fix: skip internal tools in manifest generation and improve Windows path handling in command generator

src/core/tasks/workflow.xml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<task id="_bmad/core/tasks/workflow.xml" name="Execute Workflow" standalone="false">
+<task id="_bmad/core/tasks/workflow.xml" name="Execute Workflow" standalone="false" internal="true">
   <objective>Execute given workflow by loading its configuration, following instructions, and producing output</objective>
 
   <llm critical="true">

tools/cli/installers/lib/core/manifest-generator.js

@@ -385,6 +385,11 @@ class ManifestGenerator {
         const filePath = path.join(dirPath, file);
         const content = await fs.readFile(filePath, 'utf8');
 
+        // Skip internal/engine files (not user-facing tasks)
+        if (content.includes('internal="true"')) {
+          continue;
+        }
+
         let name = file.replace(/\.(xml|md)$/, '');
         let displayName = name;
         let description = '';
@@ -474,6 +479,11 @@ class ManifestGenerator {
         const filePath = path.join(dirPath, file);
         const content = await fs.readFile(filePath, 'utf8');
 
+        // Skip internal tools (same as tasks)
+        if (content.includes('internal="true"')) {
+          continue;
+        }
+
         let name = file.replace(/\.(xml|md)$/, '');
         let displayName = name;
         let description = '';

tools/cli/installers/lib/ide/_base-ide.js

@@ -446,6 +446,11 @@ class BaseIdeSetup {
           try {
             const content = await fs.readFile(fullPath, 'utf8');
 
+            // Skip internal/engine files (not user-facing tasks/tools)
+            if (content.includes('internal="true"')) {
+              continue;
+            }
+
             // Check for standalone="true" in XML files
             if (entry.name.endsWith('.xml')) {
               // Look for standalone="true" in the opening tag (task or tool)

tools/cli/installers/lib/ide/_config-driven.js

@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ class ConfigDrivenIdeSetup extends BaseIdeSetup {
    */
   async installToTarget(projectDir, bmadDir, config, options) {
     const { target_dir, template_type, artifact_types } = config;
+
+    // Skip targets with explicitly empty artifact_types array
+    // This prevents creating empty directories when no artifacts will be written
+    if (Array.isArray(artifact_types) && artifact_types.length === 0) {
+      return { success: true, results: { agents: 0, workflows: 0, tasks: 0, tools: 0 } };
+    }
+
     const targetPath = path.join(projectDir, target_dir);
     await this.ensureDir(targetPath);
 

tools/cli/installers/lib/ide/platform-codes.yaml

@@ -94,9 +94,6 @@ platforms:
         - target_dir: .github/agents
           template_type: copilot_agents
           artifact_types: [agents]
-        - target_dir: .vscode
-          template_type: vscode_settings
-          artifact_types: []
 
   iflow:
     name: "iFlow"

tools/cli/installers/lib/ide/shared/bmad-artifacts.js

@@ -141,13 +141,24 @@ async function getTasksFromDir(dirPath, moduleName) {
   const files = await fs.readdir(dirPath);
 
   for (const file of files) {
-    if (!file.endsWith('.md')) {
+    // Include both .md and .xml task files
+    if (!file.endsWith('.md') && !file.endsWith('.xml')) {
       continue;
     }
 
+    const filePath = path.join(dirPath, file);
+    const content = await fs.readFile(filePath, 'utf8');
+
+    // Skip internal/engine files (not user-facing tasks)
+    if (content.includes('internal="true"')) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    // Remove extension to get task name
+    const ext = file.endsWith('.xml') ? '.xml' : '.md';
     tasks.push({
-      path: path.join(dirPath, file),
+      path: filePath,
-      name: file.replace('.md', ''),
+      name: file.replace(ext, ''),
       module: moduleName,
     });
   }

tools/cli/installers/lib/ide/shared/task-tool-command-generator.js

@@ -164,7 +164,9 @@ class TaskToolCommandGenerator {
       // Extract relative path from absolute paths (Windows or Unix)
       // Look for _bmad/ or bmad/ in the path and extract everything after it
       // Match patterns like: /_bmad/core/tasks/... or /bmad/core/tasks/...
-      const bmadMatch = itemPath.match(/\/_bmad\/(.+)$/) || itemPath.match(/\/bmad\/(.+)$/);
+      // Use [/\\] to handle both Unix forward slashes and Windows backslashes,
+      // and also paths without a leading separator (e.g., C:/_bmad/...)
+      const bmadMatch = itemPath.match(/[/\\]_bmad[/\\](.+)$/) || itemPath.match(/[/\\]bmad[/\\](.+)$/);
       if (bmadMatch) {
         // Found /_bmad/ or /bmad/ - use relative path after it
         itemPath = `{project-root}/${this.bmadFolderName}/${bmadMatch[1]}`;