--- title: Agent Plugins: Share AI Customizations Everywhere description: Agent plugins are a new open standard for packaging AI agent customizations—skills, MCP servers, custom agents, hooks, and slash commands—into a single... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/agent-plugins-share-ai-customizations-everywhere-7bboxvj5d twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Agent Plugins: Share AI Customizations Everywhere | daily.dev og:description: Agent plugins are a new open standard for packaging AI agent customizations—skills, MCP servers, custom agents, hooks, and slash commands—into a single... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/agent-plugins-share-ai-customizations-everywhere-7bboxvj5d og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7bboxVJ5d.png og:image:alt: Agent Plugins: Share AI Customizations Everywhere og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Agent Plugins: Share AI Customizations Everywhere **[Visual Studio Code](https://daily.dev/sources/vscode)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Agent plugins are a new open standard for packaging AI agent customizations—skills, MCP servers, custom agents, hooks, and slash commands—into a single installable bundle shareable across machines, teams, and projects. Demonstrated in VS Code, they work across GitHub Copilot in VS Code, Copilot CLI, and the Copilot app. Users can browse built-in marketplaces, install plugins from a URL, GitHub repo, or local folder, and create their own plugins by combining existing instructions, agents, skills, and MCP servers, then version and publish them for others to install. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is an agent plugin in VS Code and GitHub Copilot? An agent plugin is a pre-packaged bundle of AI agent customizations—including skills, MCP servers, custom agents, hooks, and slash commands—that can be installed with one click from a marketplace in VS Code. It follows an open specification that works across GitHub Copilot in VS Code, Copilot CLI, and the Copilot app, so a plugin built once can run in multiple clients. _Developers standardizing AI coding setups across teams can follow agent plugin developments on daily.dev._ ### How do I install an agent plugin from a GitHub repo instead of a marketplace in VS Code? Open the agent customization panel, go to the plugins category, and choose install plugin from source, then paste in a URL, GitHub repo link, or point to a local folder. VS Code clones the repo and lists the available plugins, such as a .NET test plugin, which installs along with any bundled agent skills. _Anyone extending Copilot workflows with custom plugins can track these workflow tips on daily.dev._ ### Can I create and share my own custom agent plugin for a team project? Yes, in the plugins section of agent customization you can click create a plugin, then select which instructions, agents, skills, hooks, and MCP servers to include, name the bundle, and save it to a folder as a plugin using the agent plugin open specification. Once versioned, it can be committed and published to a repo for others to install into their own client. _Teams standardizing shared AI tooling can follow practical setups like this on daily.dev._ --- Tags: [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#.net](https://daily.dev/tags/.net), [#mcp](https://daily.dev/tags/mcp), [#vscode](https://daily.dev/tags/vscode) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/agent-plugins-share-ai-customizations-everywhere-7bboxvj5d) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Agent Plugins: Share AI Customizations Everywhere","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/agent-plugins-share-ai-customizations-everywhere-7bboxvj5d","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/agent-plugins-share-ai-customizations-everywhere-7bboxvj5d"},"datePublished":"2026-09-02T14:06:11.029Z","dateModified":"2026-09-02T14:07:15.559Z","description":"Agent plugins are a new open standard for packaging AI agent customizations—skills, MCP servers, custom agents, hooks, and slash commands—into a single...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Mnyc9gUTq7E/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Mnyc9gUTq7E/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Visual Studio Code","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Visual Studio Code","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/d5adab6ae9fb44d19859748fc30f5e18","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/vscode"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/agent-plugins-share-ai-customizations-everywhere-7bboxvj5d","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"github,ai-agents,.net,mcp,vscode","timeRequired":"PT5M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"Agent Plugins: Share AI Customizations Everywhere","description":"Agent plugins are a new open standard for packaging AI agent customizations—skills, MCP servers, custom agents, hooks, and slash commands—into a single...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Mnyc9gUTq7E/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-09-02T14:06:11.029Z","duration":"PT5M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/7bboxVJ5d","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mnyc9gUTq7E"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Visual Studio Code","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/vscode"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Agent Plugins: Share AI Customizations Everywhere"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/agent-plugins-share-ai-customizations-everywhere-7bboxvj5d#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is an agent plugin in VS Code and GitHub Copilot?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"An agent plugin is a pre-packaged bundle of AI agent customizations—including skills, MCP servers, custom agents, hooks, and slash commands—that can be installed with one click from a marketplace in VS Code. 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