Claude Plugin Sync

This skill synchronizes your active Claude Code plugins to Copilot CLI, making all skills and agents available in both environments.

When to Use

• Session start: Run automatically when starting a new Copilot CLI session
• Plugin changes: After installing, removing, or updating Claude plugins
• Missing capabilities: When skills or agents that should exist aren't found
• Capability discovery: When user asks "what can you do" or "what skills do you have"
• Troubleshooting: When a skill isn't working as expected
• Manual refresh: When user explicitly asks to sync or refresh plugins

Usage

To sync plugins, run the sync script:

python3 ~/.copilot/skills/claude-plugin-sync/sync.py

Or simply ask: "Sync my Claude plugins"

What Gets Synced

1. Skills: All SKILL.md files from active plugins → ~/.copilot/skills/
2. Agents: All agent definitions from active plugins → ~/.copilot/agents/

Source of Truth

• Active plugins: ~/.claude/plugins/installed_plugins.json
• Plugin cache: ~/.claude/plugins/cache/

Sync Behavior

• Creates symlinks (not copies) to keep everything in sync
• Cleans up stale symlinks from deactivated plugins
• Preserves any manually-created Copilot skills/agents
• Generates a manifest file listing all synced content

Manifest

The sync maintains a manifest at ~/.copilot/claude-sync-manifest.json that tracks:

• Active entries: Currently synced skills/agents with status: "active"
• Removed entries: Previously synced items with status: "removed"

This allows the sync to:

1. Only clean up symlinks it previously created (not manually added ones)
2. Preserve history of what was synced over time