Reference for how the aidd-framework marketplace is registered, scoped, and versioned, plus the LLM tier mapping used by skills.
A marketplace is a Git repo that publishes plugins. When you run /plugin marketplace add <owner>/<repo>, Claude Code clones the repo, reads its .claude-plugin/marketplace.json, and offers the listed plugins for install.
aidd-framework is a community-maintained, methodology-driven complement to Anthropic's official marketplace. The official catalog covers broadly useful plugins curated by Anthropic; AIDD ships plugins that materialise a specific way of working (the AI-Driven Development flow). The two are designed to coexist — register both and install from either.
Official Anthropic docs:
- Discover and install plugins — the user-facing flow
- Plugin marketplaces — host your own
- Plugins reference — manifest + marketplace.json schemas
Private repo?
/plugin marketplace addneeds read access (gh auth loginor a PAT) — see the install docs.
Plugins can be installed at three scopes:
| Scope | Stored in | Lifetime | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
user |
~/.claude/plugins/ |
All your projects | Personal toolbelt |
project |
.claude/settings.json (enabledPlugins) in the repo |
This repo only | Team-shared setup |
local |
A local directory | This machine | Plugin development |
Set scope at install time with the /plugin UI, or by editing enabledPlugins directly in .claude/settings.json.
- Each plugin versions independently via
release-please. Tags look likeaidd-<plugin>-vX.Y.Z. - The root marketplace (
marketplace.json) versions independently asvX.Y.Z. - Pull updates inside Claude Code with
/plugin marketplace update aidd-framework.
See CHANGELOG.md for the full history.
Some skills target a model tier when they need a particular capability. The framework is authored against Claude; on another AI tool, map each tier to that tool's nearest model.
| Tier | Best for | Claude | Other tools (examples) |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 Fast | Mechanical, deterministic tasks, templates, git ops | Haiku 4.5 | GPT-5.5 mini, Gemini Flash, Grok fast |
| T2 Balanced | Implementation, validation, code generation | Sonnet 4.6 | GPT-5.5, Gemini Pro |
| T3 Thinking | Deep reasoning, synthesis, planning, onboarding | Opus 4.8 | GPT-5.5 (thinking), Gemini Pro thinking |