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Expand Up @@ -57,6 +57,21 @@ Add the marketplace, then install a plugin — run these inside Claude Code:

Browse everything on offer with `/plugin` (**Discover** tab) or list it with `/plugin list`. The bundled [`.claude-plugin/marketplace.json`](.claude-plugin/marketplace.json) is also discovered automatically when this repo is added as a plugin source.

### Any other agent — skills only, via `npx skills`

[`npx skills`](https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills) reads this repo's [`.claude-plugin/marketplace.json`](.claude-plugin/marketplace.json) and installs the bundled **skills** into any of its 70+ supported agents — useful when your agent isn't one of the three above:

```sh
# Browse the bundled skills without installing
npx skills add devantler-tech/agent-plugins --list

# Install specific skills for a specific agent
npx skills add devantler-tech/agent-plugins --skill gitops-knowledge --agent cursor
```

> [!IMPORTANT]
> This is a **partial** install path. It resolves all **27 bundled skills**, but **not** the [MCP servers](#mcp-servers) or [custom agents](#custom-agents). For those, use **Claude Code** or **Copilot CLI** above — they are the only tools that load a plugin's bundled `.mcp.json` and `agents/` automatically. In **VS Code**, a plugin install delivers the skills only, and MCP servers and agents are added manually (see [MCP servers](#mcp-servers) and [custom agents](#custom-agents) for the exact steps).

## MCP servers

A plugin may bundle [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) servers as well as skills. The
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