Set up Claude Code

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Melbora ships a Claude Code plugin with 9 skills that wrap the platform’s CLI and SDK. Once installed, you can ask Claude things like:

Create a new Melbora site for Joe’s Plumbing and attach joesplumbing.com to it.

…and Claude will pick the right skill, run the right commands, and walk you through the parts (DNS records, OAuth approvals) that need your input.

Install

In Claude Code, run:

/plugin marketplace add Vantage-Connections-Org/VantageConnections
/plugin install vantage@vantage-connections

Claude Code fetches the marketplace manifest from the repo root, finds the vantage plugin, and caches it under ~/.claude/plugins/cache/.

For environments that block ad-hoc git clones:

/plugin install @vantageconnections/claude-plugin

Same plugin, same skills — installed from the npm registry instead of GitHub.

If you’re contributing to the plugin itself, point at a local checkout:

/plugin marketplace add /path/to/VantageConnections
/plugin install vantage@vantage-connections

/plugin marketplace update reloads after edits.

Verify with:

/plugin list

You should see vantage listed under enabled plugins.

What you can ask Claude

Each of the 9 skills auto-invokes on specific user phrases. Some examples:

Say	Skill triggered
”Set up Melbora on this machine”	`vantage-setup`
”Create a new Melbora site for Acme Coffee”	`vantage-new-website`
”Port my existing site to Melbora”	`vantage-port-repo`
”Connect Shopify to my Melbora site”	`vantage-connect-shopify`
”Add bookings to wb_01J7XXX”	`vantage-bookings`
”Set SEO tier to growth”	`vantage-seo`
”Add acmecoffee.com as a domain”	`vantage-domains`
”Install Melbora MCP in Cursor”	`vantage-mcp-setup`
”I’m getting a 401 from Melbora”	`vantage-troubleshoot`

You can also invoke explicitly with /vantage-connections:<skill-name>.

Prerequisites the skills assume

Node.js 20+
@vantageconnections/cli installed globally — most skills shell out to vantage <command>. The first skill (vantage-setup) will install it for you if it’s missing.
A vc_pat_* Personal Access Token — minted in the portal at Settings → API keys. vantage-setup walks you through this.

How this relates to MCP

The plugin and the MCP server are complementary, not redundant:

Plugin (this page) — gives Claude prompt-style skills. Claude reads the SKILL.md when your query matches, then composes shell commands or asks you guided questions.
MCP (setup guide) — gives Claude tool-style access. Each Melbora operation is a discrete function Claude calls directly with structured arguments.

For most users, the plugin is the right starting point — lower friction, opinionated workflows, no JSON config to edit. Add MCP on top if you want Claude to call platform operations programmatically in larger automations.

Updating

The marketplace manifest version pins each plugin install. To pull new versions:

/plugin marketplace update vantage-connections
/plugin install vantage@vantage-connections     # re-install for the new version

The CLI itself updates separately:

npm install -g @vantageconnections/cli@latest

Disabling or removing

/plugin disable vantage             # stop loading the skills
/plugin uninstall vantage           # remove from cache entirely
/plugin marketplace remove vantage-connections   # forget the marketplace