create-cabinet

Create a new Cabinet project in one command. Cabinet is an AI-first self-hosted knowledge base and startup OS.

Usage

npx create-cabinet my-startup

This creates a new cabinet directory and starts the server. It delegates to the cabinetai CLI under the hood.

Equivalent to:

npx cabinetai create my-startup
cd my-startup
npx cabinetai run

All Commands

create-cabinet is a shortcut for the most common flow. For everything else, use cabinetai directly:

npx cabinetai create [name]        # Create a new cabinet directory
npx cabinetai run                  # Start Cabinet serving the current directory
npx cabinetai import <template>    # Import a pre-made cabinet from the registry
npx cabinetai list                 # List cabinets in the current directory
npx cabinetai doctor               # Run health checks
npx cabinetai update               # Download a newer app version
npx cabinetai uninstall            # Remove cached app versions from ~/.cabinet
npx cabinetai --help               # Show all commands

What You Get

• WYSIWYG markdown editor with AI editing panel (Claude)
• Agent dashboard — define personas, run tasks, view transcripts
• Scheduled jobs — cron-based automation with YAML configs
• Kanban task board
• Full terminal in the browser
• Cmd+K search, git-backed version history, drag-and-drop pages
• Cabinet registry — import pre-made templates for SaaS, agencies, e-commerce, and more

How It Works

The Cabinet web app auto-downloads to ~/.cabinet/app/ on first run. Your cabinet is just a directory with a .cabinet manifest, your agents, jobs, and content — no database, no cloud dependency.

my-startup/
  .cabinet               YAML manifest
  .agents/               Agent personas
  .jobs/                 Scheduled jobs
  index.md               Entry page

Requirements

• Node.js >= 18 (20+ recommended)
• git

License

MIT