[Bug] Plugin marketplace installs skills to wrong directory path
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Oct 26, 2025 by echkenluo Closed Oct 30, 2025
Bug Description
## Bug Description
Skills installed through /plugin marketplace add are saved to ~/.claude/plugins
but Claude Code searches for skills in ~/.claude/skills, causing installed skills
to not be recognized.
## Steps to Reproduce
- Run
/plugin marketplace add <skill-name> - Installation completes successfully, skill saved to
~/.claude/plugins - Restart Claude Code
- Check available skills - the installed skill is not listed
- Check debug logs - skill search path shows
~/.claude/skillsbut not~/.claude/plugins
## Expected Behavior
Skills installed via plugin marketplace should be automatically recognized after restart
## Actual Behavior
Skills are not recognized because installation path != search path
## Workaround
Manually move skills from ~/.claude/plugins to ~/.claude/skills
## Environment
- Platform: macOS (Darwin 24.5.0)
Environment Info
- Platform: darwin
- Terminal: cursor
- Version: 2.0.27
- Feedback ID:
Errors
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