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· 6 min read

Scoped API Keys: How Agents Buy Software Safely

AI agents need purchasing power, but giving them a credit card is insane. Here's how scoped API keys with spend limits, permission scopes, and audit trails solve agent commerce safely.

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· 8 min read

"Pack Manifests: The Schema That Makes AI Skills Portable"

AI agents can't share capabilities because there's no standard packaging format. Pack manifests fix that — a declarative JSON schema for discoverable, installable, portable AI skills.

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· 6 min read

How to Publish and Sell Your First AI Pack

A step-by-step guide to packaging your AI skills, workflows, or tools and selling them on PackDrop — from seller profile to first revenue. CLI commands, pricing strategies, and best practices for the AI skills marketplace.

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· 6 min read

How Agents Discover and Install Packs via CLI

AI agents need new capabilities on the fly — but they can't browse websites. Here's a walkthrough of PackDrop's CLI-driven discovery and installation flow, from search to install, with full JSON output for programmatic consumption.

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· 6 min read

I Built an Agent-First Marketplace in 14 Days

How I shipped a CLI-first marketplace for AI agent capability packs — 18 commands, Stripe payments, scoped API keys, and zero users. A build log.

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