Claude Code + Raindrop MCP
Claude Code + Raindrop MCP transforms AI-assisted development from writing code snippets to building complete applications with infrastructure. Instead of just getting help with coding, you get an automated system that takes you from idea to deployed application.
What It Is
The Raindrop MCP (Model Context Protocol) server is a specialized integration that extends Claude Code’s capabilities. When connected, Claude Code becomes an application development platform that can:
- Build CRUD APIs with complete database integration and authentication
- Create multiagent systems with coordinated AI agents and shared state
- Develop AI-infused applications with language models, embeddings, and vector search
- Provision real cloud infrastructure automatically
- Deploy working applications to live URLs
- Manage the entire development lifecycle from requirements to production
How It Works
Guided Automation
The MCP server provides Claude Code with structured workflows that ensure nothing gets missed. Instead of ad-hoc conversations, you follow proven development phases that result in complete, working applications.
Infrastructure Orchestration
Claude Code gains the ability to provision the complete Raindrop platform:
- Services - API endpoints with routing and business logic
- Actors - Stateful components with persistent data
- Observers - Event-driven automation and processing
- Tasks - Scheduled operations and cron jobs
- SQL Databases - Relational data with schemas and relationships
- Vector Databases - High-dimensional search for AI applications
- KV Stores - Key-value storage for configuration and caching
- Bucket Storage - Object storage for files and data
- SmartBuckets - AI-enhanced document processing and search
- Agent Memory - State management for AI agents
- Queues - Message queues for async processing
- AI Models - Language models, embeddings, and specialized AI services
- Domain names and public URLs - Live web access to your applications
State Management
The system maintains context across conversations and team members. You can pause development, switch projects, or collaborate with others while preserving all progress and decisions.
Quality Assurance
Built-in validation ensures each phase completes successfully before moving forward. Your applications are tested and verified to work correctly before deployment.
Three Ways to Interact
1. Build New Applications
Start from scratch and let the system guide you through the complete development process.
How it works: Describe your application idea, answer questions about requirements, and approve the plan. Everything else is automated.
Result: Complete application deployed to live infrastructure with databases, APIs, and public URLs.
2. Reattach to Existing Sessions
Resume work on any project exactly where you left off, with complete context restoration.
How it works: Provide your session ID and the system instantly restores your project state, requirements, and progress.
Result: Seamless continuation of development from exactly where you stopped.
3. Update Deployed Applications
Add features or modify existing applications while preserving current functionality.
How it works: Describe what you want to change or add. The system updates your requirements and implements changes safely.
Result: Enhanced application with new features while maintaining backward compatibility.
Multiplayer by Default
Unlike traditional AI development tools that work in isolation, Claude Code + Raindrop MCP is designed for team collaboration from the ground up. Every project creates a shared session that team members can join at any time. When you invite colleagues, they get complete access to the same project context, requirements, and progress.
Team members contribute based on their expertise - product managers define and refine requirements, developers implement features and review architecture, DevOps engineers handle deployment and infrastructure, and stakeholders provide input and approve decisions. Work flows naturally between team members. One person can start requirements gathering, another can handle implementation, and a third can manage deployment - all within the same continuous workflow.
When one team member advances the project, others see the updates immediately when they join the session. Progress, decisions, and context are synchronized across the entire team.
The Transformation
Before: Claude Code helps you write individual code files and provides programming assistance.
After: Claude Code becomes a complete application development platform that delivers working, deployed applications.
The difference is like the contrast between having a coding tutor and having an entire development team that handles everything from requirements to deployment.
Claude Code + Raindrop MCP makes it possible to go from “I have an idea for an app” to “Here’s the live URL where people can use it” through a single, guided conversation.