diff --git a/.pax/prepare-workspace.sh b/.pax/prepare-workspace.sh
index 2d834be..c9283cd 100755
--- a/.pax/prepare-workspace.sh
+++ b/.pax/prepare-workspace.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ echo "[${SCRIPT_NAME}] cleaning PAX workspace ..."
 rm -fr "${PAX_WORKSPACE_DIR}/content"
 mkdir -p "${PAX_WORKSPACE_DIR}/content"
 
+cp  manifest.yaml "${PAX_WORKSPACE_DIR}/content"
+cp  README.md "${PAX_WORKSPACE_DIR}/content"
+cp  LICENSE "${PAX_WORKSPACE_DIR}/content"
+
 # build client
 echo "[${SCRIPT_NAME}] building client ..."
 cd "dist"
@@ -50,6 +54,21 @@ cp -r dist/. "${PAX_WORKSPACE_DIR}/content"
 # move content to another folder
 rm -fr "${PAX_WORKSPACE_DIR}/ascii"
 mkdir -p "${PAX_WORKSPACE_DIR}/ascii"
+
+# update build information
+# BRANCH_NAME and BUILD_NUMBER is Jenkins environment variable
+commit_hash=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)
+current_timestamp=$(date +%s%3N)
+sed -e "s|{{build\.branch}}|${BRANCH_NAME}|g" \
+    -e "s|{{build\.number}}|${BUILD_NUMBER}|g" \
+    -e "s|{{build\.commitHash}}|${commit_hash}|g" \
+    -e "s|{{build\.timestamp}}|${current_timestamp}|g" \
+    "${PAX_WORKSPACE_DIR}/content/manifest.yaml" > "${PAX_WORKSPACE_DIR}/content/manifest.yaml.tmp"
+mv "${PAX_WORKSPACE_DIR}/content/manifest.yaml.tmp" "${PAX_WORKSPACE_DIR}/content/manifest.yaml"
+echo "[${SCRIPT_NAME}] manifest:"
+cat "${PAX_WORKSPACE_DIR}/content/manifest.yaml"
+echo
+
 rsync -rv \
   --include '*.json' --include '*.html' --include '*.jcl' --include '*.template' \
   --exclude '*.zip' --exclude '*.png' --exclude '*.tgz' --exclude '*.tar.gz' --exclude '*.pax' \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7769fec..6751544 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ In our sample it is:
  EXTERNAL_COMPONENTS=</usr/lpp/extender>/sample-node-api/bin      
 ```
 
-We expect following in service folder `start.sh`, `configure.sh` and `validate.sh`.
+We expect following in service folder `start.sh` and `configure.sh`.
 In our case its bin folder with relevant scripts.    
     
 `configure.sh` it adds static definition for sample-node-api to folder ${INSTANCE_DIR}/workspace/api-mediation/api-defs in IBM-850 encoding     
diff --git a/bin/configure-2.sh b/bin/configure-2.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/bin/configure.sh b/bin/configure.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/bin/env.sh b/bin/env.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/bin/start.sh b/bin/start.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/manifest.yaml b/manifest.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95b6bfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifest.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: sample-node-api
+id: org.zowe.sample-node-api
+title: Sample Node API
+description: A Sample Node API extension for Zowe
+license: EPL-2.0
+repository:
+  type: git
+  url: https://github.com/zowe/sample-node-api.git
+build:
+  branch: "{{build.branch}}"
+  number: "{{build.number}}"
+  commitHash: "{{build.commitHash}}"
+  timestamp: "{{build.timestamp}}"
+commands:
+  start: bin/start.sh
+  configure: bin/configure.sh
+apimlServices:
+  static:
+    - file: sample-node-api.yml
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