plugin-creator Skill
Create and scaffold plugin directories for Codex with a required .codex-plugin/plugin.json, optional plugin folders/files, and baseline placeholders you can edit before publishing or testing. Use when Codex needs to create a new personal plugin, add optional plugin structure, or generate or update personal or repo-root Published by openai in plugins.
What is plugin-creator Skill?
Create and scaffold plugin directories for Codex with a required .codex-plugin/plugin.json, optional plugin folders/files, and baseline placeholders you can edit before publishing or testing. Use when Codex needs to create a new personal plugin, add optional plugin structure, or generate or update personal or repo-root Published by openai in plugins. This profile combines repository metadata with install, compatibility, and usage signals so developers can quickly decide whether it fits their agent workflow before opening the source repository.
Automated repository signals based on public metadata such as recency, license, installation evidence, and adoption. These are not a security audit or endorsement.
Key capabilities
- Includes SKILL.md support
- Reusable instructions support
- Testing
- Design and media
- Testing use cases
- Design and media use cases
Technical details
- Install or run with Copy skill directory
When to use plugin-creator Skill
- Use it for testing.
- Use it for design and media.
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Source
- Creator: openai
- Repository: openai/plugins
- Skill file: .agents/skills/plugin-creator/SKILL.md
What it does
Create and scaffold plugin directories for Codex with a required .codex-plugin/plugin.json, optional plugin folders/files, and baseline placeholders you can edit before publishing or testing. Use when Codex needs to create a new personal plugin, add optional plugin structure, or generate or update personal or repo-root
Skill instructions
Plugin Creator Quick Start 1. Run the scaffold script: bash Plugin names are normalized to lower-case hyphen-case and must be <= 64 chars. The generated folder and plugin.json name are always the same. Run from repo root (or replace .agents/... with the absolute path to this SKILL). By default creates in ~/plugins/<plugin-name. python3 .agents/skills/plugin-creator/scripts/createbasicplugin.py <plugin-name 2. Open <plugin-path/.codex-plugin/plugin.json and replace [TODO: ...] placeholders. 3. Generate or update the personal marketplace entry when the plugin should appear in Codex UI ordering: bash Personal marketplace entries default to ~/.agents/plugins/marketplace.json. python3 .agents/skills/plugin-creator/scripts/createbasicplugin.py my-plugin --with-marketplace If the current Git repo already has .agents/plugins/marketplace.json and the user has not said whether the plugin is personal or shared with their team, ask before generating a marketplace entry. When they choose the repo m
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Frequently asked questions
What is plugin-creator?
plugin-creator is a open-source AI agent skill with Copy skill directory. Create and scaffold plugin directories for Codex with a required .codex-plugin/plugin.json, optional plugin folders/files, and baseline placeholders you can edit before publishing or testing.
Who is plugin-creator best for?
plugin-creator is best for reusing agent instructions, scripts, and references, testing workflows, design and media workflows.
How do I install plugin-creator?
Install or run plugin-creator using Copy skill directory. Check plugin-creator for the latest setup command.
Is plugin-creator actively maintained?
plugin-creator may need a closer maintenance check before production use.
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