The CLI was installed successfully, and running the single command `apm compile -t copilot` against a minimal apm.yml manifest plus its .apm/ primitives produced a compiled AGENTS.md file. Copying only the manifest and .apm/ directory to an unrelated new directory and re-running the same command reproduced a byte-identical AGENTS.md, directly confirming the claim for the compile step. The broader `apm install` flow involving remote git dependencies was not exercised due to network requirements, but the core claim under test was verified.
step 1 get_repo_metadata({'repo': 'microsoft/apm'})→ {"full_name": "microsoft/apm", "license": "MIT", "language": "Python", "size_kb": 43847, "archived": false, "created_at": "2025-09-18T13:45:22Z", "pushed_at": "2026-09-12T18:26:28Z", "homepage": "https://microsoft.github.io/apm/", "stars": 3794, "forks": 361, "open_issues": 206}
step 1 get_repo_description({'repo': 'microsoft/apm'})→ {"full_name": "microsoft/apm", "description": "Agent Package Manager", "topics": ["ai-agents", "claude-code", "codex-cli", "context-engineering", "github-copilot", "package-manager", "prompt-engineering"]}
step 2 list_files({'repo': 'microsoft/apm', 'path': ''})→ {"path": "/", "entries": [{"name": ".agents", "type": "dir", "size": 0}, {"name": ".apm", "type": "dir", "size": 0}, {"name": ".editorconfig", "type": "file", "size": 495}, {"name": ".gitattributes", "type": "file", "size": 52}, {"name": ".github", "type": "dir", "size": 0}, {"name": ".gitignore", "type": "file", "size": 1136}, {"name": ".gitmodules", "type": "file", "size": 425}, {"name": ".pre-commit-config.yaml", "type": "file", "size": 382}, {"name": ".vscode", "type": "dir", "size": 0}, {"name": "AUTHORS", "type": "file", "size": 656}, {"name": "CHANGELOG.md", "type": "file", "size": 231425}, {"name": "CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md", "type": "file", "size": 558}, {"name": "CONFORMANCE.json", "type": "file", "size": 48259}, {"name": "CONFORMANCE.md", "type": "file", "size": 17094}, {"name": "CONTRIBUTING.md", "type": "file", "size": 9601}, {"name": "GOVERNANCE.md", "type": "file", "size": 13697}, {"name": "LICENSE", "type": "file", "size": 1074}, {"name": "MANIFESTO.md", "type": "file", "size...
step 2 read_file({'repo': 'microsoft/apm', 'path': 'README.md'})→ {"path": "README.md", "size": 9940, "truncated": true, "content": "# APM \u2013 Agent Package Manager\n\n**An open-source, community-driven dependency manager for AI agents.**\n\nThink `package.json`, `requirements.txt`, or `Cargo.toml` \u2014 but for AI agent configuration.\n\nGitHub Copilot | Claude Code | Grok Build | Cursor | OpenCode | Codex | Gemini | Windsurf | Kiro\n\n**[Documentation](https://microsoft.github.io/apm/)** \u00b7 **[Quick Start](https://microsoft.github.io/apm/getting-started/quick-start/)** \u00b7 **[CLI Reference](https://microsoft.github.io/apm/reference/cli-commands/)** \u00b7 **[v0.29 Roadmap](https://github.com/microsoft/apm/milestone/17)**\n\n---\n\n> **Portable by manifest. Secure by default. Governed by policy.**\n> One file describes every agent's context; one command reproduces it everywhere; one policy controls what an org will allow.\n\n## Why APM\n\nAI coding agents need context to be useful \u2014 standards, prompts, skills, plugins \u2014 but toda...
step 3 sandbox_clone({'repo': 'microsoft/apm'})→ {"command": "git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/apm.git /work/repo", "stdout": "", "stderr": "Cloning into '/work/repo'...\n", "exit_code": 0, "elapsed_s": 3.845800708000013, "truncated": false, "timed_out": false}
step 4 sandbox_setup({'command': 'cd /work/repo && pip install -e . 2>&1 | tail -30'})→ {"command": "cd /work/repo && pip install -e . 2>&1 | tail -30", "stdout": "Installing collected packages: sqlite-fts4, websockets, watchdog, urllib3, typing-extensions, truststore, tomlkit, toml, tabulate, sniffio, smmap, six, setuptools, ruamel.yaml, pyyaml, python-ulid, pygments, puremagic, propcache, pluggy, multidict, mdurl, jiter, isodate, idna, h11, frozenlist, filelock, condense-json, colorama, click, charset_normalizer, certifi, attrs, annotated-types, aiohappyeyeballs, yarl, typing-inspection, requests, python-frontmatter, python-dateutil, pydantic-core, markdown-it-py, httpcore2, gitdb, click-default-group, anyio, aiosignal, sqlite-utils, rich, pydantic, httpx2, GitPython, azure-core, aiohttp, rich-click, openai, azure-ai-inference, llm, llm-github-models, apm-cli\n WARNING: The script websockets is installed in '/work/.local/bin' which is not on PATH.\n Consider adding this directory to PATH or, if you prefer to suppress this warning, use --no-warn-script-location.\n WAR...
step 5 sandbox_run({'command': 'export PATH=$PATH:/work/.local/bin\nmkdir -p /work/testproj && cd /work/testproj\ncat > apm.yml << \'EOF\'\nname: test-project\nversion: 1.0.0\ndescription: Test project for apm compile\ninstructions:\n - name: my-instructions\n description: Basic project instructions\n content: |\n # P...) error→ {"command": "export PATH=$PATH:/work/.local/bin\nmkdir -p /work/testproj && cd /work/testproj\ncat > apm.yml << 'EOF'\nname: test-project\nversion: 1.0.0\ndescription: Test project for apm compile\ninstructions:\n - name: my-instructions\n description: Basic project instructions\n content: |\n # Project Standards\n Always write tests for new code.\nEOF\napm --version\napm compile -t copilot\necho \"---- listing ----\"\nfind . -maxdepth 3 -newer apm.yml -type f 2>/dev/null\necho \"---- .github ----\"\nfind .github -type f 2>/dev/null -exec echo {} \\; -exec cat {} \\;\n", "stdout": "Agent Package Manager (APM) CLI version 0.30.0 (6f3dd39)\n[x] No APM content found to compile\n[i] To get started:\n[i] 1. Install APM dependencies: apm install <owner>/<repo>\n[i] 2. Or create local instructions: mkdir -p .apm/instructions\n[i] 3. Then create .instructions.md or .agent.md files\n---- listing ----\n---- .github ----\n", "stderr": "", "exit_code": 1, "elapsed_s": 2....
step 6 read_file({'repo': 'microsoft/apm', 'path': 'apm.yml'})→ {"path": "apm.yml", "size": 1564, "truncated": false, "content": "name: apm\nversion: 0.10.0\ndescription: APM (Agent Package Manager) -- ship and govern AI agent context\nincludes: auto\nauthor: Microsoft\nlicense: MIT\n\n# Pinned so every contributor's `apm install` deploys the same tree this\n# repo commits (.github/ plus .agents/skills/ via skills convergence),\n# instead of auto-detecting whichever harness their machine signals.\n# Contributors on another harness opt in with `apm install --target <name>`.\ntargets:\n - copilot\n\n# Local-path manifest deps on the extracted skill packages.\n# Each was INLINE in .apm/skills/ until the v2 extraction.\n# Extraction unlocks consumer reuse of each primitive standalone\n# (consumers can install just a panel for single-PR review / single-\n# issue triage, or an orchestrator entrypoint which transitively\n# pulls its engine + panels).\n#\n# Only the two USER-FACING ORCHESTRATOR ENTRYPOINTS are declared\n# here. Everything else arrives tra....
step 6 list_files({'repo': 'microsoft/apm', 'path': '.apm'})→ {"path": ".apm", "entries": [{"name": "agents", "type": "dir", "size": 0}, {"name": "architecture", "type": "dir", "size": 0}, {"name": "docs-index.yml", "type": "file", "size": 12753}, {"name": "instructions", "type": "dir", "size": 0}, {"name": "skills", "type": "dir", "size": 0}], "truncated": false}
step 7 list_files({'repo': 'microsoft/apm', 'path': '.apm/instructions'})→ {"path": ".apm/instructions", "entries": [{"name": "architecture.instructions.md", "type": "file", "size": 1478}, {"name": "changelog.instructions.md", "type": "file", "size": 1076}, {"name": "cicd.instructions.md", "type": "file", "size": 12020}, {"name": "cli.instructions.md", "type": "file", "size": 5529}, {"name": "doc-sync.instructions.md", "type": "file", "size": 1596}, {"name": "encoding.instructions.md", "type": "file", "size": 1508}, {"name": "integrators.instructions.md", "type": "file", "size": 4424}, {"name": "linting.instructions.md", "type": "file", "size": 3666}, {"name": "python.instructions.md", "type": "file", "size": 421}, {"name": "tests.instructions.md", "type": "file", "size": 14454}], "truncated": false}
step 8 read_file({'repo': 'microsoft/apm', 'path': '.apm/instructions/python.instructions.md'})→ {"path": ".apm/instructions/python.instructions.md", "size": 421, "truncated": false, "content": "---\ndescription: Python development guidelines\napplyTo: '**/*.py'\n---\n\nUse type hints for all function parameters and return values.\nFollow PEP 8 style guidelines.\nWrite comprehensive docstrings.\n\nBefore computing a shared decision (accepted targets, install outcome, hook shape, integrity hash, resolved credential) locally, route through its canonical owner instead of duplicating it; see architecture.instructions.md.\n"}
step 9 sandbox_run({'command': 'export PATH=$PATH:/work/.local/bin\nmkdir -p /work/testproj2/.apm/instructions && cd /work/testproj2\ncat > apm.yml << \'EOF\'\nname: test-project\nversion: 1.0.0\ndescription: Test project for apm compile\nincludes: auto\ntargets:\n - copilot\ndependencies:\n apm: []\n mcp: []\nEOF\nca...) error→ {"command": "export PATH=$PATH:/work/.local/bin\nmkdir -p /work/testproj2/.apm/instructions && cd /work/testproj2\ncat > apm.yml << 'EOF'\nname: test-project\nversion: 1.0.0\ndescription: Test project for apm compile\nincludes: auto\ntargets:\n - copilot\ndependencies:\n apm: []\n mcp: []\nEOF\ncat > .apm/instructions/mystandards.instructions.md << 'EOF'\n---\ndescription: My project standards\napplyTo: '**/*.py'\n---\n\nAlways write tests for new code.\nUse descriptive variable names.\nEOF\napm compile -t copilot\necho \"==== .github tree ====\"\nfind .github -type f 2>/dev/null\necho \"==== content ====\"\ncat .github/copilot-instructions.md 2>/dev/null\n", "stdout": "[*] Starting context compilation...\n[i] Targets: copilot (source: --target flag)\n[i] Compiling for AGENTS.md + .github/copilot-instructions.md + .github/prompts/\n+ .github/agents/ - explicit --target flag\n[i] Analyzing project structure...\n|- 1 directories scanned (max depth: 0)\n|- 1 files analyzed across 1 fi...
step 10 sandbox_run({'command': 'cd /work/testproj2\necho "==== AGENTS.md ===="\ncat AGENTS.md 2>/dev/null\necho "==== full tree ===="\nfind . -type f | grep -v \'.git/\'\n'})→ {"command": "cd /work/testproj2\necho \"==== AGENTS.md ====\"\ncat AGENTS.md 2>/dev/null\necho \"==== full tree ====\"\nfind . -type f | grep -v '.git/'\n", "stdout": "==== AGENTS.md ====\n# AGENTS.md\n<!-- Generated by APM CLI from distributed .apm/ primitives -->\n<!-- Build ID: 9eb238744142 -->\n\n## Files matching `**/*.py`\n\nAlways write tests for new code.\nUse descriptive variable names.\n==== full tree ====\n./apm.yml\n./AGENTS.md\n./.apm/instructions/mystandards.instructions.md\n", "stderr": "", "exit_code": 0, "elapsed_s": 0.20383624999999483, "truncated": false, "timed_out": false}
step 11 sandbox_run({'command': 'export PATH=$PATH:/work/.local/bin\nmkdir -p /work/testproj3 && cp -r /work/testproj2/apm.yml /work/testproj2/.apm /work/testproj3/\ncd /work/testproj3\napm compile -t copilot >/tmp/out.log 2>&1\ntail -5 /tmp/out.log\necho "=== diff check ==="\ndiff /work/testproj2/AGENTS.md /work/testp...)→ {"command": "export PATH=$PATH:/work/.local/bin\nmkdir -p /work/testproj3 && cp -r /work/testproj2/apm.yml /work/testproj2/.apm /work/testproj3/\ncd /work/testproj3\napm compile -t copilot >/tmp/out.log 2>&1\ntail -5 /tmp/out.log\necho \"=== diff check ===\"\ndiff /work/testproj2/AGENTS.md /work/testproj3/AGENTS.md && echo \"IDENTICAL OUTPUT reproduced in new location\"\n", "stdout": "+- . 1 instruction from 1 source\n\n[!] Warning: applyTo for 'mystandards' matched no files - placing at project \nroot\n[+] Compilation completed successfully!\n=== diff check ===\nIDENTICAL OUTPUT reproduced in new location\n", "stderr": "", "exit_code": 0, "elapsed_s": 1.129934832999993, "truncated": false, "timed_out": false}