# Glossary This page and the Terminology section of the specification are generated from one file, [glossary/terms.json](https://github.com/static-agent-marketplace/static-agent-marketplace-spec/blob/main/glossary/terms.json). Terms taken from another specification name their source and keep its wording. ## Archive A ZIP archive in the canonical encoding of section 10.2. Its digest identifies one version of one plugin or skill. - Source: this spec - Since: 0.1.0-draft - Do not call it: "zip file", "package file" - See also: [Plugin archive](#plugin-archive), [Skill archive](#skill-archive), [Digest](#digest) ## Base namespace The configurable path, by default `/.agent-marketplace/`, that holds every published file other than the entry points. Written `` in paths; it starts and ends with a slash. - Source: this spec - Since: 0.1.0-draft - Do not call it: "base path", "base directory", "output folder" - See also: [Entry point](#entry-point) ## Canonical JSON The single JSON serialization every generated JSON file uses: sorted keys, two-space indentation and a final newline (section 7.1). - Source: this spec - Since: 0.1.0-draft - Do not call it: "pretty JSON", "normalized JSON" ## Catalog The document `catalog.json`, from which every other published file is derived (section 7.2). - Source: this spec - Since: 0.1.0-draft - Do not call it: "registry", "manifest file", "master index" - See also: [Entry document](#entry-document) ## Client Software that reads the published files of a site to list, download or install packages, such as a host or a skills command-line tool. A conforming client meets section 16.1. - Source: this spec - Since: 0.1.0-draft - Do not call it: "consumer" - See also: [Host](#host), [Site](#site) ## Component One of skills, agents, commands, hooks or Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers inside a plugin. - Source: Claude Code plugin reference - Since: 0.1.0-draft - See also: [Plugin](#plugin) ## Conformance case A directory of the conformance suite holding `case.json`, `input/`, `expected/` and `SHA256SUMS` (section 16.2). - Source: this spec - Since: 0.1.0-draft - Do not call it: "test fixture", "golden test" - See also: [Generator](#generator) ## Digest The lowercase hexadecimal SHA-256 of an archive's bytes, written `sha256:` where an upstream format requires that form. - Source: Agent Skills discovery 0.2.0 - Since: 0.1.0-draft - Do not call it: "hash value", "fingerprint" - See also: [Archive](#archive) ## Entry document The file `entries/

.json` or `entries/skills/.json`: one catalog item with `$schema`, `kind` and `specVersion` added (section 7.6). - Source: this spec - Since: 0.1.0-draft - Do not call it: "entry file", "item file" - See also: [Catalog](#catalog) ## Entry point A published file that a client finds by a fixed path rather than by a link (section 5). - Source: this spec - Since: 0.1.0-draft - Do not call it: "discovery file", "root file" - See also: [Base namespace](#base-namespace), [Well-known URI](#well-known-uri) ## External entry An input B marketplace entry whose source is remote. It is listed in the catalog but never fetched or packaged (section 7.7). - Source: this spec - Since: 0.1.0-draft - Do not call it: "remote plugin", "third-party plugin" - See also: [Catalog](#catalog) ## Generator Software that reads an input tree and parameters and writes the published files. A conforming generator meets section 16.1. - Source: this spec - Since: 0.1.0-draft - Do not call it: "projector", "exporter", "site builder" - See also: [Conformance case](#conformance-case) ## Host An application that installs plugins or skills. This profile covers Claude Code, Codex, Grok Build, Antigravity and Gemini CLI, plus clients of Agent Skills discovery. - Source: this spec - Since: 0.1.0-draft - Do not call it: "client app", "agent platform" - See also: [Support level](#support-level), [Host package](#host-package) ## Host package An archive or tree in a host-specific layout, produced only when requested (Annex A). - Source: this spec - Since: 0.1.0-draft - Do not call it: "host bundle", "platform package" - See also: [Host](#host) ## Install prompt Generated text a user can paste into their own agent to install one plugin or skill with the host's own commands (section 12). - Source: this spec - Since: 0.1.0-draft - Do not call it: "install instructions", "agent prompt", "setup prompt" - See also: [Host](#host) ## Lock The record, kept in the source repository and never published, of every archive published under a versioned path and its digest (section 11.2). - Source: this spec - Since: 0.1.0-draft - Do not call it: "lockfile", "lock file", "release ledger" - See also: [Yank](#yank), [Digest](#digest) ## Plugin A directory in the Claude Code plugin layout: an optional `.claude-plugin/plugin.json` plus component folders such as `skills/`, `agents/`, `commands/` and `hooks/`. - Source: Claude Code plugin reference - Since: 0.1.0-draft - Do not call it: "add-on", "addon" - See also: [Component](#component), [Plugin archive](#plugin-archive) ## Plugin archive The archive of a whole plugin, with the plugin root at the top, used as a Claude Code archive source (section 10.1). - Source: this spec - Since: 0.1.0-draft - See also: [Archive](#archive) ## Site The static website the files are published on. Its origin is the scheme, host and port of `siteUrl`. - Source: this spec - Since: 0.1.0-draft - Do not call it: "web site" - See also: [Entry point](#entry-point) ## Skill A directory holding a `SKILL.md` file and any supporting files. - Source: Agent Skills - Since: 0.1.0-draft - See also: [Skill archive](#skill-archive) ## Skill archive The archive of one skill with `SKILL.md` at the top, as Agent Skills discovery 0.2.0 requires (section 10.1). - Source: Agent Skills discovery 0.2.0 - Since: 0.1.0-draft - See also: [Archive](#archive) ## Support level One of native, partial or none, saying how much of a plugin works on a host (section 7.5). - Source: this spec - Since: 0.1.0-draft - Do not call it: "compatibility level", "compatibility score" - See also: [Host](#host) ## Well-known URI A URI whose path starts with `/.well-known/`, reserved for names registered with IANA. - Source: RFC 8615 - Since: 0.1.0-draft - Do not call it: "well-known path" - See also: [Entry point](#entry-point) ## Yank To withdraw one published version: it leaves every published document and its archives stop being served, and the lock keeps the reason (section 11.4). - Source: this spec - Since: 0.1.0-draft - Do not call it: "unpublish", "revoke" - See also: [Lock](#lock)