create-startups
npm create startups: its inputs, flags, templates, and the records and files it creates.
npm create startups creates a Startup in api.sb and a local directory that defines it as code.
Usage
npm create startups "Acme AI"
pnpm create startups acme.com
yarn create startups
bun create startups
npx create-startups --json '{"name":Inputs
| Input | Example | Creates |
|---|---|---|
| A name | "Acme AI" | One Startup on a free subdomain |
| A domain | acme.com | One Startup on that domain |
| Several names | "Acme AI" "Beta Labs" | One Startup each |
| JSON | --json '{"ideas": | One Startup per idea |
| Nothing | None. | Prompts for an idea, then suggests names |
Flags
| Flag | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
--template | <template> | The Template the Startup extends. Defaults to the root Template. |
--json | <object> | The Startup as JSON: name, domain, idea, or a list of ideas. |
--dir | <path> | The project directory. Defaults to the Startup name in kebab case. |
--env | test | live | Where the Startup is created. Defaults to test. |
--no-install | None. | Writes the project without installing packages. |
--dry-run | None. | Prints what it creates and writes nothing. |
--output | json | text | The output format. Agent mode defaults to json. |
--yes | None. | Accepts every default without prompting. |
Templates
Every new Startup extends the root Template unless --template names another.
Outputs
In api.sb: the Idea, the Startup in Test, its first domain, and one agent per Role its Template staffs. On disk: a project that defines the Startup as code.
acme-ai/startup.tsthe Startup, as codestartups.lockthe Startup Template Version it pinsAGENTS.mdhow any coding agent works this Startup.mcp.jsonthe MCP server, scoped to the Startuppackage.json
It prints the next command to run:
cd acme-ai
npx startup-builder show /