Claude Prompts MCP

Claude Prompts

The portable workflow layer beside your AI coding harness.

Your client executes with its own tools, agents, and context.
Claude Prompts adds reusable prompt resources, composable chains, validation gates, and client-native skill export.

Quick Start · What You Get · Compose Workflows · Run Anywhere · Docs

What your AI client gives you — and what this server adds

Is this for me?

• Use this if you write the same prompts repeatedly, run multi-step workflows, or want to share reusable prompts with a team.
• Skip if your client's built-in /commands already handle what you need, or you're looking for a no-code prompt library.
• Works with Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Codex, Windsurf, and Zed. Plugin installers add hooks (chain tracking, gate enforcement, state preservation) for Claude Code, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, and Codex (experimental); other clients run MCP-only.

Quick Start

Claude Code (Recommended)

# Add marketplace (first time only)
/plugin marketplace add minipuft/minipuft-plugins

# Install
/plugin install claude-prompts@minipuft

# Try it
>>tech_evaluation_chain library:'zod' context:'API validation'

git clone https://github.com/minipuft/claude-prompts-mcp ~/Applications/claude-prompts-mcp
cd ~/Applications/claude-prompts-mcp/server && npm install && npm run build
claude --plugin-dir ~/Applications/claude-prompts-mcp

Codex (Experimental)

Codex hooks require Codex CLI 0.117 or later and are unavailable on Windows. See the codex-prompts requirements for Python and Node.js prerequisites.

Enable hooks in ~/.codex/config.toml:

[features]
hooks = true

Then install the plugin:

codex plugin marketplace add https://github.com/minipuft/minipuft-plugins.git
codex plugin add codex-prompts@minipuft

Restart Codex, run /hooks to review the plugin hooks, then try >>tech_evaluation_chain library:'zod' context:'API validation'.

More Client Setups

Claude Desktop

Option A: GitHub Release (recommended)

1. Download claude-prompts-{version}.mcpb from Releases
2. Drag into Claude Desktop Settings → MCP Servers
3. Done

The .mcpb bundle is self-contained (~5MB); no npm required.

Option B: NPX (auto-updates)

Add to your config file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claude-prompts": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "claude-prompts@latest", "--client", "claude-code"]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop and test: >>research_chain topic:'remote team policies'

# OpenCode (full hooks)
npm install -g opencode-prompts && opencode-prompts install

# Gemini CLI (partial hooks)
gemini extensions install https://github.com/minipuft/gemini-prompts

git clone https://github.com/minipuft/claude-prompts-mcp.git
cd claude-prompts-mcp/server && npm install && npm run build && npm test

Custom resources: --init=~/my-prompts scaffolds a starter workspace: three example prompts plus config.jsonc. Edit them (YAML schema), or have your AI author new prompts, gates, and frameworks via resource_manager. Point MCP_RESOURCES_PATH at an existing workspace if you already have one in the right shape. Resources that belong to one repository go in .claude-prompts/ at its root (cpm init --project scaffolds it) and load above your workspace over STDIO. See Custom Resources Guide.

What You Get

Four primitives you author, version, and compose. The bundled set ships 52 prompts across 9 categories — a starting library, not the ceiling: your AI writes new prompts and chains through resource_manager as it works, so the set grows around what you actually do. All hot-reloadable, all versioned with rollback.

Prompts, gates, and frameworks are managed through the resource_manager tool. Your AI creates, edits, versions, and rolls them back through MCP, no file editing required. Styles are managed with the bundled cpm CLI. Failed gate checks can retry automatically or pause for your decision (Gates Guide). Build your first primitive: Prompt Authoring Tutorial.

The Three Tools

Everything above reaches your client through three MCP tools: