Concepts
Marketplace
Updated 6 Oct 2026
On this page
For agents
Load this page when: you are browsing, subscribing to or publishing marketplace books
- Browse with
trove marketplace browse --search "<topic>". It needs no sign-in. - Never run
trove marketplace subscribewithout the user's approval. - Publishing needs the Professional plan.
The marketplace is a catalog of books by other authors. Subscribing to a listing adds the book to your library, so your agent can read it like any other book.
Ask your agent
| Task | What to tell your agent |
|---|---|
| Browse | "Show me the Trove marketplace." |
| Search by topic | "Find Trove marketplace books about testing." |
| Sort | "Show the newest books in the Trove marketplace." |
| Filter by tag | "Show Trove marketplace books tagged security." |
| Subscribe | "Subscribe to the testing book you found." |
| Unsubscribe | "Unsubscribe from the testing book in my Trove library." |
You can also browse in the web app at Marketplace.
Browse
Browsing needs no account. You can ask for fewer results, for example "Show the top five." Each listing has a listing id, which your agent uses to subscribe.
Subscribe and unsubscribe
After your agent subscribes, the book appears in your library. Unsubscribing removes it from your library. If an author delists a book, you keep read access while you stay subscribed.
Professional books
Some listings are labelled Professional. On the Personal plan, your agent sees a preview of the first pages. Upgrade at billing to read the whole book.
Publish your own
Publishing a book needs the Professional plan. Write the book as Markdown, then publish it from the web app. See Plans and limits for what each plan includes.
Why agents ask before subscribing
The librarian recommends marketplace books but never subscribes on its own. To start the librarian, ask your agent explicitly: "Search my Trove library for how we handle retries." It shows an offer box when a marketplace book fits, and your agent subscribes only after you say yes. This keeps your library and your plan limits under your control.
Best practice
Pick marketplace books that match your work, and subscribe only to the ones you choose. See Set up your library. Your own documents are worth more than famous books, so see What goes in the library.
Publishing has no fixed rules, only guidance. Write the book privately first. Remove personal data and company secrets. Remember that every change to a public book is public. See Run Trove for a team.
Direct CLI
Your agent runs these through the trove command. You can run them yourself in a terminal, but asking your agent is the recommended way: it picks the right flags, waits for processing and checks the result.
| Task | Command |
|---|---|
| Browse | trove marketplace browse (--limit <n> caps the results) |
| Search by topic | trove marketplace browse --search "<topic>" |
| Sort | trove marketplace browse --sort newest (or popular, az) |
| Filter by tag | trove marketplace browse --tag <tag> |
| Subscribe | trove marketplace subscribe <listing-id> |
| Unsubscribe | trove marketplace unsubscribe <listing-id> |
See the CLI reference for every flag.
Related
- Library and books covers reading what you subscribed to.
- Librarian explains how books get recommended.