Link "Submit to gallery" to the plugin intake form

apps/app/src/components/tools/ExtensionsDetailStates.stories.tsx

@@ -1101,6 +1101,16 @@ const CATALOG_PLUGIN = {
 } satisfies PluginListItem;
 
 const pluginUninstallItems = [
+  { label: "Submit to marketplace", icon: "Github" as const, onSelect: noop },
+  {
+    label: "Uninstall",
+    icon: "Trash2" as const,
+    tone: "destructive" as const,
+    onSelect: noop,
+  },
+];
+
+const pluginCatalogItems = [
   {
     label: "Uninstall",
     icon: "Trash2" as const,
@@ -1112,7 +1122,7 @@ const pluginUninstallItems = [
 const pluginLocalItems = [
   { label: "Edit", icon: "Edit" as const, onSelect: noop },
   { label: "Open source", icon: "ExternalLink" as const, onSelect: noop },
-  { kind: "separator" as const },
+  { label: "Submit to marketplace", icon: "Github" as const, onSelect: noop },
   {
     label: "Remove from bb",
     icon: "Trash2" as const,
@@ -1315,14 +1325,24 @@ export function ResourceControlStates() {
             meaning="A plugin mutation is in flight, so the lifecycle switch cannot race it."
           />
           <ControlRow
-            state="Installed actions"
+            state="Direct installed actions"
             control={
               <ResourceOverflowMenu
                 label="Direct plugin actions"
                 items={pluginUninstallItems}
               />
             }
-            meaning="Direct and catalog installs can be uninstalled from the ownership menu."
+            meaning="Direct installs can be submitted to the marketplace or uninstalled."
+          />
+          <ControlRow
+            state="Catalog installed actions"
+            control={
+              <ResourceOverflowMenu
+                label="Catalog plugin actions"
+                items={pluginCatalogItems}
+              />
+            }
+            meaning="Official catalog installs are already published, so their ownership menu only offers uninstall."
           />
           <ControlRow
             state="Local actions"
@@ -1332,7 +1352,7 @@ export function ResourceControlStates() {
                 items={pluginLocalItems}
               />
             }
-            meaning="Local sources can be edited, opened, or removed from bb without deleting the source directory."
+            meaning="Local sources can be edited, opened, submitted to the marketplace, or removed from bb without deleting the source directory."
           />
           <ControlRow
             state="BB Official built-in actions"

apps/app/src/components/tools/PluginDetail.tsx

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   ResourceOverflowMenu,
   type ResourceOverflowMenuItem,
 } from "@bb/shared-ui/resource-list";
+import { PLUGIN_SUBMISSION_FORM_URL } from "@bb/domain";
 import { Switch } from "@bb/shared-ui/switch";
 import {
   Tooltip,
@@ -42,7 +43,10 @@ import {
 } from "@/components/tools/plugin-detail-table";
 import { PluginBannerBar } from "@/components/tools/plugin-detail-banner";
 import { ProvenancePill } from "@/components/tools/ProvenancePill";
+import { isOfficialProvenance } from "@/components/plugin/plugin-provenance";
+
 import { appToast } from "@/components/ui/app-toast";
+import { openUrlInExternalBrowser } from "@/lib/url-open-routing";
 import {
   usePluginSource,
   type PluginCatalogSearchEntry,
@@ -344,6 +348,21 @@ export function PluginDetail({
           },
         ]
       : []),
+    // An ownership action like Edit: you submit your own plugin, so it only
+    // renders on user-provenance plugins — official ones are already in the
+    // marketplace. The intake form is the whole submission UI for now, and it
+    // opens in the external browser like every other Tools-route link: the
+    // in-app browser is a thread-panel surface, so UrlOpenRoutingProvider is
+    // never mounted here and the preference cannot apply.
+    ...(isOfficialProvenance(plugin.provenance)
+      ? []
+      : [
+          {
+            label: "Submit to marketplace",
+            icon: "Github" as const,
+            onSelect: () => openUrlInExternalBrowser(PLUGIN_SUBMISSION_FORM_URL),
+          },
+        ]),
     {
       label: pluginRemovalLabel(plugin),
       icon: "Trash2" as const,

apps/app/src/views/ToolsView.plugin-detail.test.tsx

@@ -202,6 +202,67 @@ describe("PluginDetail official catalog lifecycle", () => {
     expect(container.textContent).toBe("");
   });
 
+  it("offers Submit to marketplace only on user-provenance plugins", async () => {
+    // Submission is an ownership action: you submit your own plugin, and
+    // official (builtin/catalog) plugins are already in the marketplace.
+    const harness = createQueryClientTestHarness();
+    const directPlugin: PluginListItem = {
+      ...GITHUB_PLUGIN,
+      source: "path:/Users/you/Code/github-plugin",
+      provenance: "direct",
+      catalogEntryId: null,
+    };
+    const detail = (plugin: PluginListItem) => (
+      <MemoryRouter>
+        <harness.wrapper>
+          <PluginDetail
+            isLoading={false}
+            plugin={plugin}
+            pending={false}
+            openSourceDisabled
+            onToggle={() => {}}
+            onEdit={() => {}}
+            onOpenSource={() => {}}
+            onDelete={() => {}}
+          />
+        </harness.wrapper>
+      </MemoryRouter>
+    );
+
+    // The in-app browser is a thread-panel surface, so even with the in-app
+    // link preference ON, this Tools-route action must open externally.
+    window.localStorage.setItem("bb.openLinksInAppBrowser", "true");
+    const openSpy = vi
+      .spyOn(window, "open")
+      .mockImplementation(() => null);
+
+    render(detail(directPlugin));
+    fireEvent.pointerDown(
+      screen.getByRole("button", { name: "GitHub actions" }),
+    );
+    fireEvent.click(
+      await screen.findByRole("menuitem", { name: "Submit to marketplace" }),
+    );
+    expect(openSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScRTABhHwCjuZWYn0lJJd0aZT2cYvGk2KaZ2GF-1GsXoLMLSQ/viewform",
+      "_blank",
+      "noopener,noreferrer",
+    );
+    window.localStorage.removeItem("bb.openLinksInAppBrowser");
+    cleanup();
+
+    render(detail(GITHUB_PLUGIN));
+    fireEvent.pointerDown(
+      screen.getByRole("button", { name: "GitHub actions" }),
+    );
+    expect(
+      await screen.findByRole("menuitem", { name: "Uninstall" }),
+    ).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(
+      screen.queryByRole("menuitem", { name: "Submit to marketplace" }),
+    ).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   it("keeps catalog provenance and release management in the unified detail taxonomy", async () => {
     const writeText = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
     Object.assign(navigator, { clipboard: { writeText } });

apps/cli/src/__tests__/command-output/plugin-catalog.test.ts

@@ -192,7 +192,9 @@ describe("bb plugin catalog", () => {
   it("no longer advertises the remote catalog command group", async () => {
     const pluginHelp = await getHelpOutput(["plugin"], register);
     expect(pluginHelp).not.toContain("catalog");
-    expect(pluginHelp).not.toContain("marketplace");
+    // No `marketplace` command may come back; the word itself is fine —
+    // `submit`'s description legitimately points at BB's marketplace intake.
+    expect(pluginHelp).not.toMatch(/^\s+marketplace/mu);
     expect(pluginHelp).toContain("search");
 
     const installHelp = await getHelpOutput(["plugin", "install"], register);

apps/cli/src/commands/plugin.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import type {
   PluginUpdateCheckEntry as PluginUpdateResult,
 } from "@bb/server-contract";
 import { installedPluginSchema } from "@bb/server-contract";
+import { PLUGIN_SUBMISSION_FORM_URL } from "@bb/domain";
 import { BbHttpError } from "@bb/sdk";
 import { parseDataDirEnvValue, resolveProdDataDir } from "@bb/config/runtime";
 import { scaffoldPlugin, syncPluginTypes } from "@bb/templates/plugin-scaffold";
@@ -594,6 +595,27 @@ export function registerPluginCommands(
       }),
     );
 
+  plugin
+    .command("submit")
+    .description(
+      "Print the intake form link for submitting a plugin to BB's marketplace",
+    )
+    .option("--json", "Output JSON")
+    .action(
+      action(async (opts: JsonOutputOptions) => {
+        // The form is the entire submission UI for now — this links out
+        // rather than relaying, so submission itself happens in the browser.
+        if (opts.json) {
+          outputJson(opts, { url: PLUGIN_SUBMISSION_FORM_URL });
+          return;
+        }
+        console.log(
+          "Submit your plugin to BB's marketplace (public GitHub repo required):",
+        );
+        console.log(PLUGIN_SUBMISSION_FORM_URL);
+      }),
+    );
+
   plugin
     .command("list")
     .description("List installed plugins and their status")

apps/server/src/services/skills/builtin-skills/bb-cli/SKILL.md

@@ -719,6 +719,10 @@ them by mixing ink into canvas), the `--primary` accent, the secondary text tier
   - `bb plugin search <query> [--json]` — search the official plugins by id,
     name, description, or category; status shows installed / compatible /
     requires newer bb.
+  - `bb plugin submit [--json]` — print the link to BB's plugin marketplace intake
+    form (a public GitHub repo is required; submission happens in the browser,
+    and there is no status to poll afterwards). Give the link to the user —
+    the form asks for details only its author knows, including their email.
 - Commands:
   - `bb plugin install <src>` — official plugin name (github, docs, memory,
     tasks), HTTP(S) Git repository URL, local path, `builtin:<name>`,

packages/domain/src/index.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export * from "./pending-interactions.js";
 export * from "./plugin-id.js";
 export * from "./plugin-manifest.js";
 export * from "./plugin-sdk-version.js";
+export * from "./plugin-submission.js";
 export * from "./project-path.js";
 export * from "./project.js";
 export * from "./prompt-history.js";

packages/domain/src/plugin-submission.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/**
+ * BB's plugin marketplace intake form (GitHub URL, name, description, why it's
+ * useful, email). The form is the entire submission UI for now — the app's
+ * detail-page action and `bb plugin submit` both link out to it, so there is
+ * no schema, route, or field validation on the bb side to keep in sync with
+ * its questions.
+ *
+ * Lives in @bb/domain because the app and the CLI both need it and it is a
+ * product fact, not a wire contract. A module constant rather than a setting:
+ * this is BB's own form, not anything a user configures.
+ */
+export const PLUGIN_SUBMISSION_FORM_URL =
+  "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScRTABhHwCjuZWYn0lJJd0aZT2cYvGk2KaZ2GF-1GsXoLMLSQ/viewform";

packages/sdk/src/areas/plugins.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-import { jsonValueSchema, type JsonValue } from "@bb/domain";
+import {
+  jsonValueSchema,
+  PLUGIN_SUBMISSION_FORM_URL,
+  type JsonValue,
+} from "@bb/domain";
 import {
   pluginCatalogInstallRequestSchema,
   pluginCatalogSearchResponseSchema,
@@ -110,10 +114,17 @@ export type PluginApplyUpdateResult = PluginApplyUpdateContract;
 export type PluginCatalogStatusResult = PluginCatalogStatusContract;
 export type PluginCatalogSearchResult = PluginCatalogSearchContract[];
 
+export interface PluginCatalogSubmissionResult {
+  /** BB's canonical browser form for proposing a plugin to the marketplace. */
+  url: string;
+}
+
 export interface PluginCatalogArea {
   install(args: PluginCatalogInstallArgs): Promise<PluginInstallResult>;
   search(args: PluginCatalogSearchArgs): Promise<PluginCatalogSearchResult>;
   status(args?: PluginCatalogStatusArgs): Promise<PluginCatalogStatusResult>;
+  /** Return the canonical marketplace submission form; submitting stays browser-owned. */
+  submission(): PluginCatalogSubmissionResult;
 }
 
 export interface PluginsArea {
@@ -196,6 +207,9 @@ export function createPluginsArea(args: CreateSdkAreaArgs): PluginsArea {
       );
       return response.catalog;
     },
+    submission() {
+      return { url: PLUGIN_SUBMISSION_FORM_URL };
+    },
   };
 
   return {

packages/sdk/test/public-types.test.ts

@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ type ExpectedPluginsKey =
   | "token"
   | "updateSettings";
 
-type ExpectedPluginCatalogKey = "install" | "search" | "status";
+type ExpectedPluginCatalogKey = "install" | "search" | "status" | "submission";
 
 type ExpectedProjectsKey =
   | "attachments"

packages/sdk/test/sdk.test.ts

@@ -1405,6 +1405,9 @@ describe("@bb/sdk", () => {
     ).resolves.toMatchObject([
       { entryId: "notes", pluginId: "notes", compatible: true },
     ]);
+    expect(sdk.plugins.catalog.submission()).toEqual({
+      url: "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScRTABhHwCjuZWYn0lJJd0aZT2cYvGk2KaZ2GF-1GsXoLMLSQ/viewform",
+    });
 
     expect(queue.requests).toEqual([
       {

packages/templates/src/templates/bb-guide-plugins.md

@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ added/updated/unchanged counts.
 
   bb plugin search <query>       Search BB's official plugins (bundled with
                                  the app)
+  bb plugin submit               Print the intake form link for submitting a
+                                 plugin to BB's marketplace
   bb plugin install <entry>      Install a bundled official plugin by name
                                  (github, docs, memory, tasks), a Git repository
                                  URL, local path, builtin:<name>,
@@ -234,6 +236,10 @@ category across the bundled official plugins (status: installed / compatible
 / requires newer bb). Install an official plugin by its bare name. Direct
 HTTP(S) Git repository URLs, `path:`, `npm:`, `git:`, and `builtin:`
 sources—and path-like syntax—continue to bypass official-plugin resolution.
+SDK clients can retrieve the same canonical browser form without a server
+request through `sdk.plugins.catalog.submission()`. It returns `{ url }`;
+submission itself remains browser-owned because the form asks the author for
+their repository, description, rationale, and email.
 
 Builds are automatic once installed. Git installs run `npm install`
 (lifecycle scripts disabled), then compile both bundles — so a git plugin may