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While I don't know what

buildDirectory

is and whether it is the right approach to unpack all files when you actually just want the json file, it could be done with an artifact transform actually, but yes, it should also work fine with a copy task like you showed. I don't know how that should influence the compilation of your code though, especially without the concrete error message and the actual build scripts or at least an MCVE.

buildDirectory

is a custom directory that should exist already or it will be made. I seem to be getting closer to a solution but I will have a look at Artifact transform. With the custom configuration it’s not really an error message. The classes in Project B just can’t load any classes from Project A if I use the custom configuration like the dependency is never downloaded. Thanks for the answer though. I will see if I can find a solution with copy or artifact transform.