.claude-plugin/marketplace.json

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
   "plugins": [
     {
       "name": "caveman",
+      "description": "Ultra-compressed communication mode from JuliusBrussee/caveman \u2014 cuts output tokens while keeping full technical accuracy. Installed straight from the upstream repo, not vendored here.",
+      "author": {
+        "name": "Rootiest"
+      },
       "source": {
         "source": "github",
         "repo": "JuliusBrussee/caveman"
@@ -15,30 +19,58 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "core-essentials",
+      "description": "Core cross-tool utilities, including delegation to the Antigravity CLI (agy) for grounded research and large multi-file audits.",
+      "author": {
+        "name": "Rootiest"
+      },
       "source": "./dist/claude-code/core-essentials"
     },
     {
       "name": "date-time",
+      "description": "Retrieves the exact current date and time for time-sensitive queries, scheduling, duration calculations, and validating chronological context.",
+      "author": {
+        "name": "Rootiest"
+      },
       "source": "./dist/claude-code/date-time"
     },
     {
       "name": "docs-sync-audit",
+      "description": "Analyzes repository delta since the last documentation update and synchronizes the Single Source of Truth (docs/, wiki, or README) with the current codebase state.",
+      "author": {
+        "name": "Rootiest"
+      },
       "source": "./dist/claude-code/docs-sync-audit"
     },
     {
       "name": "git-publish-workflow",
+      "description": "Automates branching, conventional commits, testing, and PR creation for uncommitted or staged work. Handles both independent and stacked PRs.",
+      "author": {
+        "name": "Rootiest"
+      },
       "source": "./dist/claude-code/git-publish-workflow"
     },
     {
       "name": "gitea-mcp",
+      "description": "Connects Claude Code/agy to a Gitea instance via the official gitea-mcp server, authenticated with GITEA_HOST/GITEA_ACCESS_TOKEN you set locally.",
+      "author": {
+        "name": "Rootiest"
+      },
       "source": "./dist/claude-code/gitea-mcp"
     },
     {
       "name": "github-mcp",
+      "description": "Connects Claude Code/agy to GitHub via the official MCP server, authenticated with a GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN you set locally.",
+      "author": {
+        "name": "Rootiest"
+      },
       "source": "./dist/claude-code/github-mcp"
     },
     {
       "name": "mattpocock-skills",
+      "description": "Matt Pocock's agent skills for real engineering from mattpocock/skills \u2014 grilling, spec/ticket flows, TDD, code review, domain modelling and more. Installed straight from the upstream repo, not vendored here.",
+      "author": {
+        "name": "Rootiest"
+      },
       "source": {
         "source": "github",
         "repo": "mattpocock/skills"
@@ -46,10 +78,18 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "mirror-it",
+      "description": "Configures a Gitea repository to automatically push-mirror its contents to GitHub using the tea CLI and jq.",
+      "author": {
+        "name": "Rootiest"
+      },
       "source": "./dist/claude-code/mirror-it"
     },
     {
       "name": "ponytail",
+      "description": "Lazy senior dev mode from DietrichGebert/ponytail \u2014 forces the simplest, shortest solution that actually works (YAGNI, stdlib first, no unrequested abstractions). Installed straight from the upstream repo, not vendored here.",
+      "author": {
+        "name": "Rootiest"
+      },
       "source": {
         "source": "github",
         "repo": "DietrichGebert/ponytail"
@@ -57,22 +97,39 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "readme-sync-audit",
+      "description": "Analyzes repository delta since the last documentation update and synchronizes the README.md with the current codebase state.",
+      "author": {
+        "name": "Rootiest"
+      },
       "source": "./dist/claude-code/readme-sync-audit"
     },
     {
       "name": "ship-it",
+      "description": "Runs a comprehensive pre-flight audit, syncs the README, and publishes the changes to a new PR.",
+      "author": {
+        "name": "Rootiest"
+      },
       "source": "./dist/claude-code/ship-it"
     },
     {
       "name": "systematic-enumeration",
+      "description": "Forces element-by-element verification for finite sets to prevent counting errors.",
+      "author": {
+        "name": "Rootiest"
+      },
       "source": "./dist/claude-code/systematic-enumeration"
     },
     {
       "name": "technical-devlog-scribe",
+      "description": "Generates a highly structured, objective technical summary of a development session.",
+      "author": {
+        "name": "Rootiest"
+      },
       "source": "./dist/claude-code/technical-devlog-scribe"
     },
     {
       "name": "rootiest-ai-all",
+      "description": "Reusable AI skills for Claude Code and Antigravity CLI (all skills)",
       "source": "./dist/claude-code/rootiest-ai-all"
     }
   ]

dist/claude-code/core-essentials/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
   "name": "core-essentials",
   "description": "Core cross-tool utilities, including delegation to the Antigravity CLI (agy) for grounded research and large multi-file audits.",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "author": "Rootiest"
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Rootiest"
+  }
 }

dist/claude-code/date-time/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
   "name": "date-time",
   "description": "Retrieves the exact current date and time for time-sensitive queries, scheduling, duration calculations, and validating chronological context.",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "author": "Rootiest"
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Rootiest"
+  }
 }

dist/claude-code/docs-sync-audit/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
   "name": "docs-sync-audit",
   "description": "Analyzes repository delta since the last documentation update and synchronizes the Single Source of Truth (docs/, wiki, or README) with the current codebase state.",
   "version": "1.3.0",
-  "author": "Rootiest"
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Rootiest"
+  }
 }

dist/claude-code/git-publish-workflow/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
   "name": "git-publish-workflow",
   "description": "Automates branching, conventional commits, testing, and PR creation for uncommitted or staged work. Handles both independent and stacked PRs.",
   "version": "1.2.0",
-  "author": "Rootiest"
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Rootiest"
+  }
 }

dist/claude-code/gitea-mcp/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
   "name": "gitea-mcp",
   "description": "Connects Claude Code/agy to a Gitea instance via the official gitea-mcp server, authenticated with GITEA_HOST/GITEA_ACCESS_TOKEN you set locally.",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "author": "Rootiest"
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Rootiest"
+  }
 }

dist/claude-code/github-mcp/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
   "name": "github-mcp",
   "description": "Connects Claude Code/agy to GitHub via the official MCP server, authenticated with a GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN you set locally.",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "author": "Rootiest"
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Rootiest"
+  }
 }

dist/claude-code/mirror-it/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
   "name": "mirror-it",
   "description": "Configures a Gitea repository to automatically push-mirror its contents to GitHub using the tea CLI and jq.",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "author": "Rootiest"
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Rootiest"
+  }
 }

dist/claude-code/readme-sync-audit/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
   "name": "readme-sync-audit",
   "description": "Analyzes repository delta since the last documentation update and synchronizes the README.md with the current codebase state.",
   "version": "1.2.0",
-  "author": "Rootiest"
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Rootiest"
+  }
 }

dist/claude-code/ship-it/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
   "name": "ship-it",
   "description": "Runs a comprehensive pre-flight audit, syncs the README, and publishes the changes to a new PR.",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "author": "Rootiest"
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Rootiest"
+  }
 }

dist/claude-code/systematic-enumeration/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
   "name": "systematic-enumeration",
   "description": "Forces element-by-element verification for finite sets to prevent counting errors.",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "author": "Rootiest"
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Rootiest"
+  }
 }

dist/claude-code/technical-devlog-scribe/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
   "name": "technical-devlog-scribe",
   "description": "Generates a highly structured, objective technical summary of a development session.",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "author": "Rootiest"
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Rootiest"
+  }
 }

plugins/caveman/plugin.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "caveman",
   "description": "Ultra-compressed communication mode from JuliusBrussee/caveman — cuts output tokens while keeping full technical accuracy. Installed straight from the upstream repo, not vendored here.",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "author": "Rootiest",
+  "author": { "name": "Rootiest" },
   "targets": ["claude-code"],
   "external": {
     "claude-code": {

plugins/core-essentials/plugin.json

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
   "name": "core-essentials",
   "description": "Core cross-tool utilities, including delegation to the Antigravity CLI (agy) for grounded research and large multi-file audits.",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "author": "Rootiest"
+  "author": { "name": "Rootiest" }
 }

plugins/date-time/plugin.json

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
   "name": "date-time",
   "description": "Retrieves the exact current date and time for time-sensitive queries, scheduling, duration calculations, and validating chronological context.",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "author": "Rootiest"
+  "author": { "name": "Rootiest" }
 }

plugins/docs-sync-audit/plugin.json

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
   "name": "docs-sync-audit",
   "description": "Analyzes repository delta since the last documentation update and synchronizes the Single Source of Truth (docs/, wiki, or README) with the current codebase state.",
   "version": "1.3.0",
-  "author": "Rootiest"
+  "author": { "name": "Rootiest" }
 }

plugins/git-publish-workflow/plugin.json

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
   "name": "git-publish-workflow",
   "description": "Automates branching, conventional commits, testing, and PR creation for uncommitted or staged work. Handles both independent and stacked PRs.",
   "version": "1.2.0",
-  "author": "Rootiest"
+  "author": { "name": "Rootiest" }
 }

plugins/gitea-mcp/plugin.json

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
   "name": "gitea-mcp",
   "description": "Connects Claude Code/agy to a Gitea instance via the official gitea-mcp server, authenticated with GITEA_HOST/GITEA_ACCESS_TOKEN you set locally.",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "author": "Rootiest"
+  "author": { "name": "Rootiest" }
 }

plugins/github-mcp/plugin.json

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
   "name": "github-mcp",
   "description": "Connects Claude Code/agy to GitHub via the official MCP server, authenticated with a GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN you set locally.",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "author": "Rootiest"
+  "author": { "name": "Rootiest" }
 }

plugins/mattpocock-skills/plugin.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "mattpocock-skills",
   "description": "Matt Pocock's agent skills for real engineering from mattpocock/skills — grilling, spec/ticket flows, TDD, code review, domain modelling and more. Installed straight from the upstream repo, not vendored here.",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "author": "Rootiest",
+  "author": { "name": "Rootiest" },
   "targets": ["claude-code"],
   "external": {
     "claude-code": {

plugins/mirror-it/plugin.json

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
   "name": "mirror-it",
   "description": "Configures a Gitea repository to automatically push-mirror its contents to GitHub using the tea CLI and jq.",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "author": "Rootiest"
+  "author": { "name": "Rootiest" }
 }

plugins/ponytail/plugin.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "ponytail",
   "description": "Lazy senior dev mode from DietrichGebert/ponytail — forces the simplest, shortest solution that actually works (YAGNI, stdlib first, no unrequested abstractions). Installed straight from the upstream repo, not vendored here.",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "author": "Rootiest",
+  "author": { "name": "Rootiest" },
   "targets": ["claude-code"],
   "external": {
     "claude-code": {

plugins/readme-sync-audit/plugin.json

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
   "name": "readme-sync-audit",
   "description": "Analyzes repository delta since the last documentation update and synchronizes the README.md with the current codebase state.",
   "version": "1.2.0",
-  "author": "Rootiest"
+  "author": { "name": "Rootiest" }
 }

plugins/ship-it/plugin.json

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
   "name": "ship-it",
   "description": "Runs a comprehensive pre-flight audit, syncs the README, and publishes the changes to a new PR.",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "author": "Rootiest"
+  "author": { "name": "Rootiest" }
 }

plugins/systematic-enumeration/plugin.json

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
   "name": "systematic-enumeration",
   "description": "Forces element-by-element verification for finite sets to prevent counting errors.",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "author": "Rootiest"
+  "author": { "name": "Rootiest" }
 }

plugins/technical-devlog-scribe/plugin.json

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
   "name": "technical-devlog-scribe",
   "description": "Generates a highly structured, objective technical summary of a development session.",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "author": "Rootiest"
+  "author": { "name": "Rootiest" }
 }

scripts/generate_plugins.py

@@ -159,6 +159,17 @@ def validate_targets(value: "list | None", valid_targets: list[str], context: st
     return value
 
 
+def validate_author(value: "dict | str | None", context: str) -> None:
+    """Validate an optional 'author' field. The Claude Code marketplace/plugin
+    schemas both require an object ({"name": ...}), not a bare string."""
+    if value is None:
+        return
+    if not isinstance(value, dict) or not value.get("name"):
+        raise ValidationError(
+            f'{context}: \'author\' must be an object with a \'name\' field, e.g. {{"name": "..."}}'
+        )
+
+
 def validate_external(value: "dict | None", valid_targets: list[str], context: str) -> "dict | None":
     """Validate an optional 'external' map of target -> marketplace source object."""
     if value is None:
@@ -189,6 +200,7 @@ def discover_plugins(merged_root: Path, valid_targets: list[str]) -> list[dict]:
         for field in REQUIRED_PLUGIN_FIELDS:
             if not meta.get(field):
                 raise ValidationError(f"{manifest_path}: missing required field '{field}'")
+        validate_author(meta.get("author"), str(manifest_path))
         plugin_targets = validate_targets(meta.get("targets"), valid_targets, str(manifest_path))
         plugin_external = validate_external(meta.get("external"), valid_targets, str(manifest_path))
         if plugin_external is not None:
@@ -399,16 +411,25 @@ def gen_claude_code(manifest: dict, plugins: list[dict], out_dir: Path) -> None:
         shutil.rmtree(plugins_out)
     plugins_out.mkdir(parents=True)
 
+    def marketplace_entry(name: str, meta: dict, source) -> dict:
+        entry: dict = {"name": name}
+        if meta.get("description"):
+            entry["description"] = meta["description"]
+        if meta.get("author"):
+            entry["author"] = meta["author"]
+        entry["source"] = source
+        return entry
+
     marketplace_entries = []
     for p in plugins:
         name = p["meta"]["name"]
         external_source = (p["external"] or {}).get("claude-code") if p["external"] else None
         if external_source is not None:
             if plugin_supports(p, "claude-code"):
-                marketplace_entries.append({"name": name, "source": external_source})
+                marketplace_entries.append(marketplace_entry(name, p["meta"], external_source))
             continue
         if write_claude_plugin(p, plugins_out / name):
-            marketplace_entries.append({"name": name, "source": f"./dist/claude-code/{name}"})
+            marketplace_entries.append(marketplace_entry(name, p["meta"], f"./dist/claude-code/{name}"))
 
     bundle_id = manifest["bundle"]["id"]
     bundle_skills = [(p, s) for p in plugins for s in active_skills(p, "claude-code")]
@@ -426,7 +447,13 @@ def gen_claude_code(manifest: dict, plugins: list[dict], out_dir: Path) -> None:
         bundle_skills_dir = bundle_dest / "skills"
         for _, s in bundle_skills:
             shutil.copytree(s["dir"], bundle_skills_dir / s["frontmatter"]["name"])
-        marketplace_entries.append({"name": bundle_id, "source": f"./dist/claude-code/{bundle_id}"})
+        marketplace_entries.append(
+            marketplace_entry(
+                bundle_id,
+                {"description": f"{manifest['marketplace']['description']} (all skills)"},
+                f"./dist/claude-code/{bundle_id}",
+            )
+        )
 
     marketplace = {
         "name": manifest["marketplace"]["name"],