v1.2 — Offline sideload path
Adds an offline sideload path for tenants where outbound GitHub access is blocked by Cowork's egress policy.
Distribution PDF
- claude-cowork-asksage-quickstart-v1.2.pdf — 9-page printable quickstart covering inference setup, plugin install, and the new offline sideload path.
New
- Part 3 of the README — "Offline sideload (when egress is blocked)". Full procedure for downloading the plugin repo on an unrestricted machine, transferring to the target workstation, extracting to
C:\Program Files\Claude\org-plugins, and registering as a local marketplace. scripts/sideload-plugins.ps1— elevated PowerShell helper automating extraction, flattening, and marketplace registration.- New egress-troubleshooting section in
plugins.mdwith three remediation paths. - Three new rows in the README troubleshooting table for egress errors and sideload edge cases.
Background
The upstream anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins marketplace lists ~41 plugins. Roughly 20 are bundled in the repo (source: "./folder") and install fully offline from a local sideload — including all 11 on our recommended list. The remaining ~21 are partner-built with external GitHub URL sources; those still require egress to install. The sideload path covers every plugin that matters for the quickstart.
Unchanged
claude_desktop_config.json— no config changes needed for sideload.
See CHANGELOG.md for full details.