diff --git a/ctl/pyproject.toml b/ctl/pyproject.toml
index 295099e1..0c205815 100644
--- a/ctl/pyproject.toml
+++ b/ctl/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.11"
 license = { text = "Apache-2.0" }
 dependencies = [
     "mas-runtime",
+    "mas-library-standard",
     "click>=8.0",
     "pyyaml>=6.0",
     "python-dotenv>=1.0",
@@ -44,5 +45,13 @@ packages = ["src/mas"]
 # are excluded from the published wheel.
 exclude = ["src/mas/ctl/testing/**"]
 
+# Package a copy of the canonical runtime/lab manifest schemas inside mas.ctl so
+# overlay merging and manifest validation still work when installed as a wheel
+# (e.g. via 'uv tool install'), where there is no repo checkout to read
+# docs/schemas/ from. See mas.ctl.validate.schemas.schema_root().
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel.force-include]
+"../docs/schemas" = "src/mas/ctl/_schemas"
+
 [tool.uv.sources]
 mas-runtime = { workspace = true }
+mas-library-standard = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/ctl/src/mas/ctl/overlay/merge.py b/ctl/src/mas/ctl/overlay/merge.py
index a23c7421..80f8d7bd 100644
--- a/ctl/src/mas/ctl/overlay/merge.py
+++ b/ctl/src/mas/ctl/overlay/merge.py
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@
 from functools import lru_cache
 import logging
 from copy import deepcopy
-from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
 import yaml
 
+from mas.ctl.validate.schemas import schema_root
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -21,10 +22,10 @@
 # single edit in a single file (docs/schemas/runtime/<kind>.schema.yaml),
 # not a second hand-maintained overlay-*-patch fragment kept in sync by hand.
 _OVERLAY_PATCH_SCHEMA_FILES: dict[str, str] = {
-    "Agent": "docs/schemas/runtime/agent.schema.yaml",
-    "MAS": "docs/schemas/runtime/mas.schema.yaml",
-    "Flavour": "docs/schemas/runtime/flavour.schema.yaml",
-    "Infra": "docs/schemas/runtime/infra.schema.yaml",
+    "Agent": "runtime/agent.schema.yaml",
+    "MAS": "runtime/mas.schema.yaml",
+    "Flavour": "runtime/flavour.schema.yaml",
+    "Infra": "runtime/infra.schema.yaml",
 }
 
 # Where to start reading "properties" from, per schema file, relative to that
@@ -38,14 +39,9 @@
 }
 
 
-def _repo_root() -> Path:
-    # .../mas-lab/ctl/src/mas/ctl/overlay/merge.py -> parents[5] == repo root
-    return Path(__file__).resolve().parents[5]
-
-
 @lru_cache(maxsize=8)
 def _load_yaml_schema(rel_path: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    schema_path = _repo_root() / rel_path
+    schema_path = schema_root() / rel_path
     data = yaml.safe_load(schema_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
     return data if isinstance(data, dict) else {}
 
diff --git a/ctl/src/mas/ctl/validate/schemas.py b/ctl/src/mas/ctl/validate/schemas.py
index 68b1b437..5b83528a 100644
--- a/ctl/src/mas/ctl/validate/schemas.py
+++ b/ctl/src/mas/ctl/validate/schemas.py
@@ -1,16 +1,37 @@
 #  Copyright (c) 2026 Cisco Systems, Inc. and its affiliates
 #  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-"""Manifest JSON Schema loader — schemas live under docs/schemas/."""
+"""Manifest JSON Schema loader — schemas live under docs/schemas/.
+
+Two layouts are supported so this works both in a source checkout (dev /
+editable install, where ``docs/schemas`` sits a few parents above this file)
+and when installed as a built wheel (e.g. via ``uv tool install``, where
+there is no repo root — the schemas are instead packaged inside ``mas.ctl``
+itself via ``force-include`` and resolved through ``importlib.resources``).
+"""
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from functools import lru_cache
+from importlib import resources
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
 import yaml
 
-_SCHEMA_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[5] / "docs" / "schemas"
+
+def _repo_checkout_schema_root() -> Path | None:
+    # .../mas-lab/ctl/src/mas/ctl/validate/schemas.py -> parents[5] == repo root
+    candidate = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[5] / "docs" / "schemas"
+    return candidate if candidate.is_dir() else None
+
+
+def _packaged_schema_root() -> Path:
+    # Falls back to the copy of docs/schemas packaged inside mas.ctl (see
+    # [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel.force-include] in ctl/pyproject.toml).
+    return Path(str(resources.files("mas.ctl") / "_schemas"))
+
+
+_SCHEMA_ROOT = _repo_checkout_schema_root() or _packaged_schema_root()
 
 _KIND_MAP: dict[str, str] = {
     "agent": "runtime/agent.schema.yaml",
diff --git a/lab/components/core/pyproject.toml b/lab/components/core/pyproject.toml
index 51be7961..1ca27582 100644
--- a/lab/components/core/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lab/components/core/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,5 +19,12 @@ dependencies = [
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 packages = ["src/mas"]
 
+# Package a copy of the lab manifest schemas inside mas.lab.schemas so
+# mas-lab-core still works when installed as a wheel (e.g. via
+# 'uv tool install'), where there is no repo checkout to read
+# docs/schemas/lab from. See mas.lab.schemas.paths.lab_schema_dir().
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel.force-include]
+"../../../docs/schemas/lab" = "src/mas/lab/schemas/_schemas"
+
 [project.entry-points."mas.lab.controller.plugins"]
 local-inproc = "mas.lab.controllers.local_inproc:LocalInprocController"
diff --git a/lab/components/core/src/mas/lab/schemas/paths.py b/lab/components/core/src/mas/lab/schemas/paths.py
index 4cda07eb..ec9935f1 100644
--- a/lab/components/core/src/mas/lab/schemas/paths.py
+++ b/lab/components/core/src/mas/lab/schemas/paths.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 """Resolve manifest schema files from installed package dependencies."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from importlib import resources
 from pathlib import Path
 
 
@@ -13,14 +14,25 @@ def runtime_schema_dir() -> Path:
     return _SCHEMA_ROOT / "runtime"
 
 
-def _repo_root() -> Path:
-    """Repository root (contains docs/schemas/)."""
-    return Path(__file__).resolve().parents[7]
+def _repo_checkout_root() -> Path | None:
+    """Repository root (contains docs/schemas/), if running from a checkout."""
+    candidate = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[7]
+    return candidate if (candidate / "docs" / "schemas").is_dir() else None
+
+
+def _packaged_lab_schema_dir() -> Path:
+    # Falls back to the copy of docs/schemas/lab packaged inside
+    # mas.lab.schemas (see [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel.force-include] in
+    # lab/components/core/pyproject.toml).
+    return Path(str(resources.files("mas.lab.schemas") / "_schemas"))
 
 
 def lab_schema_dir() -> Path:
     """YAML/JSON schemas for mas-lab manifests (experiment, pipeline, dataset, lab-config)."""
-    return _repo_root() / "docs" / "schemas" / "lab"
+    repo_root = _repo_checkout_root()
+    if repo_root is not None:
+        return repo_root / "docs" / "schemas" / "lab"
+    return _packaged_lab_schema_dir()
 
 
 def lab_artefact_schema_dir() -> Path:
diff --git a/lab/pyproject.toml b/lab/pyproject.toml
index 47280fd9..a33b3498 100644
--- a/lab/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lab/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ Issues = "https://github.com/outshift-open/mas-lab/issues"
 
 [project.scripts]
 mas-lab = "mas.lab.cli:app"
+mas-ctl = "mas.ctl.cli.main:main"
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 packages = ["src/mas"]
+
+# Package a copy of the top-level examples/ tree inside mas.lab so
+# 'mas-lab init' still works when installed as a wheel (e.g. via
+# 'uv tool install'), where there is no repo checkout to read examples/
+# from. See mas.lab.cli.commands.init._templates_root().
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel.force-include]
+"../examples" = "src/mas/lab/_examples"
diff --git a/lab/src/mas/lab/cli/commands/init.py b/lab/src/mas/lab/cli/commands/init.py
index c8a69562..721e8c2e 100644
--- a/lab/src/mas/lab/cli/commands/init.py
+++ b/lab/src/mas/lab/cli/commands/init.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import re
+from importlib import resources
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -21,9 +22,20 @@
 _DEFAULT_TARGET_MODEL = "gpt-4o-mini"
 
 
-def _templates_root() -> Path:
+def _repo_checkout_examples_root() -> Path | None:
     # lab/src/mas/lab/cli/commands/init.py -> repo root/examples
-    return Path(__file__).resolve().parents[6] / "examples"
+    candidate = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[6] / "examples"
+    return candidate if candidate.is_dir() else None
+
+
+def _packaged_examples_root() -> Path:
+    # Falls back to the copy of examples/ packaged inside mas.lab (see
+    # [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel.force-include] in lab/pyproject.toml).
+    return Path(str(resources.files("mas.lab") / "_examples"))
+
+
+def _templates_root() -> Path:
+    return _repo_checkout_examples_root() or _packaged_examples_root()
 
 
 def _load_template(rel_path: str) -> str:
diff --git a/library-standard/pyproject.toml b/library-standard/pyproject.toml
index d30b6a5f..34a1672e 100644
--- a/library-standard/pyproject.toml
+++ b/library-standard/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,5 +35,8 @@ include = [
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 packages = ["src/mas"]
 
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel.force-include]
+"library.yaml" = "src/mas/library/standard/library.yaml"
+
 [tool.uv.sources]
 mas-runtime = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 5558df96..acee5e9a 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -3614,6 +3614,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "click" },
     { name = "httpx" },
     { name = "jsonschema" },
+    { name = "mas-library-standard" },
     { name = "mas-runtime" },
     { name = "python-dotenv" },
     { name = "pyyaml" },
@@ -3635,6 +3636,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "httpx", specifier = ">=0.27" },
     { name = "import-linter", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=2.0" },
     { name = "jsonschema", specifier = ">=4.0" },
+    { name = "mas-library-standard", editable = "library-standard" },
     { name = "mas-runtime", editable = "runtime" },
     { name = "pytest", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=8.0" },
     { name = "python-dotenv", specifier = ">=1.0" },
@@ -5012,7 +5014,7 @@ name = "pexpect"
 version = "4.9.0"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
-    { name = "ptyprocess", marker = "sys_platform != 'emscripten' and sys_platform != 'win32'" },
+    { name = "ptyprocess" },
 ]
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 ]
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