Software Buyer France — Claude plugin

Buy custom software in France without surprises. Sourced price benchmarks, specification review, quote and contract review, vendor questions, offer comparison, hosting decision, legacy takeover.

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What it does

Skill (invoke as /software-buyer-france:<name>)	You get
estimate	A low / likely / high budget range with its sources, an effort table and a 5-year total cost including licences
review-spec	A readiness score for your specification (cahier des charges), the decisions to take before pricing, testable rewrites of weak requirements, integration checks
review-quote	A verdict, red flags ranked by severity, missing clauses with wording to request (FR/EN), price positioning
vendor-questions	12–20 questions adapted to your project and situation, each with the good answer and the red flag
compare-offers	A like-for-like comparison: scope coverage, 5-year cost, risk and ownership, recommendation
hosting-decision	Cloud, sovereign cloud, SaaS or on-premise (priced as a separate option), decided before pricing
legacy-takeover	A takeover plan when the previous developer or agency is gone: secure, audit, stabilise, then evolve or migrate

Skills also trigger on their own when you ask things like "is this quote fair?", "combien coûte une application mobile ?" or "what should I ask this agency?".

Price data (MCP server prix-logiciel)

The plugin connects to a read-only MCP server that serves:

• French public procurement contracts (DECP) already awarded for ERP, mobile apps, digital transformation / project management assistance, production management (GPAO/MES) and digital twins — about 480 qualified contracts, with medians and quartiles published only above minimum sample sizes (median ≥ 5 contracts, quartiles ≥ 12). Source: data.economie.gouv.fr, Etalab 2.0 licence. Building/engineering false positives (CPV 45 and 71) and republished modifications are removed.
• Verified private-market figures: surveys, day-rate barometers and published price grids, each with URL, quote and date of check. Figures that could not be verified at the source are excluded.

Tools: search_public_contracts, price_statistics, private_market_prices, daily_rates, position_quote, sources_and_method. All are read-only; no account is needed.

There is no reliable public dataset for AI projects yet: the tools say so rather than invent a number.

The method behind the checklists

The review grids encode a buyer-protective standard used in real French software contracts:

1. Map before you quote — a paid framing phase beats a firm price on a vague scope.
2. Fixed price means capped — nothing invoiced above the total without a signed amendment; days are the vendor's commitment, not a billing base.
3. Everything in your name from day one — code repository, hosting, domain, store accounts; rights transferred as you pay.
4. Acceptance by written report, with deadlines on both sides; warranty after acceptance.
5. A clean exit — bounded termination cost, reversibility (code, documentation, data, accesses) within a stated delay.
6. Decide hosting before pricing — on-premise is a separately priced option, never an afterthought.
7. Third-party costs at dated list prices, never "0 €" when unknown.

Not legal advice: have high-stakes contracts reviewed by a lawyer.

Further reading (JAIKIN, in French)

• How we frame and price custom software — Méthodologie · Développement logiciel sur mesure
• Custom software vs SaaS — Build or buy
• Mobile app budgets — Prix d'une application mobile
• Taking over an existing system — Reprise de SI legacy
• ERP projects — ERP sur mesure · Migration ERP PME

Install

/plugin marketplace add JAIKIN-SASU/claude-plugin-software-buyer
/plugin install software-buyer-france@jaikin

Once listed in the community marketplace: /plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community then /plugin install software-buyer-france@claude-community.

Privacy

See PRIVACY.md. The MCP server stores nothing about your conversations; the documents you review are read by Claude locally and never sent to the server.

Maintainer

Built and maintained by JAIKIN, Strasbourg (France). Issues and pull requests welcome.

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Français

Acheter un logiciel sur mesure en France sans mauvaise surprise. Repères de prix sourcés, relecture de cahier des charges, de devis et de contrat, questions à poser au prestataire, comparaison d'offres, choix de l'hébergement, reprise d'un existant.

Skill (invoquer /software-buyer-france:<name>)	Ce que vous obtenez
estimate	Une fourchette basse / probable / haute avec ses sources, le détail de l'effort et le coût complet sur 5 ans, licences comprises
review-spec	La maturité de votre cahier des charges, les décisions à prendre avant tout chiffrage, les exigences réécrites pour être testables
review-quote	Un verdict, les signaux d'alerte classés par gravité, les clauses manquantes avec leur formulation, le positionnement du prix
vendor-questions	Les questions à poser au prestataire, avec la bonne réponse attendue et le signal d'alerte
compare-offers	Une comparaison à périmètre égal : couverture, coût sur 5 ans, risque, propriété, recommandation
hosting-decision	Cloud, cloud souverain, SaaS ou sur site (option chiffrée à part), tranché avant le chiffrage
legacy-takeover	Un plan de reprise quand le développeur ou l'agence précédente a disparu : sécuriser, auditer, stabiliser, puis faire évoluer ou migrer

Données de prix : marchés publics attribués (DECP, licence Etalab 2.0) pour l'ERP, les applications mobiles, la transformation numérique et l'AMOA, la GPAO/MES et le jumeau numérique ; chiffres du marché privé vérifiés à la source, avec URL et date.

La méthode : cartographier avant de chiffrer ; un forfait est plafonné ; tout est au nom du client dès le premier jour ; recette par procès-verbal ; sortie bornée et réversibilité ; hébergement tranché avant le chiffrage (le sur site est une option chiffrée à part) ; coûts tiers au tarif public daté, jamais « 0 € ».

Ceci n'est pas un conseil juridique. Plugin conçu et maintenu par JAIKIN, Strasbourg.