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  "name": "Invokary Platform Requirements",
  "description": "Directory and registry requirements for MCP connectors and plugins on Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and the Official MCP Registry, each with its sources, evidence label and the date it was last checked, and a dated log of platform changes.",
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  "dateModified": "2026-10-04",
  "url": "https://invokary.com/platforms",
  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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  ],
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        "claude-plugins"
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      "sourceKind": "official",
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        {
          "label": "Anthropic, September 25, 2026: Build plugins for Claude with the directory submission portal",
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        },
        {
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    {
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        "claude-plugins"
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        },
        {
          "label": "Claude docs: Plugin pre-submission checklist",
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        "claude-plugins"
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          "label": "Claude docs: Track your directory submission",
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      "text": "New Connectors Directory listings carry the Community label. Anthropic may escalate a connector to Verified review on its own: there is no application, and Verified reviewers run a functional test of each tool.",
      "evidence": "V",
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        {
          "label": "Claude docs: Connector verification",
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          "label": "Claude docs: Connector pre-submission checklist",
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          "label": "Anthropic, September 25, 2026: Build plugins for Claude with the directory submission portal",
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        "claude-plugins"
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      "text": "Claude supports two MCP extensions for connectors and the plugins built on them: MCP Apps, for interactive UI inside chat, and Enterprise Managed Auth, for zero-touch OAuth for enterprise users.",
      "evidence": "V",
      "sourceKind": "official",
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          "label": "Anthropic, September 25, 2026: Build plugins for Claude with the directory submission portal",
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      "category": "auth",
      "categoryLabel": "Auth",
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      "evidence": "V",
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        "claude-connectors"
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      "evidence": "V",
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        "claude-connectors"
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        {
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