Anthropic Opens Claude Plugin Portal With Review Tracking and Usage Analytics

Developers can now submit plugins to the Claude directory through a new portal, follow their review and see usage data once they’re published. Anthropic has opened the portal to developers on paid Claude plans.

Two ways to submit

A developer can point the portal to a single remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) connector, which links Claude to an outside service. Or they can submit a plugin bundle that combines MCP servers and skills in a GitHub repository. In Claude Code, plugins can also include commands, hooks, agents and language-server integrations.

Anthropic says each submission is automatically validated and safety-scanned. Developers can use the portal to check review status, scan results, feedback and recommended changes. That gives them a way to address flagged issues before publication.

Review does not end at approval

The portal’s scan is one part of a wider directory process. Anthropic’s software directory policy says it reviews submissions for safety, security and compatibility, and conducts ongoing reviews after software is listed. Developers may have to address compliance issues to keep their listings.

Those rules also limit what software can collect: it must not gather conversation data it does not need, even for logging. Developers connecting to remote services must provide a privacy policy. They must document how their software works and supply a testing account, giving Anthropic material to evaluate beyond the submission itself.

Discovery becomes measurable

Once a plugin is published, developers can see installs broken down by Claude product surface and plugin version. They can also see listing views and which searches brought people there. The distinction is useful: views and searches show how people find a listing, while installs show whether they take the next step. Version data can help developers decide which releases need attention.

A shared directory experience is still ahead

Anthropic plans to roll out one plugin discovery experience across Claude and Claude Code over the coming weeks. Skills and MCP connectors will remain available as building blocks and directory listings; existing listings need no changes. Developers will be able to turn a connector listing into a plugin in the future. The portal is open now, but that shared discovery experience and listing conversion are still planned changes.

The plugins themselves can offer more than a connection to another service. Anthropic says Claude supports MCP Apps, which put interactive interfaces inside chat, and Enterprise Managed Auth, which handles enterprise authorization through zero-touch OAuth. How developers use those options will depend on what they build; the new portal governs the route into Anthropic’s directory.