Anthropic Knowledge Work Plugins: The Complete Guide to 15 Official Plugins

Anthropic has open-sourced 15 Knowledge Work Plugins that transform Claude into a domain specialist for any role. Originally built for Claude Cowork, these plugins are also fully compatible with Claude Code. This guide covers every plugin, its skills, commands, and connectors.

What Are Knowledge Work Plugins?

A plugin is a bundle of skills, commands, and connectors for a specific job function. Unlike generic prompts, plugins encode deep domain expertise — step-by-step workflows, industry best practices, and tool integrations — so Claude works like an experienced colleague in that role.

Plugin Architecture

Every plugin follows this structure:

plugin-name/
├── .claude-plugin/plugin.json   # Manifest (name, version, description)
├── .mcp.json                    # MCP tool connections
├── commands/                    # Slash commands (explicit actions)
└── skills/                      # Domain knowledge (auto-activated)

Skills encode domain expertise. Claude draws on them automatically when relevant — no explicit trigger needed.
Commands are explicit actions you invoke (e.g., /sales:call-prep, /data:write-query).
Connectors wire Claude to external tools (CRMs, data warehouses, design tools) via MCP servers.

Everything is file-based — markdown and JSON. No code, no infrastructure, no build steps.

Installation

In Claude Cowork:

Install directly from claude.com/plugins.

In Claude Code:

# Add the marketplace
claude plugin marketplace add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins

# Install a specific plugin
claude plugin install sales@knowledge-work-plugins

All 15 Official Plugins at a Glance

Plugin	Skills	Commands	Key Connectors
Productivity	2	2	Slack, Notion, Asana, Linear, Jira
Sales	6	3	HubSpot, Close, Clay, ZoomInfo
Customer Support	5	5	Intercom, HubSpot, Guru
Product Management	6	7	Linear, Figma, Amplitude, Pendo
Marketing	5	7	Canva, Figma, HubSpot, Ahrefs
Engineering	6	6	GitHub, PagerDuty, Datadog
Design	6	6	Figma, Intercom
Data	7	6	Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery
Finance	6	5	Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery
Legal	6	7	Box, Egnyte, DocuSign
Human Resources	6	6	MS365, Notion
Operations	6	6	ServiceNow, Asana
Enterprise Search	3	2	Slack, Notion, Guru, MS365
Bio-Research	5	1	PubMed, Benchling, Open Targets
Plugin Management	2	0	—

Totals: 85+ skills, 69+ commands, 40+ unique MCP connectors.

Productivity Plugin

Manage tasks, plan your day, and build up memory of important context about your work.

Skills

task-management — Simple task management using a TASKS.md file with dashboard support. Tracks Active, Waiting On, Someday, and Done sections.
memory-management — Two-tier memory system (CLAUDE.md for hot cache, memory/ for deep storage). Decodes workplace shorthand, acronyms, nicknames, and internal language.

Commands

/productivity:start — Initialize task and memory systems, bootstrap from calendar/email/documents
/productivity:update — Sync tasks from external sources, triage stale items, decode for memory gaps

Connectors

Slack, Notion, Asana, Linear, Jira, Monday.com, ClickUp, MS365, Google Calendar, Gmail

Sales Plugin

Prospect, craft outreach, and build deal strategy faster. Prep for calls, manage your pipeline, and write personalized messaging.

Skills

account-research — Research companies/people with web search, enrichment data, and CRM history
draft-outreach — Research prospect then draft personalized email with multiple subject lines
call-prep — Full meeting prep with attendee research, talking points, discovery questions
daily-briefing — Morning sales intelligence: pipeline status, activity goals, priority accounts
competitive-intelligence — Track competitor activity, positioning changes, win/loss intelligence
create-an-asset — Generate sales collateral: case studies, one-pagers, ROI calculators, battle cards

Commands

/sales:call-summary — Process call notes, extract action items, draft follow-up email
/sales:forecast — Build sales forecast with opportunity review and risk assessment
/sales:pipeline-review — Analyze pipeline by stage, surface stalled deals

Connectors

Slack, HubSpot, Close, Clay, ZoomInfo, Notion, Fireflies, MS365, Apollo, Outreach

Customer Support Plugin

Triage tickets, draft responses, escalate issues, and build your knowledge base.

Skills

ticket-triage — Categorize support issues by type, assign priority (P1-P4), route to correct team
customer-research — Multi-source research to answer customer questions with confidence-scored answers
response-drafting — Draft professional, empathetic responses adapted to situation and channel
escalation — Structure escalation briefs with reproduction steps and business impact
knowledge-management — Write KB articles from resolved issues, create how-to guides and FAQs

Commands

/support:triage — Categorize incoming tickets with priority and routing
/support:research — Customer research and context gathering
/support:draft-response — Draft customer-facing communication
/support:escalate — Structure escalation with context and impact analysis
/support:kb-article — Create knowledge base article from resolved issue

Connectors

Slack, Intercom, HubSpot, Guru, Jira, Notion, MS365

Product Management Plugin

Write feature specs, plan roadmaps, and synthesize user research faster.

Skills

feature-spec — Write PRDs with problem statements, user stories, MoSCoW requirements, success metrics
roadmap-management — Plan roadmaps using RICE, MoSCoW, ICE frameworks with Now/Next/Later
user-research-synthesis — Analyze research findings, extract key insights, identify patterns
competitive-analysis — Track competitor features, positioning, win/loss patterns
metrics-tracking — Define success metrics, leading/lagging indicators, targets
stakeholder-comms — Draft roadmap updates and feature announcements for leadership

Commands

/pm:write-spec — Create feature PRD with problem, goals, user stories, metrics
/pm:roadmap-update — Plan roadmap with prioritization framework
/pm:stakeholder-update — Draft communication for leadership
/pm:sprint-planning — Break down epic into sprint tasks
/pm:synthesize-research — Analyze research interviews
/pm:competitive-brief — Research competitor offerings
/pm:metrics-review — Review and analyze product metrics

Connectors

Slack, Linear, Asana, Monday.com, ClickUp, Jira, Notion, Figma, Amplitude, Pendo, Intercom, Fireflies

Marketing Plugin

Draft content, plan campaigns, and analyze performance across channels.

Skills

content-creation — Draft blog posts, social posts, newsletters, landing pages with brand voice and SEO
brand-voice — Define, document, and enforce brand voice and tone
campaign-planning — Plan integrated campaigns with audience, messaging, channels, timeline
performance-analytics — Analyze campaign performance, calculate ROI, identify optimization opportunities
competitive-analysis — Track competitor content, positioning, messaging

Commands

/marketing:draft-content — Generate content with brand voice
/marketing:campaign-plan — Plan integrated campaign
/marketing:brand-review — Review content for brand voice consistency
/marketing:performance-report — Analyze campaign metrics and ROI
/marketing:email-sequence — Design email nurture sequence
/marketing:competitive-brief — Analyze competitor positioning
/marketing:seo-audit — Technical SEO review and recommendations

Connectors

Slack, Canva, Figma, HubSpot, Amplitude, Notion, Ahrefs, SimilarWeb, Klaviyo

Engineering Plugin

Streamline engineering workflows — code review, architecture decisions, incident response, and documentation.

Skills

code-review — Review code for bugs, security, performance, maintainability
system-design — Design systems, APIs, services, evaluate architectural decisions
documentation — Write API docs, architecture docs, runbooks, onboarding guides
incident-response — Triage and manage production incidents from detection through postmortem
tech-debt — Identify, categorize, and prioritize technical debt
testing-strategy — Design test strategies balancing coverage, speed, maintenance

Commands

/engineering:review — Code review covering security, performance, correctness
/engineering:architecture — Design system or evaluate architectural decision
/engineering:incident — Manage incident: new, update, postmortem
/engineering:debug — Debug production issue with diagnostics
/engineering:deploy-checklist — Pre-deployment verification checklist
/engineering:standup — Generate team standup summary from activity

Connectors

Slack, Linear, Asana, Jira, Notion, GitHub, PagerDuty, Datadog

Design Plugin

Accelerate design workflows — critique, design system management, UX writing, accessibility audits.

Skills

design-critique — Evaluate designs for usability, visual hierarchy, consistency
design-system-management — Build, maintain, evolve design systems and component libraries
ux-writing — Write effective interface copy (microcopy, error messages, empty states, CTAs)
accessibility-review — Audit designs/code for WCAG 2.1 AA compliance
user-research — Plan, conduct, and synthesize user research
design-handoff — Create comprehensive developer handoff documentation

Commands

/design:critique — Evaluate design with structured feedback
/design:design-system — Manage design tokens, components, style guides
/design:ux-copy — Write interface microcopy
/design:accessibility — WCAG audit of design or code
/design:research-synthesis — Analyze research interviews
/design:handoff — Generate developer handoff specs

Connectors

Slack, Figma, Linear, Asana, Jira, Notion, Intercom

Data Plugin

Write SQL, explore datasets, and generate insights faster. Build visualizations and dashboards.

Skills

sql-queries — Write correct, performant SQL across all major warehouse dialects
data-exploration — Profile datasets, assess data quality, discover distributions
data-visualization — Create visualizations with Python (matplotlib, seaborn, plotly)
data-validation — QA analysis before sharing, methodology checks, bias detection
statistical-analysis — Descriptive stats, trend analysis, outlier detection, hypothesis testing
interactive-dashboard-builder — Build self-contained HTML/JS dashboards with Chart.js
data-context-extractor — Extract tribal knowledge from analysts to create company-specific data skills

Commands

/data:explore-data — Profile dataset with quality assessment
/data:write-query — Generate and optimize SQL query
/data:create-viz — Build effective visualization
/data:build-dashboard — Create interactive HTML dashboard
/data:analyze — Full data analysis pipeline
/data:validate — QA analysis for accuracy and reproducibility

Connectors

Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Hex, Amplitude, Jira

Finance Plugin

Streamline finance and accounting workflows — journal entries, reconciliation, financial statements, variance analysis.

Skills

journal-entry-prep — Prepare journal entries with full GL account detail and documentation
reconciliation — Reconcile GL to subledgers, bank statements, intercompany
close-management — Manage month/year-end close with checklist and dependencies
financial-statements — Prepare income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement
variance-analysis — Compare actuals to budget/forecast, explain variances
audit-support — Prepare audit schedules, workpapers, evidence documentation

Commands

/finance:journal-entry — Prepare journal entry with GL accounts
/finance:reconciliation — Reconcile GL to subledger or bank statement
/finance:variance-analysis — Analyze budget variances
/finance:income-statement — Generate income statement with commentary
/finance:sox-testing — Prepare SOX testing documentation

Connectors

Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Slack, MS365

Legal Plugin

Speed up contract review, NDA triage, and compliance workflows for in-house legal teams.

Skills

contract-review — Review contracts against negotiation playbook, flag deviations with severity (GREEN/YELLOW/RED)
nda-triage — Quickly assess NDAs for risk, flag non-standard terms
compliance — Check contracts for compliance requirements and regulatory obligations
legal-risk-assessment — Analyze contract risk factors, quantify exposure
canned-responses — Maintain library of approved standard responses
meeting-briefing — Prepare legal briefing for meetings

Commands

/legal:review-contract — Clause-by-clause review with redlines and business impact
/legal:triage-nda — Quick NDA assessment with risk flags
/legal:compliance-check — Verify contract compliance with policies
/legal:respond — Draft legal response
/legal:brief — Prepare legal briefing document
/legal:signature-request — Manage signature workflow
/legal:vendor-check — Assess vendor contract terms

Connectors

Slack, Box, Egnyte, Jira, MS365, DocuSign

Human Resources Plugin

Streamline people operations — recruiting, onboarding, performance reviews, compensation analysis.

Skills

recruiting-pipeline — Manage recruiting pipeline, candidate screening, interview questions
employee-handbook — Create and maintain employee handbook with policies
org-planning — Plan organizational structure, headcount, team composition
compensation-benchmarking — Analyze compensation against market benchmarks
people-analytics — Analyze turnover, retention, hiring patterns
interview-prep — Prepare interview guides, scorecards, candidate assessments

Commands

/hr:onboarding — Create onboarding checklist for new hire
/hr:draft-offer — Generate offer letter with terms
/hr:performance-review — Conduct or prepare performance review
/hr:comp-analysis — Analyze compensation and benchmark
/hr:people-report — Generate people operations report
/hr:policy-lookup — Search employee handbook and policies

Connectors

Slack, Google Calendar, Gmail, Notion, Jira, MS365

Operations Plugin

Optimize business operations — vendor management, process documentation, change management.

Skills

vendor-management — Evaluate vendors, negotiate contracts, track performance
process-optimization — Document, analyze, and optimize business processes
change-management — Plan and manage organizational changes
resource-planning — Plan team capacity, resource allocation
compliance-tracking — Track regulatory requirements and compliance status
risk-assessment — Identify operational risks and mitigation strategies

Commands

/ops:process-doc — Document business process with flowchart
/ops:vendor-review — Evaluate vendor or contract terms
/ops:change-request — Create change management request
/ops:capacity-plan — Plan team capacity and resource allocation
/ops:runbook — Create operational runbook
/ops:status-report — Generate operations status report

Connectors

Slack, Notion, Jira, Asana, ServiceNow, MS365

Enterprise Search Plugin

Search across all your company’s tools in one place.

Skills

search-strategy — Query decomposition and multi-source search orchestration
knowledge-synthesis — Combines results from multiple sources into coherent answers with source attribution
source-management — Manages connected MCP sources, detects availability, guides connection

Commands

/search:search — Search across all connected sources
/search:digest — Summarize search results with key findings

Connectors

Slack, Notion, Guru, Jira, Asana, MS365, Google Calendar, Gmail

Bio-Research Plugin

Connect to preclinical research tools and databases to accelerate early-stage life sciences R&D.

Skills

scientific-problem-selection — Systematic scientific problem selection using decision trees and risk assessment
single-cell-rna-qc — QC on single-cell RNA-seq data using scverse best practices
scvi-tools — Deep learning for single-cell analysis (scVI, scANVI, PeakVI, totalVI, MultiVI)
nextflow-development — Run nf-core bioinformatics pipelines (rnaseq, sarek, atacseq)
instrument-data-to-allotrope — Convert lab instrument output to Allotrope Simple Model format

Commands

/bio:start — Initialize scientific problem selection workflow

Connectors

PubMed, BioRender, bioRxiv, ClinicalTrials.gov, ChEMBL, Synapse, Open Targets, Benchling

Plugin Management Plugin

Create, customize, and manage plugins for your organization.

Skills

cowork-plugin-customizer — Customize existing plugins for your specific tools and workflows
create-cowork-plugin — Guide users through creating new plugins from scratch

This meta-plugin helps teams build their own domain-specific plugins following the same architecture.

Partner-Built Plugins

Beyond the 15 official plugins, Anthropic’s marketplace includes partner-built plugins:

Apollo (Apollo.io)

3 sales skills for contact enrichment, ICP-based prospecting, and direct sequence loading.

Brand Voice (Tribe AI)

Discovers brand voice from scattered company materials, generates guidelines, and enforces voice consistency across all AI-generated content.

Common Room

GTM copilot with account research, call prep, prospect list building, weekly briefings, and strategic account planning.

Slack (Salesforce)

Official Slack MCP server for team standups, channel summaries, announcement drafting, and discussion search.

Key Design Patterns

After analyzing all 15 plugins, several patterns emerge:

1. Research-First Workflows

Most plugins follow a research → synthesize → draft → execute pattern. Sales researches before drafting outreach. Customer support researches before responding. Legal researches before reviewing.

2. Multi-Source Integration

Every plugin integrates 5-10+ external tools via MCP. This is the key differentiator — Claude doesn’t just generate text, it pulls real data from your actual tools.

3. Playbook-Based Decisions

Legal uses negotiation playbooks. Sales uses competitive battlecards. Finance uses close checklists. These encoded workflows ensure consistency across teams.

4. Progressive Depth

Each plugin works standalone but becomes more powerful with customization. Generic starting point → company-specific tool stack → team-specific workflows → individual preferences.

Building Your Own Plugin

The cowork-plugin-management plugin helps you build custom plugins. The process is straightforward:

Define the manifest — plugin.json with name, version, description
Write skills — Markdown files encoding domain expertise
Create commands — Explicit slash commands for common actions
Wire connectors — .mcp.json pointing to your tool stack

Since everything is markdown, you can fork any existing plugin and customize it for your organization.

Conclusion

Anthropic’s Knowledge Work Plugins represent a significant shift in how AI assistants work. Instead of generic chat, Claude becomes a domain expert that understands your role’s workflows, connects to your tools, and follows your team’s best practices.

With 85+ skills and 69+ commands across 15 plugins, there’s a starting point for almost every knowledge worker. The real power comes when you customize them — swapping connectors, adding company context, adjusting workflows — to make Claude work exactly like your team does.

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