diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9e3c5f2..16b3fb0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -150,10 +150,9 @@ How to run a "hello-world" plugin the Cloudflare way:
 plugins:
   - skipBotEvents: true
     uses:
-    # hello-world-plugin
+    	# hello-world-plugin
       - plugin: http://127.0.0.1:9090
         runsOn: [ "issue_comment.created" ]
-        type: github
         with:
           response: world
 ```
diff --git a/src/github/handlers/help-command.ts b/src/github/handlers/help-command.ts
index dbf98b5..0acf5db 100644
--- a/src/github/handlers/help-command.ts
+++ b/src/github/handlers/help-command.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,14 @@
 import { getConfig } from "../utils/config";
 import { GithubPlugin } from "../types/plugin-configuration";
 import { GitHubContext } from "../github-context";
-import { manifestSchema, manifestValidator } from "../../types/manifest";
-import { Value } from "@sinclair/typebox/value";
 import { getManifest } from "../utils/plugins";
 
 async function parseCommandsFromManifest(context: GitHubContext<"issue_comment.created">, plugin: string | GithubPlugin) {
   const commands: string[] = [];
   const manifest = await getManifest(context, plugin);
-  if (manifest) {
-    Value.Default(manifestSchema, manifest);
-    const errors = manifestValidator.testReturningErrors(manifest);
-    if (errors !== null) {
-      console.error(`Failed to load the manifest for ${JSON.stringify(plugin)}`);
-      for (const error of errors) {
-        console.error(error);
-      }
-    } else {
-      if (manifest?.commands) {
-        for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(manifest.commands)) {
-          commands.push(`| \`/${getContent(key)}\` | ${getContent(value.description)} | \`${getContent(value["ubiquity:example"])}\` |`);
-        }
-      }
+  if (manifest?.commands) {
+    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(manifest.commands)) {
+      commands.push(`| \`/${getContent(key)}\` | ${getContent(value.description)} | \`${getContent(value["ubiquity:example"])}\` |`);
     }
   }
   return commands;
diff --git a/src/github/handlers/index.ts b/src/github/handlers/index.ts
index c2a78cc..cfbdc93 100644
--- a/src/github/handlers/index.ts
+++ b/src/github/handlers/index.ts
@@ -33,10 +33,9 @@ async function shouldSkipPlugin(event: EmitterWebhookEvent, context: GitHubConte
   const manifest = await getManifest(context, pluginChain.uses[0].plugin);
   if (
     context.key === "issue_comment.created" &&
-    pluginChain.command &&
     manifest &&
     !Object.keys(manifest.commands).some(
-      (command) => "comment" in context.payload && typeof context.payload.comment !== "string" && context.payload.comment?.body.startsWith(command)
+      (command) => "comment" in context.payload && typeof context.payload.comment !== "string" && context.payload.comment?.body.startsWith(`/${command}`)
     )
   ) {
     console.log(`Skipping plugin chain ${pluginChain.command} because command does not match`);
diff --git a/src/github/types/plugin-configuration.ts b/src/github/types/plugin-configuration.ts
index 1b569dc..cedecc2 100644
--- a/src/github/types/plugin-configuration.ts
+++ b/src/github/types/plugin-configuration.ts
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ export type PluginChain = StaticDecode<typeof pluginChainSchema>;
 const handlerSchema = T.Array(
   T.Object({
     name: T.Optional(T.String()),
-    description: T.Optional(T.String()),
-    command: T.Optional(T.String()),
-    example: T.Optional(T.String()),
     uses: pluginChainSchema,
     skipBotEvents: T.Boolean({ default: true }),
   }),
diff --git a/src/github/utils/plugins.ts b/src/github/utils/plugins.ts
index df86aa4..1ce8ff7 100644
--- a/src/github/utils/plugins.ts
+++ b/src/github/utils/plugins.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { GithubPlugin, isGithubPlugin, PluginConfiguration } from "../types/plugin-configuration";
 import { EmitterWebhookEventName } from "@octokit/webhooks";
 import { GitHubContext } from "../github-context";
-import { Manifest } from "../../types/manifest";
+import { Manifest, manifestSchema, manifestValidator } from "../../types/manifest";
 import { Buffer } from "node:buffer";
+import { Value } from "@sinclair/typebox/value";
 
 const _manifestCache: Record<string, Manifest> = {};
 
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ async function fetchActionManifest(context: GitHubContext<"issue_comment.created
     });
     if ("content" in data) {
       const content = Buffer.from(data.content, "base64").toString();
-      const manifest = JSON.parse(content) as Manifest;
+      const manifest = decodeManifest(JSON.parse(content));
       _manifestCache[manifestKey] = manifest;
       return manifest;
     }
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ async function fetchWorkerManifest(url: string): Promise<Manifest | null> {
   const manifestUrl = `${url}/manifest.json`;
   try {
     const result = await fetch(manifestUrl);
-    const manifest = (await result.json()) as Manifest;
+    const manifest = decodeManifest(await result.json());
     _manifestCache[url] = manifest;
     return manifest;
   } catch (e) {
@@ -54,3 +55,15 @@ async function fetchWorkerManifest(url: string): Promise<Manifest | null> {
   }
   return null;
 }
+
+function decodeManifest(manifest: unknown) {
+  const defaultManifest = Value.Default(manifestSchema, manifest);
+  const errors = manifestValidator.testReturningErrors(manifest as Readonly<unknown>);
+  if (errors !== null) {
+    for (const error of errors) {
+      console.error(error);
+    }
+    throw new Error("Manifest is invalid.");
+  }
+  return defaultManifest as Manifest;
+}
diff --git a/src/types/manifest.ts b/src/types/manifest.ts
index d9c90df..0c01173 100644
--- a/src/types/manifest.ts
+++ b/src/types/manifest.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export const commandSchema = T.Object({
 export const manifestSchema = T.Object({
   name: T.String({ minLength: 1 }),
   description: T.String({ default: "" }),
-  commands: T.Record(T.String(), commandSchema),
+  commands: T.Record(T.String(), commandSchema, { default: {} }),
   "ubiquity:listeners": T.Optional(T.Array(runEvent, { default: [] })),
 });
 
diff --git a/tests/__mocks__/hello-world-plugin.ts b/tests/__mocks__/hello-world-plugin.ts
index 3d59e2b..c98f512 100644
--- a/tests/__mocks__/hello-world-plugin.ts
+++ b/tests/__mocks__/hello-world-plugin.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { createServer } from "@mswjs/http-middleware";
 import { Octokit } from "@octokit/core";
 import { http, HttpResponse } from "msw";
+import manifest from "./manifest.json";
 
 type KernelInput = {
   authToken: string;
@@ -43,6 +44,9 @@ const handlers = [
       output: `{ "result": "success", "message": "${body.settings.response}" }`,
     });
   }),
+  http.get("/manifest.json", () => {
+    return HttpResponse.json(manifest);
+  }),
 ];
 
 const httpServer = createServer(...handlers);
diff --git a/tests/__mocks__/manifest.json b/tests/__mocks__/manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87b1ac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/__mocks__/manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "name": "Hello world",
+  "description": "Hello world plugin for testing.",
+  "ubiquity:listeners": [ "issue_comment.created" ],
+	"commands": {
+		"hello": {
+			"ubiquity:example": "/hello",
+			"description": "Greet Ubiquibot!"
+		}
+	}
+}