Audio Plugin Dev Skills

February 10, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

A Claude Code plugin marketplace that provides skills for validating audio plugins across formats (VST3, AudioUnit, CLAP). Once installed, you can ask Claude to validate your plugins or use the slash commands directly in Claude Code.

Installation

In Claude Code, run:

/plugin marketplace add iPlug3/audio-plugin-dev-skills
/plugin install audio-plugin-validators@audio-plugin-dev-skills

Skills

audio-plugin-validators

Validate VST3, AudioUnit, and CLAP plugins using official and third-party CLI tools.

SkillDescription
validate-audiounitValidate AudioUnit v2/v3 plugins with auval
validate-vst3Validate VST3 plugins with Steinberg's validator
validate-clapValidate CLAP plugins with clap-validator
validate-pluginvalValidate VST3/AU plugins with pluginval
validate-vst3-editorhostTest VST3 UI with EditorHost
check-codesignCheck macOS code signature, hardened runtime, entitlements, and notarization

You can invoke these as slash commands (e.g. /audio-plugin-validators:validate-vst3) or just ask Claude to "validate my VST3 plugin" and it will use the appropriate skill.

Requirements

  • auval: Included with macOS
  • VST3 validator: Build from VST3 SDK or use pre-built
  • clap-validator: Download or build with Cargo
  • pluginval: Download

License

Copyright (c) 2026 Oli Larkin

MIT