This plugin lets coding agents deploy applications, publish artifacts, expose localhost services, and manage domains, distributions, and CI/CD pipelines and workflows on the Buddy Works platform.
- buddy — Consolidated skill covering sandboxes, artifacts, tunnels, domains, distributions, and pipelines.
/deploy [name] [path]— Deploy static website or server-side application/expose [port]— Create Buddy tunnel for locally running application
Install Buddy CLI (bdy)
sudo npm install -g bdyInstall plugin for Claude Code
claude plugin marketplace add buddy/buddy-plugin
claude plugin install buddy@buddy-pluginInstall skill for other coding agents
npx skills add buddy/buddy-pluginThis installs only the buddy skill (without Claude Code-specific commands), making Buddy Works platform knowledge available to any compatible agent.
# Interactive login (recommended — run in separate terminal)
bdy login
# Or use token
bdy login --token YOUR_TOKEN --workspace YOUR_WS --region us
# Link directory with a Buddy Works project
cd your-project
bdy proj link/deploy
Claude will auto-detect your project type:
- Static site (HTML/CSS/JS) → published as a versioned Buddy Works artifact with a public URL.
- Server-side application (Node.js, Python, Go, etc.) → deployed to a Buddy Works sandbox with a public endpoint.
/expose
Claude will detect your running service and create a Buddy Works tunnel with a public URL.
/deploy my-api
Deploys an app with auto-detected dependencies, start command, port, and public HTTPS endpoint.
/deploy my-site ./dist
Publishes your build output as a versioned Buddy Works artifact with a public URL.
npm run dev # Start your API/expose 3000
Returns a public URL to your locally hosted service.
/deploy frontend ./apps/web
/deploy backend ./apps/api
Each gets its own deployment and public URL.