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+using System.IO.Compression;
+using AIStudio.Tools.PluginSystem;
+
+namespace AIStudio.Tools.Services;
+
+public sealed record PluginShareResult(bool Success, string PluginName, string ArchivePath, string Issue);
+
+public sealed class PluginShareService(NativeShareService nativeShareService, ILogger<PluginShareService> logger)
+{
+    private static PluginShareResult ShareError(IAvailablePlugin plugin, string issue) => new(false, plugin.Name, string.Empty, issue);
+    private static string TB(string fallbackEN) => I18N.I.T(fallbackEN, typeof(PluginShareService).Namespace, nameof(PluginShareService));
+
+    public const string PLUGIN_FILE_EXTENSION = ".mwplugin";
+
+    private const string PLUGIN_FILE_NAME = "plugin.lua";
+    private const string TEMPORARY_ARCHIVE_DIRECTORY = "mindwork-ai-studio-plugin-shares";
+    private const int TEMPORARY_ARCHIVE_RETENTION_HOURS = 24;
+    private const int FILE_NAME_PREFIX_MAX_LEN = 80;
+
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates a shareable plugin archive from a local plugin and opens the native share sheet.
+    /// The archive contains the plugin root contents, so <c>plugin.lua</c> is located at the archive root.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="plugin">The local plugin to archive and share.</param>
+    /// <param name="token">Cancellation token for archive creation.</param>
+    /// <returns>The share result, including the retained temporary archive path when successful.</returns>
+    public async Task<PluginShareResult> ShareAsync(IAvailablePlugin plugin, CancellationToken token)
+    {
+        if (plugin.IsInternal)
+            return ShareError(plugin, TB("Internal plugins cannot be shared."));
+
+        if (plugin.IsManagedByConfigServer)
+            return ShareError(plugin, TB("Config Server managed plugins cannot be shared."));
+
+        if (!TryGetPluginRoot(plugin, out var pluginRoot, out var issue))
+            return ShareError(plugin, issue);
+
+        var archiveDirectory = Path.Join(Path.GetTempPath(), TEMPORARY_ARCHIVE_DIRECTORY);
+        var archivePath = Path.Join(archiveDirectory, $"{CreateSafeFileNamePrefix(plugin.Name)}-{plugin.Id:N}-{Guid.NewGuid():N}{PLUGIN_FILE_EXTENSION}");
+
+        try
+        {
+            token.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(archiveDirectory);
+            this.CleanUpExpiredArchives(archiveDirectory);
+
+            await Task.Run(() =>
+            {
+                token.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+                ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory(pluginRoot, archivePath, CompressionLevel.Optimal, false);
+            }, token);
+
+            token.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+            if (!await nativeShareService.Share(archivePath))
+            {
+                this.TryDeleteArchive(archivePath);
+                return ShareError(plugin, TB("The native share dialog could not be opened."));
+            }
+
+            logger.LogInformation("Created plugin archive '{ArchivePath}' for plugin '{PluginName}' ({PluginId}).", archivePath, plugin.Name, plugin.Id);
+            return new(true, plugin.Name, archivePath, string.Empty);
+        }
+        catch (OperationCanceledException)
+        {
+            this.TryDeleteArchive(archivePath);
+            throw;
+        }
+        catch (Exception exception)
+        {
+            this.TryDeleteArchive(archivePath);
+            logger.LogError(exception, "Failed to create a share archive for plugin '{PluginName}' ({PluginId}).", plugin.Name, plugin.Id);
+            return ShareError(plugin, string.Format(TB("Unexpected error: {0}"), exception.Message));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static bool TryGetPluginRoot(IAvailablePlugin plugin, out string pluginRoot, out string issue)
+    {
+        pluginRoot = string.Empty;
+        issue = string.Empty;
+
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(plugin.LocalPath))
+        {
+            issue = TB("The plugin has no local directory.");
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            pluginRoot = Path.GetFullPath(plugin.LocalPath);
+        }
+        catch (Exception exception)
+        {
+            issue = string.Format(TB("The plugin directory is invalid: {0}"), exception.Message);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!Directory.Exists(pluginRoot))
+        {
+            issue = TB("The plugin directory does not exist.");
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        var pluginFile = Path.Join(pluginRoot, PLUGIN_FILE_NAME);
+        if (!IsPathInsideDirectory(pluginRoot, pluginFile) || !File.Exists(pluginFile))
+        {
+            issue = TB("The plugin directory does not contain a plugin.lua file.");
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private void CleanUpExpiredArchives(string archiveDirectory)
+    {
+        var expiry = DateTime.UtcNow.AddHours(-TEMPORARY_ARCHIVE_RETENTION_HOURS);
+        foreach (var archivePath in Directory.EnumerateFiles(archiveDirectory, $"*{PLUGIN_FILE_EXTENSION}", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly))
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                if (File.GetLastWriteTimeUtc(archivePath) < expiry)
+                    File.Delete(archivePath);
+            }
+            catch (Exception exception)
+            {
+                logger.LogWarning(exception, "Failed to delete expired plugin archive '{ArchivePath}'.", archivePath);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static string CreateSafeFileNamePrefix(string pluginName)
+    {
+        var invalidCharacters = Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars().ToHashSet();
+        var fileName = new string(pluginName
+            .Trim()
+            .Select(character => char.IsLetterOrDigit(character) || ((character is '-' or '_' or '.') && !invalidCharacters.Contains(character))
+                ? character
+                : '-')
+            .ToArray())
+            .Trim('-', '.');
+
+        if (fileName.Length > FILE_NAME_PREFIX_MAX_LEN)
+            fileName = fileName[..FILE_NAME_PREFIX_MAX_LEN].Trim('-', '.');
+
+        return string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(fileName) ? "plugin" : fileName;
+    }
+
+    private static bool IsPathInsideDirectory(string parentDirectory, string path)
+    {
+        var parentPath = Path.GetFullPath(parentDirectory).TrimEnd(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar, Path.AltDirectorySeparatorChar) + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
+        var childPath = Path.GetFullPath(path).TrimEnd(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar, Path.AltDirectorySeparatorChar) + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
+        return childPath.StartsWith(parentPath, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+    }
+
+    private void TryDeleteArchive(string archivePath)
+    {
+        if (!File.Exists(archivePath))
+            return;
+
+        try
+        {
+            File.Delete(archivePath);
+        }
+        catch (Exception exception)
+        {
+            logger.LogWarning(exception, "Failed to delete temporary plugin archive '{ArchivePath}'.", archivePath);
+        }
+    }
+}