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Add search/filter support to plugin marketplace browse command

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Description

Describe the feature or problem you'd like to solve

When running  copilot plugin marketplace browse  , the output is a long flat list with no way to search or filter. This makes it hard to discover relevant plugins as marketplaces grow

Proposed solution

Add an interactive search input to the  plugin marketplace browse  command — similar to how Claude Code's plugin browser works — that lets users type to filter results in real time. Alternatively, support a  --search  flag:

copilot plugin marketplace browse awesome-copilot --search "sql"

Example prompts or workflows
  1. User runs  /plugin marketplace browse awesome-copilot  and types "github" to filter matching plugins
  2. User runs  copilot plugin marketplace browse copilot-plugins --search "lsp"  to find LSP-related plugins
  3. User presses  /  inside the browse output to enter search mode (fuzzy search)
Additional context

The current UX requires piping to  grep  as a workaround, which is not discoverable or user-friendly. Claude Code's marketplace UI is a good reference for the interactive search experience.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start at the plugin marketplace browse <name> CLI entry point and compare its current flat-list output with the search workflows described in the issue. Decide whether the completed behavior should be interactive search, a --search flag, or both, then verify filtering with the awesome-copilot and copilot-plugins examples and searches such as sql, github, and lsp.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
shell
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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