Observed Signal · Jul 21, 2026 · Product Launch · Source: DEV Community · Impact: 2/5 · Sentiment: Positive

Makimono: Marketplace and API for CLAUDE.md Playbooks

Executive Signal Summary

Makimono is a newly launched marketplace and open API for sharing finished instruction files (CLAUDE.md playbooks, skills, dev playbooks) that let coding agents skip trial-and-error. The platform exposes a no-auth, CORS-enabled API (with a /llms.txt entry) designed for agents to search and retrieve playbooks autonomously. Listings include an 'roi' metric estimating tokens saved, and contributors can publish via a prompt-driven flow that collects files, strips secrets with per-item approval, drafts metadata, and submits for review. A Claude Code plugin (hosted on GitHub) integrates find-before-build and publish workflows. The project launched from Japan with a small initial catalog and is seeking more contributions and feedback.

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High Confidence

Small-scale product launch that introduces an agent-focused marketplace and open API; potentially useful for developer productivity but currently limited in scale and listings.

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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding

  • Makimono launched as a marketplace for CLAUDE.md instruction files, skills, and dev playbooks.
  • Makimono provides an open, no-auth API with CORS enabled and a /llms.txt entry describing usage.
  • Search results include an 'roi' field that estimates tokens saved per token spent reading a file.
  • Contributors can list files by running a prompt that collects CLAUDE.md files, strips secrets with per-item approval, drafts title/summary/category, and submits for review.
  • A Claude Code plugin for Makimono is available via the GitHub repository https://github.com/seisaku-team-org/makimono-plugin.

Connected Companies & Entities

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“There's also a Claude Code plugin that wires "find a scroll before building" and "publish mine when I'm done" in as skills: https://github.c...”

Primary Source Grounding & Direct Attribution
Direct Origin Attribution
Primary Reporting: DEV Community•Published: Jul 21, 2026
Original Coverage Title: “I turned my CLAUDE.md files into a marketplace (and an API your agent can use)”

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