Maude: Claude Code Plugin Marketplace - Building AI-Driven Workflows and Design Tools

Maude is a personal plugin marketplace for Claude Code, aiming to build AI-driven workflows and design tools. It corely offers two plugins: design (canvas-first design iteration) and flow (structured AI workflow management), along with a CLI tool for project scaffolding.

Original Author/Maintainer: 1aGh, Source Platform: GitHub, Release Date: May 2026, Original Link: https://github.com/1aGh/maude, Documentation Site: https://maude.iagh.cz

Claude Code, as an AI programming assistant, has transformed how developers interact with code, but it has the following pain points:

• Design iteration: Quickly turn ideas into visual HTML/JSX prototypes
• Workflow management: Enable AI to follow structured development processes
• Project memory: Let AI remember project-specific conventions and context

Maude was created to address these issues. It is a personal plugin marketplace for Claude Code, providing extensible capability enhancements.

design Plugin: Canvas-First Design Iteration

Tailored for front-end development and UI design scenarios, its core features include canvas-first development (in the .design/ directory), element-level editing (select and modify via Cmd+Click), automatic development server, and UX/DS critique chain. The collaboration mode supports single-machine multi-tab synchronization; cross-machine collaboration will be added in the future v1.1 version, making it suitable for scenarios like landing page development.

flow Plugin: Structured AI Workflow

It provides a general agentic workflow framework with core commands like /flow:init and /flow:plan. It creates an .ai/ directory as the 'second brain' to store workflow configurations, design decision records, etc., making it suitable for large projects or team collaboration.

CLI Tool: maude

Installation command: npm i -g @1agh/maude Initialize project: maude init Start design server: maude design serve The CLI complements the plugins, responsible for environment setup and server management.

Technical Architecture

It uses a monorepo architecture with a tech stack including pnpm workspace, Node.js ≥20, zero runtime dependencies, and Fumadocs + Next.js (for the documentation site). The release process uses Changesets for version management; npm packages and plugins share the same version number, and GitHub Actions handles automatic publishing.

Scenario 1: Rapid Prototype Design

1. Run maude init to initialize the project
2. Use /design:edit in Claude Code to create initial HTML
3. Select elements via Cmd+Click for iterative modification
4. AI automatically provides UX critique and suggestions
5. Export deliverable code

Scenario 2: Complex Feature Development

1. /flow:init to initialize the workspace
2. /flow:plan to create a development plan
3. /flow:execute to perform subtasks
4. /flow:record-ddr to log design decisions
5. /flow:done to archive and generate a summary

Maude represents the evolution direction of AI-assisted development tools from general assistants to professional workflows. Its values include:

1. Extensibility: The plugin marketplace allows community contributions of tools
2. Structured: The flow plugin introduces best practices in software engineering
3. Visualization: The design plugin fills the gap in UI development
4. Local-first: Data is stored in the local .ai/ directory to protect privacy

For heavy Claude Code users, Maude upgrades the AI assistant from a conversation partner to a work partner.