You're Collecting Plugins Instead of Choosing Them
The Claude Code ecosystem has more skills, hooks, subagents and MCP servers than anyone can evaluate. So most people install whatever they saw recommended, end up with a pile of half-used automations, and never find the two that would actually have helped on this project.
Anthropic's own answer is a free official plugin, Claude Code Setup, that inverts the problem: instead of you guessing which automations fit, it reads the codebase first and tells you.
How It Works
Install the plugin, then ask it for recommendations. According to the guide, it scans your repo — package.json, languages, project structure — and returns its top one or two picks in each category: MCP servers, skills, hooks, subagents and slash commands. You accept, reject, or ask for more in any category.
The part worth knowing: it's read-only. It recommends; it never edits your files.
Matched to Your Stack, Not a Generic List
The picks are meant to map to real signals in your code rather than popularity. A React or Next project gets suggested the tooling that suits it; a codebase with auth or payments in it gets a security-reviewer subagent pointed at the vulnerability classes that actually apply. Same logic for hooks, skills and commands.
What's in the Guide
The one-line install command, the phrasing that triggers a recommendation pass, how the signal-to-recommendation mapping works, and the link to the official plugin page and repo.
The full field guide is in the PDF.
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