diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/api/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/api/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
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index 0000000..5057fbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/api/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2014 Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+<archetype-descriptor xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin/archetype-descriptor/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/archetype-descriptor-1.0.0.xsd" name="onos-bundle"
+    xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin/archetype-descriptor/1.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet filtered="true" packaged="true" encoding="UTF-8">
+      <directory>src/main/java</directory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>**/*.java</include>
+      </includes>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+</archetype-descriptor>
diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/api/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/api/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
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index 0000000..2000913
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+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/api/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2014 Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>${groupId}</groupId>
+    <artifactId>${artifactId}</artifactId>
+    <version>${version}</version>
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <description>ONOS OSGi API bundle archetype</description>
+    <url>http://onosproject.org</url>
+
+    <properties>
+        <onos.version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</onos.version>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${onos.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.5.3</version>
+                <extensions>true</extensions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/api/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/java/AppService.java b/tools/package/archetypes/api/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/java/AppService.java
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index 0000000..4878f2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/api/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/java/AppService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#set( $symbol_pound = '#' )
+#set( $symbol_dollar = '$' )
+#set( $symbol_escape = '\' )
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package ${package};
+
+/**
+ * Skeletal ONOS application API.
+ */
+public interface AppService {
+
+}
diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/api/src/test/resources/projects/basic/archetype.properties b/tools/package/archetypes/api/src/test/resources/projects/basic/archetype.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f641e66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/api/src/test/resources/projects/basic/archetype.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#Thu Dec 04 09:24:50 PST 2014
+package=it.pkg
+version=0.1-SNAPSHOT
+groupId=archetype.it
+artifactId=basic
diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/api/src/test/resources/projects/basic/goal.txt b/tools/package/archetypes/api/src/test/resources/projects/basic/goal.txt
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index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/api/src/test/resources/projects/basic/goal.txt