Installation

Veeva Claude Plugins install into Claude Code from the veeva-claude-plugins marketplace. Each plugin is a directory of skill files with no separate binary or package manager required.

Prerequisites

Before installing a Claude Plugin:

A Vault user account with API access. The vault plugin's login skill covers signing in.
Claude Code. Plugins run inside Claude Code. Install Claude Code first if you have not already done so.
Vault CLI 26.2.4 or later (recommended). Plugins route Vault operations through the Vault CLI when installed. Without it, the plugins call the documented Vault API directly.
On Windows: Git Bash or WSL. Plugins call the Vault API using curl, which requires a POSIX shell. The Vault CLI runs in any shell.
Network access to docs.veevavault.dev. Every plugin connects Claude to the remote Vault Documentation MCP server there.

Add the marketplace

Run once to register the Claude Plugin marketplace with Claude Code.

claude plugin marketplace add https://download.veevavault.dev/claude-plugins/marketplace.json

If you have git installed, you can also add the marketplace from GitHub:

claude plugin marketplace add veeva-ai/claude-plugins

Install a plugin

Install the plugin for your role. Claude Code installs declared dependencies automatically:

All Vault users: Install vault
Administrators: Install vault-administrator (installs vault with it)
Developers: Install vault-developer (installs vault and vault-administrator with it)

claude plugin install vault@veeva-claude-plugins

claude plugin install vault-administrator@veeva-claude-plugins

claude plugin install vault-developer@veeva-claude-plugins

Start a new Claude Code session after installing so the skills load. Run claude plugin list to confirm the installed version.

Install without git

Download claude-plugins.zip from github.com/veeva-ai/claude-plugins/releases/latest. Unzip into a folder you keep, then add that folder as the marketplace:

claude plugin marketplace add "<path-to-folder>"

Then follow the Install a plugin steps above. When a new release is available, unzip into the same folder and run the update commands.

Update plugins

Update the marketplace index, then update each plugin:

claude plugin marketplace update veeva-claude-plugins
claude plugin update vault@veeva-claude-plugins
claude plugin update vault-administrator@veeva-claude-plugins
claude plugin update vault-developer@veeva-claude-plugins

To turn on automatic updates for the marketplace, open /plugin in Claude Code and enable auto-update for veeva-claude-plugins.

Validate a plugin

If you are developing or modifying a plugin locally, validate its structure before use:

claude plugin validate .

To validate a specific plugin directory:

claude plugin validate plugins/vault-developer

Uninstall a plugin

To remove a plugin from Claude Code:

claude plugin uninstall vault@veeva-claude-plugins

Uninstalling removes the plugin's skills from your Claude Code session. Your Vault CLI sign-in is not affected.