Developers wanting to distribute a Claude plugin now have a centralized route for submission, review and publication. Anthropic announced a new portal for the Claude directory on September 25, intended for developers on paid plans.
You can submit a single MCP connection or a plugin bundle combining connections and Skills. The distinction is useful: a connection links Claude to a tool or data source, while a Skill adds instructions and a workflow for a specific task.
Submission is not publication approval
The portal lets developers track plugin review and receive feedback. Only after approval can a plugin be published in the directory. After publication, the developer can view usage data to understand how people find and install it.
In its building documentation, Anthropic describes a route where the plugin bundle is stored in a GitHub repository and submitted through the portal. Someone who has already built a personal tool should therefore treat public distribution as another step: check the bundle structure, requested permissions and dependence on external services.
What to prepare before submission
A plugin requesting document access needs to explain which documents it can access; a plugin performing actions needs to clarify what it changes. These details are central to the user experience, not just the directory description.
The portal address is claude.ai/directory/manage. The existence of a submission route does not guarantee approval, revenue or free usage of the service the plugin connects to.
For an Israeli developer, the announcement creates a potential distribution route to Claude users. It includes no special commitment to Hebrew support or a fixed review time. Start with a plugin with a clear role and ensure its user explanation precisely matches its permissions and actions.