The 5 Claude Code Plugins to Install Before You Build Anything
What to install before you build anything, and the exact commands for each one.
How This Works
Two steps, then reload
A marketplace is a catalog. Adding one lets you browse it and installs nothing. You then install individual plugins out of it. Think of it as adding an app store, then choosing apps.
Anthropic’s own marketplace, claude-plugins-official, is added for you automatically when Claude Code starts, so plugin 4 below needs only the install line. The other four live in other catalogs, so each one needs both lines.
/plugin marketplace add owner/repo /plugin install plugin-name@marketplace-name /reload-plugins
Send each line as its own message. Several of these plugins will not install if you paste both lines at once.
/reload-plugins activates what you just installed without restarting the session.
If /plugin is not recognised, your Claude Code is too old. Update it, then restart your terminal.
Not in the terminal? The Claude desktop app has the same browser under the + button next to the prompt box.
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