catalyst-by-zoho

Catalyst Claude Code Plugin

The official Claude Code plugin for Catalyst by Zoho — the full-stack serverless cloud platform.

The plugin bundles two things:

• Modular skills — a set of focused, service-specific skills that give Claude Code (and Cowork) deep knowledge of Catalyst's platform, services, SDK patterns, and best practices, so it can write deployment-ready Catalyst code and recommend the right architecture.
• A pre-configured MCP connector — the Catalyst MCP server ships wired into .mcp.json, letting Claude manage your Catalyst infrastructure directly (create tables, query data, manage cache/buckets) straight from the conversation.

What's included

Skills

The skills are modularised — instead of one monolithic skill, each Catalyst service or concern is its own focused skill, loaded on demand only when relevant. catalyst-by-zoho is the top-level entry point that routes to the specialised skills below.

Skill	Description
catalyst-by-zoho	Top-level entry point — expert Catalyst assistant that routes to the specialised skills below
catalyst-basics	Project setup, directory structure, environments, CLI commands, and all Catalyst IDs (Project ID, ZAID, Table ID, Segment ID, Org ID)
catalyst-functions	Serverless functions — all 7 types, handler signatures, catalyst-config.json, Security Rules, API Gateway routing, file uploads, middleware, and testing
catalyst-appsail	AppSail — persistent backend PaaS with managed runtimes (Node.js, Java, Python) and custom Docker containers
catalyst-datastore	Data Store — relational cloud database with ZCQL, CRUD, table permissions, and pagination
catalyst-nosql	NoSQL — non-relational document database for unstructured/JSON-heavy data with flexible per-item schema
catalyst-cache	Cache — in-memory key-value store with TTL for ephemeral session and temporary data
catalyst-stratus	Stratus — S3-compatible object storage with upload/download, signed URLs, and multipart upload
catalyst-slate	Slate — Git-based frontend hosting for React, Next.js, Vue, Angular, Svelte, Astro, and more
catalyst-authentication	Authentication — login/signup, ZAID, Web SDK auth flows, Security Rules, and OAuth via Connections
catalyst-sdk	SDKs — initialization and method reference for Node.js, Web, Python, Java, Android, iOS, and Flutter
catalyst-zia	Zia Services and QuickML — OCR, Face Analytics, Text Analytics, Object Detection, Barcode Reader, Content Moderation, and AutoML
catalyst-pricing	Pricing — free tier limits, pay-as-you-go rates, GB-seconds calculation, and cost estimation
catalyst-zoho-mcp	Zoho MCP — manage Catalyst infrastructure (tables, buckets, cache) via CatalystbyZoho_* MCP tools using natural language

Note: For edge-case lookups not covered by a skill's bundled reference files, skills instruct agents to search the official Catalyst docs site (docs.catalyst.zoho.com) and fetch individual pages — rather than bundling the full documentation dump locally. This keeps the repo lean while ensuring accurate, up-to-date answers.

Installation

Claude Code / Cowork (Plugin)

Prerequisites: You must have the Claude Code CLI installed. Open your system terminal (not the Claude Code desktop app or web interface) and start a session with claude before running the commands below.

Steps:

1. Register this repository as a plugin marketplace source:

   /plugin marketplace add catalystbyzoho/claude-plugin
   

2. Install the Catalyst skill plugin:

   /plugin install catalyst-by-zoho@catalyst-by-zoho
   

3. The plugin ships with the Catalyst MCP server pre-configured in .mcp.json, so Claude can manage Catalyst infrastructure (create tables, query data, manage cache/buckets) directly from the conversation — no manual MCP setup or URL generation required.

   Region note: .mcp.json defaults to the US data center endpoint (https://catalystbyzoho.zohomcp.com/mcp/message). If your Catalyst account is on a different DC (EU, IN, AU, JP, SA, CA), see the Catalyst MCP server section below.

Catalyst MCP server

The plugin includes a dedicated Catalyst MCP server that lets Claude manage your Catalyst infrastructure (create tables, query data, manage cache/buckets) directly.

It comes pre-wired in .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "catalyst-by-zoho": {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "https://catalystbyzoho.zohomcp.com/mcp/message"
    }
  }
}