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30 articles about plugins in AI news
Anthropic Skipped Agent Plugins 1.0 — Here's the 3-Step Bridge to Use Them
Agent Plugins 1.0 packages convert to Claude Code with agent-plugins-bridge: relocate plugin.json, rename mcp.json, swap two tokens. Skills work as-is.
Agent Plugins 1.0.0: The Portable Plugin Standard That Makes MCP Servers
Agent Plugins 1.0.0 standardizes MCP server packaging into portable plugins. Claude Code users can create a plugin.json manifest to share tools across ChatGPT, Cursor, Copilot, and more.
Clausona: One Command to Switch Claude Code Accounts with All Your Plugins Intact
Clausona solves the multi-account problem by syncing your MCP servers, plugins, and settings across profiles—set up once, use everywhere.
OpenAI Codex Gains Screen Control, Long-Run Agents, and 90+ Plugins
OpenAI has upgraded Codex from a code-completion tool to an agentic macOS assistant that can see/click screens, run for weeks autonomously, and integrate with 90+ dev tools. This marks a strategic move into persistent, multi-modal coding agents.
DeepSeek Open-Sources Harness (dsh) With Plugin Architecture
DeepSeek open-sourced DeepSeek Harness, a plugin-based agent harness that crossed 35k GitHub stars in hours. It treats adapters, tools, and session logs as swappable plugins, addressing context-assembly pain points.
xAI Launches Grok Plugin Marketplace to Counter Claude Code's Ecosystem
xAI launched Grok Build Plugin Marketplace with 6 plugins, directly competing with Claude Code's 224,691-star open-source ecosystem. The move mirrors xAI's strategy of absorbing community momentum.
Creator Shares 5-Prompt Claude Workflow for High-Quality Content
A content creator detailed a specific 5-prompt workflow for Anthropic's Claude AI, claiming it generates superior writing to his own multi-year output. The method focuses on structured prompting without plugins.
OpenAI Codex Update Adds macOS Agent, Browser, Memory; 3M Weekly Users
OpenAI released a major Codex update featuring background macOS automation, an in-app browser, persistent memory, and 90+ plugins. With 3M weekly users and nearly half of usage now non-coding, Codex is being repositioned as a general work agent.
OpenAI Expands Codex Plugin Ecosystem to Slack, Figma, Notion, and Gmail
OpenAI has rolled out new plugins connecting its Codex model to productivity tools like Slack, Figma, Notion, and Gmail, moving code generation beyond the IDE into broader workflows.
Anthropic Expands Claude Cowork's Enterprise Reach with Customizable AI Agent Marketplace
Anthropic has launched new plugins and connectors for Claude Cowork, enabling enterprises to build private marketplaces for specialized AI agents across financial analysis, engineering, HR, and other professional domains. This expansion follows the tool's disruptive debut in legal services last month.
Cut 200-Character Prompts to a Slash Command
Claude Code Skills let you turn repetitive instructions into slash commands, cutting prompt length by 90% and standardizing team workflows. Learn how to create and use them.
Claude Code Digest — Aug 10–Aug 13
The biggest shift this week: Claude Code is moving from a prompt box to an execution platform, with policy, sandboxing, and auditability becoming more important than raw model cleverness.
Claude Code Skill Market Gini Hits 0.96
Claude Code skill adoption is a winner-take-all market (Gini 0.96). Top 1% hold 77.4% of installs; median skill gets 56. Publish niche, bundle skills, or target the fast-growing interrogation category (grill-me: 787K installs).
Claude Code 2.1.224 Drops 200-Subagent Cap: Scale Your Parallel Workflows Now
Claude Code 2.1.224 lifts the 200-subagent cap and adds cross-session SendMessage/ListAgents. Update now to run unlimited parallel agents and orchestrate multi-machine workflows.
C# SDK for MCP 2.0 Ships with Streaming, Native AOT Support
Microsoft's C# SDK for MCP 2.0 adds streaming, native AOT, and DI improvements for .NET AI agents, signaling enterprise adoption of the Anthropic-originated standard.
Claude Code Weekly Showcase: Opus 4.6 Drives Terminal-Bench 78.9%
Claude Code's weekly Reddit showcase reveals real-world usage patterns, complementing its 78.9% Terminal-Bench score. The thread highlights how recent features like Plan mode shape developer workflows.
Seedance 2.5 Drops on Magnific With 3D Motion Control
Seedance 2.5 launched on Magnific with exclusive 3D motion control, 50 references, and 30-second generations. The release marks a productization step for ByteDance's video model.
Claude Code Skills: When They Beat Vanilla Prompts (and When They Don't)
Claude Code skills (July 28, 2026) encode reusable workflows in ~/.claude/skills/. They cut tokens on repetitive tasks like design checklists but waste them on one-offs — match skill usage to task frequency.
Claude Code v2.1.221: Masked Credentials, Focus View, and 20 Security Fixes
Update to v2.1.221 for mode:"mask" credential protection, the new VSCode Focus view (Ctrl+Alt+F), and a critical zsh permission bypass fix.
Install This Open-Source Plugin for 13 Deterministic Security Workflows in
Install barvhaim/code-security-skills via Claude Code's plugin marketplace to run 13 deterministic security workflows that produce provider-neutral SARIF reports, findings, and coverage—no model guesswork.
Nimbalyst Open-Sources Graph-Based IDE to Fix Agent Context Fragmentation
Nimbalyst open-sources a graph-based IDE that unifies 7 tools into one context layer for agentic coding, letting Claude Code and Codex traverse connected artifacts in a single call.
Claude Agentic Framework Uses 20 Specialized Agents to Enforce a 3-Stage
The Claude Agentic Framework enforces a Spec → Build → Review pipeline with 20 specialized agents and PowerShell hooks, preventing Claude Code from coding too early or finishing incomplete.
cc-context-telemetry: Show Context Window & Rate-Limit % Directly in
Install cc-context-telemetry to monitor Claude Code's context window, Pro/Max rate-limits, and model via a custom statusLine segment.
Inside leboncoin's Spark Design System
leboncoin built Spark, a second-generation design system with 110 tokens and strict governance, to coordinate 70 teams modifying the same three platforms. The system addresses fragmentation risks amplified by AI coding tools like Claude Code and Cursor, improving accessibility scores from 30 to 64.
Browser-use open-sources Claude-powered video editor
Browser-use open-sourced a video editor inside Claude Computer Use, replacing manual editing with natural language commands and challenging Adobe Premiere.
Square, Cross River Bank, and Stripe Partner to Enable Agentic Commerce Payments
Square launched ChatGPT and Claude integrations; Cross River Bank expanded its Stripe partnership; American Banker analyzed the payments overhaul needed — all pointing to a coordinated infrastructure shift toward AI-agent-driven commerce.
Anthropic Launches Claude Science as New Flagship
Anthropic launched Claude Science as a new flagship for computational biology and Claude Sonnet 5 with a stealth 30% effective price increase via a new tokenizer.
Swap Your TypeScript LSP Plugin for the Native Go TS7 Server — Here's How
Swap your Claude Code TypeScript LSP plugin for the TS7 native Go server via a community marketplace — it's faster, lighter, and takes 2 minutes to set up.
Claude Code Digest — Jun 25–Jun 28
Claude Code’s biggest edge this week wasn’t a new model — it was learning that its harness can veto tool calls, fake tool results can be detected, and MCP servers are becoming the default way to wire in real systems.
Cline v4.0.0 Ships Plugin Marketplace
Cline v4.0.0 introduces a plugin marketplace, queued prompts, and an SDK rewrite. Claude Code users get new extensibility and reliability features.