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PlayDrop Plugin

Use the public Playdrop plugin and its specialist skills with Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor.

Updated July 24, 2026

The public playdrop plugin is the preferred way to bring PlayDrop creator workflows into Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor.

Canonical public source: playdrop-plugin.

Legacy compatibility surface: playdrop-skills and the legacy skill page.

Why Use the Plugin

  • one public plugin with focused creator workflows
  • routing through task-routing when the right workflow is not obvious
  • shared references and assets for game creation, remixing, updates, reviews, listings, and worker tasks
  • support for Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor from the same source repo

Specialist Skills

The plugin currently ships 13 skills from the sibling playdrop-plugin/skills directory:

SkillPurpose
task-routingRoute PlayDrop requests to the smallest relevant builder v2 skill.
create-gameCreate a new PlayDrop game from a worker task or direct creator request.
remix-gameScaffold from a source app and transform it into a distinct game.
update-gameUpdate an existing game without breaking current behavior.
playtest-gameSelf-playtest a game before upload or publish.
review-gameReview a specific game version inside a GAME_REVIEW worker task.
game-evalJudge frozen game versions inside an internal GAME_EVAL task.
discover-assetsSearch PlayDrop for reusable games, assets, packs, and remix sources.
make-assetsChoose, create, and declare gameplay assets.
make-listingCreate listing assets and metadata that match the real game.
market-gamePrepare lightweight marketing follow-up after the playable draft and listing are coherent.
creator-helpHelp creators with CLI, SDK, catalogue, upload, listing, and task issues.
task-workerReport progress, upload, complete, fail, and handle next steps inside worker task workspaces.

If you are not sure which one to use, start with task-routing and let the plugin route the work.

Install the Plugin

Codex

Install or update the PlayDrop marketplace through the Codex CLI:

bash example

codex plugin marketplace add playdrop-ai/playdrop-plugin
codex plugin add playdrop@playdrop

Refresh the marketplace snapshot before reinstalling or verifying an update:

bash example

codex plugin marketplace upgrade playdrop
codex plugin add playdrop@playdrop
codex plugin list

Claude Code

Either run these commands in Claude CLI directly, or tell the Claude app to run them with Claude CLI.

bash example

/plugin marketplace add playdrop-ai/playdrop-plugin
/plugin install playdrop@playdrop

/plugin is not available inside the Claude Code app at the moment.

Cursor

Install the plugin from the Cursor marketplace or import the public repo as a team marketplace. For local testing, copy or symlink the repo into:

text example

~/.cursor/plugins/local/playdrop

Then restart Cursor or run Developer: Reload Window.

After the plugin is installed, pair it with the CLI:

bash example

npm install -g @playdrop/playdrop-cli
playdrop auth login
playdrop auth whoami
playdrop documentation browse

For a new creator project:

bash example

playdrop project init .
playdrop project create app my-first-app --template playdrop/template/typescript_template
playdrop project dev my-first-app
playdrop project validate .

Versioning

The public plugin manifests follow the PlayDrop platform release version. The private monorepo owns the sync command:

bash example

node scripts/set-public-plugin-version.mjs 0.11.5

That command updates the Codex, Claude, and Cursor plugin manifests plus the version-bearing Claude and Cursor marketplace entries in the sibling playdrop-plugin repo.

Legacy Compatibility

The old umbrella playdrop skill is still supported for legacy skill-first environments and skills.sh installs, but it is no longer the preferred public setup.

Use the legacy skill only when your environment cannot install the plugin yet:

bash example

npx skills add https://github.com/playdrop-ai/playdrop-skills --skill playdrop

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