Problem
There is no way to use apm install to deploy skills into .agents/skills/. Users who want a single shared skill directory for clients that support the Agent Skills convention must either duplicate identical skills across client-specific directories (.github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .cursor/skills/, .opencode/skills/) or bypass APM and manage .agents/skills/ manually.
The name agents is already taken as a --target value, but it silently aliases to copilot and deploys to .github/skills/, not .agents/skills/. The CLI help text for apm compile calls it a "deprecated alias for copilot", but the code emits no deprecation warning -- a user passing --target agents gets .github/ output with no indication that anything unexpected happened. Internally, the normalization is also inconsistent: targets.py resolves agents to "copilot" while target_detection.py resolves it to "vscode" (both produce .github/ output, but the disagreement matches the doc drift flagged below).
Multiple bot CLI Consistency Reports have flagged the resulting confusion:
- #627 -- docs list
agents without noting its deprecation; the CLI says 'vscode' and 'agents' are deprecated aliases for 'copilot' while docs say 'agents' is an alias for 'vscode', inverting the alias direction
- #640 -- recommends updating docs to clarify that
copilot is the canonical target and both vscode and agents are deprecated aliases
- #664 -- reports that the deprecation notice for
agents is inconsistently applied across commands: apm compile notes both vscode and agents as deprecated, apm pack notes only vscode, and apm install/apm deps update note neither
Broad support for .agents/skills/
.agents/skills/ is already documented as a supported project skill location by most major clients that APM targets:
The Agent Skills specification and integration guidance explicitly recommend scanning .agents/skills/ for cross-client interoperability:
The integration guide states:
The .agents/skills/ paths have emerged as a widely-adopted convention for cross-client skill sharing. [...] scanning .agents/skills/ means skills installed by other compliant clients are automatically visible to yours, and vice versa.
Proposed solution
Support one of the following:
- Make
apm install --target agents deploy skills to .agents/skills/ (repurposing the silent alias)
- Add a new explicit install target for shared Agent Skills deployment
- Add a remapping option so users can choose
.agents/skills/ as the install destination for compatible clients
Problem
There is no way to use
apm installto deploy skills into.agents/skills/. Users who want a single shared skill directory for clients that support the Agent Skills convention must either duplicate identical skills across client-specific directories (.github/skills/,.claude/skills/,.cursor/skills/,.opencode/skills/) or bypass APM and manage.agents/skills/manually.The name
agentsis already taken as a--targetvalue, but it silently aliases tocopilotand deploys to.github/skills/, not.agents/skills/. The CLI help text forapm compilecalls it a "deprecated alias forcopilot", but the code emits no deprecation warning -- a user passing--target agentsgets.github/output with no indication that anything unexpected happened. Internally, the normalization is also inconsistent:targets.pyresolvesagentsto"copilot"whiletarget_detection.pyresolves it to"vscode"(both produce.github/output, but the disagreement matches the doc drift flagged below).Multiple bot CLI Consistency Reports have flagged the resulting confusion:
agentswithout noting its deprecation; the CLI says'vscode' and 'agents' are deprecated aliases for 'copilot'while docs say'agents' is an alias for 'vscode', inverting the alias directioncopilotis the canonical target and bothvscodeandagentsare deprecated aliasesagentsis inconsistently applied across commands:apm compilenotes bothvscodeandagentsas deprecated,apm packnotes onlyvscode, andapm install/apm deps updatenote neitherBroad support for
.agents/skills/.agents/skills/is already documented as a supported project skill location by most major clients that APM targets:The Agent Skills specification and integration guidance explicitly recommend scanning
.agents/skills/for cross-client interoperability:The integration guide states:
Proposed solution
Support one of the following:
apm install --target agentsdeploy skills to.agents/skills/(repurposing the silent alias).agents/skills/as the install destination for compatible clients