Claude Code has introduced support for plugins, offering users a streamlined way to customize and enhance their experience through extension points like slash commands, agents, MCP servers, and hooks. These plugins, now in public beta, can be easily installed and toggled on or off via the /plugin command, allowing users to manage complexity by enabling specific features only when needed. This new system fosters the sharing of setups and best practices among users and teams, facilitating standardization, workflow sharing, and tool connectivity. Plugins serve various purposes, from enforcing engineering standards to simplifying the integration of internal tools, and are designed to support a broad range of development tasks. Additionally, plugin marketplaces allow developers to host, discover, and share plugins, thereby promoting community-driven solutions to common challenges. Notable examples include specialized plugin collections by engineers like Dan Ávila and Seth Hobson, who have focused on areas such as DevOps automation and sub-agent specialization. These developments aim to enhance productivity and collaboration within the Claude Code user community.