Loop catalog

The Loop Engine catalog at registry.betterdata.co is the discovery layer for governed loop definitions. We call it a catalog to distinguish it from registries in other products (for example, the Commerce Gateway Registry, which handles gateway discovery and domain verification under the Commerce Registry Protocol).

Think of the loop catalog as npm for AI approval workflows: same versioning model, same CLI ergonomics (planned), plus semantic search instead of keyword-only search.

Trust model

The catalog uses three trust tiers:

1. Core — Loop Engine maintained definitions.
2. Verified Partner — signed publisher identity with reviewed definitions.
3. Community — open publish surface, use-at-own-risk.

Security properties

Every published loop definition declares its actor types, guard registrations, transition surface, and external service calls in a machine-readable manifest. This is designed to prevent hidden behavior and make review/audit straightforward.

CLI preview (coming soon)

1loop catalog search "hipaa approval"
2loop catalog install @betterdata/loops-healthcare
3loop catalog publish