How do I install the Install Plugin skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add understudylabs/install-plugin in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Install Plugin safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. Capability flags: reads secrets. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Install Plugin?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Install Plugin free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Install Plugin?

understudylabs (@understudylabs) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Install Plugin by understudylabs — Agent Skill

Name: Install Plugin
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: understudylabs

Install Plugin

Compatibility shim for Claude Code installs. Use when a developer asks to install, update, enable, reinstall, remove, or verify the Understudy Claude Code plugin - "install Understudy in Claude", "add the Understudy skills", "why can't Claude see the skill". Route to install-agent-adapter with platform claude-code.

File contents

Install the Understudy Claude Code plugin

This skill is a compatibility shim. The consolidated setup surface is install-agent-adapter.

Procedure

Load install-agent-adapter and run it with platform claude-code.

Use its reference.md for the current commands:

claude plugin marketplace add "$REPO"
claude plugin install understudy@understudy-skills

Activation is user-typed:

/reload-plugins
/understudy:onboard

Safety Gates

Local-first and free: installing the Claude Code adapter only registers local skills. It must not authenticate, upload data, inspect secret values, download model weights, start hosted jobs, or make provider calls.

Do not claim you ran /reload-plugins; the developer must type it.
Do not edit Claude settings files by hand to force-enable the plugin.
Do not copy or fork skill content outside the plugin/marketplace path.

Resolve CLI

No Understudy CLI command is required. Prefer the claude plugin CLI when available; otherwise show the interactive /plugin ... commands from install-agent-adapter/reference.md.

Output Standard

End with: that this routed through install-agent-adapter; whether the Claude plugin was installed/refreshed/shown for manual run; /reload-plugins; the next command /understudy:onboard; and the uninstall commands.

Frequently asked questions