Get The Claude Code Plugins Cheat Sheet
Claude Code became a platform — you can install PLUGINS now: one-command bundles of slash commands, subagents, hooks, MCP integrations, skills and LSP servers. I pulled the 10 free plugins that feel like cheat codes, verified live on claude.com/plugins (2026-06-27), each with the EXACT install command and an honest read. THE TEN: 1) Frontend Design (Anthropic, 984K installs) — gives Claude real design taste so its UIs look hand-crafted, not generated; '/plugin install frontend-design@claude-plugins-official'. 2) Superpowers (Jesse Vincent, 885K) — ~14 skills that force brainstorm->plan->execute->TDD->debug instead of vibe-coding; '/plugin marketplace add obra/superpowers-marketplace' then '/plugin install superpowers@superpowers-marketplace' (community marketplace, open source). 3) Context7 (Upstash, 385K) — pulls real, version-specific docs into context live so Claude stops hallucinating dead APIs; '/plugin install context7@claude-plugins-official'. 4) Code Review (Anthropic, 347K) — a squad of agents reviews your diff for bugs/tests/edge cases before you push; '/plugin install code-review@claude-plugins-official'. 5) commit-commands (Anthropic, 145K) — one command stages, writes a conventional commit, pushes and opens the PR; '/plugin install commit-commands@claude-plugins-official'. 6) Playwright (Microsoft, 248K) — Claude drives a real browser to test UI flows in plain English; '/plugin install playwright@claude-plugins-official'. 7) claude-md-management (Anthropic, 223K) — audits and auto-maintains your CLAUDE.md so conventions never go stale; '/plugin install claude-md-management@claude-plugins-official'. 8) Pyright LSP (Anthropic, 101K) — IDE-grade intelligence so Claude catches and fixes its own type errors before you run the code (LSP plugins exist for Go, Java, C++, C# too); '/plugin install pyright-lsp@claude-plugins-official'. 9) code-simplifier (Anthropic, 285K) — refactors Claude's just-written code for clarity, stripping over-engineering; '/plugin install code-simplifier@claude-plugins-official'. 10) claude-code-setup (Anthropic, 146K) — scans your repo and recommends the exact plugins/hooks/agents to install; '/plugin install claude-code-setup@claude-plugins-official'. HOW PLUGINS WORK (3 steps): add a marketplace ('/plugin marketplace add owner/repo' — the official claude-plugins-official is auto-available), install ('/plugin install name@marketplace'), activate ('/reload-plugins', no restart). Plugin commands are namespaced /plugin-name:command; scopes are user/project/local; needs Claude Code v2.1+. FIRST 3 MOVES: install frontend-design + superpowers + context7 today, then run claude-code-setup in your main repo and let it recommend the rest, then go further with the github + figma plugins or the davila7/claude-code-templates community marketplace (1,000+ add-ons). Official plugins are free; integration plugins need a free account on that service. Full credit to every plugin author.
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