# skybridge

A skill that walks you from idea to release for Claude plugins and MCP Apps: bootstrap, build, debug, deploy.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1100 installs · ★ 2178
- Author: alpic-ai
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/alpic-ai/skybridge/tree/HEAD/skills/skybridge/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
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## What it does

The skill covers the whole path of building an app for LLMs. You start by brainstorming the idea against UX guidelines, then copy a project template, implement tools and views, debug, run a dev server, deploy, and connect the result to Claude. One idea it pushes hard: the view is a shared surface. The human interacts with it, the LLM reads its state.

Everything hangs off `SPEC.md`, which holds requirements and design decisions. No `SPEC.md` yet? The skill sends you to `references/discover.md` and nothing else. Once the file exists, you read it, design the change through `references/architecture.md`, update the spec, and only then write code. Separate branches cover migrating from `< 0.36.x` and from `1.x` to `2.x`, plus `references/ecommerce.md` for storefront apps.

The references split by task: fetching and rendering data, view state and LLM context, prompting the model from a view, UI guidelines, external links, file downloads, OAuth, CSP. There is also an evals reference for checking that a real model reaches the right tools from natural prompts. Deploy goes through Alpic, publishing through the Claude and Claude directories. If your project already runs a different major version of Skybridge, do the migration first — otherwise the references will not match the code you are writing.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add alpic-ai/skybridge --skill skybridge -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/skybridge/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/skybridge/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add alpic-ai/skybridge --skill skybridge -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/skybridge/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add alpic-ai/skybridge --skill skybridge -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/skybridge/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install alpic-ai/skybridge skybridge
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/skybridge/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add alpic-ai/skybridge --skill skybridge -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/alpic-ai/skybridge --path skills/skybridge
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/skybridge/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add alpic-ai/skybridge --skill skybridge -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/alpic-ai/skybridge/tree/HEAD/skills/skybridge/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- brainstorm a plugin idea against UX guidelines
- bootstrap a new project from a template with `SPEC.md`
- implement MCP server tools and views
- debug views in devtools and connect them to Claude
- check that a model calls the right tools from natural prompts

## Example prompts
- help me brainstorm a Claude plugin and fill in SPEC.md
- bootstrap an MCP App from the template and start the dev server
- add OAuth to my plugin tools

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: skybridge
description: |
  Guide developers through creating and updating ChatGPT plugins and MCP Apps.
  Covers the full lifecycle: brainstorming ideas against UX guidelines, bootstrapping projects, implementing tools/views, debugging, running dev servers, deploying and connecting them to ChatGPT.
  Use when a user wants to create or update a ChatGPT plugin, MCP App, MCP server or use the Skybridge framework.
---

# Creating Plugins For LLMs

Those are conversational experiences that extend AI assistants through tools and custom UI views. They're built as MCP servers invoked during conversations.

⚠️ The app is consumed by two users at once: the **human** and the **AI Assistant LLM**. They collaborate through the view—the human interacts with it, the LLM sees its state. Internalize this before writing code: the view is your shared surface.

SPEC.md keeps track of the app's requirements and design decisions. Keep it up to date as you work on the app.

**No SPEC.md?** → Read [discover.md](references/discover.md) first. Nothing else until SPEC.md exists.

**SPEC.md exists?** → Read SPEC.md, then follow [architecture.md](references/architecture.md) to design the change. Update SPEC.md, then read the relevant Implementation references below before writing code.

**Migrating from Skybridge `< 0.36.x`?** → Read [migrate-to-v1.md](references/migrate-to-v1.md) first. Users may reference `skybridge >= 0.36.x` as v1.

**Migrating from Skybridge `1.x` to `2.x`?** → Fetch the [v2.0.0 release notes](https://github.com/alpic-ai/skybridge/releases/tag/v2.0.0) first and follow them.

**Building an ecommerce app?** → Read [ecommerce.md](references/ecommerce.md) first.

## Setup

1. **Copy template** → [copy-template.md](references/copy-template.md): when starting a new project with ready SPEC.md
2. **Run locally** → [run-locally.md](references/run-locally.md): when ready to test, need dev server, use devtools to render views or connect to ChatGPT/Claude
3. **Evals** → [evals.md](references/evals.md): when checking that a real model reaches the right tools from natural prompts, in a test

## Architecture

Design or evolve UX flows and API shape → [architecture.md](references/architecture.md)

## Implementation

- **Fetch and render data** → [fetch-and-render-data.md](references/fetch-and-render-data.md): when implementing server handlers and view data fetching
- **State and context** → [state-and-context.md](references/state-and-context.md): when persisting view UI state and updating LLM context
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