Guide
Short pages explaining how Claude’s component model works — Skills, MCP servers, Plugins, Marketplaces, Connectors — and how to install each one.
Start here
- Claude surfaces — Claude.ai, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cowork, and the Claude API. Start here if you aren’t sure which one you’re using; each surface has its own sub-page with install and feature detail.
- Skills — focused capabilities a Claude agent can adopt.
- MCP servers — external tools and data sources Claude can call.
- Plugins — bundles that combine skills, MCP servers, and hooks.
- Marketplaces — where to find plugins and skills, and how to add one.
- Connectors — Anthropic-managed integrations for Claude.ai.
- Decision tree — “I want to do X — which of the above should I use?”
Advanced
When you are comfortable with the basics, the advanced section covers hooks, custom slash commands and subagents, routines (scheduled remote agents), and authentication.
See also
- Catalog of life-science components — concrete tools you can install today.
- Contribute — file a recipe question or share feedback on a tool to help shape what gets covered next.