Anthropic puts Claude’s skills and connectors on one Plugins page

Claude users will soon manage skills, connectors and plugins from the same page rather than three separate tabs. Anthropic’s scheduled change starts rolling out on October 29, 2026. Existing installations will carry over, but the transition also changes a desktop permission rule that some Team and Enterprise administrators will need to address.

One page, with filters instead of separate tabs

The most visible change is a new name: Customize becomes Plugins in Claude’s sidebar, chat menu and settings. A single Plugins page replaces the separate Skills, Connectors and Plugins tabs. Anthropic’s help guide describes it as one place to find, add and manage all three.

The page puts Your plugins above the plugins available to browse. That section includes plugins from a user’s organization and those shared with them. Quick filters narrow the list to skills or connectors, while individual cards identify their type. Plugins and connectors also open in the same detail-page layout.

Public directory entries will carry Verified or Community labels. Skills will work as plugins: users can invoke one with the “+” button or by typing “/” in chat, and sharing remains available.

Installations carry over; connections need separate removal

Most users do not need to take action. Their existing connectors, skills and plugins stay installed and usable after the change. To find those items in the new interface, Anthropic directs users to Plugins in the sidebar, then Your plugins and Show all. Filters can isolate plugins that contain only skills or connectors.

Removing a plugin that bundles skills and a connector will not disconnect the connector. Users must disconnect it separately.

The desktop exception administrators need to check

Most organizational controls remain intact. Organization settings will group Plugins & skills and Connectors under Plugins, but retain separate pages for plugins, connectors, policy, marketplaces and requests. Plugin and connector controls will remain mostly separate, even as users get a combined management page.

The exception starts November 30: Team and Enterprise organizations with Skills disabled will also have plugins blocked in Claude Desktop. Anthropic says this brings desktop behavior into line with Claude web and Claude Code. Administrators who already allow Skills do not need to change anything.

To keep desktop plugins available

1. An organization owner must open Organization settings, then Library, then Policy.
2. Turn on Cloud code execution and file creation if it is off. Anthropic says plugins require this setting.
3. Turn on Skills before November 30. That setting will be renamed Plugins on that date. Leaving it off will block plugins in Claude Cowork and the Code tab.

Enabling those features does not extend health-data coverage. Anthropic warns that organizations using its HIPAA configuration have business associate agreements that do not cover connectors, plugins or skills—even after an owner enables them. Its instruction is to keep protected health information out of all three.