Fix #1019: Improve compile target specification

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - `apm marketplace build` now respects `GITHUB_HOST` for GitHub Enterprise repos -- ref resolution, token lookup, and metadata fetch all use the configured host instead of hardcoded `github.com`. `git ls-remote` is authenticated so private repos work without separate credential setup. (#1008)
 - `apm marketplace build` now accepts multiple Git URL forms (GitHub, GHES, GitLab, Bitbucket, ADO, SSH) for `type: url` parsing via `DependencyReference.parse()`. Host resolution is still driven by `GITHUB_HOST`, so non-`github.com` hosts require `GITHUB_HOST` to be set accordingly. (#1008)
 - **ADO Entra ID auth path no longer silently fails.** Bearer tokens from `az account get-access-token` are now correctly plumbed through validation (auth scheme, git env). Auth failures raise a typed `AuthenticationError` with an actionable 4-case diagnostic instead of the ambiguous "not accessible or doesn't exist" message. `apm install --update` runs a pre-flight auth check before modifying any files -- on failure it aborts with "No files were modified". (#1015)
+- Correct targeting of compiled artifacts so GEMINI.md is only created if requested (#1019)
 
 ## [0.10.0] - 2026-04-27
 

src/apm_cli/commands/compile/cli.py

@@ -164,31 +164,42 @@ def _get_validation_suggestion(error_msg):
 
 
 def _resolve_compile_target(target):
-    """Map CLI target input to compiler-understood target string.
+    """Map CLI target input to a compiler-understood target.
 
-    The compiler understands ``"vscode"``, ``"claude"``, ``"gemini"``,
-    and ``"all"``.  Multi-target lists are mapped to the narrowest
-    equivalent; any combination of two or more distinct compiler
-    families collapses to ``"all"``.
+    The compiler understands single-string targets (``"vscode"``,
+    ``"claude"``, ``"gemini"``, ``"all"``) and ``frozenset`` targets
+    containing compiler-family names (``"agents"``, ``"claude"``,
+    ``"gemini"``).
+
+    Multi-target lists are mapped to the narrowest representation:
+    a single string when only one compiler family is needed, or a
+    ``frozenset`` of families when multiple are needed.  This avoids
+    collapsing to ``"all"`` (which would incorrectly generate files
+    for every family).
 
     Args:
         target: A single target string, a list of target strings, or ``None``.
 
     Returns:
-        A single string (or ``None``) suitable for :func:`detect_target`.
+        A single string, a ``frozenset`` of compiler families, or ``None``.
     """
     if target is None:
         return None  # will trigger detect_target() auto-detection
     if isinstance(target, list):
         target_set = set(target)
-        has_agents_family = bool(
-            target_set & {"copilot", "vscode", "agents", "cursor", "opencode", "codex"}
-        )
+        agents_family = {"copilot", "vscode", "agents", "cursor", "opencode", "codex"}
+        has_agents_family = bool(target_set & agents_family)
         has_claude = "claude" in target_set
         has_gemini = "gemini" in target_set
-        distinct = sum([has_agents_family, has_claude, has_gemini])
-        if distinct >= 2:
-            return "all"
+        families = set()
+        if has_agents_family:
+            families.add("agents")
+        if has_claude:
+            families.add("claude")
+        if has_gemini:
+            families.add("gemini")
+        if len(families) >= 2:
+            return frozenset(families)
         elif has_claude:
             return "claude"
         elif has_gemini:
@@ -377,7 +388,11 @@ def compile(
         logger.start("Starting context compilation...", symbol="cogs")
 
         # Auto-detect target if not explicitly provided
-        from ...core.target_detection import detect_target, get_target_description
+        from ...core.target_detection import (
+            REASON_NO_TARGET_FOLDER,
+            detect_target,
+            get_target_description,
+        )
 
         # Get config target from apm.yml if available.  When the file is
         # absent we proceed with auto-detection; when it is present but
@@ -393,18 +408,30 @@ def compile(
             apm_pkg = APMPackage.from_apm_yml(apm_yml_path)
             config_target = apm_pkg.target
 
-        # Resolve list targets to compiler-understood string
+        # Resolve list targets to compiler-understood value
         compile_target = _resolve_compile_target(target)
         # Also handle config_target being a list (from apm.yml target: [claude, copilot])
         compile_config_target = _resolve_compile_target(config_target)
-        detected_target, detection_reason = detect_target(
-            project_root=Path("."),
-            explicit_target=compile_target,
-            config_target=compile_config_target,
-        )
 
-        # Map 'minimal' to 'vscode' for the compiler (AGENTS.md only, no folder integration)
-        effective_target = detected_target if detected_target != "minimal" else "vscode"
+        # A frozenset means multiple compiler families were explicitly
+        # requested -- bypass detect_target() since it only handles strings.
+        if isinstance(compile_target, frozenset):
+            effective_target = compile_target
+            detection_reason = "explicit --target flag"
+        elif isinstance(compile_config_target, frozenset) and compile_target is None:
+            effective_target = compile_config_target
+            detection_reason = "apm.yml target"
+        else:
+            # Pass config_target only when it's a string -- detect_target() is
+            # typed for Optional[str], and a frozenset config_target is already
+            # handled by the branch above.
+            detected_target, detection_reason = detect_target(
+                project_root=Path("."),
+                explicit_target=compile_target,
+                config_target=compile_config_target if isinstance(compile_config_target, str) else None,
+            )
+            # Map 'minimal' to 'vscode' for the compiler (AGENTS.md only, no folder integration)
+            effective_target = detected_target if detected_target != "minimal" else "vscode"
 
         # Build config with distributed compilation flags (Task 7)
         config = CompilationConfig.from_apm_yml(
@@ -426,29 +453,42 @@ def compile(
             # Show target-aware message with detection reason. Use
             # get_target_description() so any future target added to
             # target_detection shows up here automatically.
-            if isinstance(target, list):
-                # Multi-target list: show what the compiler will produce
-                _target_label = ",".join(target)
-                if effective_target == "all":
-                    logger.progress(
-                        f"Compiling for AGENTS.md + CLAUDE.md (--target {_target_label})"
-                    )
-                elif effective_target == "claude":
-                    logger.progress(
-                        f"Compiling for CLAUDE.md (--target {_target_label})"
-                    )
+            if isinstance(effective_target, frozenset):
+                # Multi-target compile (from CLI `--target a,b` OR apm.yml
+                # `target: [a, b]`): show what the compiler will produce.
+                if isinstance(target, list):
+                    _target_label = f"--target {','.join(target)}"
+                elif isinstance(config_target, list):
+                    _target_label = f"apm.yml target: [{', '.join(config_target)}]"
                 else:
-                    logger.progress(
-                        f"Compiling for AGENTS.md (--target {_target_label})"
-                    )
-            elif detected_target == "minimal":
+                    _target_label = "multi-target"
+                from ...core.target_detection import (
+                    should_compile_agents_md,
+                    should_compile_claude_md,
+                    should_compile_gemini_md,
+                )
+                _parts = []
+                if should_compile_agents_md(effective_target):
+                    _parts.append("AGENTS.md")
+                if should_compile_claude_md(effective_target):
+                    _parts.append("CLAUDE.md")
+                if should_compile_gemini_md(effective_target):
+                    _parts.append("GEMINI.md")
+                logger.progress(
+                    f"Compiling for {' + '.join(_parts)} ({_target_label})"
+                )
+            elif (
+                isinstance(effective_target, str)
+                and effective_target == "vscode"
+                and detection_reason == REASON_NO_TARGET_FOLDER
+            ):
                 logger.progress(f"Compiling for AGENTS.md only ({detection_reason})")
                 logger.progress(
                     " Create .github/, .claude/, .codex/, .opencode/ or .cursor/ folder for full integration",
                     symbol="light_bulb",
                 )
             else:
-                description = get_target_description(detected_target)
+                description = get_target_description(effective_target)
                 logger.progress(
                     f"Compiling for {description} - {detection_reason}"
                 )

src/apm_cli/compilation/agents_compiler.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 )
 from .link_resolver import resolve_markdown_links, validate_link_targets
 from ..utils.paths import portable_relpath
-from ..core.target_detection import should_compile_agents_md, should_compile_claude_md, should_compile_gemini_md
+from ..core.target_detection import should_compile_agents_md, should_compile_claude_md, should_compile_gemini_md, CompileTargetType
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
     "vscode", "claude", "cursor", "opencode", "codex", "gemini", "all", "minimal",
 ) + _VSCODE_TARGET_ALIASES
 
+# Compiler families allowed inside a multi-target frozenset (built by
+# _resolve_compile_target() from CLI-validated target names). Kept narrow
+# because the frozenset path bypasses _KNOWN_TARGETS validation.
+_KNOWN_COMPILE_FAMILIES = frozenset({"agents", "claude", "gemini"})
+
 
 @dataclass
 class CompilationConfig:
@@ -47,7 +52,8 @@ class CompilationConfig:
     # "vscode" or "agents" -> AGENTS.md + .github/
     # "claude" -> CLAUDE.md + .claude/
     # "all" -> both targets
-    target: str = "all"
+    # frozenset({"agents","claude"}) -> AGENTS.md + CLAUDE.md (multi-target)
+    target: CompileTargetType = "all"
 
     # Distributed compilation settings (Task 7)
     strategy: str = "distributed"  # "distributed" or "single-file"
@@ -214,24 +220,47 @@ def compile(self, config: CompilationConfig, primitives: Optional[PrimitiveColle
             # Use target_detection helpers as the single source of truth so
             # new targets (codex, opencode, cursor, minimal, ...) route
             # correctly without touching this method again.
-            routing_target = (
-                "vscode" if config.target in _VSCODE_TARGET_ALIASES else config.target
-            )
-
-            if routing_target not in _KNOWN_TARGETS and config.target not in _KNOWN_TARGETS:
-                self.errors.append(
-                    f"Unknown compilation target: {config.target!r}. "
-                    f"Expected one of: {', '.join(sorted(set(_KNOWN_TARGETS)))}"
-                )
-                return CompilationResult(
-                    success=False,
-                    output_path="",
-                    content="",
-                    warnings=self.warnings.copy(),
-                    errors=self.errors.copy(),
-                    stats={},
+            if isinstance(config.target, frozenset):
+                # Multi-target lists are normalized by _resolve_compile_target()
+                # into compiler families only. Validate defensively for direct
+                # API callers so invalid families do not silently produce
+                # partial output or a successful no-op.
+                invalid_families = config.target - _KNOWN_COMPILE_FAMILIES
+                if invalid_families:
+                    self.errors.append(
+                        "Unknown compilation target family in multi-target set: "
+                        f"{', '.join(sorted(invalid_families))}. "
+                        "Expected subset of: "
+                        f"{', '.join(sorted(_KNOWN_COMPILE_FAMILIES))}"
+                    )
+                    return CompilationResult(
+                        success=False,
+                        output_path="",
+                        content="",
+                        warnings=self.warnings.copy(),
+                        errors=self.errors.copy(),
+                        stats={},
+                    )
+                routing_target = config.target
+            else:
+                routing_target = (
+                    "vscode" if config.target in _VSCODE_TARGET_ALIASES else config.target
                 )
 
+                if routing_target not in _KNOWN_TARGETS and config.target not in _KNOWN_TARGETS:
+                    self.errors.append(
+                        f"Unknown compilation target: {config.target!r}. "
+                        f"Expected one of: {', '.join(sorted(set(_KNOWN_TARGETS)))}"
+                    )
+                    return CompilationResult(
+                        success=False,
+                        output_path="",
+                        content="",
+                        warnings=self.warnings.copy(),
+                        errors=self.errors.copy(),
+                        stats={},
+                    )
+
             results: List[CompilationResult] = []
 
             if should_compile_agents_md(routing_target):

src/apm_cli/core/target_detection.py

@@ -29,6 +29,20 @@
 # Valid target values (internal canonical form)
 TargetType = Literal["vscode", "claude", "cursor", "opencode", "codex", "gemini", "all", "minimal"]
 
+# Compiler families used inside a multi-target frozenset. Narrower than
+# TargetType because the families are produced by _resolve_compile_target()
+# (in the compile CLI) from CLI-validated target names.
+CompileFamily = Literal["agents", "claude", "gemini"]
+
+# Compile target: either a single TargetType string or a frozenset of compiler
+# families ({"agents", "claude", "gemini"}) for multi-target lists.
+CompileTargetType = Union[TargetType, frozenset[CompileFamily]]
+
+# Detection reason returned by detect_target() when no integration folder is
+# present. Exported as a constant so consumers can compare with equality
+# instead of substring matching.
+REASON_NO_TARGET_FOLDER = "no target folder found"
+
 # User-facing target values (includes aliases accepted by CLI)
 UserTargetType = Literal["copilot", "vscode", "agents", "claude", "cursor", "opencode", "codex", "gemini", "all", "minimal"]
 
@@ -120,45 +134,54 @@ def detect_target(
     elif gemini_exists:
         return "gemini", "detected .gemini/ folder"
     else:
-        return "minimal", "no target folder found"
+        return "minimal", REASON_NO_TARGET_FOLDER
 
 
-def should_compile_agents_md(target: TargetType) -> bool:
+def should_compile_agents_md(target: CompileTargetType) -> bool:
     """Check if AGENTS.md should be compiled.
 
     AGENTS.md is generated for vscode, codex, gemini, all, and minimal
     targets.  Gemini needs it because GEMINI.md imports AGENTS.md.
-    
+
     Args:
-        target: The detected or configured target
-
+        target: The detected or configured target. May be a string or a
+            frozenset of compiler families for multi-target lists.
+
     Returns:
         bool: True if AGENTS.md should be generated
     """
+    if isinstance(target, frozenset):
+        return "agents" in target or "gemini" in target
     return target in ("vscode", "opencode", "codex", "gemini", "all", "minimal")
 
 
-def should_compile_claude_md(target: TargetType) -> bool:
+def should_compile_claude_md(target: CompileTargetType) -> bool:
     """Check if CLAUDE.md should be compiled.
 
     Args:
-        target: The detected or configured target
+        target: The detected or configured target. May be a string or a
+            frozenset of compiler families for multi-target lists.
 
     Returns:
         bool: True if CLAUDE.md should be generated
     """
+    if isinstance(target, frozenset):
+        return "claude" in target
     return target in ("claude", "all")
 
 
-def should_compile_gemini_md(target: TargetType) -> bool:
+def should_compile_gemini_md(target: CompileTargetType) -> bool:
     """Check if GEMINI.md should be compiled.
 
     Args:
-        target: The detected or configured target
+        target: The detected or configured target. May be a string or a
+            frozenset of compiler families for multi-target lists.
 
     Returns:
         bool: True if GEMINI.md should be generated
     """
+    if isinstance(target, frozenset):
+        return "gemini" in target
     return target in ("gemini", "all")