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Claude Plugin Bulk Update — Development skill for Claude Code

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Update all Claude Code plugins in a single command.

How to install Claude Plugin Bulk Update

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open aleslanger/claude-plugin-bulk-update and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What Claude Plugin Bulk Update does

Update all Claude Code plugins in a single command. Preserves user/project/local scope. Dry-run, scope filter, Makefile.

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README

Claude Code — Bulk Plugin Updater

One command to update every installed Claude Code plugin, scope-aware.

Bash script that updates every installed [Claude Code](https://docs.anthropic.com/claude/docs/claude-code) plugin in one pass. It lists all plugins via `claude plugin list --json` and runs `claude plugin update` for each one, preserving its original scope (`user` / `project` / `local`).

Requirements

Bash 4.0+ (uses mapfile). macOS ships with Bash 3.2 — install a newer version via Homebrew: brew install bash.
Claude Code CLI — the claude command must be on PATH and authenticated.
jq — JSON parser.
GNU Make (only if you use the Makefile) — make, plus awk, find, install (typically provided by coreutils).

Platform support

Platform	Status	Notes
Debian / Ubuntu / WSL	✅ Fully supported	Out of the box.
Fedora / RHEL / CentOS	✅ Fully supported	Out of the box.
Arch / Manjaro	✅ Fully supported	Out of the box.
macOS	✅ Supported	Requires Bash 4+ (`brew install bash`). Default `/bin/bash` is 3.2 and will not work. Make and coreutils are present via Xcode CLT / Homebrew.
Windows — WSL	✅ Fully supported	Recommended Windows option.
Windows — Git Bash / MSYS2	✅ Supported	Run from the Git Bash / MSYS2 shell. Use `mingw32-make` if `make` isn't on `PATH`.
Windows — `cmd.exe` / PowerShell	❌ Not supported	No native Bash. Use WSL or Git Bash.

Install jq

Platform	Command
Debian / Ubuntu / WSL	`sudo apt-get install -y jq`
Fedora / RHEL	`sudo dnf install -y jq`
Arch	`sudo pacman -S jq`
macOS (Homebrew)	`brew install jq`
Windows (WSL)	`sudo apt-get install -y jq` (inside WSL)
Windows (Git Bash / MSYS2 — Scoop)	`scoop install jq`
Windows (Git Bash / MSYS2 — Chocolatey)	`choco