Best way to attach additional jars to maven project [java] - maven

I have a maven based project, which after execution I want to install all the generated jars to the maven repository.
I cannot add additional jar details in the pom.xml because the additional jars are not static.
The only option for me to add them through a custom mojo.
I have created my own mojo and installed the main project jars.
What would be the best way to attach the additional generated jars.
I tried the method, addAttachedArtifact(..) in MavenProject and it installed the additional jar files but not generating a default pom.xml for the additional jar files.
I m not sure what would be the best way to indicate to generate default pom.xml for additional jars while installing into the maven repository.
Thanks in advance!

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