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Plugin Structure

This skill should be used when the user asks to "create a plugin", "scaffold a plugin", "understand plugin structure", "organize plugin components", "set up plugin.json", "use ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}", "add commands/agents/skills/hooks", "configure auto-discovery", or needs guidanc

Overall
61
Trust
32
Utility
78
Momentum
95

Install caution

High-risk behavior present

Risk: High

Source: Claude Code Plugin Skills

Path: plugins/plugin-dev/skills/plugin-structure/SKILL.md

Review flags: browser/session access, credential or secret references, filesystem/home-directory access, network access or external URLs. These are review signals, not definitive security judgments; inspect before installing.

Required permissions

  • • Environment variables / secrets
  • • Shell commands
  • • Network/API usage
  • • Filesystem/home access
  • • Browser/session access

Permissions are inferred from SKILL.md text only. They are review prompts, not guarantees about runtime behavior.

Risk flags explained

browser_or_session_accessmedium

Mentions browser automation, cookies, sessions, local storage, or browser state.

credential_or_secret_referencehigh

Mentions tokens, API keys, passwords, or private-key style environment variables.

filesystem_write_or_home_accessmedium

Mentions filesystem writes, deletes, home-directory paths, or config/key locations.

network_accessmedium

Mentions external URLs, network APIs, downloads, or HTTP client usage.

shell_commandmedium

Contains shell command snippets. Review commands before copy/paste or agent execution.

Score explanation

Trust

  • • Trust starts at 90 before review-signal penalties and metadata bonuses.
  • • Risk-signal penalty: -63 from 5 detected flag(s).
  • • Metadata bonus: +5 from author/version/description fields.

Utility

  • • Utility starts at 55 and rewards clear descriptions, runnable examples, and explicit setup needs.
  • • Description present: yes.
  • • Command examples detected: 0.
  • • Environment variables detected: 1.

Momentum

  • • Momentum starts at 45 and uses public repo activity signals.
  • • Recent commit activity: latest repo update was 0 day(s) ago.
  • • Recent commit volume: 39 commit(s) in the lookback window (+20).
  • • Source has strong public adoption: 133579 stars.
  • • Fork activity suggests reuse: 21599 forks.

Overall

  • • Overall score weights trust 45%, utility 35%, and momentum 20%.

Detected signals

Env vars

  • • API_KEY

Commands

None detected in SKILL.md text scan.

URLs

  • • https://docs.example.com
  • • https://example.com
  • • https://github.com/user/plugin-name

Provenance & evidence

SkillRadar makes each review traceable back to the exact source path, source blob SHA, scanner version, and text-only policy that produced the report.

source
github.com/anthropics/claude-code@main
path
plugins/plugin-dev/skills/plugin-structure/SKILL.md
source blob SHA
6fb8a3baa1773bb78164438532f635bb2ab63bab
scanner version
0.3.0
security model
text_only_no_execute_no_install_no_secrets
scan policy
Fetched and scored as text only; no install, no execution, no runtime loading.

Evidence snippets

credential_or_secret_reference

…node", "args": ["${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/servers/server.js"], "env": { "API_KEY": "${API_KEY}" } } } } ``` **Usage**: MCP servers integrate seamlessly with…

filesystem_write_or_home_access

…# Hook script ``` **Configuration format**: ```json { "PreToolUse": [{ "matcher": "Write|Edit", "hooks": [{ "type": "command", "command": "bash ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_RO…

network_access

…, "author": { "name": "Author Name", "email": "author@example.com", "url": "https://example.com" }, "homepage": "https://docs.example.com", "repository": "https://githu…

browser_or_session_access

…s become available for use - No restart required: Changes take effect on next Claude Code session **Override behavior**: Custom paths in `plugin.json` supplement (not replace) default di…

shell_command

…ns **Auto-start**: Servers start automatically when plugin enables **Example format**: ```json { "mcpServers": { "server-name": { "command": "node", "args": ["${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/servers/server.js"], "env": { "API_KEY": "${API_KEY}" } } } } ``` **Usage**: M

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Methodology note

SkillRadar scans SKILL.md as hostile text only. It does not execute commands, install packages, or load third-party skills.

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