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catalog_manifest_invalid:agents

Error message

catalog_manifest_invalid:agents

What it means

The sibling of the skills check: validateCatalogManifest requires 'agents' to be an array of agent entries. This error fires when agents is missing, an object, or a non-array value. An empty array is valid at this stage.

Source

Thrown at src/catalog/schema.ts:53

}

function assertNonEmptyString(value: unknown, field: string): asserts value is string {
  if (typeof value !== 'string' || value.trim() === '') {
    throw new Error(`catalog_manifest_invalid:${field}`);
  }
}

export function validateCatalogManifest(input: unknown): CatalogManifest {
  if (!isObject(input)) throw new Error('catalog_manifest_invalid:root');

  if (typeof input.schemaVersion !== 'number' || !Number.isInteger(input.schemaVersion)) {
    throw new Error('catalog_manifest_invalid:schemaVersion');
  }

  assertNonEmptyString(input.catalogVersion, 'catalogVersion');

  if (!Array.isArray(input.skills)) throw new Error('catalog_manifest_invalid:skills');
  if (!Array.isArray(input.agents)) throw new Error('catalog_manifest_invalid:agents');

  const seenSkills = new Set<string>();
  const skills: CatalogSkillEntry[] = input.skills.map((entry, index) => {
    if (!isObject(entry)) throw new Error(`catalog_manifest_invalid:skills[${index}]`);
    assertNonEmptyString(entry.name, `skills[${index}].name`);
    assertNonEmptyString(entry.category, `skills[${index}].category`);
    assertNonEmptyString(entry.status, `skills[${index}].status`);

    if (!SKILL_CATEGORIES.has(entry.category as CatalogSkillCategory)) {
      throw new Error(`catalog_manifest_invalid:skills[${index}].category`);
    }
    if (!ENTRY_STATUSES.has(entry.status as CatalogEntryStatus)) {
      throw new Error(`catalog_manifest_invalid:skills[${index}].status`);
    }

    const name = entry.name.trim();
    if (seenSkills.has(name)) throw new Error(`catalog_manifest_invalid:duplicate_skill:${name}`);
    seenSkills.add(name);

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Solutions

1. Set agents to an array ([] is acceptable if no agents exist)
2. Regenerate the manifest with the official generator
3. Validate the built manifest in CI

Example fix

// before
(no "agents" key)

// after
"agents": []

if (!Array.isArray(raw.agents)) { raw.agents = raw.agents ?? []; /* or reject */ }

function hasAgentsArray(v: unknown): v is { agents: unknown[] } { return typeof v === 'object' && v !== null && Array.isArray((v as any).agents); }

When it happens

Trigger: A manifest where "agents" is absent or keyed as an object map rather than a list.

Common situations: Skill-only catalogs that omit the agents key entirely, or hand-edits converting lists to maps.

Understand the failure class

Background: Schema validation failed / invalid input schema: payload rejected because its shape doesn't match the expected schema — this error's family across 28 libraries.

Related errors

• catalog_manifest_invalid:${field}
• catalog_manifest_invalid:root
• catalog_manifest_invalid:schemaVersion
• catalog_manifest_invalid:skills
• catalog_manifest_invalid:skills[${index}]

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