplicate-name warnings and local/external count logging.CONTRIBUTING.md-- Added "Adding External Plugins" section with JSON format examples and supported source types (github, url, npm, pip).AGENTS.md-- Added "For External Plugins" steps to the development workflow section.How it works
plugins/external.jsonwithname,source(object), anddescriptionnpm run buildreads both local plugin directories andexternal.json