diff --git a/packages/app/server/routes/publish.post.ts b/packages/app/server/routes/publish.post.ts
index f4b0bfda..88c8f4db 100644
--- a/packages/app/server/routes/publish.post.ts
+++ b/packages/app/server/routes/publish.post.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export default eventHandler(async (event) => {
       "sb-comment": commentHeader,
       "sb-compact": compactHeader,
       "sb-bin": binHeader,
+      "sb-bin-packages": binPackagesHeader,
       "sb-package-manager": packageManagerHeader,
       "sb-only-templates": onlyTemplatesHeader,
       "sb-comment-with-sha": commentWithShaHeader,
@@ -32,7 +33,10 @@ export default eventHandler(async (event) => {
     const compact = compactHeader === "true";
     const onlyTemplates = onlyTemplatesHeader === "true";
     const comment: Comment = (commentHeader ?? "update") as Comment;
-    const bin = binHeader === "true";
+    const isBinPackage = parseBinPackagesHeader(
+      binPackagesHeader,
+      binHeader === "true",
+    );
     const packageManager: PackageManager =
       (packageManagerHeader as PackageManager) || "npm";
     const commentWithSha = commentWithShaHeader === "true";
@@ -271,7 +275,7 @@ export default eventHandler(async (event) => {
             workflowData,
             compact,
             packageManager,
-            bin,
+            isBinPackage,
             commentWithDev,
           ),
         },
@@ -328,7 +332,7 @@ export default eventHandler(async (event) => {
           checkRunUrl,
           packageManager,
           commentWithSha || comment !== "update" ? "sha" : "ref",
-          bin,
+          isBinPackage,
           commentWithDev,
         );
 
@@ -408,6 +412,26 @@ export default eventHandler(async (event) => {
   }
 });
 
+function parseBinPackagesHeader(
+  header: string | undefined,
+  legacyBinAll: boolean,
+): (packageName: string) => boolean {
+  if (header === undefined) {
+    return legacyBinAll ? () => true : () => false;
+  }
+  let parsed: unknown;
+  try {
+    parsed = JSON.parse(header);
+  } catch {
+    return () => false;
+  }
+  if (!Array.isArray(parsed)) {
+    return () => false;
+  }
+  const set = new Set(parsed.filter((v): v is string => typeof v === "string"));
+  return (name) => set.has(name);
+}
+
 async function getPullRequestState(
   installation: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof useOctokitInstallation>>,
   workflowData: WorkflowData,
diff --git a/packages/app/server/utils/markdown.ts b/packages/app/server/utils/markdown.ts
index 4c3a318e..bc803e95 100644
--- a/packages/app/server/utils/markdown.ts
+++ b/packages/app/server/utils/markdown.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export function generateCommitPublishMessage(
   workflowData: WorkflowData,
   compact: boolean,
   packageManager: PackageManager,
-  bin: boolean,
+  isBin: (packageName: string) => boolean,
   commentWithDev: boolean,
 ) {
   const isMoreThanFour = isMoreThanFourPackages(packages, packageManager);
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export function generateCommitPublishMessage(
         workflowData,
         compact,
       );
+      const packageIsBin = isBin(packageName);
       return packageManager
         .split(",")
         .map((pm) => {
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ export function generateCommitPublishMessage(
 
           return `
   \`\`\`
-  ${bin ? binCommands[pm as PackageManager] : installCommands[pm as PackageManager]} ${descriptor}
+  ${packageIsBin ? binCommands[pm as PackageManager] : installCommands[pm as PackageManager]} ${descriptor}
   \`\`\`
         `;
         })
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ export function generatePullRequestPublishMessage(
   checkRunUrl: string,
   packageManager: PackageManager,
   base: "sha" | "ref",
-  bin: boolean,
+  isBin: (packageName: string) => boolean,
   commentWithDev: boolean,
 ) {
   const isMoreThanFour = isMoreThanFourPackages(packages, packageManager);
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ export function generatePullRequestPublishMessage(
         workflowData,
         compact,
       );
+      const packageIsBin = isBin(packageName);
       return packageManager
         .split(",")
         .map((pm) => {
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ export function generatePullRequestPublishMessage(
 
           return `
   \`\`\`
-  ${bin ? binCommands[pm as PackageManager] : installCommands[pm as PackageManager]} ${refUrl + (commentWithDev ? " -D" : "")}
+  ${packageIsBin ? binCommands[pm as PackageManager] : installCommands[pm as PackageManager]} ${refUrl + (commentWithDev ? " -D" : "")}
   \`\`\`
   `;
         })
diff --git a/packages/cli/index.ts b/packages/cli/index.ts
index e48a1c7c..13803fda 100644
--- a/packages/cli/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/index.ts
@@ -187,7 +187,17 @@ const main = defineCommand({
 
           const isPeerDepsEnabled = !!args.peerDeps;
           const isOnlyTemplates = !!args["only-templates"];
-          const isBinaryApplication = !!args.bin;
+          const binArg = args.bin as boolean | string | undefined;
+          const binAllPackages =
+            binArg === true ||
+            (typeof binArg === "string" && binArg.toLowerCase() === "true");
+          const binExplicitNames =
+            typeof binArg === "string" && !binAllPackages
+              ? binArg
+                  .split(",")
+                  .map((s) => s.trim())
+                  .filter(Boolean)
+              : [];
           const isCommentWithSha = !!args.commentWithSha;
           const isCommentWithDev = !!args.commentWithDev;
           const comment: Comment = args.comment as Comment;
@@ -397,6 +407,23 @@ const main = defineCommand({
             }
           }
 
+          const knownPackageNames = new Set(
+            packageInfos.map((info) => info.packageName),
+          );
+          const binPackages = new Set<string>(
+            binAllPackages
+              ? knownPackageNames
+              : binExplicitNames.filter((name) => {
+                  if (knownPackageNames.has(name)) {
+                    return true;
+                  }
+                  console.warn(
+                    `--bin: '${name}' does not match any package being published (known: ${[...knownPackageNames].join(", ") || "(none)"}). Ignoring.`,
+                  );
+                  return false;
+                }),
+          );
+
           if (isCompact) {
             for (const { packageName } of packageInfos) {
               try {
@@ -737,7 +764,8 @@ const main = defineCommand({
               "sb-key": key,
               "sb-shasums": JSON.stringify(shasums),
               "sb-run-id": GITHUB_RUN_ID,
-              "sb-bin": `${isBinaryApplication}`,
+              "sb-bin": `${binPackages.size > 0 && binPackages.size === knownPackageNames.size}`,
+              "sb-bin-packages": JSON.stringify([...binPackages]),
               "sb-package-manager": selectedPackageManager.join(","),
               "sb-only-templates": `${isOnlyTemplates}`,
               "sb-comment-with-sha": `${isCommentWithSha}`,