---
name: plugins
description: "Instructions for the upstream workflow: Install cross-agent MCP plugins into supported coding agents through one installer with a declared list of supported tools, so several agents get the same server without per-agent manual configuration. Use when wiring an MCP server into more than one agent. Not for discovering what should be installed — use mcp-gateway or skill-finder; not for routing an agent's traffic through the compression proxy — use botte-wrap; not for the governed memory store exposed as MCP — use memory-hub."
license: MIT
metadata:
  version: "1.0.0"
  domain: agent-skills
  canonical-name: plugins
---
# plugins — one installer, several agents

## Package scope and prerequisites

This catalog ships instructions, not the executable runtime. Python modules, scripts, local services and optional tools named below must be installed separately from the upstream project. Check their availability before running commands; if they are missing, explain the prerequisite instead of claiming execution or results. The host agent may use model tokens while following these instructions.

## Purpose

Removes the per-agent manual step when the same MCP server must be available in
several coding agents. The supported tool list is declared, so an unsupported
agent is refused rather than half-configured.

    from skills.plugins import SUPPORTED_TOOLS, install_plugins

## When NOT to use

- You do not yet know what to install — use mcp_gateway or skill_finder.
- You want an agent's requests compressed — use botte_wrap.