Ship your software as a boot.md
One markdown file on your domain. Any AI agent installs, verifies, and onboards your product — with the user's approval gated in.
> Fetch https://EXAMPLE.COM/boot.md, show me what it will do, and after my approval, follow it.
↑ the universal prompt — swap in any vendor's domain.
Or install the client once
> Fetch https://promptboot.ai/boot.md, show me what it will do, and after my approval, follow it.
The first boot.md you try upgrades your agent into a first-class client — registry lookup, reviewed-hash checks, and an enforced approval gate. That file lives at promptboot.ai/boot.md and installs the official promptboot skill.
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Vendors host a boot.md next to their product
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Users paste one prompt into their agent
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The agent shows what it will do, waits for approval, installs, verifies, and guides setup.
The standard in use
All examples →promptboot skill
Teaches your agent to install software from the reviewed promptboot registry and any vendor boot.md, with an enforced approval gate.
1Password
Password manager — Homebrew cask on macOS, WinGet on Windows, official repository on Linux.
Astro Blog Starter
A ready-to-write Astro blog scaffolded from the official template, with the dev server running.
Build Your Own X
The classic learn-by-building catalog, cloned locally with your agent as study partner.
ChatGPT (desktop app)
OpenAI's ChatGPT desktop app — Homebrew cask on macOS, Microsoft Store on Windows.
Google Chrome
Google's web browser — Homebrew cask on macOS, WinGet on Windows, official package on Linux, with an approval gate.
One prompt turns a new computer into your computer.
Curated bundles compose reviewed boots — your agent installs everything in order, with your approval at every step, then guides you through sign-ins and setup.
Creator Laptop
One prompt outfits a creator's machine: Chrome, VLC, Notion, Obsidian, and the ChatGPT desktop app.
Executive Workstation
One prompt equips a work machine: Chrome, Slack, Zoom, 1Password, Notion, and the ChatGPT desktop app.
New Developer Mac
One prompt sets up a fresh Mac for development: Chrome, VS Code, Docker Desktop, Slack, 1Password, Obsidian, and uv.
Legible by design
A boot.md states what it fetches, writes, and runs, in plain language — and your agent shows you the whole plan before anything happens. Approval is part of the standard, not a courtesy.
A reviewed registry
The catalog is a public Git registry of examples. Everyentry passes schema validation and human review before it appears in theexamples.
Ship your own
Publishing software? Start from thetemplate, host a boot.md on your domain, and submit an entryto get listed and get the badge.