diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_mcp_abilities.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_mcp_abilities.yml
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+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_mcp_abilities.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+name: Publish MCP Abilities to ARD Service
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+    - "*"
+
+jobs:
+  dump-abilities:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    name: Dump Imagify abilities catalog (WP latest, PHP 8.2)
+
+    env:
+      WP_TESTS_DIR: "/tmp/tests/phpunit"
+      WP_CORE_DIR: "/tmp/wordpress-develop"
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+    - name: Setup PHP
+      uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+      with:
+        php-version: '8.2'
+        coverage: none
+        tools: composer:v2, phpunit
+
+    - name: Install SVN
+      run: sudo apt-get install subversion
+
+    - name: Start mysql service
+      run: sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start
+
+    - name: Get composer cache directory
+      id: composercache
+      run: echo "::set-output name=dir::$(composer config cache-files-dir)"
+
+    - name: Cache dependencies
+      uses: actions/cache@v4
+      with:
+        path: ${{ steps.composercache.outputs.dir }}
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.json') }}
+        restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-
+
+    - name: Install Strauss
+      run: sh -c 'test -f ./bin/strauss.phar || curl -o bin/strauss.phar -L -C - https://github.com/BrianHenryIE/strauss/releases/latest/download/strauss.phar'
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: composer install --no-interaction
+
+    - name: Install tests
+      run: bash bin/install-wp-tests.sh wordpress_test root root 127.0.0.1:3306 latest
+
+    - name: Mysql8 auth plugin workaround
+      run: sudo mysql -u root -proot -e "ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'root';"
+
+    - name: Dump abilities catalog as JSON
+      env:
+        ABILITIES_CATALOG_OUTPUT_PATH: ${{ github.workspace }}/imagify-abilities-catalog.json
+      run: composer run-script test-integration-abilities-catalog
+
+    - name: Upload abilities catalog artifact
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: imagify-abilities-catalog
+        path: imagify-abilities-catalog.json
+        retention-days: 14
+
+    - name: Upload abilities catalog to ard-service
+      # No continue-on-error here: this workflow triggers on a tag push,
+      # so the tag/release has already happened by the time this step
+      # runs. A failure here can't block or delay the release — it can
+      # only fail to be noticed if swallowed. Letting this step fail for
+      # real surfaces it as a red workflow run (Actions tab, commit
+      # status, failure-notification emails), which is the whole point:
+      # this catalog going stale should be visible, even though it's not
+      # release-blocking.
+      env:
+        ARD_SERVICE_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ARD_SERVICE_API_TOKEN }}
+      run: |
+        curl --fail -sS -X POST \
+          https://ard-service-production.public-default.k8spod4-cph3.ingress.k8s.g1i.one/api/v1/upload/imagify/manifest \
+          -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+          -H "x-api-key: ${ARD_SERVICE_API_TOKEN}" \
+          --data @imagify-abilities-catalog.json
diff --git a/Tests/Integration/classes/Abilities/Catalog/DumpAbilitiesCatalogTest.php b/Tests/Integration/classes/Abilities/Catalog/DumpAbilitiesCatalogTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..881a69b49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Integration/classes/Abilities/Catalog/DumpAbilitiesCatalogTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Imagify\Tests\Integration\classes\Abilities\Catalog;
+
+use Imagify\Tests\Integration\TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Proof-of-concept: dumps every registered `imagify/*` ability as JSON to STDERR
+ * so a CI step can capture it as a downloadable artifact.
+ *
+ * This does not assert anything about individual abilities — it is a feasibility
+ * showcase for a future CI-driven abilities manifest extraction, not a regression test.
+ *
+ * @group Abilities
+ * @group AbilitiesCatalog
+ */
+class DumpAbilitiesCatalogTest extends TestCase {
+
+	protected $useApi = false;
+
+	/**
+	 * Marker lines the CI step greps for to isolate the JSON payload from other test output.
+	 */
+	private const START_MARKER = '===ABILITIES_CATALOG_JSON_START===';
+	private const END_MARKER   = '===ABILITIES_CATALOG_JSON_END===';
+
+	/**
+	 * Vendor namespace prefix abilities belonging to this plugin are registered under.
+	 */
+	private const VENDOR_PREFIX = 'imagify/';
+
+	public function set_up() {
+		parent::set_up();
+
+		if ( version_compare( $GLOBALS['wp_version'], '6.9', '<' ) ) {
+			$this->markTestSkipped( 'WordPress 6.9+ required for the Abilities API.' );
+		}
+
+		if ( ! function_exists( 'wp_get_abilities' ) ) {
+			$this->markTestSkipped( 'wp_get_abilities() is not available in this environment.' );
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Reads every registered ability via the public Abilities API and prints
+	 * the ones belonging to Imagify as a JSON manifest.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function testShouldDumpRegisteredAbilitiesAsJson(): void {
+		$abilities = wp_get_abilities();
+
+		$this->assertNotEmpty( $abilities, 'Expected at least one ability to be registered by wp_get_abilities().' );
+
+		$manifest = [];
+
+		foreach ( $abilities as $ability ) {
+			if ( 0 !== strpos( $ability->get_name(), self::VENDOR_PREFIX ) ) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			$manifest[] = [
+				'name'          => $ability->get_name(),
+				'label'         => $ability->get_label(),
+				'description'   => $ability->get_description(),
+				'category'      => $ability->get_category(),
+				'input_schema'  => $ability->get_input_schema(),
+				'output_schema' => $ability->get_output_schema(),
+				'meta'          => $ability->get_meta(),
+			];
+		}
+
+		$this->assertNotEmpty( $manifest, 'Expected at least one imagify/* ability to be registered.' );
+
+		$json = wp_json_encode( $manifest, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES );
+
+		fwrite( STDERR, "\n" . self::START_MARKER . "\n" . $json . "\n" . self::END_MARKER . "\n" );
+
+		// Also write to a file the CI workflow uploads as a downloadable artifact —
+		// avoids scraping the JSON out of the raw Action log by hand.
+		$outputPath = getenv( 'ABILITIES_CATALOG_OUTPUT_PATH' ) ?: sys_get_temp_dir() . '/imagify-abilities-catalog.json';
+		file_put_contents( $outputPath, $json );
+	}
+}
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 6c7c89076..1e4eab0bb 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
 	"scripts": {
 		"test-unit":"\"vendor/bin/phpunit\" --testsuite unit --colors=always --configuration Tests/Unit/phpunit.xml.dist",
 		"test-integration": "\"vendor/bin/phpunit\" --testsuite integration --colors=always --configuration Tests/Integration/phpunit.xml.dist",
+		"test-integration-abilities-catalog": "\"vendor/bin/phpunit\" --testsuite integration --colors=always --configuration Tests/Integration/phpunit.xml.dist --group AbilitiesCatalog",
 		"install-codestandards": "Dealerdirect\\Composer\\Plugin\\Installers\\PHPCodeSniffer\\Plugin::run",
 		"phpcs": "vendor/bin/phpcs",
 		"phpcs-changed": "./bin/phpcs-changed.sh",