AiMind CLI

A powerful CLI tool for scaffolding code templates from tar.gz archives. Automatically extract templates, initialize git repositories, and install dependencies.

Quick Start

# Install globally
npm install -g aimind-cli

# List available templates
aimind list

# Generate a new project (interactive)
aimind generate

# Generate to a specific directory
aimind generate --directory ./my-project

Features

• Interactive Template Selection - Beautiful CLI interface for choosing templates
• Automatic Setup - Git initialization and dependency installation included
• Template Discovery - Auto-scans and loads template metadata
• Safe Extraction - Confirms before overwriting existing directories
• Colorful Output - Clear progress indicators and status messages

Installation

Global (Recommended)

npm install -g aimind-cli

Local Development

npm install
npm link

Commands

aimind list                              # List all available templates
aimind generate                          # Generate from template (interactive)
aimind generate --directory <dir>        # Generate to specific directory
aimind --help                            # Show help
aimind --version                         # Show version

How It Works

1. Choose a template from the interactive list
2. Specify the project directory
3. CLI automatically:
   • Extracts the template archive
   • Initializes a git repository
   • Installs dependencies (if package.json exists)

Template Format

Templates are stored in src/templates/ with this structure:

templates/
├── my-template/
│   ├── metadata.json      # Template information
│   └── template.tar.gz    # Project archive

metadata.json

{
  "name": "Template Name",
  "description": "What this template provides",
  "author": "Author Name",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "tags": ["typescript", "nextjs"]
}

Requirements

• Node.js >= 14.0.0
• npm or yarn
• git (for automatic repository initialization)

Environment

Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows.

License

ISC