Claude Wants Developers to Build Its App Store

Anthropic has decided that building every integration itself is terribly exhausting, so it is launching a directory submission portal for Claude plugins. Developers on paid plans can now package Model Context Protocol connectors and agent skills into neat little bundles, submit them for safety scans, and pray they make it through the approval queue.

• Anthropic shifts the burden of ecosystem growth onto third-party developers via a new submission portal.
• Plugins bundle MCP connectors, agent skills, and GitHub repos into a single reviewable package.
• Analytics dashboards let creators track installs and search queries, assuming anyone actually finds their plugin.

Why should I care? Could be big
Platform plays only matter if the ecosystem actually shows up to build the apps.

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