MCP Plugin Development

Workflow

1. Identify whether the task is an MCP server, Claude Code plugin, connector, or local tool integration.
2. Inspect manifests, schemas, tool names, permissions, transport, and authentication.
3. Keep tool inputs strongly typed and descriptions clear enough for model selection.
4. Make operations idempotent where possible and explicit when side effects occur.
5. Provide small examples for install, configuration, and first successful call.

Design Guidance

• Prefer narrow tools with obvious names over one broad ambiguous tool.
• Return structured data that is compact and easy for the model to use.
• Avoid exposing secrets in tool output, logs, or resource contents.
• Include pagination or filtering for large resource lists.

Verification