Code Helper

🚀 A unified CLI tool to manage your Claude Code - from installation to configuration, marketplace to MCP servers.

📦 Installation

npm install -g @shi_zhen/code-helper

✨ Features

• 🔐 Authorization Management - Support for Claude API, GLM AI, Kimi AI and custom API keys
• 📦 Plugin Marketplace - Browse, install, and update plugins from configured marketplaces
• 🔌 MCP Server Management - Manage and configure MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers
• ⚙️ Configuration Management - Centralized management of .claude.json and related settings
• 🗑️ Uninstall Utility - Complete removal of Claude CLI and all configurations
• 🌐 Web UI Integration - Launch Claude Code UI with a single command
• 📝 Profile Management - Save and switch between multiple API configurations

🚀 Usage

# Launch the interactive menu
code-helper

# Or use the short alias
ch

📚 Main Menu Options

1. Authorization Configuration - Set up your API keys and authentication
2. Plugin Marketplace - Browse and install plugins
3. MCP Server Management - Configure MCP servers
4. Configuration Management - View and edit settings
5. Uninstall - Remove Claude CLI and configurations

🔐 Authorization

Supported authentication methods:

• Claude API (Recommended) - Official Anthropic API
• GLM AI - Zhipu AI platform
• Kimi AI - Moonshot AI platform
• Custom API - Manual API key input with custom base URL

Getting Started with Claude API

1. Visit Anthropic Console
2. Create or copy your API key
3. Run code-helper and select "Authorization Configuration"
4. Choose "Claude API" and paste your key

📦 Plugin Marketplace

• Browse plugins from configured marketplace sources
• Install and update plugins with a single command
• View installed plugins and their versions
• Configuration: Edit config/markets.json to add your own marketplaces

Example markets.json:

{
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "markets": [
    {
      "name": "my-marketplace",
      "source": "https://github.com/org/marketplace.git",
      "description": "My custom plugin marketplace",
      "category": "custom",
      "recommended": true
    }
  ]
}

🔌 MCP Server Management

• Browse recommended MCP servers
• One-click installation for common MCP servers
• Manage installed MCP server configurations
• Configuration: Edit config/mcpServers.json to add custom servers

Example mcpServers.json:

{
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "mcpServers": [
    {
      "id": "my-server",
      "name": "My MCP Server",
      "description": "Custom MCP server",
      "transport": "http",
      "url": "https://my-server.com/mcp",
      "category": "custom"
    }
  ]
}

⚙️ Configuration Management

• View current Claude configuration
• Edit .claude.json settings
• Manage multiple API profiles
• Switch between different configurations

🌐 Web UI

Launch the Claude Code UI interface:

npx @siteboon/claude-code-ui

Or select "Launch Web UI" from the main menu.

🗑️ Uninstall

Complete removal of Claude CLI and all associated files:

• Claude CLI binary
• Configuration files (~/.claude.json)
• Cache and data directories
• Plugin marketplaces and installations

📁 Project Structure

code-helper/
├── src/
│   ├── cli/              # CLI implementation
│   │   ├── config/       # Configuration and constants
│   │   ├── menus/        # Interactive menus
│   │   ├── services/     # Business logic services
│   │   ├── types/        # TypeScript type definitions
│   │   ├── ui/           # UI components and themes
│   │   └── utils/        # Utility functions
│   └── index.ts          # Entry point
├── config/
│   ├── markets.json      # Marketplace configuration
│   └── mcpServers.json   # MCP servers configuration
└── bin/
    └── code-helper.js    # Executable script

🛠️ Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Development mode with hot reload
npm run dev

# Build for production
npm run build

# Run linter
npm run lint

# Run tests
npm test

🔧 Building from Source

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/shirenchuang/code-helper.git
cd code-helper

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build the project
npm run build

# Link for local testing
npm link

📝 Configuration Files

Markets Configuration (config/markets.json)

Define your plugin marketplaces. Each marketplace should be a Git repository containing a .claude-plugin/marketplace.json file.

MCP Servers Configuration (config/mcpServers.json)

Define available MCP servers. Supports both HTTP and STDIO transport types.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

MIT © shirenchuang

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Built with Claude by Anthropic
• Inspired by the Claude Code community
• Thanks to all contributors

Note: This tool is not officially affiliated with Anthropic. It's a community project to help manage Claude Code installations and configurations.