Fix marketplace install parse failure by replacing legacy symlink manifests with JSON mirrors

.claude-plugin/marketplace.json

@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+{
+    "name": "power-platform-skills",
+    "owner": {
+        "name": "Microsoft"
+    },
+    "metadata": {
+        "description": "Plugins for Power Platform development with Claude Code and GitHub Copilot",
+        "pluginRoot": "."
+    },
+    "plugins": [
+        {
+            "name": "power-pages",
+            "source": "./plugins/power-pages",
+            "description": "Power Pages development and management plugin for Claude Code and GitHub Copilot",
+            "category": "development",
+            "version": "2.4.0",
+            "license": "MIT",
+            "tags": [
+                "power platform",
+                "power pages",
+                "microsoft power platform",
+                "microsoft"
+            ],
+            "keywords": [
+                "power platform",
+                "power pages",
+                "microsoft power platform",
+                "microsoft"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "model-apps",
+            "source": "./plugins/model-apps",
+            "description": "Build and deploy generative pages for Power Apps model-driven apps",
+            "category": "development",
+            "version": "2.2.0",
+            "license": "MIT",
+            "tags": [
+                "power platform",
+                "power apps",
+                "model-driven apps",
+                "generative pages",
+                "genux",
+                "microsoft"
+            ],
+            "keywords": [
+                "power platform",
+                "power apps",
+                "model-driven apps",
+                "generative pages",
+                "genux",
+                "microsoft"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "mcp-apps",
+            "source": "./plugins/mcp-apps",
+            "description": "Generate MCP App widgets for MCP tools",
+            "category": "development",
+            "version": "1.0.0",
+            "license": "MIT",
+            "tags": [
+                "mcp",
+                "mcp-apps",
+                "widget",
+                "power platform",
+                "microsoft"
+            ],
+            "keywords": [
+                "mcp",
+                "mcp-apps",
+                "widget",
+                "power platform",
+                "microsoft"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "canvas-apps",
+            "source": "./plugins/canvas-apps",
+            "description": "Build Power Apps Canvas Apps using the Canvas Authoring MCP server",
+            "category": "development",
+            "version": "2.1.0",
+            "license": "MIT",
+            "tags": [
+                "power platform",
+                "power apps",
+                "canvas apps",
+                "pa-yaml",
+                "msapp",
+                "connectors",
+                "microsoft"
+            ],
+            "keywords": [
+                "power platform",
+                "power apps",
+                "canvas apps",
+                "pa-yaml",
+                "msapp",
+                "connectors",
+                "microsoft"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "code-apps-preview",
+            "source": "./plugins/code-apps",
+            "description": "Build and deploy Power Apps code apps using React, Vite, and Power Platform connectors",
+            "category": "development",
+            "version": "1.0.0",
+            "license": "MIT",
+            "tags": [
+                "power platform",
+                "power apps",
+                "code apps",
+                "react",
+                "vite",
+                "dataverse",
+                "connectors",
+                "microsoft"
+            ],
+            "keywords": [
+                "power platform",
+                "power apps",
+                "code apps",
+                "react",
+                "vite",
+                "dataverse",
+                "connectors",
+                "microsoft"
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}

AGENTS.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ A **plugin marketplace** for Power Platform development by Microsoft. The Open P
 ```
 power-platform-skills/
 ├── marketplace.json          # Open Plugins marketplace manifest (lists all available plugins)
-├── .claude-plugin/           # Legacy symlinks for existing subscriptions
+├── .claude-plugin/           # Legacy manifest mirrors for existing subscriptions
 │   └── marketplace.json
 ├── plugins/                  # Directory containing individual plugins
 │   └── <plugin-name>/        # Individual plugin (e.g., power-pages)
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ No root-level build, lint, or test commands exist. Build/test tooling lives insi
 Each plugin follows this structure:
 
 - `.plugin/plugin.json` — Open Plugins metadata (name, version, keywords)
-- `.claude-plugin/plugin.json` — legacy symlink to `.plugin/plugin.json` kept for existing subscriptions
+- `.claude-plugin/plugin.json` — legacy mirror of `.plugin/plugin.json` kept for existing subscriptions
 - `.mcp.json` — MCP server configuration (optional)
 - `agents/` — Agent definitions (`.md` files with YAML frontmatter)
 - `skills/` — Skill definitions, each in its own subdirectory with a `SKILL.md`
@@ -96,13 +96,14 @@ Current adopters: `power-pages`. Others adopt on demand.
 
 ## Legacy Marketplace Compatibility
 
-Keep the root `.claude-plugin/marketplace.json` as a symlink to
-`../marketplace.json`, and keep each plugin's `.claude-plugin/plugin.json` as a
-symlink to `../.plugin/plugin.json`. The shared root marketplace must stay
-dual-compatible: use repository-root-relative plugin `source` paths and preserve
-legacy `category`/`tags` fields alongside Open Plugins metadata. Existing
-marketplace subscriptions may still resolve the legacy paths during auto-update,
-so removing or drifting these files can force users to reinstall. Run
+Keep the root `.claude-plugin/marketplace.json` and each plugin's
+`.claude-plugin/plugin.json` as JSON mirrors of their Open Plugins counterparts.
+The shared root marketplace must stay dual-compatible: use repository-root-relative
+plugin `source` paths and preserve legacy `category`/`tags` fields alongside Open
+Plugins metadata. Existing marketplace subscriptions may still resolve the legacy
+paths during auto-update, so removing or drifting these files can force users to
+reinstall. Because mirrors are committed files (not symlinks), update both source
+and legacy copies together, then run
 `node scripts/validate-legacy-compatibility.js` after metadata changes.
 
 ## Code Conventions

README.md

@@ -205,12 +205,12 @@ power-platform-skills/
 └── README.md
 ```
 
-The `.claude-plugin` files are compatibility symlinks for users who subscribed
-before the Open Plugins migration. The root legacy marketplace points to
-`../marketplace.json`, and per-plugin legacy manifests point to
-`../.plugin/plugin.json`. The shared marketplace uses repository-root-relative
-plugin `source` paths so existing subscriptions can auto-update without
-requiring users to remove and reinstall the marketplace or plugins.
+The `.claude-plugin` files are compatibility mirrors for users who subscribed
+before the Open Plugins migration. The root legacy marketplace mirrors
+`marketplace.json`, and per-plugin legacy manifests mirror `.plugin/plugin.json`.
+The shared marketplace uses repository-root-relative plugin `source` paths so
+existing subscriptions can auto-update without requiring users to remove and
+reinstall the marketplace or plugins.
 
 ## Documentation
 

plugins/canvas-apps/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "name": "canvas-apps",
+  "version": "2.1.0",
+  "description": "Build Power Apps Canvas Apps using the Canvas Authoring MCP server.",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Microsoft",
+    "url": "https://www.microsoft.com"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills/",
+  "repository": "https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills/",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "keywords": [
+    "canvas-apps",
+    "power-apps",
+    "canvas",
+    "pa-yaml",
+    "msapp"
+  ]
+}

plugins/code-apps/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "name": "code-apps-preview",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Build and deploy Power Apps code apps using React, Vite, and Power Platform connectors.",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Microsoft",
+    "url": "https://www.microsoft.com"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills/",
+  "repository": "https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills/",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "keywords": [
+    "power-apps",
+    "code-apps",
+    "react",
+    "vite",
+    "dataverse",
+    "connectors",
+    "pac-cli",
+    "power-platform"
+  ]
+}

plugins/mcp-apps/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "name": "mcp-apps",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Generate MCP App widgets for MCP tools. Produces self-contained HTML widgets using the MCP Apps protocol.",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Microsoft",
+    "url": "https://www.microsoft.com"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills/",
+  "repository": "https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills/",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "keywords": [
+    "mcp-apps",
+    "mcp",
+    "widget",
+    "ext-apps",
+    "fluent-ui",
+    "html",
+    "tool-visualization"
+  ]
+}

plugins/model-apps/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "name": "model-apps",
+  "version": "2.2.0",
+  "description": "Build and deploy Power Apps generative pages for model-driven apps with specialist agents for planning, entity creation, and parallel code generation. Requires PAC CLI >= 2.7.0 and Azure CLI (`az`). See CHANGELOG.md for v1.x -> v2.x migration.",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Microsoft",
+    "url": "https://www.microsoft.com"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills/",
+  "repository": "https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills/",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "keywords": [
+    "model-apps",
+    "generative-pages",
+    "genux",
+    "genpage",
+    "react",
+    "fluent-ui",
+    "dataverse",
+    "pac-cli",
+    "model-driven"
+  ]
+}

plugins/power-pages/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{
+  "name": "power-pages",
+  "version": "2.4.0",
+  "description": "Create and deploy Power Pages sites using modern development approaches. Supports code sites (SPAs) with React, Angular, Vue, or Astro. Includes ALM orchestration (plan-alm) with a solution-splitting decision tree, per-solution pipelines, Azure Blob asset advisory, manifest schema v2 for multi-solution deployments, and force-link remediation for cross-host pipeline migrations.",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Microsoft",
+    "url": "https://www.microsoft.com"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills/",
+  "repository": "https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills/",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "keywords": [
+    "power-pages",
+    "site-builder",
+    "code-sites",
+    "spa",
+    "react",
+    "angular",
+    "vue",
+    "astro",
+    "pac-cli",
+    "dataverse",
+    "odata",
+    "web-api",
+    "tables",
+    "schema",
+    "solution",
+    "alm",
+    "plan-alm",
+    "ci-cd",
+    "pipeline",
+    "pipelines-host",
+    "force-link",
+    "diagnostics",
+    "shared-lib",
+    "solution-splitting",
+    "asset-advisory"
+  ]
+}

scripts/validate-legacy-compatibility.js

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
 /**
- * Validates that legacy .claude-plugin manifests symlink to the Open Plugins
- * metadata. These symlinks allow existing marketplace subscriptions to
- * auto-update without requiring users to remove and reinstall the marketplace.
+ * Validates that legacy .claude-plugin manifests mirror the Open Plugins
+ * metadata. Existing marketplace subscriptions still resolve the legacy paths
+ * during auto-update, so these files must stay in sync. Mirrors are committed
+ * files (not links), so this guard must pass whenever marketplace/plugin
+ * metadata changes.
  */
 
 const fs = require('fs');
@@ -31,13 +33,8 @@ function expectedLegacySource(pluginDirectory) {
   return `./${normalizeRelative(path.relative(ROOT, pluginDirectory))}`;
 }
 
-function assertSymlinkTarget(linkPath, expectedTarget) {
-  const stat = fs.lstatSync(linkPath);
-  assert.ok(stat.isSymbolicLink(), 'legacy plugin manifest must be a symlink');
-  assert.equal(
-    normalizeRelative(fs.readlinkSync(linkPath)),
-    normalizeRelative(expectedTarget)
-  );
+function assertJsonMirror(legacyPath, sourcePath) {
+  assert.deepEqual(readJson(legacyPath), readJson(sourcePath));
 }
 
 const errors = [];
@@ -52,7 +49,7 @@ function check(label, fn) {
 
 check('legacy marketplace manifest', () => {
   assert.ok(fs.existsSync(LEGACY_MARKETPLACE_PATH), 'missing .claude-plugin/marketplace.json');
-  assertSymlinkTarget(LEGACY_MARKETPLACE_PATH, path.join('..', 'marketplace.json'));
+  assertJsonMirror(LEGACY_MARKETPLACE_PATH, OPEN_MARKETPLACE_PATH);
 });
 
 if (errors.length === 0) {
@@ -88,8 +85,7 @@ if (errors.length === 0) {
 
     check(relativeLegacyManifestPath, () => {
       assert.ok(fs.existsSync(legacyManifestPath), 'missing legacy plugin manifest');
-      assertSymlinkTarget(legacyManifestPath, path.join('..', '.plugin', 'plugin.json'));
-      assert.deepEqual(readJson(legacyManifestPath), readJson(openManifestPath));
+      assertJsonMirror(legacyManifestPath, openManifestPath);
     });
   }