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Your total audit score determines your verdict (Gold, Certified, Basic, or Not Certified) and your allowed price range. The verdict appears as a badge on your marketplace listing.
| Score | Verdict | Badge | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90–100 | Certified Gold | ★ Gold | Featured placement, top price range |
| 70–89 | Certified | ✓ Certified | Standard listing, full price range |
| 60–69 | Certified Basic | ◎ Basic | Listed with advisory notice to buyers |
| < 60 | Not Certified | — | Cannot publish |
The highest tier. Gold packages are featured prominently in the marketplace and in the CLI's default search results. They command the top of their price range.
Achieving Gold requires near-perfect scores across all 5 static dimensions, plus a strong D6 score (full audit). Typically: a polished installer, complete documentation, verified idempotence, and genuine domain value.
The standard tier. Most quality packages land here. A Certified package is ready for sale with no caveats.
Meets the minimum bar for publication. Buyers see an advisory: "This package has a basic certification. It works, but may have rough edges." Price is capped at the lower end of the range.
Basic certification is typically the result of missing documentation (no README, sparse CLAUDE.md) or a missing verify script. These are easy fixes.
Cannot be published. Fix the issues surfaced by the audit and re-submit. Common causes:
In static mode, D6 is excluded. The 90-point max (D1–D5) is normalized to 100 for display:
Raw score (D1–D5): 77/90 Normalized: (77 / 90) × 100 = ~85.6 Displayed as: ~86/100
The verdict and price range are based on the normalized score.
| From | To | What you likely need |
|---|---|---|
| Not Certified | Basic | Fix ark.json, add installer, pass bash -n, eliminate secrets |
| Basic | Certified | Add README, verify script, CLAUDE.md instructions, error handling |
| Certified | Gold | Run full audit, improve D6 (domain depth, originality), perfect D5 |