Installation

Dendrite publishes a single marketplace from main. Installing it registers the full catalog, including plugin-provided MCP server registrations.

The canonical repository is dinglebear-ai/dendrite. The former jmagar/dendrite path still resolves through GitHub's transfer redirect, but new installs should use the canonical name.

Claude Code

claude plugin marketplace add dinglebear-ai/dendrite

Claude accepts owner/repo, owner/repo#ref, https://..., and local paths. Do not use the unsupported github:owner/repo form.

Codex

codex plugin marketplace add dinglebear-ai/dendrite

Install a plugin after adding the marketplace:

codex plugin add acp@dendrite

Gemini

Gemini does not install a Dendrite marketplace as a single marketplace catalog. Install or link individual plugin directories that contain gemini-extension.json:

gemini extensions install plugins/acp --consent --skip-settings
gemini extensions link plugins/acp
gemini extensions validate plugins/acp

Gemini accepts --ref for whole-repository extensions, but Dendrite's Gemini extensions live below plugins/<name>/, so installing from a local checkout is the reliable path.

Smoke Test

Run the local install smoke before publishing marketplace changes:

plugins/scripts/smoke-marketplace-install
plugins/scripts/smoke-marketplace-install --ref origin/main