apm experimental

Manage opt-in experimental feature flags. Flags gate new or changing behaviour so you can evaluate it before it graduates to default.

Caution

Experimental flags can change behaviour, default value, or be removed entirely in any release. Do not depend on them in scripts or CI without pinning the APM CLI version.

Synopsis

apm experimental                       # alias for `list`
apm experimental list [OPTIONS]
apm experimental enable NAME
apm experimental disable NAME
apm experimental reset [NAME] [--yes]

Description

Experimental flags live under the experimental key of ~/.apm/config.json and default to disabled. Toggling a flag persists the override; reset removes it. Flag names are case-insensitive and accept either kebab-case (verbose-version) or snake_case (verbose_version) on the command line.

Flags never gate security-critical behaviour (content scanning, lockfile integrity, token handling, MCP trust checks). Those are always on. See apm audit for the security model.

Subcommands

apm experimental list

List all registered flags with their current status.

Option	Description
--enabled	Show only enabled flags. Mutually exclusive with --disabled.
--disabled	Show only disabled flags.
--json	Emit a JSON array (name, enabled, default, description, source).
-v, --verbose	Show config file path and extra context.

apm experimental enable NAME

Enable a flag and persist the override. Prints a hint pointing to the relevant command when one is registered. Errors with did you mean suggestions if NAME is not registered.

apm experimental disable NAME

Disable a flag and persist the override.

apm experimental reset [NAME]

Reset one flag (when NAME is given) or all flags (when omitted) to registry defaults. Bulk reset prompts for confirmation and also removes unknown or malformed entries from ~/.apm/config.json.

Option	Description
-y, --yes	Skip the confirmation prompt on bulk reset.
-v, --verbose	Show config file path and extra context.

Group options

Option	Description
-v, --verbose	Inherited by every subcommand unless overridden locally.

Available flags

Flag	What it does	Related command
verbose-version	Adds Python version, platform, and install path to apm --version output.	apm --version
copilot-cowork	Enables Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork skill deployment via OneDrive.	apm install --target copilot-cowork --global
copilot-app	Deploys prompts as workflows into the GitHub Copilot desktop App. Workflows arrive disabled; enable them from the Copilot app’s Workflows tab.	apm install --target copilot-app
marketplace-authoring	Enables marketplace authoring commands (init, build, publish).	apm marketplace --help
registries	Enables REST-based APM package registries in apm.yml and ~/.apm/config.json.	apm install (with registries: configured)
canvas	Ships Copilot CLI canvas extensions from .apm/extensions/ bundles.	apm install
external-scanners	Enables third-party SARIF scanner ingestion in apm audit (--external, --external-llm, --external-args), the external.<name>.{llm,args} config keys, and security.audit.scanners policy governance.	apm audit --external skillspector
openclaw	Deploys skills to OpenClaw runtime directories.	apm install --target openclaw

Run apm experimental list to see the live registry; new flags ship in minor releases.

Examples

List all flags:

apm experimental list

Enable verbose version output:

apm experimental enable verbose-version
apm --version

Show only enabled flags as JSON:

apm experimental list --enabled --json

Reset a single flag:

apm experimental reset verbose-version

Reset everything without prompting:

apm experimental reset --yes

Related

• apm config – read and write user-level CLI configuration.
• Experimental flags reference – detailed notes on each flag and its graduation status.
• apm compile – target consumers of the copilot-cowork flag.