Package ccpm as a Claude Code Plugin

[rknuus]

Summary

The Claude Code Plugin system provides a first-class mechanism to package and distribute exactly what ccpm consists of — slash commands, agents, skills, and hooks — eliminating the need for the current curl/shell-script installation approach.

Motivation

Currently, ccpm is installed by running a remote shell script that copies files directly into the project's .claude/ directory. This works, but has drawbacks:

• Manual, script-based install is harder to version, update, and audit
• No built-in mechanism for teams to automatically provision ccpm across repositories
• Updates require re-running the install script or manual file replacement
• No native integration with Claude Code's plugin management UI (/plugin)

Proposed Approach

Restructure ccpm as a Claude Code plugin by mapping its existing components to the plugin layout:

ccpm-plugin/
├── .claude-plugin/
│   └── plugin.json          # Plugin metadata (name, version, author)
├── commands/                # All /pm:* slash commands (currently in .claude/commands/pm/)
├── agents/                  # Agent definitions (currently in .claude/agents/)
└── skills/                  # Any shared skill definitions

This enables two complementary distribution paths:

1. Marketplace: Publish to the official Claude Code plugin marketplace so users can install with a single command:

   /plugin install ccpm
   

2. Local/self-hosted: Teams or individual users can point to a local directory or a Git-hosted marketplace, which also enables automatic installation via .claude/settings.json — no manual steps for new team members.

Benefits

• Simpler installation: one /plugin install command instead of curl | bash
• Version management: semantic versioning and upgrade path via /plugin
• Team auto-provisioning: add ccpm to .claude/settings.json → every team member gets it automatically when they trust the repo folder
• Auditability: plugin manifest makes the installed surface area explicit
• Discoverability: listing in the official marketplace increases adoption

References

• Claude Code Plugins documentation
• Plugin marketplaces
• Submit to official marketplace