Agent Plugin Manager

Browse and install Agent Plugins packages without leaving Visual Studio: pick a package from a repository, see what is inside it, choose exactly what to install and where it goes.

Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic, GitHub, Microsoft or agent-plugins.org. Product names are used only to describe compatibility.

Open it from Tools > Agent Plugin Manager...

Features

• Any repository as a source: a Git repo (full URL or GitHub owner/repo, optional branch, tag or commit) or a local folder, containing one plugin or many.
• Private and enterprise repos:
  • Single sign-on through Git Credential Manager (browser sign-in for Entra ID, GitHub Enterprise / SAML SSO, Azure DevOps).
  • Personal access tokens, stored encrypted for your Windows account.
• See what is inside: every package lists its skills, agents, prompts and MCP servers with descriptions and a preview of the content.
• Install only what you need: tick individual items, a whole package, or all packages.
• Choose where it goes: user folders (all projects) or the current repository, for GitHub Copilot, Claude Code or an agent-neutral .agents layout.
• Updates: installed packages are compared with the source on every refresh. Update manually, or turn on auto-update (also checks shortly after Visual Studio starts).
• Uninstall: remove a single item or a whole package.
• Dark, light, blue and high-contrast themes: the UI follows the Visual Studio theme.

Where items are installed

MCP servers are never selected by default. They are merged into the existing config file, and a .bak copy is written first.

Requirements

• Visual Studio 2026
• git on PATH, in Program Files, or the Visual Studio Git component. For single sign-on, Git Credential Manager (included with Git for Windows).

Links

• Source code and issues: https://github.com/DimitarCC/agents-plugin-manager
• Changelog: https://github.com/DimitarCC/agents-plugin-manager/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
• License: MIT

Privacy and security

• No telemetry. The extension talks only to the sources you add, through your local git.
• Access tokens are encrypted with Windows DPAPI for your user account. They are passed to git through the environment, never on a command line or in a log.
• Installing a package copies files, and optionally MCP server entries, into the folders shown above. MCP servers can run programs or reach the network, so install them only from sources you trust.
• Settings and install records live in %LOCALAPPDATA%\AgentsPluginsPackageManager.