claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix Plugin marketplace: empty clones, stale cache not refreshing, broken update/delete [1 comments, 2 participants]

Symptom: Adding a marketplace via URL succeeds (no error shown) but the clone directory is empty — no plugin.json or skill files are present.

TL;DR

Manually intervene in the marketplace state manager by using workarounds such as manual cloning, updating lastUpdated in known_marketplaces.json, and directly modifying the repository or JSON file to mitigate the systemic lifecycle bugs.

Guidance

• For Bug 1, manually clone the repository using git clone <url> ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/<name> to ensure the clone directory is populated.
• For Bug 2, update the lastUpdated field in ~/.claude/plugins/known_marketplaces.json to a past date and restart Claude Code to force a refresh of the cached data.
• For Bug 3, use cd ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/<name> && git pull to update a marketplace when the Update button is unresponsive, and manually remove entries from known_marketplaces.json for deletion.
• Be aware that manual edits to known_marketplaces.json are reverted on startup, so changes must be made through the UI or by using the provided workarounds.

Example

To update a marketplace manually, you can use the following command:

cd ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/<name> && git pull

Replace <name> with the actual name of the marketplace you wish to update.

Notes

These workarounds are temporary solutions to systemic bugs in the marketplace state manager. A permanent fix would require addressing the underlying issues in the manager itself.

Recommendation

Apply the provided workarounds, as they offer a stable way to mitigate the bugs until a fixed version of the marketplace state manager is available.