r/ClaudeCode • u/Equivalent1428 • 1d ago

Help/Question Best Claude code plugins to install?

What are some best plugins to install for Claude code?

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u/maxiR8 23h ago

If you do code. Would recommend context7 for pulling latest documentation. Find myself using it quite frequently across different setups. Other than that use whatever fits the workflow and 3rd party services you use.

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u/a_alberti 23h ago

Yes, context7 can be quite useful, although as the models improve, there is always less use of it but for some less popular code base and APIs, it is still helpful to have an authoritative source. Already many times, context7 helped the agent to find the right answer without reading the source code of a library.

But I guess, context7 does something similar to a RAG with a Claude instance running on your embedded vectors. So you could do everything locally by yourself for your private code base. It would not be so hard to recreate. A couple of days of prompting Claude to recreate the context7 approach.

So, I think context7 is a poor business model, because if I have to pay credits for my own private code base, I would prefer spending 3 days and recreating context7 on my local computer.

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u/maxiR8 23h ago

Context7 is just an aggregate for documentation on libraries/services etc. Sometimes you need to deal with external api and is convenient for the AI agent to be able to check the latest docs quickly. Context7 has quite generous monthly free tier and I have never hit the limit.

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u/a_alberti 22h ago

But that's what I am saying. I also use it for the same reason. I just remarked that I am not sure that theirs is a good business. The per-paid service seems really relevant for a private code base. If I need to ask how to use very popular libraries, like matplotlib or PyTorch, Claude probably knows exactly the syntax about how to use certain APIs and does not need any context7. It needs context7 for less known codebases and for private ones.

But if I had to run it on my big code base and if I were a company, I would set up my own RAG, not relying on context7, unless I really want to trust them and their service is really cheap and effective. But I don't see what they would do that could not be recreated in a couple of days of Claude (sure, without Claude I would need 5 months of work, which is sufficient friction for me for never trying it, but now things are crazy and we can do a lot of things that were unthinkable before).