Claude Code Plugins High Level

To skim through all available tools provided by Claude Code:

Claude Code Plugins — High‑Level Reference

This is a high‑level, memory‑oriented overview of all official plugins in anthropics/claude-plugins-official / plugins.

For each plugin:

  • what it’s for
  • when to reach for it
  • 1‑line prompt example to activate it

Core Agent & Skill Development

agent-sdk-dev

Purpose: SDK and tooling for building Claude agents and agent-based workflows.

Prompt example:

“Create a custom agent that specializes in onboarding new backend engineers.”


plugin-dev

Purpose: Canonical guidance and structure for writing Claude plugins and skills.

Prompt example:

“Show me how to structure a new Claude plugin with multiple skills.”


skill-creator

Purpose: Rapid scaffolding of new skills with correct metadata and layout.

Prompt example:

“Scaffold a new skill that helps review system design documents.”


example-plugin

Purpose: Reference implementation demonstrating best practices.

Prompt example:

“Walk me through this example plugin and explain why it’s structured this way.”


Language & IDE Intelligence (LSP)

Enables IDE‑like understanding of codebases

clangd-lsp (C / C++)

Prompt example:

“Explain how this C++ project is structured and where execution begins.”


csharp-lsp (C#)

Prompt example:

“Identify potential null reference issues in this C# code.”


gopls-lsp (Go)

Prompt example:

“Analyze this Go service and explain its concurrency model.”


jdtls-lsp (Java)

Prompt example:

“Help me understand this Spring Boot project’s architecture.”


kotlin-lsp

Prompt example:

“Explain how this Kotlin code uses coroutines.”


lua-lsp

Prompt example:

“Describe what this Lua script does and how it’s invoked.”


php-lsp

Prompt example:

“Find security risks in this PHP controller.”


pyright-lsp (Python)

Prompt example:

“Explain the data flow in this Python package.”


ruby-lsp

Prompt example:

“Explain how this Rails app handles requests.”


rust-analyzer-lsp

Prompt example:

“Help me understand ownership and lifetimes in this Rust module.”


swift-lsp

Prompt example:

“Explain this SwiftUI view hierarchy.”


typescript-lsp (TypeScript / JavaScript)

Prompt example:

“Trace state flow in this React component tree.”


Code Quality, Review & Git

code-review

Purpose: Structured, standards‑driven code reviews.

Prompt example:

“Review this PR for readability, correctness, and maintainability.”


pr-review-toolkit

Purpose: Pull‑request analysis and review automation.

Prompt example:

“Summarize risks and required changes in this pull request.”


code-simplifier

Purpose: Refactoring and reducing complexity.

Prompt example:

“Refactor this function to be simpler and easier to test.”


commit-commands

Purpose: Commit and workflow hygiene.

Prompt example:

“Generate a clean, conventional commit message for these changes.”


Documentation & Output Control

claude-md-management

Purpose: Structured Markdown and document generation.

Prompt example:

“Generate a clean README for this repository.”


explanatory-output-style

Purpose: Clear, well‑structured explanations.

Prompt example:

“Explain this system design as if to a senior executive.”


learning-output-style

Purpose: Teaching‑first explanations and scaffolding.

Prompt example:

“Teach me this topic step by step like a short course.”


session-report

Purpose: Summarize conversations into structured reports.

Prompt example:

“Summarize today’s discussion into a decision document.”


Frontend & Design

frontend-design

Purpose: Frontend architecture, UI, and UX guidance.

Prompt example:

“Review this UI design for usability and accessibility concerns.”


Security & Safety

security-guidance

Purpose: Secure coding practices and risk awareness.

Prompt example:

“Identify potential security risks in this authentication flow.”


Workflow Automation

hookify

Purpose: Hook‑based task automation.

Prompt example:

“Run a script automatically after every successful build.”


ralph-loop

Purpose: Iterative feedback and optimization loops.

Prompt example:

“Iteratively improve this implementation until it meets best practices.”


playground

Purpose: Safe experimentation environment.

Prompt example:

“Try out a speculative refactor without touching prod code.”


Specialized / Experimental

math-olympiad

Purpose: Deep mathematical reasoning and proofs.

Prompt example:

“Solve this problem step by step and justify each assumption.”


mcp-server-dev

Purpose: Build and extend Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.

Prompt example:

“Help me design an MCP server for an internal data source.”


Quick Mental Shortcut

  • Understand or review code → LSP plugins
  • Review, refactor, or commit code → code-review, code-simplifier
  • Docs and explanations → claude-md-management, explanatory-output-style
  • Automation or iteration → hookify, ralph-loop
  • Hard thinking (math, architecture, strategy) → math-olympiad, enterprise-style reasoning

Document name: Claude Code Plugins — High‑Level

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