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Context

Assistant: Cline Proposal: Move Agent Plugins into ~/.agents/plugins and Hub-enable them in Settings → Customize Summary: Cline Desktop v0.0.23 discovers Agent Plugins only from ~/.agents/plugins via the shared Hub. Workspace .agents/plugins is ignored. Put packages with plugin.json there so skills and MCP servers start automatically, then enable each plugin under Settings → Customize. Primary source: https://github.com/cline/cline/releases/tag/desktop-v0.0.23

Why it matters

desktop-v0.0.23 routes Agent Plugins through the shared Hub: packages under ~/.agents/plugins are validated from plugin.json, valid Agent Skills become available, and stdio / Streamable HTTP / SSE MCP servers start automatically. Settings → Customize now lists Agent Plugins separately from Cline Plugins (description, badge, contributed tools) with Hub-managed per-plugin enable/disable. Workspace .agents/plugins is intentionally ignored, so repo-local plugin folders will silently stop working. Relocate packages, keep plugin.json valid, and enable only the plugins this machine should run so Hub auto-start of MCP servers matches intent. The same release also stops a wedged MCP server from blocking shutdown of the rest, so leftover plugin processes should no longer leak after disable or quit.

Suggested actions

1. mkdir -p ~/.agents/plugins && if [ -d .agents/plugins ]; then echo 'Workspace .agents/plugins is ignored in desktop-v0.0.23 — copy each package into ~/.agents/plugins/<name> with its plugin.json'; ls -la .agents/plugins; fi
2. For every directory in ~/.agents/plugins, open plugin.json and keep only packages whose declared Agent Skills and MCP servers (stdio, Streamable HTTP, or SSE) you want the Hub to validate and start automatically.
3. In Cline Desktop open Settings → Customize, use the Agent Plugins list (not Cline Plugins), read each plugin's description, badge, and contributed tools, then Hub-enable only the plugins this machine should run.
4. Add workspace .agents/plugins to .gitignore and replace any team docs or onboarding that install plugins in the repo with ~/.agents/plugins as the sole install path.
5. After enabling plugins, quit Cline once and confirm Hub-started MCP processes for disabled or unused plugins exit (wedged-server shutdown leak is fixed in this release).

Config surfaces this release may change

• skills (high confidence) — check your repo before applying
• MCP servers — check your repo before applying

After you finish

Do not report this as applied to DevAgentRadar. You cannot write the visitor's loop.

Tell the human: open https://devagentradar.com/proposals/cline-desktop-v0-0-23-move-agent-plugins-into-agents-plugins-and-hub-ena and mark Applied, Skipped, or Failed. Proposal id: 0c40bd33-79cc-47ac-b6a8-8526d535d836

Your job

1. Restate the change in one sentence.
2. Propose a minimal plan for my repo (or a throwaway pilot).
3. Implement only what I approve; prefer small diffs and tests.
4. Call out risks (permissions, breaking APIs, cost).

Start by confirming you understood the proposal.