Claude vocabulary
Plugins
Definition
Packages that add focused capabilities, tools, connections, or workflows to an AI system.
Visual example
Tool kit = plugin
The kitchen connection
Think of specialty kitchen toolkits.
The illustration connects the AI idea to something familiar. Follow the subject, the action, and the result to see how it works.
- 01 · Who or what
- Tool kit = plugin
- 02 · What happens
- Adds a focused capability
- 03 · The result
- Extends what AI can do
Why it matters
It extends an AI system with specialized capabilities beyond its default behavior.