Lathe

Lathe

Initialize an application

Prefer explicit flags so agent runs never wait for prompts:

lathe init ./my-app \
  --language node \
  --app-name "My App" \
  --cli-name my-appctl \
  --go-module example.com/my-app \
  --license mit \
  --license-holder "My App contributors" \
  --json

Supported languages are node, go, python, and rust.

The default template is the selected language's latest main. Override it with --template '<git-url>#<ref>'; the optional ref may be a branch or tag.

After initialization, inspect the JSON result, enter the new repository, and read its AGENTS.md. The repository intentionally has no commit, staged files, or Git remote.

Application development loop

For every API-facing behavior change:

1. Update the application implementation.
2. Update openapi/openapi.yaml in the same change.
3. Run the check command returned by lathe init.
4. Run <cli-name> __lathe verify --json before broader command acceptance.
5. When a commit is requested, include the regenerated internal/generated/, skills/<cli-name>/, and cmd/<cli-name>/cli.yaml outputs with the feature.

Do not hand-edit generated files. Use the generated CLI as the main acceptance surface. Before guessing commands or flags, run <cli-name> search "<intent>" --json, then <cli-name> commands show <path...> --json.