Catalog
How to read the public ai_stp catalog and what its results mean.
Catalog
The public catalog helps you find setups and components by harness, tags, compatibility, update date and trust line. Both mode lists setups first and components after; each group keeps the sort you chose.
Anonymous reading
The public catalog can be read without an account. That matters for a first look, for local selection, and for an agent working before sign-in.
ai-stp registry search --json
ai-stp registry show <stable_id> --jsonWhat to look at in a result
Before choosing an object, check:
- the harness and the supported version;
- the exact version of the object;
- provenance and the source commit;
author_verifiedandcomponent_verified;- the trust line;
- compatibility constraints;
- the result of the last check.
author_verified and component_verified are independent. A confirmed author
is not proof that a particular version is safe.
| Field | What it answers | Red flag |
|---|---|---|
| Harness | where the object may be applied | your harness is not in the list |
| Version | which immutable version you picked | the version is not pinned exactly |
| Source | where the object came from | no commit or path, or murky provenance |
| Trust line | why the object is in the result set | experimental without deliberate consent |
| Verification | what the platform confirmed | only the author is verified, not the component |
| Compatibility | which constraints apply | a beta harness with no manual check |
=== "Setup" In a setup, what matters is the whole composition: every component, exact versions, and one target harness. Replacing any component makes a new version of the setup.
=== "Component" In a component, what matters is the kind, the scope, and how it will affect the target: as text, as tool access, as a hook event, as a command, or as a setting.
??? question "Why the catalog is shown to people and to agents" A person judges meaning, trust and risk. An agent reads the same facts in machine form and should not fill in missing context from memory.
Cache
The CLI may show an object from the local cache when the network is unavailable. Such an answer says when the platform last confirmed the data.