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Appcircle Claude Assistant

Appcircle provides an Appcircle Claude Plugin that connects Claude to the Appcircle platform, bundling the Appcircle MCP Server with Appcircle-aware skills so you can ask Claude about your Appcircle organization or about how to use Appcircle.

The plugin is open source: appcircle-claude-plugin on GitHub.

What's Included​

  • MCP Server: registers mcp.appcircle.io as an MCP server named appcircle, exposing build, signing, distribution, publish, and reporting tools so Claude can query your organization. See Appcircle MCP Server for the full list of tools.
  • Skills: Appcircle-aware skills that extend Claude's capabilities. More skills are added over time and are automatically namespaced under appcircle:.
SkillPurpose
appcircle:doc-assistantAnswers Appcircle questions using official sources (docs.appcircle.io and appcircle.io)

How to Use Appcircle Claude Assistant​

Claude Code and claude.ai install the plugin differently, so follow the steps for the surface you use. MCP tools are only available in Claude Code for now; installing the plugin in claude.ai gets you the doc-assistant skill, not the MCP tools.

In Claude Code​

  1. (Optional, for MCP tools) Before starting Claude Code, set your Appcircle Access Token in your shell so the MCP server can authenticate: 
    export APPCIRCLE_ACCESS_TOKEN=<your-access-token>
    The MCP server reads this from the process environment, so it must be set before you launch claude; exporting it later in an already-running session has no effect until you restart.
  2. Add the Appcircle marketplace: 
    /plugin marketplace add appcircleio/appcircle-claude-plugin
  3. Install the plugin: 
    /plugin install appcircle@appcircle
  4. Reload: 
    /reload-plugins
  5. Ask Claude an Appcircle question. For "how do I" or troubleshooting questions, for example "How do I set up automatic code signing for my iOS builds," Claude uses the doc-assistant skill. For questions about your own organization, for example "List my build profiles," Claude uses the Appcircle MCP tools, which requires step 1.

In claude.ai​

You can install this plugin's skills in claude.ai too. MCP tools remain Claude Code-only for now.

  1. Open Customize.
  2. Click Add plugin.
  3. Choose Create plugin, then Add marketplace.
  4. Enter the repository URL: https://github.com/appcircleio/appcircle-claude-plugin.
  5. Ask Claude an Appcircle question, for example "How do I set up automatic code signing for my iOS builds," and Claude will use the doc-assistant skill to answer.