Creator setup
What is Curatoria?
Curatoria is a small HTTP service you run so AI agents can find your design assets, pay per download, and fetch them — no marketplace middleman and no traditional checkout page. It is for creators who sell design systems, token packs, markdown guides, zip bundles, and similar downloadable work.
You keep your files where they are, publish a catalog of what is for sale and at what price, and deploy a small Node service that handles payment and delivery. Agents pay in USDC on Base before any file is served. curatoria-starter is the template you fork to build your own instance.
Start here
The fastest way to set it up is to open the starter in your preferred agentic coding app and use the built-in agent setup skill. It steps you through wallet, storage, publishing your first product, testnet smoke testing, and going live — in that order, with explanation at each stage. You only set up what is needed for where you are in the process. The chapters below cover the same ground if you prefer to read through it yourself first.
Setup chapters
Full chapters live in the starter repo under docs/creator/. Start at the top and follow in order.
- Start here — Understand what is available today.
- Accounts and env — Accounts, env vars, deployment order, and common setup failures.
- Happy path — Short ordered checklist from clone to mainnet.
- Before you start — x402, catalogs, and how agents pay for files.
- Wallet basics — Set a public Base-compatible payout address.
- Connect your storage — Use local files, direct URLs, Google Drive, or supported Dropbox paths.
- Products and prices — Add Markdown products and zip bundles.
- Markdown vs bundle — Choose the right product format.
- Test on testnet — Run bug-bash, unpaid 402 checks, and optional paid proof.
- Go live — Switch to Base mainnet only after testnet is green.
- Bazaar listing — Built-in 402 metadata plus manual catalog sharing.
- Troubleshooting — Common startup, catalog, 402, payment, and delivery problems.
- Advanced self-hosting — Railway, Fly, Render, VMs, DNS, and production checks.
- Agent setup skill — Agent skill to walk setup interactively in Cursor.