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Recommend AXM extensions from a Julia package and target Julia packages from an extension.

AXM reads Julia extension metadata from a top-level agentExtensions array in the package's Project.toml. This is the two-way linking model applied to the Julia ecosystem (the General registry).

Recommend extensions from a package

Section titled Recommend extensions from a package

Add a top-level agentExtensions array to Project.toml. Each entry is an extension reference (@owner/<type>/<name>):

# Project.toml
name = "AgentXMExampleTinyFlags"
uuid = "9019d187-aeb1-4daa-a321-8e2340601955"
version = "0.1.0"

agentExtensions = [{ ref = "@examples/packs/julia-general-tinyflags" }]

Project.toml ships with the registered package, so the array is available to consumers after resolution.

Keep recommendations identity-only — omit versionRange. AXM resolves the reference to the newest matching extension version and pins it in the user's axm.lock. Prefer recommending a single pack so you keep one stable reference while its contents evolve.

Add a semver versionRange only when your package genuinely pairs with a bounded major line of the extension:

agentExtensions = [
  { ref = "@examples/packs/julia-general-tinyflags", versionRange = "^1.0.0" },
]

Target Julia packages from an extension

Section titled Target Julia packages from an extension

On the extension manifest (skill.json, pack.json, subagent.json, …), add a packages array with a Julia purl. Use the package name as registered in the General registry as the purl name:

// pack.json
{
  "packages": [{ "purl": "pkg:julia/AgentXMExampleTinyFlags" }],
}

Default to identity-only. Add a VERS versionRange with the julia scheme only when the extension depends on package APIs introduced or removed in a known range:

{
  "packages": [
    {
      "purl": "pkg:julia/AgentXMExampleTinyFlags",
      "versionRange": "vers:julia/>=0.1.0|<1.0.0",
    },
  ],
}

When the Julia package recommends an extension through the AgentXM Registry and that extension names the package as a companion via its purl, AXM derives official status for the pair — no extra flag. See Official extensions.

The julia-general-lib and julia-general-app directories in polyglot-examples are the working fixtures for everything above. The package publishes a TinyFlags companion pack and recommends it from the top-level agentExtensions array in Project.toml; the pack and each skill declare the package's pkg:julia purl as an identity-only companion package.