ai-ready

Automatic Claude Code plugin discovery for npm dependencies.

Purpose

ai-ready automatically discovers and enables Claude Code plugins bundled within your npm dependencies. When you install a package that includes a Claude Code plugin, ai-ready detects it and configures Claude Code to load it—no manual setup required.

Installation

npm install -g ai-ready

Quick Start

1. Install a package with a Claude Code plugin
2. Run air sync in your project
3. Restart Claude Code
4. The plugin is now active!

Commands

Plugin Management

air plugins view [path]

Show plugins discovered in the current project (or specified path).

air plugins view
air plugins view /path/to/project

air plugins view --all

Show all plugins configured in Claude Code (not just current project).

air plugins view --all

air plugins sync [path]

Discover and enable plugins from dependencies.

air plugins sync
air plugins sync --quiet  # For use in hooks

air sync (shortcut)

Alias for air plugins sync. Provided for convenience and backward compatibility.

air sync                  # Same as 'air plugins sync'
air sync --quiet

Automate Plugin Loading

Run air sync (or equivalently air plugins sync) to scan your project's dependencies for Claude Code plugins and automatically enable them:

air sync  # == air plugins sync

This command:

• Scans node_modules for packages containing .claude-plugin/marketplace.json
• Updates ~/.claude/settings.json to register discovered plugins
• Respects user choices (won't re-enable plugins you've disabled)

Development workflow: After running npm install to add new dependencies, run air sync and restart Claude Code. Any plugins bundled in your new dependencies will be automatically available.

For fully automatic discovery, configure Claude Code to run air sync --quiet on session start via a hook. See the Claude Code hooks documentation for details.

For Library Authors

To bundle Claude Code plugins with your npm package:

1. Create .claude-plugin/marketplace.json:

{
  "name": "my-library-marketplace",
  "owner": {
    "name": "Your Name or Organization"
  },
  "plugins": [
    {
      "name": "my-library-helper",
      "source": "./plugins/helper",
      "version": "1.0.0",
      "description": "Helps developers use my-library APIs"
    }
  ]
}

2. Add your plugin code to .claude-plugin/plugins/helper/ (or wherever source points)

3. Optionally add a plugin.json manifest in each plugin directory:

{
  "name": "my-library-helper",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "Helps developers use my-library APIs",
  "commands": "./commands/",
  "agents": ["./agents/helper-agent.md"]
}

4. Publish your package

Users who install your package will automatically get your plugins enabled via air sync.

Marketplace Schema

The marketplace.json file follows the Claude Code Plugin Marketplace schema:

Field	Required	Description
name	Yes	Marketplace identifier (kebab-case)
owner	Yes	Marketplace maintainer info ({name, email?, url?})
plugins	Yes	Array of plugin entries
metadata	No	Optional description, version, pluginRoot

Each plugin entry in the plugins array:

Field	Required	Description
name	Yes	Plugin identifier (kebab-case)
source	Yes	Relative path or source object
version	No	Plugin version (semver)
description	No	Brief plugin description
author	No	Plugin author info
commands	No	Custom command paths
agents	No	Agent definition paths
hooks	No	Hook configuration
mcpServers	No	MCP server configuration

How It Works

1. Discovery: Scans direct dependencies (from package.json) for packages with .claude-plugin/marketplace.json
2. Settings Update: Non-destructively updates $HOME/.claude/settings.json
3. Respect User Choice: Never re-enables plugins that users have explicitly disabled

Example Workflow

# Install a package with a Claude Code plugin
npm install @anthropic/sdk-helper

# Sync plugins (discovers and enables the plugin)
air sync

# View enabled plugins
air plugins view

# Restart Claude Code to load the new plugin

Development

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/liquid-labs/ai-ready
cd ai-ready

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run tests
npm test

# Build
npm run build

License

Apache-2.0