feat(marketplace): adopt apm pack as canonical marketplace.json builder

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
 
+      # Installs the APM CLI (latest stable) and adds `apm` to PATH for
+      # subsequent steps. `npm run build` invokes `apm pack` to build
+      # .github/plugin/marketplace.json from apm.yml; the CLI must be
+      # available on the runner. Mirrors the pattern microsoft/apm uses
+      # in its own CI (see microsoft/apm/.github/workflows/ci.yml).
+      - uses: microsoft/apm-action@v1
+
       - name: Materialize plugin files
         run: node eng/materialize-plugins.mjs
 

.github/workflows/validate-marketplace.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+name: Validate Marketplace
+
+# Runs on PRs that touch any input to the marketplace.json build chain
+# (apm.yml, plugin manifests, external plugin registry, the bridge merge
+# script, or the legacy generator). Two gates, both wired through the
+# canonical APM consumer pattern shipped by microsoft/apm-action@v1
+# (the same install+audit substrate used by downstream consumers such
+# as DevExpGbb/zava-agent-config, whose reusable apm-audit.yml is the
+# golden example for repos with a real `dependencies:` block):
+#
+#   Gate A (supply-chain): `apm audit --ci`. Validates lockfile / install
+#   fidelity, ref consistency between apm.yml and apm.lock.yaml,
+#   no orphan packages, and content-integrity (hidden Unicode) on
+#   deployed package content. Short-circuits cleanly on this repo today
+#   (no `dependencies:` block -- marketplace-only manifest), but fires
+#   automatically the moment awesome-copilot adds a real dependency.
+#   SARIF report is uploaded to the run when apm-action produces one.
+#
+#   Gate B (drift): rebuild marketplace.json with `apm pack` + the
+#   external-plugin merge bridge, and fail if the result differs from
+#   the committed `.github/plugin/marketplace.json`. Catches contributors
+#   who edit apm.yml without re-running `npm run build`, or who
+#   hand-edit the generated marketplace.json. This is the producer-side
+#   counterpart to the consumer-side gate (`apm marketplace check`)
+#   documented in microsoft/apm's producer guide -- we cannot use
+#   `apm marketplace check` directly today because it does not yet
+#   short-circuit local-path sources (treats `./plugins/<name>` as
+#   remote refs).
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [staged, main]
+    paths:
+      - "apm.yml"
+      - "apm.lock.yaml"
+      - "plugins/**/.github/plugin/plugin.json"
+      - "plugins/external.json"
+      - "eng/merge-external-plugins.mjs"
+      - "eng/generate-marketplace.mjs"
+      - ".github/plugin/marketplace.json"
+      - ".github/workflows/validate-marketplace.yml"
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  security-events: write
+
+jobs:
+  audit-and-drift:
+    name: APM audit + marketplace drift
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+
+      - name: Extract Node version from package.json
+        id: node-version
+        run: |
+          NODE_VERSION=$(jq -r '.engines.node // "22"' package.json)
+          echo "version=${NODE_VERSION}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.4.0
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ steps.node-version.outputs.version }}
+
+      - name: Install Node dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+
+      # Installs the APM CLI (latest stable), runs `apm install` against
+      # this repo's apm.yml, and emits a SARIF audit report consumed by
+      # the upload step below. For a marketplace-only manifest with no
+      # `dependencies:` block, install is effectively a no-op; the value
+      # this step adds is making `apm` available on PATH and producing
+      # the SARIF artifact.
+      - name: Setup APM
+        uses: microsoft/apm-action@v1
+        with:
+          audit-report: 'true'
+
+      # Gate A: supply-chain integrity (consumer-side).
+      # `apm audit --ci` exits non-zero on policy failures (lockfile drift,
+      # orphan packages, hidden Unicode in deployed content). On a
+      # marketplace-only manifest with no `dependencies:` block this is a
+      # short-circuit pass ("No dependencies declared -- lockfile not
+      # required"), but the gate is wired so the moment awesome-copilot
+      # adds a real dependency the policy fires automatically.
+      - name: apm audit --ci
+        run: apm audit --ci
+
+      # SARIF upload only runs when apm-action actually produced a report.
+      # For marketplace-only manifests there is no lockfile to scan, so
+      # apm-action emits "No apm.lock.yaml found -- nothing to scan" and
+      # writes no file. Guarding on hashFiles() avoids a spurious failure.
+      - name: Upload APM audit SARIF
+        if: always() && hashFiles('apm-audit.sarif') != ''
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3
+        with:
+          sarif_file: apm-audit.sarif
+          category: apm-audit
+
+      # Gate B: marketplace.json drift (producer-side).
+      # `npm run build` now invokes `apm pack` + the external-plugin merge
+      # bridge. If the rebuild produces a different marketplace.json than
+      # the one committed in this PR, fail with a clear remediation hint.
+      - name: Rebuild marketplace.json
+        run: npm run build
+
+      - name: Check marketplace.json drift
+        run: |
+          if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain -- .github/plugin/marketplace.json)" ]; then
+            echo "::error::.github/plugin/marketplace.json is out of sync with apm.yml + plugins/external.json."
+            echo "Run 'npm run build' locally and commit the regenerated marketplace.json."
+            git --no-pager diff -- .github/plugin/marketplace.json
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "marketplace.json is in sync."

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -58,6 +58,20 @@ To maintain a safe, responsible, and high-signal collection, we will **not accep
 
 ## How to Contribute
 
+### Prerequisites
+
+This repository uses [APM (Agent Package Manager)](https://github.com/microsoft/apm) to author the marketplace manifest. Install the `apm` CLI before running `npm run build` (it is invoked from the build chain to generate `.github/plugin/marketplace.json`):
+
+```bash
+curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/apm/main/install.sh | sh
+```
+
+Then install Node dependencies as usual:
+
+```bash
+npm install
+```
+
 ### Adding Instructions
 
 Instructions help customize GitHub Copilot's behavior for specific technologies, coding practices, or domains.
@@ -144,7 +158,8 @@ Plugins group related agents, commands, and skills around specific themes or wor
 1. **Create your plugin**: Run `npm run plugin:create` to scaffold a new plugin
 2. **Follow the naming convention**: Use descriptive, lowercase folder names with hyphens (e.g., `python-web-development`)
 3. **Define your content**: List agents, commands, and skills in `plugin.json` using the Claude Code spec fields
-4. **Test your plugin**: Run `npm run plugin:validate` to verify your plugin structure
+4. **Register in `apm.yml`**: Append a `packages:` entry under `marketplace:` (alphabetical) with `source: ./plugins/<name>`, `version`, and `description` matching your plugin.json. This is what `apm pack` reads to assemble the marketplace.
+5. **Test your plugin**: Run `npm run plugin:validate` to verify your plugin structure
 
 #### Creating a plugin