Team Ready Plugin — Claude Code Guide

A team-ready plugin is a governed asset

A plugin becomes team-ready only when its purpose, owner, scope, installation, verification, update, and disable path are understandable to another developer. “It worked for me” is not a handoff contract.

Keep plugin packaging separate from a claim that a team adopted or approved it. The package can be documented as an example until a real trial is verified.

Team-ready checklist

1. State the problem and intended users.
2. List capabilities and prohibited actions.
3. Define the smallest supported scope.
4. Document installation and version compatibility.
5. Provide a safe trial workflow.
6. Record expected output and verification.
7. Name an owner and review cadence.
8. Describe disable, uninstall, and rollback.
9. Add a changelog for behavior changes.

Pilot record

# Plugin pilot

Problem: <one recurring need>
Scope: <local or project>
Owner: <role>

Success signals:
- <observable signal>

Checks:
- <command or review>

Stop if:
- permissions are too broad;
- output is not reproducible;
- disable path is unclear.

Status: documented example; trial result: Unknown.

Review after a bounded trial

Compare the plugin with the prior workflow, inspect false positives and unnecessary access, and decide whether to keep, improve, or roll back. Do not convert a documented pilot into an adoption claim without actual evidence.

Packaging boundary