altistar

AltiStar Plugin for Claude Code

A Claude Code plugin for creating educational resources on the AltiStar platform. This plugin gives Claude the knowledge and tools to author resources, upload images, create quizzes, and organize courses - all delivered by AI bots to students via voice.

What This Plugin Provides

• MCP Server Connection: Connects to the AltiStar API for resource management (create/update resources, upload images, create quizzes, manage courses)
• Authoring Skill: The create-resource skill teaches Claude how to structure educational resources with proper markdown syntax for embedding images and quizzes
• Evaluation Skill: The evaluate-student skill helps analyse student performance across courses

Installation

In Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add dselman/altistar-plugin
/plugin install altistar@altistar-marketplace

Usage

Once installed, invoke the skills:

/altistar:create-resource
/altistar:evaluate-student

Claude will guide you through creating a resource by asking about the topic, audience, delivery mode, and learning objectives. It then uses the MCP tools to create the resource, upload images, create quizzes, and embed everything into the content.

Key Concepts

• Resource: A self-contained learning unit with markdown content, images, and quizzes
• Course: A collection of resources organized for students to complete
• Delivery Mode: How the resource is presented - conversation (two-way voice) or presentation (one-way narration)
• Quiz: Structured assessment with single choice, multiple choice, open answer, or ordered list questions

MCP Tools Available

Tool	Description
list_resources	List resources with optional tag filtering
get_resource	Fetch a resource by ID
create_resource	Create a new resource
update_resource	Update an existing resource
generate_image	Generate an AI image from a text prompt and attach to a resource
create_text_image	Render a word/phrase into a PNG image (no AI needed, instant)
upload_image_from_url	Upload an image from URL to a resource
create_image	Upload an image (base64) to a resource
create_quiz	Create a quiz for a resource
list_tags	List available tags
create_tag	Create a new tag in the organization's catalog
export_resource	Export a resource as a ZIP archive
import_resource	Import a resource from a ZIP archive
create_course	Create a course
list_courses	List courses
add_resource_to_course	Add a resource to a course
list_course_resources	List resources already in a course

Authentication

The MCP server uses OAuth 2.1 with Auth0. When you first use a tool, you'll be prompted to authenticate with your AltiStar account.

License

MIT