# Publish a project

```{admonition} Porting gap
:class: warning

V2 does not submit a project to a central httk/OMDB service, update a
published record, or withdraw one. Do not interpret the commands below as
publication.
```

The local, cryptographic half of that workflow is available: initialize
project metadata and create or verify a deterministic signed manifest.

```console
httk workflow config init --name "A User" --email user@example.org
httk workflow project init . --name presentation --default-queue default
httk workflow project manifest create
httk workflow project manifest verify
```

The manifest records paths, sizes, hashes, empty directories, and symlink
targets, then signs the canonical body with the project's Ed25519 key. It is
suitable as publisher input without redefining project identity.