diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/claude_code_plugins/helpers.test.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/claude_code_plugins/helpers.test.ts
index c16eba24f7b..a04134a63d8 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/claude_code_plugins/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/claude_code_plugins/helpers.test.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe("buildMarketplaceSettingsSnippet", () => {
   it("nests the url under a source object so Claude Code accepts the marketplace", () => {
     expect(JSON.parse(buildMarketplaceSettingsSnippet("https://proxy.example.com"))).toEqual({
       extraKnownMarketplaces: {
-        "my-org": {
+        litellm: {
           source: {
             source: "url",
             url: "https://proxy.example.com/claude-code/marketplace.json",
@@ -37,28 +37,12 @@ describe("buildMarketplaceSettingsSnippet", () => {
 });
 
 describe("formatInstallCommand", () => {
-  it("formats github source with repo", () => {
-    const source: PluginSource = { source: "github", repo: "org/repo" };
-    expect(formatInstallCommand({ name: "my-plugin", source })).toBe("/plugin marketplace add org/repo");
+  it("produces a /plugin install command scoped to the litellm marketplace", () => {
+    expect(formatInstallCommand({ name: "my-plugin" })).toBe("/plugin install my-plugin@litellm");
   });
 
-  it("formats url source", () => {
-    const source: PluginSource = { source: "url", url: "https://example.com/plugin" };
-    expect(formatInstallCommand({ name: "my-plugin", source })).toBe(
-      "/plugin marketplace add https://example.com/plugin",
-    );
-  });
-
-  it("formats git-subdir source using its url", () => {
-    const source: PluginSource = { source: "git-subdir", url: "https://github.com/org/repo", path: "plugins/x" };
-    expect(formatInstallCommand({ name: "my-plugin", source })).toBe(
-      "/plugin marketplace add https://github.com/org/repo",
-    );
-  });
-
-  it("falls back to plugin name when no repo or url", () => {
-    const source: PluginSource = { source: "github" };
-    expect(formatInstallCommand({ name: "my-plugin", source })).toBe("/plugin marketplace add my-plugin");
+  it("uses the plugin name as the identifier", () => {
+    expect(formatInstallCommand({ name: "code-review" })).toBe("/plugin install code-review@litellm");
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/claude_code_plugins/helpers.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/claude_code_plugins/helpers.ts
index a4e70f78af1..85b4ef357f7 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/claude_code_plugins/helpers.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/claude_code_plugins/helpers.ts
@@ -179,13 +179,14 @@ export const parseSkillSource = (rawUrl: string, subPath?: string): SkillSourceP
 /**
  * Build the `~/.claude/settings.json` snippet that registers the proxy as a marketplace.
  * Claude Code expects `extraKnownMarketplaces.<name>.source` to be a source object, not a
- * bare `"url"` string, so the url/source pair is nested one level deeper.
+ * bare `"url"` string, so the url/source pair is nested one level deeper. The key must be
+ * "litellm" to match the name the proxy returns in marketplace.json.
  */
 export const buildMarketplaceSettingsSnippet = (proxyOrigin: string): string =>
   JSON.stringify(
     {
       extraKnownMarketplaces: {
-        "my-org": {
+        litellm: {
           source: {
             source: "url",
             url: `${proxyOrigin}/claude-code/marketplace.json`,
@@ -198,20 +199,11 @@ export const buildMarketplaceSettingsSnippet = (proxyOrigin: string): string =>
   );
 
 /**
- * Generate install command for Claude Code CLI
- * Format: /plugin marketplace add org/repo OR /plugin marketplace add url
+ * Generate install command for Claude Code CLI.
+ * Installs the named plugin from the "litellm" marketplace registered in settings.json.
  */
-export const formatInstallCommand = (plugin: { name: string; source: PluginSource }): string => {
-  const { source } = plugin;
-  if (source.source === "github" && source.repo) {
-    return `/plugin marketplace add ${source.repo}`;
-  }
-  if ((source.source === "url" || source.source === "git-subdir") && source.url) {
-    return `/plugin marketplace add ${source.url}`;
-  }
-  // Fallback to plugin name
-  return `/plugin marketplace add ${plugin.name}`;
-};
+export const formatInstallCommand = (plugin: { name: string }): string =>
+  `/plugin install ${plugin.name}@litellm`;
 
 /**
  * Extract unique categories from plugins list
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/claude_code_plugins/skill_detail.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/claude_code_plugins/skill_detail.tsx
index fe001641135..8c99e9a3301 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/claude_code_plugins/skill_detail.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/claude_code_plugins/skill_detail.tsx
@@ -261,6 +261,32 @@ const SkillDetail: React.FC<SkillDetailProps> = ({ skill, onBack }) => {
             </pre>
           </div>
 
+          {/* Shown when the marketplace catalog is stale and the plugin isn't found yet */}
+          <div
+            style={{
+              border: "1px solid #fce8b2",
+              borderRadius: 8,
+              padding: "12px 16px",
+              backgroundColor: "#fefce8",
+              marginBottom: 16,
+            }}
+          >
+            <p style={{ fontSize: 13, color: "#5f6368", lineHeight: 1.6, margin: "0 0 8px 0" }}>
+              If you see &quot;Plugin {skill.name} not found in marketplace&quot;, update the catalog first:
+            </p>
+            <pre
+              style={{
+                margin: 0,
+                fontSize: 13,
+                fontFamily: "monospace",
+                color: "#202124",
+                backgroundColor: "transparent",
+              }}
+            >
+              /plugin marketplace update litellm
+            </pre>
+          </div>
+
           <p style={{ fontSize: 13, color: "#5f6368", lineHeight: 1.6, margin: 0 }}>
             Don&apos;t have the marketplace configured yet?{" "}
             <span onClick={() => setActiveTab("setup")} style={{ color: "#1a73e8", cursor: "pointer" }}>
@@ -276,12 +302,73 @@ const SkillDetail: React.FC<SkillDetailProps> = ({ skill, onBack }) => {
           <h2 style={{ fontSize: 18, fontWeight: 400, color: "#202124", margin: "0 0 8px 0" }}>
             One-time marketplace setup
           </h2>
-          <p style={{ fontSize: 14, color: "#5f6368", margin: "0 0 24px 0", lineHeight: 1.6 }}>
-            Add this to{" "}
+
+          {/* Option 1: single command — fastest path for most users */}
+          <p style={{ fontSize: 14, color: "#5f6368", margin: "0 0 12px 0", lineHeight: 1.6 }}>
+            Run this command in Claude Code to register the marketplace:
+          </p>
+          <div
+            style={{
+              border: "1px solid #dadce0",
+              borderRadius: 8,
+              overflow: "hidden",
+              marginBottom: 24,
+            }}
+          >
+            <div
+              style={{
+                display: "flex",
+                alignItems: "center",
+                justifyContent: "space-between",
+                padding: "10px 16px",
+                backgroundColor: "#f8f9fa",
+                borderBottom: "1px solid #dadce0",
+              }}
+            >
+              <span style={{ fontSize: 13, color: "#3c4043", fontWeight: 500 }}>Run in Claude Code</span>
+              <button
+                onClick={() => {
+                  const origin = typeof window !== "undefined" ? window.location.origin : "";
+                  copyToClipboard(`/plugin marketplace add ${origin}/claude-code/marketplace.json`, "marketplace-cmd");
+                }}
+                style={{
+                  display: "flex",
+                  alignItems: "center",
+                  gap: 4,
+                  fontSize: 12,
+                  color: copiedKey === "marketplace-cmd" ? "#137333" : "#1a73e8",
+                  background: "none",
+                  border: "none",
+                  cursor: "pointer",
+                  padding: 0,
+                }}
+              >
+                {copiedKey === "marketplace-cmd" ? <CheckOutlined /> : <CopyOutlined />}
+                {copiedKey === "marketplace-cmd" ? "Copied" : "Copy"}
+              </button>
+            </div>
+            <pre
+              style={{
+                margin: 0,
+                padding: "14px 16px",
+                fontSize: 13,
+                fontFamily: "monospace",
+                color: "#202124",
+                backgroundColor: "#fff",
+              }}
+            >
+              {`/plugin marketplace add ${typeof window !== "undefined" ? window.location.origin : "<proxy-url>"}/claude-code/marketplace.json`}
+            </pre>
+          </div>
+
+          {/* Option 2: settings.json — for persistent config or managed deployments.
+              extraKnownMarketplaces requires source to be a nested object, not a flat string. */}
+          <p style={{ fontSize: 14, color: "#5f6368", margin: "0 0 12px 0", lineHeight: 1.6 }}>
+            Or add this to{" "}
             <code style={{ fontSize: 13, backgroundColor: "#f1f3f4", padding: "1px 6px", borderRadius: 4 }}>
               ~/.claude/settings.json
             </code>{" "}
-            to point Claude Code at your proxy:
+            for a persistent configuration:
           </p>
           <div
             style={{