⚡ Overview

Prism Create CLI (create-prism-cli) is the starter behind the Prism CLIs. Answer four questions (or pass flags) and you get a working, tested, zero-dependency Node.js command-line tool: argument parsing with node:util parseArgs, colours that respect NO_COLOR, proper exit codes, node:test tests that already pass, a README, an MIT license and a GitHub Actions matrix. Pick basic for a single command with flags or commands for git-style subcommands.

✨ Features

• Two templates: basic (flags, positional args, JSON output) and commands (add / list subcommands with per-command help)
• Zero dependencies in the generated project — only Node built-ins
• Tests included with node:test, passing out of the box (--test verifies)
• CI matrix: Ubuntu, Windows, macOS × Node 18 / 20 / 22
• README, MIT LICENSE (author from git), .editorconfig, .gitignore, git init + first commit
• Interactive prompts, or fully scripted with -y and flags

🚀 Quick Start

# run without installing
npx github:krishyaa06/prism-create-cli my-cli

# or install globally
npm install -g github:krishyaa06/prism-create-cli
create-prism-cli my-cli -t commands

Requires Node.js 18.17+. No dependencies.

🛠️ Usage

create-prism-cli [dir] [options]      asks for anything missing (unless -y)

  -n, --name <pkg>        package name (default: folder name)
  -b, --bin <cmd>         command name
  -d, --desc <text>       one-line description
  -t, --template <t>      basic | commands
  -a, --author <name>     author (default: git user.name)
  -r, --repo <owner/repo> GitHub repo for package.json + README
      --no-git            skip git init + first commit
      --test              run the generated tests
  -y, --yes               accept defaults, no prompts
  -f, --force             write into a non-empty folder

What you get (basic)

my-cli/
├── .github/workflows/ci.yml
├── bin/my-cli.js        parseArgs, help, exit codes
├── src/index.js         your logic (pure, testable)
├── src/colors.js        NO_COLOR-aware colours
├── test/my-cli.test.js  node:test
├── README.md  LICENSE  package.json  .editorconfig  .gitignore

📁 Project Structure

prism-create-cli/
├── assets/
│   ├── logo.png
│   └── logo.svg
├── bin/
│   └── create-prism-cli.js   # CLI entry
├── src/
│   ├── index.js   # scaffold + git init
│   ├── templates.js   # generated files (basic / commands)
│   └── ui.js   # colours, tables
├── test/
│   └── create.test.js
├── .gitignore
├── LICENSE
└── package.json

🧪 Tests

npm test

Tests use the built-in node:test runner, so there is nothing to install. CI runs them on Node 20 and 22.

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repo and create a branch: git checkout -b feature/my-idea
2. Make your change and add a test in test/
3. Run npm test and open a Pull Request

🔷 Part of Prism Protocol

Prism Create CLI is one of the open-source tools built by Prism Protocol, a tech community where young builders learn, ship and compete together.

👤 Author

Soumya Bhandare Founder @ Prism Protocol

📄 License

Released under the MIT License.

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