Starter stack · average fit 4.9/5

Claude Code stack for AI app

An LLM-powered product with retrieval, web data and tracing. Every pick below has official Claude Code support we verified. Swap any layer using the linked category page.

01 Neon logo

Database

Neon

Official Anthropic-marketplace plugin with MCP server + 9 skills

02 Pinecone logo

Vector databases

Pinecone

Official Anthropic-marketplace plugin with MCP server + 9 skills

03 Exa logo

Web search & scraping

Exa

Official Anthropic-marketplace plugin with MCP server + 2 skills

04 Hugging Face logo

AI & LLM APIs

Hugging Face

Official Anthropic-marketplace plugin with MCP server + 25 skills

05 Langfuse logo

AI & LLM APIs

Langfuse

Official Anthropic-marketplace plugin with 2 skills (no bundled MCP server)

06 Upstash QStash logo

Background jobs & queues

Upstash QStash

Vendor plugin bundling skills (incl. upstash-qstash-js) + remote MCP with QStash tools

07 Vercel logo

Hosting

Vercel

Official Anthropic-marketplace plugin with MCP server + 33 skills

08 Sentry logo

Monitoring

Sentry

Official Anthropic-marketplace plugin with MCP server + 8 skills

Picks are our editorial choice among the highest-rated tools in each category; ratings themselves come only from the linked evidence.

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