Visibility

Every architecture and skill in Golden Path has a visibility setting that controls who can access it.

Visibility levels

Level	Who can see it	Who can use it via MCP	Where it appears
Private	Only you	Only you	Your sidebar
Team	You + team members	You + team members	Team members' sidebars
Public	Everyone	Everyone (read-only)	Marketplace

Sidebar indicators

Your sidebar shows the visibility and ownership status of each item at a glance:

Icon	Meaning
🔒 Lock (gray)	Private — only you have access
🔀 Fork (gray)	Forked — your independent copy of a marketplace item
👥 Users (blue)	Shared — shared with a team or individual users
🌐 Globe (green)	Public — visible to everyone

Your sidebar is organized into three sections per category (Skills and Architectures):

• Owned (top) — items you created or forked. Full read/write access.
• ★ Starred — public items you bookmarked from the Marketplace. Read-only, auto-updates when the author publishes changes.
• 👥 Shared — items shared via team membership. Access depends on team role.

Private (default)

When you create an architecture or skill, it starts as private. Only you can see it in your sidebar, use it via MCP tools, and edit it. No one else has access.

Team

Share an architecture with a specific team. All members of that team can see it in their sidebar and use its skills via MCP. See Teams for how to set up teams and manage members.

Sharing works at the architecture level — all skills within a shared architecture are accessible to team members.

Public

Public architectures and skills are visible to all Golden Path users through the Marketplace. Users can star them for read-only access or fork them to create an independent copy.

Star vs Fork

Action	Access	Updates	Editable
Star	Read-only bookmark	Auto-updates when author publishes	No
Fork	Full independent copy	No sync with original	Yes

Publishing

To make an architecture or skill public:

1. Open it in the editor
2. Go to Settings (gear icon)
3. Under Visibility, select Public

The item becomes discoverable in the marketplace immediately.

Unpublishing

Set visibility back to Private or Team at any time. When you unpublish:

• The item is removed from the marketplace
• All stars on the item are removed — users no longer see it in their Starred section
• Existing forks are unaffected — they are independent copies

Visibility and MCP tools

Your MCP API key determines which architectures and skills the server returns:

• get_architecture_details — lists your owned + team-shared + starred architectures
• select_architecture — can activate any architecture you have access to
• Architecture skills — only available after selecting an architecture you can access

Public architectures from other users are not included in your MCP tools by default. Star them from the Marketplace first to add them to your tool list.

What's next?

• Marketplace — discover and star public architectures and skills
• Teams — set up team collaboration
• API Keys — manage your MCP authentication