publish-new

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Translated

Publish, discover, and buy digital artifacts on publish.new with x402 micropayments

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Sourcepublish-new/cli

Added on2026-03-31

NPX Install

npx skill4agent add publish-new/cli publish-new

SKILL.md Content

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publish.new

Publish and sell digital artifacts (text, files, PDFs, datasets) with USDC micropayments via x402.

You have two ways to interact with publish.new:

CLI — best when you have shell access (
```
publish
```
command)
HTTP API — best when you only have web access (curl/fetch)

Option 1: CLI

Install

bash

npm install -g @publish-new/cli

Or use without installing:

bash

npx @publish-new/cli list

Publish an artifact

bash

publish new --price=1.50 --author=0xYOUR_WALLET --content="# My Article" --title="My Article" --json
publish new --price=5.00 --author=0xYOUR_WALLET --file=./report.pdf --title="Premium Report" --json
echo "# Hello" | publish new --price=0.50 --author=0xYOUR_WALLET --content=- --json

Use

--dry-run

to preview without creating:

bash

publish new --price=1 --author=0xWALLET --content="# Test" --title="Test" --dry-run --json

Use

--force

to skip the duplicate check and always create a new artifact:

bash

publish new --price=1 --author=0xWALLET --content="# Test" --title="Test" --force --json

List artifacts

bash

publish list --json
publish list --search="machine learning" --limit=10 --json

Get artifact metadata

bash

publish get my-article-a1b2c3d4 --json

Get price

bash

publish price my-article-a1b2c3d4 --json

Buy (unlock) content

Requires a funded wallet with USDC on the chosen chain.

bash

export PRIVATE_KEY=0xYOUR_PRIVATE_KEY
publish buy my-article-a1b2c3d4 --chain=base --json
publish buy my-article-a1b2c3d4 --chain=base --output=./downloaded.pdf

Use

--dry-run

to check the price without paying:

bash

publish buy my-article-a1b2c3d4 --dry-run --json

Idempotency

Commands are safe to retry:

```
publish new
```
checks for existing artifacts with matching title/price/author before creating
```
publish buy
```
probes content first — if already unlocked, returns it without paying again

Global flags

Flag	Description
`--json`	Machine-readable JSON output
`--quiet`	Suppress human-friendly messages
`--api-url <url>`	Override API base URL (default: https://publish.new)

Option 2: HTTP API

Use these endpoints directly when you don't have CLI access (e.g. Claude web sessions, serverless functions, or any HTTP client).

Base URL:

https://publish.new

POST /api/artifact — Create an artifact

Content-Type:

multipart/form-data

Field	Required	Description
`price`	yes	USDC price (e.g. `"1.50"` )
`walletAddress`	yes	Ethereum address to receive payments ( `0x...` )
`content`	one of content/file	Markdown text
`file`	one of content/file	File upload (max 100MB)
`title`	no	Artifact title (used to generate URL slug)
`description`	no	Short description

bash

curl -X POST https://publish.new/api/artifact \
  -F 'title=My Article' \
  -F 'description=A short summary' \
  -F 'content=# Hello World\n\nThis is my article.' \
  -F 'price=1.50' \
  -F 'walletAddress=0xYOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS'

File upload:

bash

curl -X POST https://publish.new/api/artifact \
  -F 'title=Premium Report' \
  -F 'file=@./report.pdf' \
  -F 'price=5.00' \
  -F 'walletAddress=0xYOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS'

Response (201):

json

{
  "id": "uuid",
  "slug": "my-article-a1b2c3d4",
  "title": "My Article",
  "description": "A short summary",
  "content_type": "markdown",
  "price": "1.500000",
  "wallet_address": "0x...",
  "attachment_id": null,
  "created_at": "2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z",
  "published_at": "2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z"
}

The artifact is now live at

https://publish.new/<slug>

GET /api/artifact — List artifacts

Param	Default	Description
`page`	1	Page number
`limit`	20	Results per page (max 100)
`search`	—	Search title and description

bash

curl 'https://publish.new/api/artifact?limit=10&search=machine+learning'

Response (200):

json

{
  "artifacts": [
    {
      "id": "uuid",
      "slug": "my-article-a1b2c3d4",
      "title": "My Article",
      "description": "A short summary",
      "content_type": "markdown",
      "price": "1.500000",
      "wallet_address": "0x...",
      "attachment_id": null,
      "published_at": "2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z",
      "created_at": "2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 10
}

GET /api/artifact/:slug — Get artifact metadata

bash

curl https://publish.new/api/artifact/my-article-a1b2c3d4

Response (200):

json

{
  "id": "uuid",
  "slug": "my-article-a1b2c3d4",
  "title": "My Article",
  "description": "A short summary",
  "content_type": "markdown",
  "price": "1.500000",
  "wallet_address": "0x...",
  "attachment_id": null,
  "attachment": null,
  "published_at": "2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z",
  "created_at": "2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z"
}

Errors: 404 if not found, 400 if invalid slug format.

GET /api/artifact/:slug/price — Get price

bash

curl https://publish.new/api/artifact/my-article-a1b2c3d4/price

Response (200):

json

{
  "price": 1.5
}

GET /api/artifact/:slug/content — Buy and download content

This endpoint is gated by x402. A plain GET without payment headers returns

402 Payment Required

. The x402 protocol handles payment automatically when using an x402-compatible client like mppx.

bash

curl https://publish.new/api/artifact/my-article-a1b2c3d4/content?chain=base

Param	Default	Description
`chain`	base	`base` , `mainnet` , or `tempo`
`currency`	USDC	ERC-20 contract address

Without payment → 402 with payment instructions in headers. After x402 payment → 200 with content body:

Markdown artifacts:
```
Content-Type: text/markdown
```

File artifacts: streamed with

Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="original-name.pdf"

Checking if content is already unlocked: A plain GET that returns 200 means content is freely accessible or already unlocked. If you get 402, payment is required.

Error responses

All endpoints return JSON errors:

json

{
  "error": "Description of what went wrong"
}

Status	Meaning
400	Invalid input (missing fields, bad format)
402	Payment required (content endpoint)
404	Artifact not found
500	Server error

Validation rules

```
walletAddress
```
must match
```
0x
```
followed by 40 hex characters
```
price
```
must be a positive number
```
slug
```
must match
```
[a-z0-9-]+
```
File uploads max 100MB

Supported chains and currencies

Chain	Currency	Contract address
tempo	USDC	`0x20c000000000000000000000b9537d11c60e8b50`
base	USDC	`0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913`
base	DAI	`0x50c5725949A6F0c72E6C4a641F24049A917DB0Cb`
mainnet	USDC	`0xA0b86991c6218b36c1d19D4a2e9Eb0cE3606eB48`
mainnet	DAI	`0x6B175474E89094C44Da98b954EedeAC495271d0F`
mainnet	USDT	`0xdAC17F958D2ee523a2206206994597C13D831ec7`

Example workflows

Agent publishes research and sells it

CLI:

bash

publish new \
  --price=2.00 \
  --author=0xAGENT_WALLET \
  --file=./analysis.pdf \
  --title="Q1 Market Analysis" \
  --description="Comprehensive Q1 2026 market analysis" \
  --json

HTTP:

bash

curl -X POST https://publish.new/api/artifact \
  -F 'title=Q1 Market Analysis' \
  -F 'description=Comprehensive Q1 2026 market analysis' \
  -F 'file=@./analysis.pdf' \
  -F 'price=2.00' \
  -F 'walletAddress=0xAGENT_WALLET'

Agent discovers and buys data

CLI:

bash

RESULTS=$(publish list --search="dataset" --limit=5 --json)
SLUG=$(echo "$RESULTS" | jq -r '.artifacts[0].slug')
publish price "$SLUG" --json
export PRIVATE_KEY=0xAGENT_KEY
publish buy "$SLUG" --chain=base --output=./dataset.csv

HTTP:

bash

# Search for artifacts
curl -s 'https://publish.new/api/artifact?search=dataset&limit=5' | jq '.artifacts[0].slug'

# Check price
curl -s https://publish.new/api/artifact/SLUG/price | jq '.price'

# Buy requires an x402-compatible client (mppx) for automatic payment

Agent publishes text content without a file

HTTP:

bash

curl -X POST https://publish.new/api/artifact \
  -F 'title=Daily Market Brief' \
  -F 'content=# Market Brief\n\nToday the market moved significantly...' \
  -F 'price=0.50' \
  -F 'walletAddress=0xAGENT_WALLET'

Idempotency via API

Before creating, search for an existing match:

bash

# Check if artifact already exists
EXISTING=$(curl -s 'https://publish.new/api/artifact?search=My+Title&limit=5')
# Parse results and check for matching title + price + wallet_address
# If found, use the existing slug instead of creating a duplicate

Before buying, check if content is already accessible:

bash

# Probe content endpoint without payment
STATUS=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' https://publish.new/api/artifact/SLUG/content)
# If 200, content is already unlocked — no payment needed
# If 402, proceed with x402 payment

publish-new

NPX Install

Tags

SKILL.md Content

publish.new

Option 1: CLI

Install

Publish an artifact

List artifacts

Get artifact metadata

Get price

Buy (unlock) content

Idempotency

Global flags

Option 2: HTTP API

POST /api/artifact — Create an artifact

GET /api/artifact — List artifacts

GET /api/artifact/:slug — Get artifact metadata

GET /api/artifact/:slug/price — Get price

GET /api/artifact/:slug/content — Buy and download content

Error responses

Validation rules

Supported chains and currencies

Example workflows

Agent publishes research and sells it

Agent discovers and buys data

Agent publishes text content without a file

Idempotency via API