diff --git a/host_core/lib/host_core/claims/manager.ex b/host_core/lib/host_core/claims/manager.ex
index 61bd0507..eb7ea750 100644
--- a/host_core/lib/host_core/claims/manager.ex
+++ b/host_core/lib/host_core/claims/manager.ex
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ defmodule HostCore.Claims.Manager do
           tags: String.t(),
           version: String.t(),
           sub: String.t(),
-          contract_id: String.t() | nil
+          contract_id: String.t() | nil,
+          config_schema: String.t() | nil
         }
 
   @spec lookup_claims(lattice_prefix :: String.t(), public_key :: String.t()) ::
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ defmodule HostCore.Claims.Manager do
   def put_claims(host_id, lattice_prefix, claims) do
     public_key = claims.public_key
 
-    claims = %{
+    newclaims = %{
       call_alias:
         if claims.call_alias == nil do
           ""
@@ -88,8 +89,15 @@ defmodule HostCore.Claims.Manager do
       contract_id: Map.get(claims, :contract_id) || ""
     }
 
-    cache_claims(lattice_prefix, public_key, claims)
-    publish_claims(host_id, lattice_prefix, claims)
+    newclaims =
+      if claims.config_schema != nil do
+        Map.put(newclaims, :config_schema, claims.config_schema)
+      else
+        newclaims
+      end
+
+    cache_claims(lattice_prefix, public_key, newclaims)
+    publish_claims(host_id, lattice_prefix, newclaims)
   end
 
   def claims_table_atom(lattice_prefix) do
diff --git a/host_core/native/hostcore_wasmcloud_native/Cargo.lock b/host_core/native/hostcore_wasmcloud_native/Cargo.lock
index 27ee0ad8..431afa18 100644
--- a/host_core/native/hostcore_wasmcloud_native/Cargo.lock
+++ b/host_core/native/hostcore_wasmcloud_native/Cargo.lock
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ checksum = "b9ccdd8f2a161be9bd5c023df56f1b2a0bd1d83872ae53b71a84a12c9bf6e842"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.12",
+ "syn 2.0.27",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "clap_derive 3.2.18",
  "clap_lex 0.2.4",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 1.9.3",
  "once_cell",
  "strsim",
  "termcolor",
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "heck 0.4.1",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.12",
+ "syn 2.0.27",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "scratch",
- "syn 2.0.12",
+ "syn 2.0.27",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ checksum = "2345488264226bf682893e25de0769f3360aac9957980ec49361b083ddaa5bc5"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.12",
+ "syn 2.0.27",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1180,6 +1180,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "termcolor",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "equivalent"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "errno"
 version = "0.2.8"
@@ -1425,7 +1431,7 @@ checksum = "89ca545a94061b6365f2c7355b4b32bd20df3ff95f02da9329b34ccc3bd6ee72"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.12",
+ "syn 2.0.27",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1508,7 +1514,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ad0a93d233ebf96623465aad4046a8d3aa4da22d4f4beba5388838c8a434bbb4"
 dependencies = [
  "fallible-iterator",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 1.9.3",
  "stable_deref_trait",
 ]
 
@@ -1524,7 +1530,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-util",
  "http",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 1.9.3",
  "slab",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
@@ -1569,6 +1575,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "ahash 0.8.3",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.14.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2c6201b9ff9fd90a5a3bac2e56a830d0caa509576f0e503818ee82c181b3437a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -1636,7 +1648,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hostcore_wasmcloud_native"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -1660,6 +1672,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustler",
  "serde",
  "serde_bytes",
+ "serde_json",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
  "uuid",
@@ -1821,6 +1834,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indexmap"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d5477fe2230a79769d8dc68e0eabf5437907c0457a5614a9e8dddb67f65eb65d"
+dependencies = [
+ "equivalent",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "inout"
 version = "0.1.3"
@@ -2397,7 +2420,7 @@ checksum = "ea86265d3d3dcb6a27fc51bd29a4bf387fae9d2986b823079d4986af253eb439"
 dependencies = [
  "crc32fast",
  "hashbrown 0.13.2",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 1.9.3",
  "memchr",
 ]
 
@@ -2626,7 +2649,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pest_meta",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.12",
+ "syn 2.0.27",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2734,26 +2757,27 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.54"
+version = "1.0.66"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e472a104799c74b514a57226160104aa483546de37e839ec50e3c2e41dd87534"
+checksum = "18fb31db3f9bddb2ea821cde30a9f70117e3f119938b5ee630b7403aa6e2ead9"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "provider-archive"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e91058846d2bdeaea55ce059f375e1af0e57f9cfad83fd6702d539c45e8d26d7"
+checksum = "b3e73940ae67588b3e7f1d29798ee5b76b32217fcfb3d9f64d28bd5d6d72c113"
 dependencies = [
  "async-compression",
  "data-encoding",
  "ring",
+ "serde_json",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
  "tokio-tar",
- "wascap 0.8.0",
+ "wascap 0.11.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2778,9 +2802,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
-version = "1.0.26"
+version = "1.0.31"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4424af4bf778aae2051a77b60283332f386554255d722233d09fbfc7e30da2fc"
+checksum = "5fe8a65d69dd0808184ebb5f836ab526bb259db23c657efa38711b1072ee47f0"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
@@ -3101,7 +3125,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "heck 0.4.1",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.12",
+ "syn 2.0.27",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3262,9 +3286,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.159"
+version = "1.0.174"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3c04e8343c3daeec41f58990b9d77068df31209f2af111e059e9fe9646693065"
+checksum = "3b88756493a5bd5e5395d53baa70b194b05764ab85b59e43e4b8f4e1192fa9b1"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
@@ -3290,22 +3314,22 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.159"
+version = "1.0.174"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4c614d17805b093df4b147b51339e7e44bf05ef59fba1e45d83500bcfb4d8585"
+checksum = "6e5c3a298c7f978e53536f95a63bdc4c4a64550582f31a0359a9afda6aede62e"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.12",
+ "syn 2.0.27",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.95"
+version = "1.0.103"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d721eca97ac802aa7777b701877c8004d950fc142651367300d21c1cc0194744"
+checksum = "d03b412469450d4404fe8499a268edd7f8b79fecb074b0d812ad64ca21f4031b"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.0.0",
  "itoa",
  "ryu",
  "serde",
@@ -3337,7 +3361,7 @@ checksum = "bcec881020c684085e55a25f7fd888954d56609ef363479dc5a1305eb0d40cab"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.12",
+ "syn 2.0.27",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3552,9 +3576,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.12"
+version = "2.0.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "79d9531f94112cfc3e4c8f5f02cb2b58f72c97b7efd85f70203cc6d8efda5927"
+checksum = "b60f673f44a8255b9c8c657daf66a596d435f2da81a555b06dc644d080ba45e0"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -3628,7 +3652,7 @@ checksum = "f9456a42c5b0d803c8cd86e73dd7cc9edd429499f37a3550d286d5e86720569f"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.12",
+ "syn 2.0.27",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3721,7 +3745,7 @@ checksum = "61a573bdc87985e9d6ddeed1b3d864e8a302c847e40d647746df2f1de209d1ce"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.12",
+ "syn 2.0.27",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4439,7 +4463,7 @@ version = "0.102.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "48134de3d7598219ab9eaf6b91b15d8e50d31da76b8519fe4ecfcec2cf35104b"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 1.9.3",
  "url",
 ]
 
@@ -4449,7 +4473,7 @@ version = "0.103.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2c437373cac5ea84f1113d648d51f71751ffbe3d90c00ae67618cf20d0b5ee7b"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 1.9.3",
  "url",
 ]
 
@@ -4459,7 +4483,7 @@ version = "0.107.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "29e3ac9b780c7dda0cac7a52a5d6d2d6707cc6e3451c9db209b6c758f40d7acb"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 1.9.3",
  "semver",
 ]
 
@@ -4483,7 +4507,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bincode",
  "cfg-if",
  "encoding_rs",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 1.9.3",
  "libc",
  "log",
  "object",
@@ -4580,7 +4604,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "cranelift-entity",
  "gimli",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 1.9.3",
  "log",
  "object",
  "serde",
@@ -4658,7 +4682,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "cfg-if",
  "encoding_rs",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 1.9.3",
  "libc",
  "log",
  "mach",
@@ -5025,7 +5049,7 @@ checksum = "f887c3da527a51b321076ebe6a7513026a4757b6d4d144259946552d6fc728b3"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "id-arena",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 1.9.3",
  "log",
  "pulldown-cmark",
  "unicode-xid",
@@ -5069,7 +5093,7 @@ checksum = "ce36e65b0d2999d2aafac989fb249189a141aee1f53c612c1f37d72631959f69"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.12",
+ "syn 2.0.27",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/host_core/native/hostcore_wasmcloud_native/Cargo.toml b/host_core/native/hostcore_wasmcloud_native/Cargo.toml
index f36a8848..c123ecaa 100644
--- a/host_core/native/hostcore_wasmcloud_native/Cargo.toml
+++ b/host_core/native/hostcore_wasmcloud_native/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "hostcore_wasmcloud_native"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.2.0"
 authors = []
 edition = "2021"
 
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ lazy_static = "1.0"
 async-trait = "0.1.66"
 serde = {version = "1.0.126", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_bytes = "0.11.5"
+serde_json = "1.0.103"
 nkeys = "0.3.0"
 futures = "0.3.27"
 wascap = "0.11"
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ data-encoding = "2.3.2"
 rmp = "0.8.10"
 rmp-serde = "1.0.0"
 oci-distribution = { version = "0.9.1", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls"] }
-provider-archive = "0.6.0"
+provider-archive = "0.8.0"
 tokio = {version = "1.26.0", features = ["rt", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 once_cell = "1.2.0"
 chrono-humanize = "0.2.1"
diff --git a/host_core/native/hostcore_wasmcloud_native/src/lib.rs b/host_core/native/hostcore_wasmcloud_native/src/lib.rs
index 86460f84..428c280a 100644
--- a/host_core/native/hostcore_wasmcloud_native/src/lib.rs
+++ b/host_core/native/hostcore_wasmcloud_native/src/lib.rs
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ pub struct Claims {
     caps: Option<Vec<String>>,
     expires_human: String,
     not_before_human: String,
+    config_schema: Option<String>
 }
 
 impl From<wascap::jwt::Claims<wascap::jwt::CapabilityProvider>> for crate::Claims {
@@ -511,6 +512,7 @@ fn extract_claims(binary: Binary) -> Result<(Atom, Claims), Error> {
         tags: m.tags,
         expires_human: v.expires_human,
         not_before_human: v.not_before_human,
+        config_schema: None
     };
 
     Ok((atoms::ok(), out))
diff --git a/host_core/native/hostcore_wasmcloud_native/src/par.rs b/host_core/native/hostcore_wasmcloud_native/src/par.rs
index 303ffba3..f944776f 100644
--- a/host_core/native/hostcore_wasmcloud_native/src/par.rs
+++ b/host_core/native/hostcore_wasmcloud_native/src/par.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ pub(crate) fn extract_claims(par: &ProviderArchive) -> Result<crate::Claims, Err
                 tags: None,
                 version: metadata.ver,
                 name: metadata.name,
+                // the unwrap here is safe because we know it's a valid JSON value
+                config_schema: metadata.config_schema.map(|s| serde_json::to_string(&s).unwrap()),
                 expires_human: stamp_to_human(c.expires).unwrap_or_else(|| "never".to_string()),
                 not_before_human: stamp_to_human(c.not_before)
                     .unwrap_or_else(|| "immediately".to_string()),
diff --git a/wasmcloud_host/package-lock.json b/wasmcloud_host/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4aab4b58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wasmcloud_host/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "name": "wasmcloud_host",
+  "lockfileVersion": 2,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {}
+}