Not installing correct

[slikk66]

➜ commands (v22) git:(main) pwd
/Users/myuser/.claude/plugins/cache/superpowers/commands
➜ commands (v22) git:(main) ls -al
total 24
drwxr-xr-x@ 5 myuser staff 160 Oct 30 16:09 .
drwxr-xr-x@ 14 myuser staff 448 Oct 30 16:09 ..
-rw-r--r--@ 1 myuser staff 132 Oct 30 16:09 brainstorm.md
-rw-r--r--@ 1 myuser staff 119 Oct 30 16:09 execute-plan.md
-rw-r--r--@ 1 myuser staff 127 Oct 30 16:09 write-plan.md

---

➜ plugins (v22) pwd
/Users/myuser/.claude/plugins
➜ plugins (v22) cat installed_plugins.json
{
"version": 1,
"plugins": {
"superpowers@superpowers-marketplace": {
"version": "3.2.3",
"installedAt": "2025-10-30T23:09:40.957Z",
"lastUpdated": "2025-10-30T23:09:40.957Z",
"installPath": "/Users/myuser/.claude/plugins/cache/superpowers",
"gitCommitSha": "31fd7642854d6d3dfd65959fcefabe71ccee86d9",
"isLocal": false
}
}
}%

---

Claude Code v2.0.29 general commands custom-commands (tab to cycle)

Browse custom commands:

❯ /commit This will be executed just before you are going to execute a full or partial plan we have discussed. (project, gitignored)
❯ /commit This will be executed just before you are going to execute a full or partial plan we have discussed. (project)

---

Unknown slash command: superpowers:brainstorm

---

What am I missing?

[obra]

How are you installing the plugin? I'm not able to replicate this issue

Can you generate a claude debug log (--debug) that shows what actually happens when you try to run the command?

[slikk66]

Just tried again with debugging. I deleted my ~/.claude/plugins directory then did:

• launch claude with --debug
• ran /plugin
• selected add marketplace, entered "obra/superpowers-marketplace" and saw it clone the repo
• it then auto brought me to the available plugins, the top one said "superpowers" but not "superpowers-marketplace", so I thought maybe that wasn't the same, so i went back a step
• then I ran:

/plugin install superpowers@superpowers-marketplace
⎿  ✓ Installed superpowers. Restart Claude Code to load new plugins.

• then I ran:

/help
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Claude Code v2.0.30 general commands custom-commands (tab to cycle)

Browse custom commands:

❯ /commit This will be executed just before you are going to execute a full or partial plan we have discussed. (project, gitignored)
❯ /commit This will be executed just before you are going to execute a full or partial plan we have discussed. (project)

So, they're not installed again :/ claude 2.0.30

Debug logs attached.

8641799f-ca8a-4d56-9c81-ab13a6b32eff.txt

P.S. I did also restart and check again before posting, still not listed after restarting claude. Did this all via CLI as well, not in the VS code extension.

mac OS 15.6.1, zsh shell, nvm in use and installed under nvm profile (see logs)

[obra]

This looks like a session where you installed the plugin, rather than a session where you started claude code with the plugin already installed. Claude code never loads a plugin during the installation session.

[slikk66]

Sorry, thought that's what you wanted.

Here is a log after I exited and restarted claude. I then tried to browse and manage both marketplaces and plugins inside the running terminal. It shows obra/superpowers marketplace added, no plugins installed, and if I try to list the plugins on the marketplace, it seems like the main "superpowers" one is missing from the list as available, I'm guessing because it's in a broken state somehow after I "installed" it before.

➜  .claude (v22) pwd 
/Users/me/.claude

➜  .claude (v22) cd plugins

➜  plugins (v22) cat installed_plugins.json 
{
  "version": 1,
  "plugins": {
    "superpowers@superpowers-marketplace": {
      "version": "3.2.3",
      "installedAt": "2025-10-31T16:52:46.307Z",
      "lastUpdated": "2025-10-31T16:52:46.307Z",
      "installPath": "/Users/me/.claude/plugins/cache/superpowers",
      "gitCommitSha": "d46dddd32c86069e68c1d2b6fe6fa06ad957f232",
      "isLocal": false
    }
  }
}%                                                                                                                                                                                            ➜  plugins (v22) ls -al

➜  plugins (v22) cat known_marketplaces.json 
{
  "superpowers-marketplace": {
    "source": {
      "source": "github",
      "repo": "obra/superpowers-marketplace"
    },
    "installLocation": "/Users/me/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/superpowers-marketplace",
    "lastUpdated": "2025-10-31T16:52:04.492Z"
  }
}%                                                                                                                                                                                            ➜  plugins (v22) cd cache/superpowers 

➜  plugins (v22) cd cache/superpowers 

➜  superpowers (v22) git:(main) ls -al
total 72
drwxr-xr-x@ 14 me  staff    448 Oct 31 09:52 .
drwx------@  3 me  staff     96 Oct 31 09:52 ..
drwxr-xr-x@  4 me  staff    128 Oct 31 09:52 .claude-plugin
drwxr-xr-x@  5 me  staff    160 Oct 31 09:52 .codex
drwxr-xr-x@ 13 me  staff    416 Oct 31 09:52 .git
-rw-r--r--@  1 me  staff     30 Oct 31 09:52 .gitignore
drwxr-xr-x@  3 me  staff     96 Oct 31 09:52 agents
drwxr-xr-x@  5 me  staff    160 Oct 31 09:52 commands
drwxr-xr-x@  4 me  staff    128 Oct 31 09:52 hooks
drwxr-xr-x@  3 me  staff     96 Oct 31 09:52 lib
-rw-r--r--@  1 me  staff   1070 Oct 31 09:52 LICENSE
-rw-r--r--@  1 me  staff   5000 Oct 31 09:52 README.md
-rw-r--r--@  1 me  staff  18985 Oct 31 09:52 RELEASE-NOTES.md
drwxr-xr-x@ 23 me  staff    736 Oct 31 09:52 skills

e62eeb19-62bd-46c2-8924-da1f1a6e0125.txt

And the superpowers commands are not available in the session: > Unknown slash command: superpowers:brainstorm

[slikk66]

I think I fixed it.. i was following your docs on the front page of this repo:

# In Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add obra/superpowers-marketplace
/plugin install superpowers@superpowers-marketplace

But I think it should simply be:
obra/superpowers

I deleted my ~/.claude directory (start fresh, didn't have much in there)

Then ran claude again, went to "/plugin" -> "add marketplace" and did obra/superpowers

When did that, I got one plugin "superpowers" and now I see the commands:

 Claude Code v2.0.31  general   commands   custom-commands   (tab to cycle)

 Browse custom commands:

 ❯ /superpowers:brainstorm     Interactive design refinement using Socratic method (plugin:superpowers@superpowers-dev)
   /superpowers:execute-plan   Execute plan in batches with review checkpoints (plugin:superpowers@superpowers-dev)
   /superpowers:write-plan     Create detailed implementation plan with bite-sized tasks (plugin:superpowers@superpowers-dev)

[eliemada]

I still have the exact same issue, it does not install unfortunately.

[obra]

If it doesn't install, claude code should be showing diagnostics. If it doesn't, there's not a lot we can do

[eliemada]

[DEBUG] Watching for changes in setting files ~/.claude/settings.json, ~/Desktop/code/http-cache/.claude/settings.local.json...
[DEBUG] Applying permission update: Adding 11 allow rule(s) to destination 'localSettings': ["Bash(gh issue create:*)","Bash(git stash:*)","Bash(git pull:*)","Bash(git checkout:*)","Read(/~/Desktop/code/ns-3-dev/**)","Bash(./ns3 build:*)","Bash(git add:*)","Bash(git rebase:*)","Bash(git commit:*)","Bash(git push:*)","Bash(gh pr create:*)"]
[DEBUG] Loading plugin document-skills from source: "./"
[DEBUG] Processing 4 skill paths for plugin document-skills
[DEBUG] Checking skill path: ./document-skills/xlsx -> ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/anthropic-agent-skills/document-skills/xlsx (exists: true)
[DEBUG] Checking skill path: ./document-skills/docx -> ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/anthropic-agent-skills/document-skills/docx (exists: true)
[DEBUG] Checking skill path: ./document-skills/pptx -> ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/anthropic-agent-skills/document-skills/pptx (exists: true)
[DEBUG] Checking skill path: ./document-skills/pdf -> ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/anthropic-agent-skills/document-skills/pdf (exists: true)
[DEBUG] Found 4 valid skill paths for plugin document-skills, setting skillsPaths
[DEBUG] Found 1 plugins (1 enabled, 0 disabled)
[DEBUG] Loading skills from directories: managed=/Library/Application Support/ClaudeCode/.claude/skills, user=~/.claude/skills, project=~/Desktop/code/http-cache/.claude/skills
[DEBUG] >>>>> getPluginSkills CALLED <<<<<
[DEBUG] Creating shell snapshot for zsh (/bin/zsh)
[DEBUG] Looking for shell config file: ~/.zshrc
[DEBUG] Snapshots directory: ~/.claude/shell-snapshots
[DEBUG] Creating snapshot at: ~/.claude/shell-snapshots/snapshot-zsh-1762262138801-rnpyc5.sh
[DEBUG] Shell binary exists: true
[DEBUG] Execution timeout: 10000ms
[DEBUG] Writing to temp file: ~/.claude/todos/5b3339fa-f818-4435-8201-763c21eb410f-agent-5b3339fa-f818-4435-8201-763c21eb410f.json.tmp.99674.1762262138802
[DEBUG] Temp file written successfully, size: 2 bytes
[DEBUG] Renaming ~/.claude/todos/5b3339fa-f818-4435-8201-763c21eb410f-agent-5b3339fa-f818-4435-8201-763c21eb410f.json.tmp.99674.1762262138802 to ~/.claude/todos/5b3339fa-f818-4435-8201-763c21eb410f-agent-5b3339fa-f818-4435-8201-763c21eb410f.json
[DEBUG] File ~/.claude/todos/5b3339fa-f818-4435-8201-763c21eb410f-agent-5b3339fa-f818-4435-8201-763c21eb410f.json written atomically                                                                  [DEBUG] getPluginSkills: Processing 1 enabled plugins
[DEBUG] Checking plugin document-skills: skillsPath=none, skillsPaths=4 paths
[DEBUG] Attempting to load skills from plugin document-skills skillsPaths: ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/anthropic-agent-skills/document-skills/xlsx, ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/anthropic-agent-skills/document-skills/docx, ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/anthropic-agent-skills/document-skills/pptx, ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/anthropic-agent-skills/document-skills/pdf                    [DEBUG] Loading from skillPath: ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/anthropic-agent-skills/document-skills/xlsx for plugin document-skills
[DEBUG] Total plugin commands loaded: 0
[DEBUG] Registered 0 hooks from 1 plugins                                                          [DEBUG] Loaded 1 unique skills (managed: 0, user: 0, project: 1, duplicates removed: 0)            [DEBUG] Loaded 1 skills from plugin document-skills custom path: ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/anthropic-agent-skills/document-skills/xlsx                                                           [DEBUG] Loading from skillPath: ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/anthropic-agent-skills/document-skills/docx for plugin document-skills                                                                 [DEBUG] Loaded 1 skills from plugin document-skills custom path: ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/anthropic-agent-skills/document-skills/docx
[DEBUG] Loading from skillPath: ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/anthropic-agent-skills/document-skills/pptx for plugin document-skills
[DEBUG] Loaded 1 skills from plugin document-skills custom path: ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/anthropic-agent-skills/document-skills/pptx
[DEBUG] Loading from skillPath: ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/anthropic-agent-skills/document-skills/pdf for plugin document-skills
[DEBUG] Loaded 1 skills from plugin document-skills custom path: ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/anthropic-agent-skills/document-skills/pdf
[DEBUG] Total plugin skills loaded: 4                                                              [DEBUG] Total plugin agents loaded: 0
[DEBUG] getSkillsIfEnabled returning: 1 skill dir commands, 4 plugin skills                        [DEBUG] Total LSP servers loaded: 0
[DEBUG] LSP manager initialized with 0 servers                                                     [DEBUG] LSP server manager initialized successfully
[DEBUG] Shell snapshot created successfully (63213 bytes)                                          [DEBUG] rg error (signal=undefined, code=ABORT_ERR, stderr: ), 0 results
[ERROR] AbortError: AbortError: The operation was aborted
    at abortChildProcess (node:child_process:759:27)
    at AbortSignal.onAbortListener (node:child_process:829:7)
    at [nodejs.internal.kHybridDispatch] (node:internal/event_target:845:20)
    at AbortSignal.dispatchEvent (node:internal/event_target:778:26)
    at runAbort (node:internal/abort_controller:488:10)
    at abortSignal (node:internal/abort_controller:459:3)
    at AbortController.abort (node:internal/abort_controller:507:5)
    at Timeout._onTimeout (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3843:5695)
    at listOnTimeout (node:internal/timers:608:17)
    at process.processTimers (node:internal/timers:543:7)
[DEBUG] Ripgrep first use test: PASSED (mode=builtin, path=/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/vendor/ripgrep/arm64-darwin/rg)
[DEBUG] Writing to temp file: ~/.claude.json.tmp.99674.1762262143768
[DEBUG] Preserving file permissions: 100600
[DEBUG] Temp file written successfully, size: 52259 bytes                                          [DEBUG] Applied original permissions to temp file
[DEBUG] Renaming ~/.claude.json.tmp.99674.1762262143768 to ~/.claude.json
[DEBUG] File ~/.claude.json written atomically
[DEBUG] Writing to temp file: ~/.claude.json.tmp.99674.1762262143775                               [DEBUG] Preserving file permissions: 100600
[DEBUG] Temp file written successfully, size: 52259 bytes
[DEBUG] Applied original permissions to temp file
[DEBUG] Renaming ~/.claude.json.tmp.99674.1762262143775 to ~/.claude.json
[DEBUG] File ~/.claude.json written atomically
[DEBUG] Writing to temp file: ~/.claude.json.tmp.99674.1762262143782                               [DEBUG] Preserving file permissions: 100600
[DEBUG] Temp file written successfully, size: 52259 bytes
[DEBUG] Applied original permissions to temp file
[DEBUG] Renaming ~/.claude.json.tmp.99674.1762262143782 to ~/.claude.json
[DEBUG] File ~/.claude.json written atomically
[DEBUG] Writing to temp file: ~/.claude.json.tmp.99674.1762262146442
[DEBUG] Preserving file permissions: 100600                                                        [DEBUG] Temp file written successfully, size: 52501 bytes
[DEBUG] Applied original permissions to temp file
[DEBUG] Renaming ~/.claude.json.tmp.99674.1762262146442 to ~/.claude.json
[DEBUG] File ~/.claude.json written atomically
[DEBUG] MCP server "skill-seeker": Starting connection with timeout of 30000ms
[DEBUG] Writing to temp file: ~/.claude.json.tmp.99674.1762262147600
[DEBUG] Preserving file permissions: 100600                                                        [DEBUG] Temp file written successfully, size: 52501 bytes
[DEBUG] Applied original permissions to temp file
[DEBUG] Renaming ~/.claude.json.tmp.99674.1762262147600 to ~/.claude.json
[DEBUG] File ~/.claude.json written atomically
[DEBUG] Getting matching hook commands for SessionStart with query: startup
[DEBUG] Found 0 hook matchers in settings
[DEBUG] Matched 0 unique hooks for query "startup" (0 before deduplication)                        [DEBUG] Writing to temp file: ~/.claude.json.tmp.99674.1762262147645
[DEBUG] Preserving file permissions: 100600
[DEBUG] Temp file written successfully, size: 52396 bytes
[DEBUG] Applied original permissions to temp file
[DEBUG] Renaming ~/.claude.json.tmp.99674.1762262147645 to ~/.claude.json
[DEBUG] File ~/.claude.json written atomically
[DEBUG] Writing to temp file: ~/.claude.json.tmp.99674.1762262147652
[DEBUG] Preserving file permissions: 100600                                                        [DEBUG] Temp file written successfully, size: 52396 bytes
[DEBUG] Applied original permissions to temp file
[DEBUG] Renaming ~/.claude.json.tmp.99674.1762262147652 to ~/.claude.json
[DEBUG] File ~/.claude.json written atomically
[DEBUG] Writing to temp file: ~/.claude.json.tmp.99674.1762262147659
[DEBUG] Preserving file permissions: 100600
[DEBUG] Temp file written successfully, size: 52396 bytes
[DEBUG] Applied original permissions to temp file
[DEBUG] Renaming ~/.claude.json.tmp.99674.1762262147659 to ~/.claude.json
[DEBUG] File ~/.claude.json written atomically                                                     [DEBUG] AutoUpdaterWrapper: Installation type: npm-global, using native: false
[DEBUG] performStartupChecks called
[DEBUG] Starting background plugin installations
[DEBUG] performBackgroundPluginInstallations called
[DEBUG] Writing to temp file: ~/.claude.json.tmp.99674.1762262147677
[DEBUG] Preserving file permissions: 100600
[DEBUG] Temp file written successfully, size: 52501 bytes                                          [DEBUG] Applied original permissions to temp file
[DEBUG] Renaming ~/.claude.json.tmp.99674.1762262147677 to ~/.claude.json
[DEBUG] File ~/.claude.json written atomically
[DEBUG] Found 1 enabled plugins
[DEBUG] Schema version mismatch (current: 0, expected: 1), syncing installed_plugins.json
[DEBUG] Loaded 2 installed plugins from ~/.claude/plugins/installed_plugins.json (schema version 1)
[DEBUG] Plugin document-skills@anthropic-agent-skills already in installed_plugins.json, skipping
[DEBUG] Saved 2 installed plugins to ~/.claude/plugins/installed_plugins.json (schema version 1)
[DEBUG] Updated installed_plugins.json to schema version 1 (0 plugins added, 1 skipped)
[DEBUG] Found 2 installed plugins
[DEBUG] Loaded plugins - Enabled: 1, Disabled: 0, Commands: 0, Agents: 0, Errors: 0
[DEBUG] Found 0 missing plugins (not installed):
[DEBUG] Setting installation status: 0 marketplaces, 0 installable plugins, 0 uninstallable plugins
[DEBUG] MCP server "skill-seeker": Successfully connected to stdio server in 251ms
[DEBUG] MCP server "skill-seeker": Connection established with capabilities: {"hasTools":true,"hasPrompts":false,"hasResources":false,"serverVersion":{"name":"skill-seeker","version":"1.18.0"}}     [DEBUG] npm view failed with code 1
[DEBUG] npm stderr: (empty)                                                                        [DEBUG] Writing to temp file: ~/.claude.json.tmp.99674.1762262155153                               [DEBUG] Preserving file permissions: 100600                                                        [DEBUG] Temp file written successfully, size: 52501 bytes
[DEBUG] Applied original permissions to temp file
[DEBUG] Renaming ~/.claude.json.tmp.99674.1762262155153 to ~/.claude.json
[DEBUG] File ~/.claude.json written atomically                                                     [DEBUG] Stream started - received first chunk
[DEBUG] Getting matching hook commands for SubagentStop with query: undefined                      [DEBUG] Found 0 hook matchers in settings
[DEBUG] Matched 0 unique hooks for query "no match query" (0 before deduplication)                 [DEBUG] Stream started - received first chunk
[DEBUG] Getting matching hook commands for SubagentStop with query: undefined                      [DEBUG] Found 0 hook matchers in settings
[DEBUG] Matched 0 unique hooks for query "no match query" (0 before deduplication)
[DEBUG] Skill prompt: showing "document-skills:xlsx" (userFacingName="xlsx")
[DEBUG] Skill prompt: showing "document-skills:docx" (userFacingName="docx")                       [DEBUG] Skill prompt: showing "document-skills:pptx" (userFacingName="pptx")                       [DEBUG] Skill prompt: showing "document-skills:pdf" (userFacingName="pdf")
[DEBUG] Skills and commands included in Skill tool: ns3-http-cache, xlsx, docx, pptx, pdf
[DEBUG] Skill prompt: showing "document-skills:xlsx" (userFacingName="xlsx")
[DEBUG] Skill prompt: showing "document-skills:docx" (userFacingName="docx")
[DEBUG] Skill prompt: showing "document-skills:pptx" (userFacingName="pptx")
[DEBUG] Skill prompt: showing "document-skills:pdf" (us

Here is what i get in the logs

And I clearly have it installed. But i cannot /superpowers unfortunately.

[obra]

@eliemada there's nothing in the log showing superpowers as actually installed. I see this with plugins some times. I'd check the plugins configurations and FULLY remove the plugin and the marketplace, quit, and then restart claude and try to readd it

[seanGSISG]

@obra may I ask, should it be installing to .claude/plugins/cache/superpowers/ or are the skills etc supposed to be in .claude/plugins/marketplaces/superpowers-marketplace

I noticed all my other plugins install into marketplace and that in installed_plugins.json your's is the only one that has "isLocal": false" -- is this intended behavior?

{
  "version": 1,
  "plugins": {
    "superpowers@superpowers-marketplace": {
      "version": "3.4.1",
      "installedAt": "2025-11-03T17:45:53.616Z",
      "lastUpdated": "2025-11-03T17:45:53.616Z",
      "installPath": "C:\\Users\\USER\\.claude\\plugins\\cache\\superpowers",
      "gitCommitSha": "b187e75a1ee46f54247b6720ed49a47bdcc7eb2f",
      "isLocal": false
    },
    "document-skills@anthropic-agent-skills": {
      "version": "unknown",
      "installedAt": "2025-11-03T17:46:58.405Z",
      "lastUpdated": "2025-11-03T17:46:58.405Z",
      "installPath": "C:\\Users\\USER\\.claude\\plugins\\marketplaces\\anthropic-agent-skills\\",
      "gitCommitSha": "c74d647e56e6daa12029b6acb11a821348ad044b",
      "isLocal": true
    },
    "example-skills@anthropic-agent-skills": {
      "version": "unknown",
      "installedAt": "2025-11-03T17:46:58.405Z",
      "lastUpdated": "2025-11-03T17:46:58.405Z",
      "installPath": "C:\\Users\\USER\\.claude\\plugins\\marketplaces\\anthropic-agent-skills\\",
      "gitCommitSha": "c74d647e56e6daa12029b6acb11a821348ad044b",
      "isLocal": true
    }
  }
}

Everything still works for me however after some minor adjustments to get the hooks to work on Windows #51_

[obra]

@seanGSISG anthropic's skills have the plugins in the same repo as the marketplace. that's why they end up there.

[natea]

What's happening:

1. Plugin installs to: ~/.claude/plugins/cache/superpowers/
2. Skill tool looks for:
   ~/.claude/plugins/superpowers@superpowers-marketplace/
3. These paths don't match ❌

This affects all marketplace plugins (notice
agent-skill-creator works because it uses a different
installation method with isLocal: true).

Bug Report Details:

• Title: "Plugin skills not found - path mismatch between
  installation and resolution"
• Description: Plugins installed from marketplaces go to
  ~/.claude/plugins/cache/[name]/ but skill resolver looks for
  ~/.claude/plugins/[name@marketplace]/
• Impact: All marketplace plugin skills fail to load with
  "Error reading file"
• Reproduction: Install any marketplace plugin, try to use a
  skill from it

[natea]

I encountered this error when running the execute-plans command:

> /superpowers:execute-plan is running… 

⏺ I'm using the executing-plans skill to execute the plan in controlled batches with review checkpoints.

  Let me start by reading the skill to understand the exact protocol:

⏺ Read(~/.claude/plugins/superpowers@superpowers-marketplace/skills/executing-plans/SKILL.md)
  ⎿  Error reading file