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title: Templates & Marketplace
description: Start workflows from pre-built templates, install vertical packs, and manage published bundles.
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AKOS provides two ways to accelerate setup: **Templates** (workflow starters built into the app) and the **Marketplace** (installable packs, integrations, and OEM bundles).

## Templates

The Templates screen is a **three-step wizard** for creating a new workflow from a pre-built starting point.

### Step 1: Pick a template

The picker page shows:
- **Persona filter** — buttons to narrow templates by your role (for example, "Operations", "Finance", "Legal"). Selecting a persona hides templates not tagged for that audience.
- **Template grid** — cards showing each template's name, category badge, and description. Click a card to select it.
- **Start blank** bar — a text field where you can describe what you want in plain English. AKOS generates a blank flow pre-named from your description. Click **Start blank** or press Enter.

If you select a template, you advance automatically to the Configure step.

### Step 2: Configure

Fill in:
- **Flow ID** — the unique identifier for your new workflow.
- **Flow name** — a human-readable name.
- **Run on save** — optionally toggle this to run the workflow immediately after saving.

Click **Next** to proceed or **Back** to return to the picker.

### Step 3: Review

Confirms your selections. Click **Save** to create the workflow, or **Save & Edit** to save and open it immediately in the flow editor.

A step-dots indicator in the header shows your progress through the three steps.

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## Marketplace

The Marketplace screen lets you browse, install, and manage the AKOS catalog — vertical packs, integrations, and OEM-published bundles.

> **Alpha (early access).** The Marketplace ships as a minimal, demo-scoped surface and is marked **Alpha** in the app. The data is real, but the catalog, publishing flow, and management tools are still early and will change. Treat it as a preview while we expand coverage.

The screen is organised into three sections in the section rail: **Browse**, **Installed**, and **Manage**.

### Browse

The Browse pane shows:
- **Stats bar** — total listings, categories, and a count of installed items.
- **Featured** — highlighted items, often vertically relevant to your active vertical.
- **Filters** — narrow by vertical (finance, healthcare, legal, coding, etc.), capability tags, and a text search.
- **Listings grid** — cards for each listing. Each card shows the name, author, category, short description, compatibility tags, and an **Install** button.

**Domain packs** appear at the top of the browse results. Clicking **Apply** on a domain pack writes a set of starter agents and flows to your workspace configuration.

Click any listing card to open the **Listing detail drawer**, which shows the full description, changelog, version, and screenshots. From the drawer you can also install the listing.

After installing a listing, a confirmation banner appears with quick links to open the installed agents, flows, or templates in their respective screens.

### Installed

The Installed pane lists every listing currently installed in this workspace. Each item shows its name, version, and an **Uninstall** button.

If nothing is installed yet, an empty state prompts you to go to Browse.

### Manage

The Manage pane is for workspace owners and OEM operators. It includes:
- **Publisher keys** — manage the signing keys used to verify listings you publish.
- **Private library** — upload or register private listings available only to your organisation.
- **Connection suggester** — a tool that analyses your installed agents and suggests integrations you might want to configure.
- **Report** — flag a public listing for review if it violates policies.

> The **Publish** tab (for OEM operators publishing bundles to the marketplace) is only visible if your account has publisher permissions.

## Related screens

| Need | Go to |
|---|---|
| Open created workflows | [Workflows](/docs/using-the-app/flows) |
| Agent registry after install | [Agents](/docs/using-the-app/agents) |
| Post-install integrations | [Connections](/docs/using-the-app/connections) |
| Plugin lifecycle (`plugins`) | [Route-only screens](/docs/using-the-app/route-only-screens) |
| Starter templates (`templates`) | [Route-only screens](/docs/using-the-app/route-only-screens) |
| OEM publish / brand kit | [Route-only screens](/docs/using-the-app/route-only-screens#brand--licensing-oem) |