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I Fixed Everything Wrong With Claude Code (5 Best Claude Plugins)

#5 works like the T-1000, but less murderous

8 min readSep 14, 2026

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I’ll admit, when I first started using Claude Code, I got intimidated by everything you could do.

I got really good at making skills for Claude Chat, so that’s what I did. I wrote custom skills for all sorts of things, and I got plenty of things done with them.

It wasn’t until I stumbled onto plugins like Headroom and Claude Mem that I realized I’d been overlooking some pretty useful built-in functionality. And with additions like Omniroute, the built-in skill set has gotten better.

You don’t need to be a programmer to use these plugins.

Claude still does the work, but you steer.

Here are five essential plugins that fix the most frustrating parts of Claude Code. I wish these were installed out the box.

#1 | Omniroute: Avoid Claude Code Usage Limits

Everybody who uses Claude hits the same wall at one point or another.

You’re deep in a project and hit your usage cap.

Now you’re stuck with three options, and they all suck:

  1. Wait 5 hours for your limit to reset

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