monkeybread-mbs-plugin

A Claude skill for the MBS FileMaker Plugin from Monkeybread Software. Claude answers from a catalog built from the vendor's documentation, not from training data: every documented MBS( "Component.Function"; ... ) function with its signature, parameters, result, platform support, version introduced, licensing status and examples.

Built and maintained by Darrin Southern from CadenceUX.

What it does

• Looks up any MBS function through references/index.json (component to group file) and the grouped catalog files.
• Flags licensing honestly: every function is free, licensed (runs unregistered, with a reminder dialog) or unknown_license. DynaPDF, XL and Saxon need a separate add-on licence.
• Flags deprecated functions and points to the replacement, and checks platform support (macOS, Windows, Linux, Server, iOS SDK) before suggesting a function.
• Readable examples: the vendor's examples as FileMaker script steps. With the Claris Agentic Development Toolkit (ADT) installed, Claude writes them into your file directly; there's no clipboard XML.
• Stays current: checks Monkeybread's release notes and this repo's VERSION once a session, and tells you when either is newer.

Built against MBS Plugin 16.4 on 2026-10-11. Counts live in references/index.json.

Install

Claude Code (from the cadenceux plugin marketplace):

claude plugin marketplace add https://github.com/CadenceUX/cadenceux-skills.git
claude plugin install monkeybread-mbs-plugin@cadenceux

claude.ai and Cowork: Customize → Plugins → Add marketplace from GitHub → CadenceUX/cadenceux-skills, then install monkeybread-mbs-plugin.

Claude desktop app (macOS): download monkeybread-mbs-plugin.skill and double-click it.

Claude.ai in a browser, as a single skill: Customize → Skills → upload monkeybread-mbs-plugin.zip.

Both files are attached to the latest release. Don't use GitHub's green Code → Download ZIP button or a release's Source code (zip): those are snapshots of the repository, not a packaged skill, and Claude won't install them as one.

Files

Path	Purpose
SKILL.md	Lookup method, status rules, version checks
references/index.json	Component to group-file map, counts, build metadata
references/group-NN.json	The catalog, grouped by size
evals/evals.json	Test cases
maintainer/	Catalog build tools (not loaded by the skill)

Related skills

Part of the CadenceUX FileMaker set: goya-be-plugin, beezwax-bbox-plugin and claris-filemaker-pro.

Licence

CC BY 4.0. Use it, fork it, adapt it. Attribute it.

MBS Plugin documentation © Monkeybread Software; this catalog summarises it for lookup and links every entry back to the vendor's page.

Built and maintained by Darrin Southern from CadenceUX.