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7/20/2026

The original title is "Stop copy-pasting AI skills between repos: package them as Claude Code plugins"
Original: Stop copy-pasting AI skills between repos: package them as Claude Code plugins
Short summary
A developer shares how to package reusable AI skills as Claude Code plugins instead of copy-pasting them across repositories. Plugins are structured git repos with a marketplace.json catalog and plugin.json manifest, installable at user or project scope via two commands. Once registered, skills auto-trigger across all repos and update with a single marketplace refresh, creating one source of truth for shared team knowledge.
- •Claude Code plugins are structured git repos with marketplace.json and plugin.json
- •Install at user or project scope with two commands
- •Single source of truth replaces copy-pasting skills across repos
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