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Claude Code Plugins extend Claude with specialized workflows for specific domains. Unlike MCP Servers (which provide individual API integrations), Plugins orchestrate complete production pipelines with specialized skills, quality gates, and state management.
Plugins are not simple tools — they are complete workflow systems with 18-40+ skills working together like a specialized team.
Every plugin follows the Compound Agent Pattern:
graph LR
A["User"] --> B["Claude Code"]
B --> C["Plugin Skills"]
C --> D["MCP Server"]
D --> E["State Cache"]
D --> F["Templates"]
D --> G["Quality Gates"]
E --> H["Markdown Files"]
Core components:
- Skills — Specialized AI agents for each workflow phase (Opus for creative, Sonnet for structured, Haiku for fast)
- MCP Server — Python FastMCP server with tools for state, content, and analysis
- State Management — JSON cache from Markdown frontmatter, thread-safe, staleness detection
- Templates — Markdown templates for project scaffolding
- Quality Gates — Automated checks that block progress until quality is met
- Domain Types — Knowledge library per category (video types, genres, book types, project types, etc.)
| Plugin |
Description |
Skills |
Status |
| VidCraft |
AI video production with HeyGen and Synthesia |
32 |
Active |
| StoryForge |
AI-assisted book writing (fiction) with author profiles, 14 genres, 3 writing modes, EPUB/PDF/MOBI export |
41 |
Active |
| Project Hub |
Structured project management — contacts, notes, decisions, communication drafting, 6 project types |
18 |
Active |
Use VidCraft when you:
- Want to create tutorials, product videos, training, or social clips with HeyGen/Synthesia
- Want to convert existing documentation (PDF/DOCX/MD) into video scripts
- Need a dual-platform workflow (HeyGen + Synthesia)
- Need platform-independent script and storyboard handling
Use StoryForge when you:
- Want to write novels, novellas, or short stories (fiction)
- Want to extract author style DNA from your own works
- Plan multi-genre books (up to 3 genres combinable)
- Are an outliner, plantser, or discovery writer (all three modes supported)
- Want an end-to-end pipeline up to finished EPUB
Use Project Hub when you:
- Coordinate client projects, merchant onboardings, or consulting mandates
- Want to manage stakeholder contacts, meeting minutes, and decisions centrally
- Need context-aware email and Slack drafts directly from the project context
- Switch between multiple active projects without re-briefing
- Want to structure meeting notes or long emails into clean summaries
Each plugin has a routing table in its CLAUDE.md. When you say "New project" or "New book", the correct skill is automatically loaded.
Projects follow defined status progressions. The next-step skill analyzes the current status and recommends the next action.
Before critical transitions (e.g., before video generation or book export), automated checks run. Missing content or quality issues block progress.
Creative work (script, storyboard, book chapters) is platform- and target-independent. Formatting for the target platform happens only in the final step (HeyGen/Synthesia formatting, EPUB export, Pandoc pipeline).
Developed by Markus Michalski