MCP Integration for Plugins
anthropics/claude-plugins-official
Explains how to bundle Model Context Protocol servers in a Claude Code plugin, covering config files, stdio, SSE, HTTP and WebSocket server types, and authentication.
Scaffold a new Claude Code plugin with proper directory structure, plugin.json, skills, commands, and agents
$ npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill create-plugin -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install ruvnet/ruflo create-plugin --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ruflo-plugin-creator/skills/create-plugin .claude/skills/create-plugin && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "create-plugin" agent skill from https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo/tree/main/plugins/ruflo-plugin-creator/skills/create-plugin into .claude/skills/create-plugin/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "create-plugin", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo/tree/main/plugins/ruflo-plugin-creator/skills/create-pluginType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill create-plugin -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install ruvnet/ruflo create-plugin --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ruflo-plugin-creator/skills/create-plugin .agents/skills/create-plugin && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "create-plugin" agent skill from https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo/tree/main/plugins/ruflo-plugin-creator/skills/create-plugin into .agents/skills/create-plugin/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "create-plugin", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill create-plugin -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install ruvnet/ruflo create-plugin --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ruflo-plugin-creator/skills/create-plugin .cursor/skills/create-plugin && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "create-plugin" agent skill from https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo/tree/main/plugins/ruflo-plugin-creator/skills/create-plugin into .cursor/skills/create-plugin/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "create-plugin", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo.git --path plugins/ruflo-plugin-creator/skills/create-plugin--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill create-plugin -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install ruvnet/ruflo create-plugin --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ruflo-plugin-creator/skills/create-plugin .gemini/skills/create-plugin && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "create-plugin" agent skill from https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo/tree/main/plugins/ruflo-plugin-creator/skills/create-plugin into .gemini/skills/create-plugin/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "create-plugin", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install ruvnet/ruflo create-pluginInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill create-plugin -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ruflo-plugin-creator/skills/create-plugin .github/skills/create-plugin && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "create-plugin" agent skill from https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo/tree/main/plugins/ruflo-plugin-creator/skills/create-plugin into .github/skills/create-plugin/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "create-plugin", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill create-plugin -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install ruvnet/ruflo create-plugin --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ruflo-plugin-creator/skills/create-plugin .opencode/skills/create-plugin && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "create-plugin" agent skill from https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo/tree/main/plugins/ruflo-plugin-creator/skills/create-plugin into .opencode/skills/create-plugin/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "create-plugin", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
create-pluginScaffold a new Claude Code plugin with proper directory structure, plugin.json, skills, commands, and agents
Create Plugin is an agent skill from ruvnet/ruflo. Scaffold a new Claude Code plugin with proper directory structure, plugin.json, skills, commands, and agents
Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Hooks and plugins, MCP servers and Architecture decision records. The repository describes itself as: 🌊 The original agent harness. Deploy intelligent multi-player swarms, coordinate autonomous workflows, and build conversational AI systems. Features adaptive memory…. The licence is MIT.
11 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit de590e1. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:
mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__transfer_plugin-infomcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__transfer_plugin-searchmcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__transfer_store-searchBashReadWriteEditFrom allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
bashFrom the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Create Plugin loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 31 tokens; SKILL.md has 491 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.
allowed-tools: mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__transfer_plugin-info, mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__transfer_plugin-seAutomated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
The full file from ruvnet/ruflo at commit de590e1, republished under its MIT licence (© ruvnet). 491 words, ~1,365 tokens.
.claude/skills/create-plugin/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).Scaffold a new Claude Code plugin from scratch.
When you want to create a new plugin that extends Claude Code with skills, commands, and agents. This generates the correct directory structure and wires up MCP tools.
mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__transfer_plugin-search to ensure the name isn't takenplugins/<name>/
├── .claude-plugin/
│ └── plugin.json
├── skills/
│ └── <skill-name>/
│ └── SKILL.md
├── commands/
│ └── <command-name>.md
├── agents/
│ └── <agent-name>.md
├── docs/
│ └── adrs/
│ └── 0001-<name>-contract.md # Plugin-level ADR (Proposed)
├── scripts/
│ └── smoke.sh # Structural contract (≥8 checks)
└── README.md # Compatibility + Namespace coordination + Verification + ADR sectionsskills, commands, or agents arrays — Claude Code auto-discovers these from directory structure)---
name: skill-name
description: What this skill does
allowed-tools: mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__tool1 mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__tool2 Bash
---model: sonnet@claude-flow/cli v3.6 major+minor<plugin-stem>-<intent> namespace; defer to ruflo-agentdb ADR-0001 §"Namespace convention"bash plugins/<name>/scripts/smoke.shdocs/adrs/0001-<name>-contract.md documenting: pinning, namespace coordination, MCP-tool surface count if applicable, smoke contract scope. Status: Proposed.Proposed; no wildcard tools in skills.Several plugins shipped with subtle MCP bugs the loop has been finding. Don't replicate them:
embeddings_embed does not exist. Real tool is embeddings_generate. Don't reference embeddings_embed in any allowed-tools line.agentdb_hierarchical-* does NOT route by namespace. It routes by tier (working|episodic|semantic). Pass tier, not namespace. For namespaced reads/writes, use memory_* instead.agentdb_pattern-* does NOT route by namespace. It routes through ReasoningBank. Don't pass a namespace arg — fallback writes to the reserved pattern namespace via memory-store-fallback.pattern (singular) and patterns (plural) are different namespaces. ReasoningBank fallback writes to pattern; hooks_pretrain writes to patterns. Don't conflate them.Required fields:
name — plugin identifier (kebab-case)description — what the plugin doesversion — semverRecommended fields:
author — { "name": "...", "url": "..." }homepage, license, keywordsOptional fields:
graph_adapter — ADR-130 graph intelligence contract (commented out by default in generated output):// "graph_adapter": {
// "edgeRelations": ["my-relation-type"],
// "nodeTypes": ["entity"],
// "autoRegister": true
// }autoRegister: true, the plugin's edges are automatically included in graph_edges writes
by the core graph layer. Declare edgeRelations — the relation types this plugin produces.Do NOT include skills, commands, or agents arrays in plugin.json — these are auto-discovered from the directory structure by Claude Code and will cause validation errors if present.
Browse available tools: mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__transfer_plugin-info
Common tool categories:
memory_* — storage, search, retrievalagentdb_* — 15 controller-bridge tools (do NOT pass namespace arg — they route by tier or ReasoningBank); call agentdb_controllers at runtime for the canonical listneural_* — neural training and predictionhooks_* — lifecycle hooks and intelligencebrowser_* — browser automationworkflow_* — workflow managementaidefence_* — safety scanningembeddings_* — 10 vector-embedding tools (use embeddings_generate, NOT embeddings_embed which does not exist)© ruvnet, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Just SKILL.md in plugins/ruflo-plugin-creator/skills/create-plugin of ruvnet/ruflo.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit de590e1
Create Plugin next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Create Plugin this skillruvnet/ruflo | 74k | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| MCP Integration for Pluginsanthropics/claude-plugins-official | 37k | 11 repos | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Crush Configurationcharmbracelet/crush | 29k | — | ~3.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| OpenpetsOpenPetsHQ/openpets | 1.3k | — | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Claude Automation Recommenderanthropics/claude-plugins-official | 37k | 3 repos | ~2.7k | Automated safety check: Notes | Apache-2.0 | |
| Mistral Vibe Plugin Creatormistralai/mistral-vibe | 5.1k | — | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
anthropics/claude-plugins-official
Explains how to bundle Model Context Protocol servers in a Claude Code plugin, covering config files, stdio, SSE, HTTP and WebSocket server types, and authentication.
charmbracelet/crush
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OpenPetsHQ/openpets
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anthropics/claude-plugins-official
Scans a codebase and suggests which Claude Code hooks, subagents, skills, plugins and MCP servers fit its stack, without changing any files.
mistralai/mistral-vibe
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tw93/Waza
Audits a project's agent configuration, instruction drift, hooks, MCP and AI maintainability, then reports prioritized findings with evidence and next actions.
ruvnet/ruflo
Stores, searches, and retrieves successful patterns with HNSW-indexed semantic search so agents can reuse past solutions instead of relearning them.
ruvnet/ruflo
Runs claude-flow CLI security scans for input validation, path traversal, SQL injection, XSS, hardcoded secrets and known CVEs, and writes an audit report.
ruvnet/ruflo
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ruvnet/ruflo
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ruvnet/ruflo
Sets up and drives Ruflo, an npm-installed orchestration layer for multi-agent swarms, persistent memory, routing, hooks and its MCP tool catalog.
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Reference for spawning, listing, monitoring and stopping agents with claude-flow commands, with agent type families, routing codes and coordination tips.
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Scaffold a new Claude Code plugin with proper directory structure, plugin.json, skills, commands, and agents. Create Plugin is an agent skill from ruvnet/ruflo.
Create Plugin fits situations like: tasks that involve Hooks and plugins; tasks that involve MCP servers; tasks that involve Architecture decision records.
Run `npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill create-plugin -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ruflo-plugin-creator/skills/create-plugin in ruvnet/ruflo) into .claude/skills/create-plugin in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill create-plugin -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ruflo-plugin-creator/skills/create-plugin in ruvnet/ruflo) into .agents/skills/create-plugin in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill create-plugin -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/create-plugin, .gemini/skills/create-plugin, .github/skills/create-plugin and .opencode/skills/create-plugin in your project.
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Create Plugin needs the command-line tools its instructions call (bash). Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__transfer_plugin-info, mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__transfer_plugin-search, mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__transfer_store-search, Bash, Read, Write, Edit.
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
Create Plugin is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Create Plugin: MCP Integration for Plugins (anthropics/claude-plugins-official, 37k stars), Crush Configuration (charmbracelet/crush, 29k stars), Openpets (OpenPetsHQ/openpets, 1.3k stars) and Claude Automation Recommender (anthropics/claude-plugins-official, 37k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
ruvnet (a GitHub user) maintains it in ruvnet/ruflo, which has 74,012 GitHub stars. The repository holds 264 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.
Source: ruvnet/ruflo on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.