create-cowork-plugin
Guide users through creating a new plugin from scratch in a cowork session. Use when users want to create a plugin, build a plugin, make a new plugin, develop a plugin, scaffold a plugin, start a plugin from scratch, or design a plugin. This skill requires Cowork mode with access to the outputs directory for delivering the final .plugin file.
This skill ships only metadata — no inline instructions. See the source repo for details.
Install this skill
One command (all agents)
Runs the npx skills CLI which auto-detects every AI coding agent you have installed (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode, Windsurf, Copilot, and 51 more).
npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-pluginsAlternative: shorthand form
npx skills add anthropics/knowledge-work-pluginsInstall to a specific agent
Pick the agent you use. The CLI writes the skill to that agent's standard skill directory.
npx skills add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins --agent claude-codenpx skills add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins --agent cursornpx skills add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins --agent codexnpx skills add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins --agent opencodenpx skills add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins --agent github-copilotnpx skills add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins --agent windsurfManual install (no CLI)
Prefer to skip the CLI? Clone the repo and drop the skill folder into your agent's skills directory.
git clone https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins.gitcp -r knowledge-work-plugins ~/.claude/skills/ For other agents, replace ~/.claude/skills/ with their skill directory — see the full list.
Use it
Once installed, ask your agent to "use the create-cowork-plugin skill" or describe what you want (e.g. "Guide users through creating a new plugin from scratch in a cowork session. Use"). Most agents auto-discover the skill from its SKILL.md description — no slash command needed.
npx skills. Skill files are MIT-style permissive by default — check the source repo for the actual license.
SKILL.md source
--- name: create-cowork-plugin description: Guide users through creating a new plugin from scratch in a cowork session. Use when users want to create a plugin, build a plugin, make a new plugin, develop a plugin, scaffold a plugin, start a plug ---
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