# Start the marketplace

Run the public catalog and inspect the contract for your first tool. You need this repository, Go 1.26 or newer and Make. Service discovery works without a Docker daemon, an account or an access token.

## Count words in the shared pilot

Open the shared pilot URL supplied by the operator. On the pilot Mac, open
`http://localhost:8797/`, choose **Use Text stats**, and sign in with your
passkey and Google Authenticator. Enter `Quarterly revenue increased.` and run
the count. The result is `3`.

Each call runs the bundled `word_count` MCP in a fresh local process. Words are
separated by Unicode whitespace. The input limit is 65,536 UTF-8 bytes, and the
response contains only the count. The Hub keeps no text history. The endpoint
allows up to 12 requests per account per minute, 60 across the pilot, and two
concurrent calls. S3 credentials are unnecessary for this tool.

## Run the catalog

From the repository root, start the server. The initial build may download its pinned Go dependencies.

```sh
make portal
```

Open `http://127.0.0.1:8791/` in your browser. The same process serves the handbook and the OpenAPI document. For an automatically assigned port, run `make build` followed by `bin/daedro-mcp-hub serve --port 0` and use the printed URL. [Handbook](README.md)

## Find Text stats

1. Select **Explore Text stats**, or search for `word_count` and open **Profile details**.
2. Read the sample request. The tool accepts a text string and returns a word count. Its service ID is `text-stats`.
3. Use the shared pilot above for browser-based counting. Operators using the standalone managed workspace can deploy the built-in profile with their caller token. [Deploy your first instance](deployments.md)

## Link an existing workspace

If the operator already runs a managed workspace on local port 8792, start the public catalog with a link to it. Use a free port for the catalog, or stop the earlier catalog process with Ctrl+C first.

```sh
make build
bin/daedro-mcp-hub serve --port 8791 --workspace-port 8792
```

**Use Text stats** opens the separate HTTPS workspace with the profile selected. Trust the workspace's operator-issued CA and enter your own token there. The operator starts that managed process separately. [Managed HTTPS setup](operations.md)

For an agent or program, the same catalog is available through a JSON API and MCP tools. [Connect a client](clients.md)