feat(harness): repo-root marketplace alias so GitHub-source install resolves - #55
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Claude Code's "source": "github" marketplace resolution looks for
.claude-plugin/marketplace.json at the repo root, not a subdirectory. This
repo's plugin root is .claude/, so the bare GitHub-source snippet in
GETTING_STARTED.md never actually resolved.
Fix: add a thin .claude-plugin/marketplace.json at the repo root whose single
plugin entry points back at the real payload via a relative path
("source": "./.claude") — same-repo relative sources are documented and
supported, resolved relative to the marketplace root. No submodule or
separate repo needed. Deliberately omits version/author so it never needs to
be kept in sync with .claude/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json — it just points
at that directory's payload and tracks the git commit SHA.
Updates GETTING_STARTED.md and .claude/.claude-plugin/README.md to promote
the GitHub-source method now that it works, keeping the local-clone method as
an alternative.
robercano
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Jul 6, 2026
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Summary
Claude Code's
"source": "github"marketplace resolution looks for.claude-plugin/marketplace.jsonat the repo root, not a subdirectory — but this repo's plugin root is.claude/, so the GitHub-source snippet documented inGETTING_STARTED.mdnever actually resolved. Consumers had to fall back to a local sibling clone.Fix
Add a thin
.claude-plugin/marketplace.jsonat the repo root with one plugin entry pointing back at the real payload via a relative path ("source": "./.claude") — same-repo relative sources are documented/supported, resolved relative to the marketplace root. No submodule, no separate repo. Deliberately omitsversion/authorso it never needs to stay in sync with.claude/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json(it just points at that directory and tracks the git commit SHA).Docs updated to promote the GitHub-source method now that it works (
GETTING_STARTED.md), with the two-manifest rationale explained in both.claude-plugin/README.md(new, root) and.claude/.claude-plugin/README.md(existing, updated).Test plan
node -e "JSON.parse(...)"on the new marketplace.json — validGATES_FILE=.claude/self/gates.json gate.sh lintpassesGATES_FILE=.claude/self/gates.json gate.sh testpasses