gh-dhofheinz-open-plugins-plugins-plugin-quickstart-generator/commands/plugin-design/skill.md

description

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Guide users through plugin architecture decisions and component selection for Claude Code plugins

Plugin Design Skill

Expert guidance for designing Claude Code plugin architecture with optimal component selection and pattern recommendations.

Operations

• analyze - Analyze requirements and suggest optimal architecture
• select-components - Determine which components to use (commands, agents, hooks, MCP)
• recommend - Suggest architectural patterns based on complexity
• estimate - Assess implementation complexity and effort

Usage Examples

# Analyze requirements
/plugin-design analyze requirements:"Need to automate database backups with scheduling"

# Get component recommendations
/plugin-design select-components purpose:"Code quality automation" features:"lint,format,review"

# Get pattern recommendations
/plugin-design recommend complexity:moderate features:3

# Estimate implementation effort
/plugin-design estimate operations:5 has_scripts:true has_agents:true

Router Logic

Parse the first word of $ARGUMENTS to determine the requested operation:

1. Extract operation from first word of $ARGUMENTS
2. Parse remaining arguments as key:value parameters
3. Route to appropriate operation file:
   • "analyze" → Read and execute {plugin-path}/commands/plugin-design/analyze-requirements.md
   • "select-components" → Read and execute {plugin-path}/commands/plugin-design/select-components.md
   • "recommend" → Read and execute {plugin-path}/commands/plugin-design/recommend-patterns.md
   • "estimate" → Read and execute {plugin-path}/commands/plugin-design/estimate-complexity.md

Error Handling:

• If operation unknown → List available operations with usage examples
• If parameters missing → Request parameters with expected format
• If requirements unclear → Ask clarifying questions

Base directory: Plugin commands directory Current request: $ARGUMENTS

Parse operation and route to appropriate instruction file now.