Vendor: Anthropic | Homepage: https://code.claude.com/docs/ | CLI Command: claude | Version Detection: claude --version
| Component | Support Level | Notes |
|---|
| Skills | Native | |
| MCP Servers | Native | |
| LSP Servers | Native | Via plugin system |
| Hooks | Native | 17 events, 3 execution models |
| Agents | Native | |
| Commands | Native | |
| Instructions | Native | |
| Component | Scope | Path |
|---|
| Skills | user | ~/.claude/skills/{name}/SKILL.md |
| Skills | project | .claude/skills/{name}/SKILL.md |
| Agents | user | ~/.claude/agents/{name}.md |
| Agents | project | .claude/agents/{name}.md |
| Commands | user | ~/.claude/commands/{name}.md |
| Commands | project | .claude/commands/{name}.md |
| Instructions | user | ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md |
| Instructions | project | CLAUDE.md |
| Component | Scope | File | Format | Key |
|---|
| Hooks | user | ~/.claude/settings.json | json | hooks |
| Hooks | project | .claude/settings.json | json | hooks |
| MCP Servers | user | ~/.claude.json | json | mcpServers |
| MCP Servers | project | .mcp.json | json | mcpServers |
| LSP Servers | user | ~/.claude/settings.json | json | lspServers |
| LSP Servers | project | .claude/settings.json | json | lspServers |
| Property | Value |
|---|
| Filename | CLAUDE.md |
| Content Format | markdown |
| Merge Strategy | append |
| Scope | Path |
|---|
| user | ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md |
| project | CLAUDE.md |
Type: Bundle
| Property | Value |
|---|
| Install Directory | ~/.claude/plugins/{package} |
| Manifest | plugin.json (required: name) |
| Registration | settings-entry — ~/.claude/settings.json |
Layout:
| Component | Path |
|---|
| skills | skills/{name}/SKILL.md |
| agents | agents/{name}.md |
| commands | commands/{name}.md |
| hooks | hooks.json |
| mcp_servers | .mcp.json |
| lsp_servers | .lsp.json |
| Canonical Event | Host Event |
|---|
pre-tool-use | PreToolUse |
post-tool-use | PostToolUse |
session-start | SessionStart |
session-end | SessionStop |
notification | Notification |
pre-compact | PreCompact |
user-prompt-submit | UserPromptSubmit |
- PostToolUseFailure — Fires when a tool invocation fails or returns an error.
- PermissionRequest — Fires when the assistant requests user permission for a tool action.
- Stop — Fires when the assistant stops generating a response.
- SubagentStart — Fires when a subagent is spawned.
- SubagentStop — Fires when a subagent completes execution.
- TeammateIdle — Fires when a teammate agent becomes idle and available for work.
- TaskCompleted — Fires when a task in the task list is marked as completed.
- ConfigChange — Fires when configuration settings are modified.
- WorktreeCreate — Fires when a git worktree is created.
- WorktreeRemove — Fires when a git worktree is removed.
command, prompt, agent
| Property | Value |
|---|
| Supported | true |
| Transports | stdio, streamable-http |
| Env Prefix | None |
| Scope | Path |
|---|
| user | ~/.claude/settings.json |
| project | .claude/settings.json |
| managed | ~/.claude/settings.managed.json |
| Property | Value |
|---|
| Default | ~/.claude |
| Env Override | CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR |
| Capability | Supported |
|---|
| Lazy Loading | true |
| Hot Reload | false |
| Managed Settings | true |
