Claude gets measurably dumber as your context fills. Compaction destroys 60-70% of your conversation. Ghost tokens burn through your rate limits on every message. Token Optimizer tracks all of it: live quality scoring on your status line, smart compaction that saves your decisions before they're lost, full analytics dashboard with per-session cost breakdowns, and 6 parallel audit agents that optimize your entire setup. Not a one-time scan. An ongoing intelligence layer for your Claude Code workflow.

"My Claude Code kept leaking tokens. So I built this. Now my limits last longer, context stays fresh, and I have full visibility and control over my usage & setup." — Alex Greenshpun

Grade: A | Week of March 23, 2026 | Install from GitHub

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Quick Start

Option 1: CLI (Recommended)

pnpm add -g @intentsolutionsio/ccpi
ccpi search devops              # Find plugins by keyword
ccpi install devops-automation-pack
ccpi list --installed           # See what's installed
ccpi update                     # Pull latest versions

Option 2: Claude Built-in Commands

/plugin marketplace add jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins
/plugin install devops-automation-pack@claude-code-plugins-plus

Already using an older install? Run /plugin marketplace remove claude-code-plugins and re-add with the command above to switch to the new slug.

Browse the catalog: Visit tonsofskills.com or explore plugins/

How Agent Skills Work

Agent Skills are instruction files (SKILL.md) that teach Claude Code when and how to perform specific tasks. Unlike commands that require explicit /slash triggers, skills activate automatically when Claude detects relevant conversation context.

The Activation Flow

1. INSTALL     /plugin install ansible-playbook-creator@claude-code-plugins-plus
2. STARTUP     Claude reads SKILL.md frontmatter → learns trigger phrases
3. ACTIVATE    You say "create an ansible playbook for Apache"
4. EXECUTE     Claude matches trigger → reads full skill → follows instructions

What a Skill Looks Like

---
name: ansible-playbook-creator
description: |
  Generate production-ready Ansible playbooks. Use when automating server
  configuration or deployments. Trigger with "ansible playbook" or
  "create playbook for [task]".
allowed-tools: Read, Write, Bash(ansible:*), Glob
version: 2.0.0
author: Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>
license: MIT
---

# Ansible Playbook Creator

## Overview
Generates idempotent Ansible playbooks following infrastructure-as-code best practices.

## Instructions
1. Gather target host details and desired state
2. Select appropriate Ansible modules
3. Generate playbook with proper variable templating
4. Validate syntax with `ansible-lint`

## Output
- Complete playbook YAML ready for `ansible-playbook` execution

The Numbers

| Metric | Count | |--------|-------| | Total skills | 2,811 | | Plugins (marketplace) | 415 | | Agents | 154 | | Plugin categories | 22 | | Contributors | 16 |

Plugin Types

AI Instruction Plugins (295 plugins)

Markdown files that guide Claude's behavior through structured instructions, skills, commands, and agents. No external code — everything runs through Claude's built-in capabilities.

MCP Server Plugins (9 plugins)

TypeScript applications that run as separate Node.js processes. Claude communicates with them through the Model Context Protocol.

SaaS Skill Packs (111 plugins across 22 pack collections)

Pre-built skill collections for specific platforms — Deepgram, LangChain, Linear, Gamma, and others. Each pack includes install/auth, core workflows, debugging, deployment, and advanced pattern skills.

Building Your Own

Templates

| Template | Includes | Best For | |----------|----------|----------| | minimal-plugin | plugin.json + README | Simple utilities | | command-plugin | Slash commands | Custom workflows | | agent-plugin | Specialized AI agent | Domain expertise | | full-plugin | Commands + agents + hooks + skills | Complex automation |

All templates live in templates/.

Step by Step

1. Copy a template: cp -r templates/command-plugin my-plugin
2. Edit .claude-plugin/plugin.json with your metadata
3. Add your skill to skills/my-skill/SKILL.md
4. Validate: ccpi validate ./my-plugin
5. Submit a pull request

Skill Frontmatter Reference

---
# Recommended (all fields optional per Anthropic spec)
name: my-skill-name                     # kebab-case, matches folder name
description: |                          # Include "Use when..." and "Trigger with..."
  Describe what this skill does. Use when building X.
  Trigger with "build X" or "create X workflow".
allowed-tools: Read, Write, Bash(npm:*) # Comma-separated, scoped Bash recommended
version: 1.0.0                          # Semver
author: Your Name <you@example.com>
license: MIT

# Optional
model: sonnet                           # Model override (sonnet, haiku, opus)
context: fork                           # Run in subagent
agent: Explore                          # Subagent type
user-invocable: false                   # Hide from / menu
argument-hint: "<file-path>"            # Autocomplete hint
hooks: {}                               # Lifecycle hooks
compatibility: "Node.js >= 18"          # Environment requirements
compatible-with: claude-code, cursor    # Platform compatibility
tags: [devops, ci]                      # Discovery tags
---

Path variable: Use ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR} to reference files relative to the skill directory.

Learning Lab

Production agent workflow patterns with empirical verification — guides, diagrams, and working examples.

Start Here (5 min) | Architecture Map | System Summary

Guides (90+ pages)

• Mental Model (5 min)
• Architecture Deep Dive (15 min)
• Build Your Own (30 min)
• Debugging Tips (15 min)
• Orchestration Pattern (60 min)

Interactive Tutorials

• Skills (5 notebooks)
• Plugins (4 notebooks)
• Orchestration (2 notebooks)

Reference Implementation

• 5-Phase Workflow
• Phase Contracts & Agents
• Verification Scripts

Contributors

Community contributors make this marketplace better. Newest first.

• @mjaskolski (Michal Jaskolski) — Added 25 externally-synced agent skills from wondelai/skills covering product strategy, UX design, marketing/CRO, sales/influence, and growth frameworks. (#303)
• @clowreed (B12.io) — Created b12-claude-plugin, an official B12.io plugin with a website-generator skill that takes users from idea to production-ready website draft in one conversation. (#307)
• **[@duskfallcrew](https://github.com