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How to Package an Agent for Marketplace Distribution
Choose the right packaging and listing products for skills, MCP tools, assistants, and agent-readable marketplace offers.
Short answer
Match the packaging kit to the artifact you are shipping: Agent Skill Packaging Kit for reusable skills, MCP Server Description Optimizer for tool discovery text, and GPT / Assistant Productization Kit for assistant offers. Add Agent Marketplace Listing Kit when a buying agent must evaluate the packaged capability through structured listing data.
Decision criteria
- Whether the artifact is a skill, MCP server, assistant, or general marketplace listing
- Whether the buyer is human, agent-mediated, or both
- Whether packaging, discovery description, or listing conversion is the current bottleneck
| Decision dimension | Decision guidance |
|---|---|
| Package type | Use the skill, MCP, or assistant-specific kit that matches the artifact being distributed. |
| Marketplace evaluation | Use Agent Marketplace Listing Kit for structured, agent-readable offer facts and evidence. |
| Human listing workflow | Use Marketplace Listing Conversion Kit for the broader written listing and review process. |
Clear next steps
Bundles that cover this decision
Buy individual layers when only those layers fit. Choose a bundle only when several exact members match the intended stack.
Relevant products
- Agent Skill Packaging KitA written standard for packaging agent skills: manifest standard with reference JSON, instruction file standard, trigger specs, test packs, and packaging checklists.
- MCP Server Description OptimizerA written method for improving MCP server/tool descriptions so agents select tools correctly: five-clause description contract, anchored quality rubric, selection-failure catalog with matched fixes, and before/after rewrites.
- GPT / Assistant Productization KitA written pipeline for turning a prompt-based assistant into a shippable product: productization pipeline with exit gates, charter standard with mandatory nevers, configuration specs, knowledge packaging, guardrail checks, and listing readiness.
- Agent Marketplace Listing KitA written listing standard for products sold to both humans AND buying agents: dual-reader listing structure, agent-readable listing schema with a self-applied reference instance, and claim-evidence maps.
- Marketplace Listing Conversion KitTemplates and harnesses for writing better marketplace listings: structure templates by marketplace type, title/description harnesses, image/preview checklist, listing QA scorecard, and revision workflow.
Relevant bundles
- Agent Packaging StudioBuilders and builder agents packaging capabilities into installable skills, well-described MCP servers, and listing-ready assistants.
- Agent Commerce StackSellers, marketplace operators, and buying-agent operators adopting the full agent-commerce grammar.
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Compatibility and limitations
These products are document, template, schema, policy, or checklist systems used with the buyer's own tools. Review each canonical product page and the compatibility guide before choosing.
- No platform account, submission, publishing automation, approval, or guaranteed discovery outcome is included.
- Destination-platform requirements must be checked and applied by the buyer.