butterbase-skills

name	butterbase-skills
description	Claude Code plugin for Butterbase — 30+ guided skills and auto-configured MCP for the AI-native backend-as-a-service.
license	MIT
supported_assistants	["claude-code","claude-desktop"]
homepage	https://butterbase.ai
repository	https://github.com/butterbase-ai/butterbase-skills

Butterbase Skills

Claude Code plugin for Butterbase — an AI-native backend-as-a-service with Postgres, auth, storage, serverless functions, an AI gateway, RAG, realtime, and durable objects.

This plugin gives Claude deep knowledge of Butterbase's 40+ MCP tools, ships 30+ guided skills, and auto-configures the MCP server connection.

What you get

• Auto-configured MCP server — .mcp.json points Claude at https://api.butterbase.ai/mcp with your BUTTERBASE_API_KEY. All Butterbase tools available immediately.
• Always-on context — CLAUDE.md teaches Claude Butterbase's environment, branding, tool shape, and core workflow.
• Guided journey — /butterbase-skills:journey walks any idea from brainstorm → plan → schema → auth → functions → deploy → optional hackathon submission.
• Per-capability skills — schema-design, auth-setup, function-dev, deploy-frontend, debug-rls, storage, rag-dev, realtime, durable-objects, ai, migrations, substrate, integrations, payments, and more.

Install

# Add the marketplace
claude plugin marketplace add https://github.com/butterbase-ai/butterbase-skills

# Install the plugin
claude plugin install butterbase

Setup

1. Get an API key — Sign up at butterbase.ai or generate one with the CLI:

   butterbase keys generate
   

2. Export it:

   export BUTTERBASE_API_KEY=bb_sk_your_key_here
   

3. Start Claude Code. The plugin auto-loads.

Headline skills

Skill	What it does
/butterbase-skills:journey	End-to-end orchestrator — idea → deployed app
/butterbase-skills:build-app	Build a complete app from scratch
/butterbase-skills:schema-design	Design Postgres schemas with the declarative DSL
/butterbase-skills:auth-setup	Configure OAuth providers, JWT, service keys
/butterbase-skills:function-dev	Develop and deploy serverless functions
/butterbase-skills:deploy-frontend	Deploy React / Next.js / static to a live URL
/butterbase-skills:debug-rls	Debug Row-Level Security access issues
/butterbase-skills:rag-dev	Build a RAG knowledge base with semantic search
/butterbase-skills:durable-objects	Stateful per-key actors (chat rooms, multiplayer, rate limiters)
/butterbase-skills:realtime	WebSocket subscriptions for live database changes
/butterbase-skills:integrations	Composio toolkits — email, Slack, GitHub, Notion, Linear, CRM
/butterbase-skills:payments	Stripe Connect via manage_billing — subscriptions, marketplace splits
/butterbase-skills:substrate	Per-user agent memory backend (entities, decisions, action ledger)

See CLAUDE.md and the skills/ directory for the full set.

Supported AI assistants

• Claude Code (primary) — installed via the plugin marketplace command above
• Claude Desktop — point at the MCP endpoint manually via claude_desktop_config.json:

  {
    "mcpServers": {
      "butterbase": {
        "url": "https://api.butterbase.ai/mcp",
        "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${BUTTERBASE_API_KEY}" }
      }
    }
  }
  

• Any other MCP-capable client can connect using the same URL + bearer auth, or run the MCP server locally via @butterbase/mcp.

Related

• @butterbase/mcp — stdio MCP server for non-Claude-Code clients
• @butterbase/sdk — TypeScript SDK for app code
• @butterbase/cli — CLI for local dev and project scaffolding
• butterbase-oss — open-source backend runtime

License

MIT