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Claude Code plugin
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A Claude Code plugin made of markdown and JSON, with three slash commands. /deploy sends the project in the working directory to Fine Structure and comes back with a live URL, /fs-status lists the app’s live links and recent runtime errors, and /fs-domain attaches a custom domain, walks the DNS check and issues the TLS certificate.

The commands call Fine Structure’s hosted MCP server over OAuth 2.1, so there is no API key to copy into the project. Behind that endpoint the app gets hosting, a managed database, sign-in, custom domains and AI agents that can answer on WhatsApp, web chat and email.

Fine Structure, the platform the plugin deploys to, also keeps a shared knowledge base over the owner's documents, conversations and meetings, and both the generated apps and the agents answer from it. Its Claude Code plugin sits outside the ranked field guides.

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