# Skill: Publish ARD Capability Manifest (ai-catalog.json)

> **Standard:** ARD (AI Resource Discovery) Specification
> **Category:** PROTOCOL_DISCOVERY
> **Classification:** SPECIFICATION_AND_GUIDE
> **Author:** TinyCTO Architecture Guild (https://tinycto.tv)

## Overview
Serve /.well-known/ai-catalog.json declaring host capabilities, representative user queries, and OpenAPI schemas.

## Learning Objectives
1. Publish /.well-known/ai-catalog.json with host details and capabilities.
2. Include representative natural language queries for semantic routing.
3. Link to OpenAPI and MCP execution endpoints.

## Prerequisites
- REST API endpoints and documentation

## Implementation & Execution Guide

### Step 1: Deploy ai-catalog.json
Expose capability catalog for AI discovery engines.

## Architectural Takeaway
ARD manifests enable AI search engines to map natural language queries directly to executable APIs on your domain.