Buttondown Skill

A Claude Code plugin skill for managing Buttondown newsletters. Create drafts, schedule emails, view analytics, and manage your newsletter directly through Claude.

Installation

Via Focus Marketplace (Recommended)

# Add the Focus marketplace (if not already added)
/plugin marketplace add The-Focus-AI/claude-marketplace

# Install the plugin
/plugin install buttondown-skill@focus-marketplace

Then restart Claude Code.

Manual Installation

claude --plugin-dir /path/to/buttondown-skill

Configuration

Set your Buttondown API key as an environment variable:

export BUTTONDOWN_API_KEY=your_api_key

Usage

Once installed, Claude will automatically use this skill when you ask about newsletter management. Examples:

• "List my draft newsletters"
• "Create a newsletter draft about our product launch"
• "Schedule my latest draft for Friday at 9am"
• "How did my last newsletter perform?"
• "Show analytics for my sent emails"

Features

• List emails - View drafts, scheduled, or sent newsletters
• Create drafts - Write newsletter content in markdown
• Schedule sends - Set delivery time for newsletters
• View analytics - Check open rates, clicks, and engagement
• Update emails - Modify subject lines and content
• Delete emails - Remove unwanted drafts

Structure

buttondown-skill/
├── .claude-plugin/
│   └── plugin.json
├── skills/
│   └── buttondown/
│       ├── SKILL.md
│       ├── scripts/
│       │   └── buttondown.ts
│       ├── references/
│       │   └── api-types.md
│       └── examples/
│           └── workflow.md
└── README.md

License

ISC