Function runCreateApp

packages/openui-cli/src/commands/create-app.ts:33–159

(options: CreateAppOptions)

}

export async function runCreateApp(options: CreateAppOptions): Promise<void> {
  const interactive = !options.noInteractive;
  const t0 = Date.now();
  telemetry.register({ is_interactive: interactive });

  const args = await resolveArgs(
    {
      name: options.name
        ? { value: options.name }
        : { prompt: { type: "input", message: "Project name?" }, required: true },
      template: options.template
        ? { value: options.template }
        : {
            prompt: {
              type: "select",
              message: "Which template?",
              choices: [
                {
                  value: "openui-cloud",
                  name: "OpenUI Cloud — managed conversations, artifacts & streaming",
                },
                {
                  value: "openui-self-hosted",
                  name: "OpenUI Self Hosted — starter setup with OpenAI SDK",
                },
              ],
            },
            required: true,
          },
    },
    interactive,
  );

  const { name, template } = args as { name: string; template: TemplateName };
  telemetry.register({ template });
  telemetry.capture("cli_create_started", { interactive });
  telemetry.capture("cli_template_selected", { template });

  const targetDir = path.resolve(process.cwd(), name);
  if (fs.existsSync(targetDir)) {
    throw new CreateError("dir_exists", `Directory "${name}" already exists.`);
  }

  const packageManager = resolveInstallPackageManager();
  telemetry.register({ package_manager: packageManager.name });
  const templateDir = path.join(__dirname, "..", "templates", template);
  if (!fs.existsSync(templateDir)) {
    throw new CreateError(
      "template_missing",
      `Template "${template}" not found. Rebuild the CLI with \`pnpm build\`.`,
    );
  }

  console.info(`\nScaffolding ${template} into "${name}"...\n`);
  fs.cpSync(templateDir, targetDir, {
    recursive: true,
    filter: (src) => shouldCopyTemplatePath(templateDir, src),
  });