Plugin Marketplace Schema

Full JSON schema for .claude-plugin/marketplace.json.

Required Top-Level Fields

Field	Type	Description	Example
`name`	string	Marketplace ID (kebab-case, no spaces). Users see: `/plugin install tool@name`	`"acme-tools"`
`owner`	object	Maintainer info (`name` required, `email` optional)
`plugins`	array	List of plugin entries

Reserved Names (Cannot Use)

claude-code-marketplace, claude-code-plugins, claude-plugins-official, anthropic-marketplace, anthropic-plugins, agent-skills, life-sciences. Names impersonating official marketplaces also blocked.

Optional Metadata

Field	Type	Description
`metadata.description`	string	Brief marketplace description
`metadata.version`	string	Marketplace version
`metadata.pluginRoot`	string	Base dir prepended to relative source paths (e.g., `"./plugins"`)

Plugin Entry — Required Fields

Field	Type	Description
`name`	string	Plugin ID (kebab-case). Users see: `/plugin install name@marketplace`
`source`	string\|object	Where to fetch plugin (see `plugin-marketplace-sources.md`)

Plugin Entry — Optional Metadata

Field	Type	Description
`description`	string	Brief plugin description
`version`	string	Plugin version
`author`	object	Author info (`name` required, `email` optional)
`homepage`	string	Plugin docs URL
`repository`	string	Source code URL
`license`	string	SPDX license ID (MIT, Apache-2.0)
`keywords`	array	Discovery/categorization tags
`category`	string	Plugin category
`tags`	array	Searchability tags
`strict`	boolean	Default `true`: merges with plugin.json. `false`: marketplace entry defines plugin entirely

Plugin Entry — Component Configuration

Field	Type	Description
`commands`	string\|array	Custom paths to command files/dirs
`agents`	string\|array	Custom paths to agent files
`hooks`	string\|object	Hooks config or path to hooks file
`mcpServers`	string\|object	MCP server configs or path
`lspServers`	string\|object	LSP server configs or path

Minimal Example

{
  "name": "my-plugins",
  "owner": { "name": "Your Name" },
  "plugins": [{
    "name": "review-plugin",
    "source": "./plugins/review-plugin",
    "description": "Adds a review skill for quick code reviews"
  }]
}

Full Example

{
  "name": "company-tools",
  "owner": { "name": "DevTools Team", "email": "devtools@example.com" },
  "metadata": { "description": "Internal dev tools", "version": "1.0.0", "pluginRoot": "./plugins" },
  "plugins": [
    {
      "name": "code-formatter",
      "source": "./plugins/formatter",
      "description": "Automatic code formatting on save",
      "version": "2.1.0",
      "author": { "name": "DevTools Team" }
    },
    {
      "name": "deployment-tools",
      "source": { "source": "github", "repo": "company/deploy-plugin" },
      "description": "Deployment automation tools"
    }
  ]
}

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