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 4c84db2a97d..c16eba24f7b 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
@@ -17,9 +17,25 @@ import {
   formatKeywords,
   parseSkillSource,
   isValidSubPath,
+  buildMarketplaceSettingsSnippet,
 } from "./helpers";
 import { MarketplacePluginEntry, PluginSource } from "./types";
 
+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": {
+          source: {
+            source: "url",
+            url: "https://proxy.example.com/claude-code/marketplace.json",
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+  });
+});
+
 describe("formatInstallCommand", () => {
   it("formats github source with repo", () => {
     const source: PluginSource = { source: "github", repo: "org/repo" };
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 cab3c5cba3c..a4e70f78af1 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/claude_code_plugins/helpers.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/claude_code_plugins/helpers.ts
@@ -176,6 +176,27 @@ export const parseSkillSource = (rawUrl: string, subPath?: string): SkillSourceP
   return parseRawGitSource(url, subPath);
 };
 
+/**
+ * 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.
+ */
+export const buildMarketplaceSettingsSnippet = (proxyOrigin: string): string =>
+  JSON.stringify(
+    {
+      extraKnownMarketplaces: {
+        "my-org": {
+          source: {
+            source: "url",
+            url: `${proxyOrigin}/claude-code/marketplace.json`,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    null,
+    2,
+  );
+
 /**
  * Generate install command for Claude Code CLI
  * Format: /plugin marketplace add org/repo OR /plugin marketplace add url
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 8b7537c1988..fe001641135 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
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React, { useState } from "react";
 import { ArrowLeftOutlined, CopyOutlined, CheckOutlined, LinkOutlined } from "@ant-design/icons";
-import { formatInstallCommand } from "./helpers";
+import { buildMarketplaceSettingsSnippet, formatInstallCommand } from "./helpers";
 import { Plugin } from "./types";
 
 interface SkillDetailProps {
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ const SkillDetail: React.FC<SkillDetailProps> = ({ skill, onBack }) => {
 
   const installCommand = formatInstallCommand(skill);
 
+  const settingsSnippet = buildMarketplaceSettingsSnippet(
+    typeof window !== "undefined" ? window.location.origin : "<proxy-url>",
+  );
+
   const detailRows = [
     ...(skill.category ? [{ property: "Category", value: skill.category }] : []),
     ...(skill.domain ? [{ property: "Domain", value: skill.domain }] : []),
@@ -298,21 +302,7 @@ const SkillDetail: React.FC<SkillDetailProps> = ({ skill, onBack }) => {
             >
               <span style={{ fontSize: 13, color: "#3c4043", fontWeight: 500 }}>~/.claude/settings.json</span>
               <button
-                onClick={() => {
-                  const snippet = JSON.stringify(
-                    {
-                      extraKnownMarketplaces: {
-                        "my-org": {
-                          source: "url",
-                          url: `${typeof window !== "undefined" ? window.location.origin : ""}/claude-code/marketplace.json`,
-                        },
-                      },
-                    },
-                    null,
-                    2,
-                  );
-                  copyToClipboard(snippet, "settings");
-                }}
+                onClick={() => copyToClipboard(settingsSnippet, "settings")}
                 style={{
                   display: "flex",
                   alignItems: "center",
@@ -339,18 +329,7 @@ const SkillDetail: React.FC<SkillDetailProps> = ({ skill, onBack }) => {
                 backgroundColor: "#fff",
               }}
             >
-              {JSON.stringify(
-                {
-                  extraKnownMarketplaces: {
-                    "my-org": {
-                      source: "url",
-                      url: `${typeof window !== "undefined" ? window.location.origin : "<proxy-url>"}/claude-code/marketplace.json`,
-                    },
-                  },
-                },
-                null,
-                2,
-              )}
+              {settingsSnippet}
             </pre>
           </div>
         </div>