bcdev-cli

NaviPartner BC Tools - Claude Code Plugin Marketplace

A Claude Code plugin marketplace for Business Central AL development at NaviPartner.

Installation

Add this marketplace to Claude Code:

claude /plugin add-marketplace https://github.com/navipartner/claude_plugin_marketplace

Then install the plugins you need:

# AL ID Manager
claude plugin install al-id-manager@navipartner-bc-tools

# BC Dev CLI (universal - works on all platforms)
claude plugin install bcdev-cli@navipartner-bc-tools

Plugins

AL ID Manager

Allows the LLM to grab next AL object ID or next AL table/tableextension/enum/enumextension field/value ID from the NaviPartner AL ID Manager service.

Use when: Creating new AL objects, adding fields to tables/tableextensions, or adding values to enums/enumextensions.

Skill: al-id-manager:get-next-id

Configuration

Create a config file at:

• macOS/Linux: ~/.al-id-manager/config.json
• Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.al-id-manager\config.json

{
  "apiKey": "your-api-key-here",
  "baseUrl": "https://al-id-manager.npretail.io"
}

BC Dev CLI

Allows the LLM to download symbols, compile, publish apps and run tests against Business Central environments.

Use when: Working with BC development workflows - downloading dependencies, compiling, deploying, or testing.

Supported platforms: macOS (arm64, x64), Linux (x64, arm64), Windows (x64)

The CLI binary is automatically downloaded and cached on first use. No manual setup required.

Skill: bcdev-cli:bcdev

Version Override

To use a specific CLI version:

# macOS/Linux
export BCDEV_CLI_VERSION=0.8

# Windows
set BCDEV_CLI_VERSION=0.8

Development

Validating plugins

# Validate a single plugin
claude plugin validate --plugin-dir ./al-id-manager
claude plugin validate --plugin-dir ./bcdev-cli

# Validate all plugins
for plugin in al-id-manager bcdev-cli; do
  claude plugin validate --plugin-dir ./$plugin
done

Testing locally

claude --plugin-dir ./al-id-manager
claude --plugin-dir ./bcdev-cli

Updating BC Dev CLI version

When a new BC Dev CLI version is released:

1. Download all platform binaries and compute SHA256 checksums
2. Add entries to bcdev-cli/checksums.txt
3. Update DEFAULT_VERSION in both wrapper scripts (bin/bcdev-ensure and bin/bcdev-ensure.cmd)
4. Bump version in bcdev-cli/.claude-plugin/plugin.json and .claude-plugin/marketplace.json
5. Commit and push