Claude Code's (and Copilot's) native plugin installer has zero awareness of .apm/ nesting -- it convention-scans only flat skills/, agents/, commands/, hooks.json at each plugin's root. Confirmed via strings on the installed claude binary and live installs of git@holocron/gitea@holocron/kyberforge@ holocron, all reporting Skills(0) Agents(0) Hooks(0) post ADR-0015's apm conversion. Root cause (apm_cli/core/plugin_manifest.py): apm's plugin.json compiler deliberately strips skills/agents/commands keys, assuming the host already auto-discovers those convention directories -- it has no model of .apm/ being host-visible at all. Separately, apm's own bundle exporter (apm_cli/bundle/plugin_exporter.py, behind `apm pack --format plugin`) implements the correct .apm/ -> flat mapping, but only ever targeted build/<name>-<version>/, a path nothing in marketplace.json's source: points at. scripts/sync-plugin-content.sh wraps that bundle exporter and copies its agents/, skills/, commands/, instructions/, extensions/, and merged hooks.json back into each plugin's own root as a second tracked compiled-output category -- same governance status as .claude-plugin/plugin.json: generated from .apm/, never hand-edited. tests/ subdirectories are excluded from the mirror (dev fixtures, not host-visible runtime content; several hardcode a relative repo-root walk-up sized for the .apm/-nested depth, which breaks when duplicated one level shallower). Applied for real across all 6 plugins and verified two ways: `claude plugin validate --strict` passes on every real plugin directory, and a live `claude --plugin-dir <path> -p "list skills/agents"` behavioral test confirms content is now actually discovered. Also, from the same issue #90 review round: - scripts/check-manifests.sh pointed at each plugin's root-level plugin.json (checking skills/hooks/mcpServers/agents pointer fields) -- that file was a stale near-duplicate of .claude-plugin/plugin.json nothing else read or wrote, now deleted across all 6 plugins. check-manifests.sh is rewritten to validate .claude-plugin/plugin.json instead, and drops the pointer-field checks entirely (nothing to check -- those fields are correctly absent by design). Content-presence drift is now check-plugin-content-sync's job, a new pre-push hook wired in .pre-commit-config.yaml. docs/adr/0017 records the root cause and decision in full, including two rejected alternatives (patching plugin.json's path fields directly -- apm's compiler strips them on every run; pointing marketplace.json at apm pack's build/ output -- a version-suffixed non-source directory nothing can install from without an extra build step). ADR-0015 and CONTEXT.md are updated to point at it. Refs: #90
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Scripts Reference
Package runners (no install required)
When an existing package does what you need, use a runner directly in SKILL.md without writing a script file.
| Runner | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|
uvx package@version |
Python | Recommended. Aggressive caching via uv. |
pipx run 'package==version' |
Python | Broader OS availability. |
npx package@version |
Node.js | Ships with npm/Node.js. |
bunx package@version |
Node.js | Bun environments only. |
deno run npm:package@version |
TypeScript | Requires permission flags (--allow-read, etc.). |
go run golang.org/x/...@version |
Go | Built into Go toolchain. |
Always pin versions. Never use pip install or npm install -g at runtime — they are not idempotent and pollute the environment.
Inline dependency patterns
Use these when the script requires packages but should remain a single portable file.
Python (PEP 723 + uv):
# /// script
# dependencies = [
# "beautifulsoup4>=4.12,<5",
# ]
# requires-python = ">=3.12"
# ///
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
uv run scripts/extract.py
TypeScript (Deno):
#!/usr/bin/env -S deno run
import * as cheerio from "npm:cheerio@1.0.0";
deno run scripts/extract.ts
TypeScript (Bun):
#!/usr/bin/env bun
import * as cheerio from "cheerio@1.0.0";
bun run scripts/extract.ts
Ruby (bundler/inline):
require 'bundler/inline'
gemfile do
source 'https://rubygems.org'
gem 'nokogiri', '~> 1.16'
end
ruby scripts/extract.rb
Script contract
Rules for all agentic scripts:
- Self-contained — bundle dependencies inline so the agent can run the script with a single command; do not require a separate install step
- Structured output — data (JSON, CSV) to stdout; diagnostics and progress to stderr
- Idempotent — "create if not exists"; agents may retry on failure
- Input constraints — validate inputs early; reject unknown or ambiguous values with a clear error rather than proceeding silently
- Meaningful exit codes —
0success, non-zero failure; document in--help - Dry-run support — add
--dry-runfor destructive operations; pair with--confirm/--forcefor operations that can't be undone - Error messages — on failure, state what went wrong, what was expected, and what to try; vague errors leave agents unable to self-correct
--help output
Keep --help output concise — it enters the agent's context window. Include: usage line, one-line description, options with defaults, exit codes. Omit prose explanations.
Output size
Many harnesses truncate tool output beyond 10–30K characters. Default to a summary or a reasonable output limit. For scripts that can produce large output: support --offset N for pagination, or use --output FILE to write to disk and keep stdout clean.