showpane

CLI for Showpane — AI-generated client portals.

Install

npx showpane

Commands

npx showpane (default)

Scaffold a new Showpane portal project. Unpacks a version-pinned scaffold, installs the global Showpane toolchain, sets up Prisma, and starts the local app.

Flags:

• --name <company> — provide the company name non-interactively
• --yes — skip prompts when paired with --name
• --no-open — do not open the local app in the browser
• --verbose — stream raw install logs instead of the quiet installer view

showpane login

Authenticate with Showpane Cloud for hosted portal deployment. This is auth only. If the workspace is not billing/provisioning-ready yet, the cloud flow will send you to the relevant Showpane Cloud checkout or settings step.

showpane claude

Resume your Showpane workspace by launching Claude Code in the right project directory.

Flags:

• --project <name-or-path> — open a specific remembered workspace
• --yes / --name <company> — only used when no workspace exists yet and Showpane needs to create the first one
• --verbose — show raw setup logs during first-time onboarding

showpane projects

List remembered Showpane workspaces and show which one is currently active for global skills.

showpane sync

Install or refresh the global Showpane toolchain and Claude Code skills for the current CLI version.

showpane upgrade

Upgrade a generated Showpane project using packaged scaffold assets instead of upstream git history.

Requirements

• Node.js 20+
• Claude Code (for portal creation)

Local Smoke Test

npm run smoke:test-local

Builds the local CLI, packs it, and runs the full npx scaffold flow in a temp directory with a deliberately conflicting parent DATABASE_URL.