diff --git a/convex/catalogFeed.test.ts b/convex/catalogFeed.test.ts
index 8a5bad2f..baa950ba 100644
--- a/convex/catalogFeed.test.ts
+++ b/convex/catalogFeed.test.ts
@@ -132,13 +132,36 @@ function makeFeedSkillEntry(index: number) {
   };
 }
 
-function makeCtx(packages: unknown[], records: Record<string, unknown>) {
+function makeCtx(
+  packages: unknown[],
+  records: Record<string, unknown>,
+  options: { packageHighlighted?: boolean } = {},
+) {
   return {
     db: {
-      query: vi.fn(() => {
+      query: vi.fn((table: string) => {
         const query = {
           eq: vi.fn(() => query),
         };
+        if (table === "packageBadges") {
+          return {
+            withIndex: vi.fn((_index: string, apply: (value: typeof query) => unknown) => {
+              apply(query);
+              return {
+                unique: vi.fn(async () =>
+                  options.packageHighlighted
+                    ? {
+                        packageId: "packages:1",
+                        kind: "highlighted",
+                        byUserId: "users:moderator",
+                        at: 1,
+                      }
+                    : null,
+                ),
+              };
+            }),
+          };
+        }
         return {
           withIndex: vi.fn((_index: string, apply: (value: typeof query) => unknown) => {
             apply(query);
@@ -181,6 +204,7 @@ describe("catalog feed projection", () => {
         title: "Demo",
         version: "1.2.3",
         state: "available",
+        featured: false,
         publisher: { id: "openclaw", trust: "official" },
         install: {
           candidates: [
@@ -196,6 +220,34 @@ describe("catalog feed projection", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it("projects highlighted official packages as featured install candidates", async () => {
+    const result = await listOfficialEntriesHandler(
+      makeCtx(
+        [makePackage()],
+        {
+          "packageReleases:1": makeRelease(),
+        },
+        { packageHighlighted: true },
+      ),
+      { family: "code-plugin" },
+    );
+
+    expect(result).toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        id: "@openclaw/demo",
+        state: "available",
+        featured: true,
+        install: {
+          candidates: [
+            expect.objectContaining({
+              package: "@openclaw/demo",
+            }),
+          ],
+        },
+      }),
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it("excludes non-official, blocked, deleted, and undigested releases", async () => {
     const result = await listOfficialEntriesHandler(
       makeCtx(
@@ -259,6 +311,7 @@ describe("catalog feed projection", () => {
           title: "Demo skill",
           version: "1.2.3",
           state: "available",
+          featured: false,
           publisher: { id: "openclaw", trust: "official" },
           install: {
             candidates: [
@@ -276,6 +329,24 @@ describe("catalog feed projection", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("projects highlighted official skills as featured install candidates", async () => {
+    const result = (await listOfficialSkillEntriesHandler(
+      makeCtx([makeSkill({ badges: { highlighted: { byUserId: "users:moderator", at: 1 } } })], {
+        "publishers:1": { _id: "publishers:1", kind: "org", handle: "openclaw" },
+        "skillVersions:1": makeSkillVersion(),
+      }),
+      { publisherId: "publishers:1", cursor: null },
+    )) as { entries: unknown[]; isDone: boolean };
+
+    expect(result.entries).toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        id: "@openclaw/demo",
+        state: "available",
+        featured: true,
+      }),
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it("keeps suspicious hosted skills in hosted ClawHub install candidates", async () => {
     const result = (await listOfficialSkillEntriesHandler(
       makeCtx([makeSkill()], {
@@ -320,6 +391,7 @@ describe("catalog feed projection", () => {
           title: "AIQ Deploy",
           version: "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111",
           state: "available",
+          featured: false,
           publisher: { id: "nvidia", trust: "official" },
           install: {
             candidates: [
diff --git a/convex/catalogFeed.ts b/convex/catalogFeed.ts
index ca8703c9..9bd884b5 100644
--- a/convex/catalogFeed.ts
+++ b/convex/catalogFeed.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { internal } from "./_generated/api";
 import type { Doc } from "./_generated/dataModel";
 import { internalAction, internalMutation, internalQuery } from "./_generated/server";
 import type { QueryCtx } from "./_generated/server";
+import { isSkillHighlighted } from "./lib/badges";
 import { sha256Hex } from "./lib/clawpack";
 import { isPublicSkillDoc } from "./lib/globalStats";
 import { isOfficialPublisher } from "./lib/officialPublishers";
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ const catalogFeedEntryFields = {
     v.literal("blocked"),
     v.literal("deprecated"),
   ),
+  featured: v.optional(v.boolean()),
   publisher: v.object({
     id: v.string(),
     trust: v.union(v.literal("official"), v.literal("community")),
@@ -117,6 +119,10 @@ async function buildEntry(
   const title = pkg.displayName.trim() || packageName;
   const version = release.version.trim();
   if (!packageName || !id || !title || !version) return null;
+  const highlighted = await ctx.db
+    .query("packageBadges")
+    .withIndex("by_package_kind", (q) => q.eq("packageId", pkg._id).eq("kind", "highlighted"))
+    .unique();
 
   return {
     type: "plugin",
@@ -124,6 +130,7 @@ async function buildEntry(
     title,
     version,
     state: "available",
+    featured: Boolean(highlighted),
     publisher: {
       id: publisherId,
       trust: "official",
@@ -225,6 +232,7 @@ async function buildSkillEntry(
       title,
       version: commit,
       state: "available",
+      featured: isSkillHighlighted(skill),
       publisher: {
         id: publisherId,
         trust: "official",
@@ -269,6 +277,7 @@ async function buildSkillEntry(
     title,
     version: versionName,
     state: "available",
+    featured: isSkillHighlighted(skill),
     publisher: {
       id: publisherId,
       trust: "official",
diff --git a/packages/schema/dist/catalogFeed.d.ts b/packages/schema/dist/catalogFeed.d.ts
index d270b615..3eb01a34 100644
--- a/packages/schema/dist/catalogFeed.d.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/dist/catalogFeed.d.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export declare const CatalogFeedPluginEntrySchema: import("arktype/internal/vari
     title: string;
     version: string;
     state: "available" | "blocked" | "deprecated" | "disabled" | "recommended";
+    featured?: boolean | undefined;
     publisher: {
         id: string;
         trust: "community" | "official";
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ export declare const CatalogFeedSkillEntrySchema: import("arktype/internal/varia
     title: string;
     version: string;
     state: "available" | "blocked" | "deprecated" | "disabled" | "recommended";
+    featured?: boolean | undefined;
     publisher: {
         id: string;
         trust: "community" | "official";
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ export declare const CatalogFeedEntrySchema: import("arktype/internal/variants/o
     title: string;
     version: string;
     state: "available" | "blocked" | "deprecated" | "disabled" | "recommended";
+    featured?: boolean | undefined;
     publisher: {
         id: string;
         trust: "community" | "official";
@@ -104,6 +107,7 @@ export declare const CatalogFeedEntrySchema: import("arktype/internal/variants/o
     title: string;
     version: string;
     state: "available" | "blocked" | "deprecated" | "disabled" | "recommended";
+    featured?: boolean | undefined;
     publisher: {
         id: string;
         trust: "community" | "official";
@@ -137,6 +141,7 @@ export declare const CatalogFeedSchema: import("arktype/internal/variants/object
         title: string;
         version: string;
         state: "available" | "blocked" | "deprecated" | "disabled" | "recommended";
+        featured?: boolean | undefined;
         publisher: {
             id: string;
             trust: "community" | "official";
@@ -161,6 +166,7 @@ export declare const CatalogFeedSchema: import("arktype/internal/variants/object
         title: string;
         version: string;
         state: "available" | "blocked" | "deprecated" | "disabled" | "recommended";
+        featured?: boolean | undefined;
         publisher: {
             id: string;
             trust: "community" | "official";
diff --git a/packages/schema/dist/catalogFeed.js b/packages/schema/dist/catalogFeed.js
index 68994407..9300c4a8 100644
--- a/packages/schema/dist/catalogFeed.js
+++ b/packages/schema/dist/catalogFeed.js
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ const CatalogFeedEntryBaseSchema = {
     title: "string",
     version: "string",
     state: CatalogFeedStateSchema,
+    // Additive v1 metadata: existing hosted-feed consumers ignore unknown entry fields.
+    featured: "boolean?",
     publisher: {
         "+": "reject",
         id: "string",
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ export function serializeCatalogFeed(feed) {
         title: entry.title,
         version: entry.version,
         state: entry.state,
+        ...(entry.featured === undefined ? {} : { featured: entry.featured }),
         publisher: {
             id: entry.publisher.id,
             trust: entry.publisher.trust,
diff --git a/packages/schema/dist/catalogFeed.js.map b/packages/schema/dist/catalogFeed.js.map
index 4a21d789..ff4aa2a4 100644
--- a/packages/schema/dist/catalogFeed.js.map
+++ b/packages/schema/dist/catalogFeed.js.map
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diff --git a/packages/schema/src/catalogFeed.test.ts b/packages/schema/src/catalogFeed.test.ts
index 08b97423..44d60e3c 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/catalogFeed.test.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/catalogFeed.test.ts
@@ -146,6 +146,22 @@ describe("catalog feed schema", () => {
     expect(parseCatalogFeed(feed).entries[0]?.type).toBe("skill");
   });
 
+  it("round-trips optional featured state without changing schema version 1", () => {
+    const feed = makeFeed({
+      entries: makeFeed().entries.map((entry, index) => ({
+        ...entry,
+        featured: index === 0,
+      })),
+    });
+
+    const parsed = parseCatalogFeed(JSON.parse(serializeCatalogFeed(feed)));
+
+    expect(parsed.schemaVersion).toBe(1);
+    expect(parsed.entries.find((entry) => entry.id === "zeta")?.featured).toBe(true);
+    expect(parsed.entries.find((entry) => entry.id === "alpha")?.featured).toBe(false);
+    expect(parseCatalogFeed(makeFeed()).entries[0]).not.toHaveProperty("featured");
+  });
+
   it("preserves public GitHub source identity on skill candidates", () => {
     const feed = makeFeed({
       id: CATALOG_SKILLS_FEED_ID,
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/catalogFeed.ts b/packages/schema/src/catalogFeed.ts
index 3cfbcb59..df65046e 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/catalogFeed.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/catalogFeed.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ const CatalogFeedEntryBaseSchema = {
   title: "string",
   version: "string",
   state: CatalogFeedStateSchema,
+  // Additive v1 metadata: existing hosted-feed consumers ignore unknown entry fields.
+  featured: "boolean?",
   publisher: {
     "+": "reject",
     id: "string",
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ export function serializeCatalogFeed(feed: CatalogFeed): string {
       title: entry.title,
       version: entry.version,
       state: entry.state,
+      ...(entry.featured === undefined ? {} : { featured: entry.featured }),
       publisher: {
         id: entry.publisher.id,
         trust: entry.publisher.trust,