Claude Forge — Development skill for Claude Code

claude-forge

`claude-forge` is a command-line interface tool for scaffolding and managing Claude Code marketplaces and plugins. It enforces a standardized structure, ensuring that marketplaces and their components are valid and consistent.

Features

• Scaffold new marketplaces and plugins with a single command.
• Inject components like skills, commands, agents, and hooks into plugins.
• Validate the integrity of plugin manifests and skill frontmatter.
• Auto-detect and validate entire marketplaces with all plugins.
• List plugins in a marketplace or components in a plugin.
• Register plugins with a marketplace, preventing duplicates and ensuring structural correctness.
• Interactive prompts for a guided experience, with command-line flags for automation.
• Smart context detection - commands adapt based on whether you're in a marketplace or plugin directory.

Quick start

Installation

Install the tool locally using cargo:

cargo install --path .

Usage

1. **Initialize a new marketplace:**

   cforge init --name my-awesome-marketplace -d "a marketplace for my awesome plugins"

   This creates the following directory structure:

   my-awesome-marketplace/
   ├── .claude-plugin/
   │   └── marketplace.json
   ├── CLAUDE.md
   ├── plugins/
   └── README.md

2. **Navigate into the new marketplace:**

   cd my-awesome-marketplace

3. **Create a new plugin:**

   cforge new-plugin --name my-first-plugin -d "a plugin that does awesome things"

   This creates a new plugin inside the `plugins` directory:

   plugins/
   └── my-first-plugin/
       ├── .claude-plugin/
       │   └── plugin.json
       ├── agents/
       ├── commands/
       ├── hooks/
       ├── skills/
       └── README.md

4. **Add a skill to the plugin:**

   cforge add --plugin my-first-plugin skill --name my-skill -d "a skill that performs