diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/Layout/AppShell.tsx b/frontend/src/app/components/Layout/AppShell.tsx
index 3159f6e6..43533e1d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/Layout/AppShell.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/Layout/AppShell.tsx
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { fetchOutputs } from '@/shared/state/outputsSlice';
 import UpdateReadyPill from '@/app/components/Layout/UpdateReadyPill';
 import ShareRequestHost from '@/app/components/share/ShareRequestHost';
 import CardContextMenu from '@/app/pages/Dashboard/desktop/CardContextMenu';
+import MarketplaceHost from '@/app/pages/Directory/MarketplaceHost';
 import { findBrowserByWebContentsId } from '@/shared/browserRegistry';
 import { byPreviewRecency } from '@/shared/previewOrder';
 import { useClaudeTokens, useThemeAccent, useThemeWash } from '@/shared/styles/ThemeContext';
@@ -581,6 +582,8 @@ const AppShell: React.FC = () => {
       {/* Shell-global right-click host (portals to body): chat surfaces render on non-dashboard routes too, so the menu can't live inside DashboardCanvas. */}
       <CardContextMenu />
 
+      <MarketplaceHost />
+
     </Box>
   );
 };
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/desktop/DockActionTiles.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/desktop/DockActionTiles.tsx
index cea69f8b..626f2b06 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/desktop/DockActionTiles.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/desktop/DockActionTiles.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import Box from '@mui/material/Box';
 import Tooltip from '@mui/material/Tooltip';
-import { Globe, CalendarClock, Settings, LayoutGrid } from 'lucide-react';
+import { Globe, CalendarClock, Settings, LayoutGrid, Store } from 'lucide-react';
 import { useAppDispatch } from '@/shared/hooks';
 import { openSettingsCard, openWorkflowsApp } from '@/shared/state/dashboardLayoutSlice';
+import { openMarketplace } from '@/app/pages/Directory/MarketplaceHost';
 
 // The dock reserves room for these before it knows what they are, so the count lives with the list.
-export const DOCK_ACTION_COUNT = 4;
+export const DOCK_ACTION_COUNT = 5;
 
 interface DockActionTilesProps {
   tile: number;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ function DockActionTiles({ tile, onAddBrowser, onApplications, onHoverAway }: Do
   const actions: { label: string; Icon: typeof Globe; act: () => void; divider?: boolean }[] = [
     { label: 'New browser', Icon: Globe, act: onAddBrowser },
     { label: 'Workflows', Icon: CalendarClock, act: () => dispatch(openWorkflowsApp()) },
+    { label: 'Marketplace', Icon: Store, act: () => openMarketplace() },
     { label: 'Settings', Icon: Settings, act: () => dispatch(openSettingsCard()), divider: true },
     { label: 'Applications', Icon: LayoutGrid, act: onApplications },
   ];
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/Directory/DirectorySkillsTab.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/Directory/DirectorySkillsTab.tsx
index b1d479f3..371c4d67 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/Directory/DirectorySkillsTab.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/Directory/DirectorySkillsTab.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   RegistrySkill,
 } from '@/shared/state/skillRegistrySlice';
 import DirectoryFilterBar from './DirectoryFilterBar';
-import CommunityInstallConfirm from './CommunityInstallConfirm';
+import CommunityInstallConfirm from './dialogs/CommunityInstallConfirm';
 
 interface Props {
   onOpenInstalled?: (skillId: string) => void;
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/Directory/MarketplaceHost.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/Directory/MarketplaceHost.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a617e9c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/Directory/MarketplaceHost.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import DirectoryDialog, { DirectoryTab } from './DirectoryDialog';
+
+export const MARKETPLACE_OPEN_EVENT = 'openswarm:open-marketplace';
+
+export function openMarketplace(tab: DirectoryTab = 'skills'): void {
+  window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(MARKETPLACE_OPEN_EVENT, { detail: { tab } }));
+}
+
+// Shell-global Directory mount: the marketplace is its own surface (dock tile, launcher), not just a settings drill-down.
+const MarketplaceHost: React.FC = () => {
+  const [openTab, setOpenTab] = useState<DirectoryTab | null>(null);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const onOpen = (e: Event): void => setOpenTab(((e as CustomEvent).detail?.tab as DirectoryTab) ?? 'skills');
+    window.addEventListener(MARKETPLACE_OPEN_EVENT, onOpen);
+    return () => window.removeEventListener(MARKETPLACE_OPEN_EVENT, onOpen);
+  }, []);
+  if (!openTab) return null;
+  return <DirectoryDialog open initialTab={openTab} onClose={() => setOpenTab(null)} />;
+};
+
+export default MarketplaceHost;
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/Tools/dialogs/ToolsAddMenu.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/Tools/dialogs/ToolsAddMenu.tsx
index 6f974566..c39194b3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/Tools/dialogs/ToolsAddMenu.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/Tools/dialogs/ToolsAddMenu.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import StorefrontIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Storefront';
 import AddLinkIcon from '@mui/icons-material/AddLink';
 import { useClaudeTokens } from '@/shared/styles/ThemeContext';
 import DirectoryDialog from '../../Directory/DirectoryDialog';
-import AddCustomConnectorDialog from '../../Directory/AddCustomConnectorDialog';
+import AddCustomConnectorDialog from '../../Directory/dialogs/AddCustomConnectorDialog';
 
 interface Props {
   devMode: boolean;