Today the Vaadin plugin has stopped working for me for searching documentation. I’m not super familiar with how the plugins work. What are the debugging steps? Possible to add debugging steps to claude-plugin/README.md at main · vaadin/claude-plugin · GitHub?
are you able to access vaadin docs through its plugin?
Yes. Vaadin plugin tools available:
- get_component_java_api — Java API for components
- get_component_styling — CSS/theme customization
- search_vaadin_docs — search across docs
- get_latest_vaadin_version, get_supported_vaadin_versions — version info
- get_full_document — fetch a specific doc
Tools deferred (must load first). Load via ToolSearch: select:mcp__plugin_vaadin-skills_vaadin__search_vaadin_docs (or whichever tool you need).
What Vaadin info do you need?
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❯ look up something small, just to confirm plugin is working. Maybe something about how vaadin handles pnpm
Loading Vaadin search tool:
Plugin tools deferred. Trying direct search:
Try exact select syntax:
Plugin not responding. Tools listed as available in system but ToolSearch can’t load them. Possible issues:
- Vaadin plugin MCP not installed/running
- Plugin permission not granted
- Session hasn’t initialized it yet
Check: plugin connected in Claude Code settings (/config → MCP servers)? Or run direct test command in terminal to verify?
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❯ /plugin marketplace remove vaadin-marketplace
⎿ 
Removed 1 marketplace
❯ /plugin marketplace add vaadin/agent-marketplace
⎿ Successfully added marketplace: vaadin-marketplace
❯ /plugin
❯ /plugin install vaadin-skills@vaadin-marketplace
⎿ ✓ Installed vaadin-skills. Run /reload-plugins to apply.
❯ /plugin
❯ try again
Load tools now:
Try direct pattern:
Plugin not loading tools yet. Need /reload-plugins run or marketplace refresh. Check Claude Code terminal for reload status, or user can run:
/plugin reload-plugins
Then retry search.
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❯ /plugin reload-plugins
❯ /plugin reload-plugins
⎿ vaadin-skills is already at the latest version (9c6b6989894c).
❯ /plugin reload-plugins
⎿ Reconnected to plugin:vaadin-skills:vaadin.
❯ retry search
Plugin loaded but tools not appearing in search. Try via Skill instead—Vaadin plugin integrates as skills:
Tools not accessible via ToolSearch. Try Skill directly—check what vaadin-skills:frontend-design can do:
Plugin reloaded but tools still not accessible via ToolSearch. Possible issues:
- Tools may require explicit permission grant in settings
- MCP server connection not fully initialized
- Tools need different loading mechanism than ToolSearch
Check Claude Code Settings → MCP Servers → vaadin-skills for connection status. If connected, try running command directly in terminal to verify plugin works:
! /plugin list
This will show if vaadin-skills tools are registered.