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As a plugin author (NwaoghorPraise2/qa-superpowers), I have no way to know how many people are installing or actively using my plugin. There is currently no analytics dashboard or usage data available to third-party developers.

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As a plugin author (NwaoghorPraise2/qa-superpowers), I have no way to know how many people are installing or actively using my plugin. There is currently no analytics dashboard or usage data available to third-party developers.

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Problem Statement

Plugin authors on the Claude Code ecosystem have no visibility into how their plugins are being used. There is no install count, active user metric, or adoption data available — not on GitHub, not through any Anthropic dashboard, and not via any documented API. This means developers are building and maintaining plugins completely blind. They cannot tell if their plugin has 2 users or 2,000, whether a new version caused a drop in adoption, or if the plugin is even being discovered at all. This makes it very difficult to prioritize improvements, justify ongoing maintenance, or understand the real-world impact of their work.

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Summary

As a plugin author (NwaoghorPraise2/qa-superpowers), I have no way to know how many people are installing or actively using my plugin. There is currently no analytics dashboard or usage data available to third-party developers.

Requested Feature

A way for plugin authors to see:

  • Install counts — how many users have installed the plugin
  • Active users — weekly/monthly active usage (even anonymized aggregate counts would help)
  • Version distribution — which versions are in use

Why It Matters

Without usage data, plugin authors can't:

  • Prioritize what to build or fix
  • Know if their plugin is actually being discovered
  • Justify time investment in maintenance

Even basic anonymized aggregate counts (like npm's download stats) would be a big improvement.

Alternatives Considered

  • GitHub clone/traffic data is a poor proxy — it captures interest, not actual plugin installs
  • Self-implemented telemetry adds privacy overhead and is inconsistent across the ecosystem

A first-party solution from Anthropic would be more trustworthy for users and more useful for authors.

Alternative Solutions

Proposed Solution

Anthropic should provide a lightweight analytics dashboard (or API endpoint) for plugin authors that exposes at minimum:

Total installs — cumulative count of unique installations Active installs — users who have used the plugin in the last 30 days Version distribution — breakdown of which versions are currently active Data should be anonymized and aggregated — no individual user tracking needed. A model similar to the VS Code Marketplace author dashboard or npm's download stats page would be sufficient. Even a simple read-only API that returns aggregate counts would dramatically improve the developer experience for plugin authors and encourage higher-quality, better-maintained contributions to the ecosystem.

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Medium - Would be very helpful

Feature Category

Configuration and settings

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TL;DR

Anthropic should provide a lightweight analytics dashboard or API endpoint for plugin authors to access anonymized and aggregated usage data, including install counts, active users, and version distribution.

Guidance

  • Consider implementing a simple analytics dashboard similar to the VS Code Marketplace author dashboard or npm's download stats page to provide plugin authors with essential usage data.
  • Expose a read-only API that returns aggregate counts of total installs, active installs, and version distribution to help authors understand their plugin's adoption and usage.
  • Ensure that the provided data is anonymized and aggregated to address potential privacy concerns.
  • Evaluate the feasibility of integrating this feature into the existing Anthropic dashboard or GitHub repository analytics to streamline the development process.

Example

// Example API endpoint to retrieve plugin usage data
GET /plugins/{pluginId}/usage
{
  "totalInstalls": 1000,
  "activeInstalls": 500,
  "versionDistribution": {
    "1.0.0": 200,
    "1.1.0": 300,
    "2.0.0": 500
  }
}

Notes

The proposed solution requires careful consideration of user privacy and data anonymization to ensure that the collected data does not compromise individual users' information.

Recommendation

Apply workaround: Implement a basic analytics dashboard or API endpoint to provide plugin authors with essential usage data, as this would significantly improve the developer experience and encourage higher-quality contributions to the ecosystem.

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