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Currently, dependency resolve does not support directories as repositories input. It should and we have a task about it.

<@U046HE0DK> I believe it is already possible to use the string `mavenLocal` as a repository URL for the local maven repo specifically. We don't need to support arbitrary directories for this

<@U10EJRH2L> Sorry for the late response. First, please note that this behavior is not officially documented.

If you want to use it, you would declare the repository like this (both `id` and `url` should have this special value):

```repositories:
  - id: mavenLocal
    url: mavenLocal```
When using Amper in a Gradle build, this will translate to declaring `mavenLocal()` as a repository for your project, which means you can now fetch dependencies from maven local.

Regarding publishing, you should be able to use the `publishToMavenLocal` task even without this setup.

> I assume then there's no publish equivalent for Amper standalone?
It's not officially documented yet, but there is a general work in progress for publication in Amper standalone too. I believe you should be able to use the same `module.yaml` and just run:

```./amper publish mavenLocal```
Or
```./amper task publishToMavenLocal```
Although note that the publication in Amper standalone is still WIP and might not be completely implemented.
For instance, KMP publications will be incomplete (pure JVM libs should be fine).