tari template init

Sets up an existing template crate for metadata generation.

tari template init [PATH] [OPTIONS]

Arguments

Argument	Description
[PATH]	Path to the template crate directory (default: .)

Options

Option	Description
--description <TEXT>	Template description, written to [package].description
--tags <TAGS>	Comma-separated tags (e.g. token,fungible,defi)
--category <CATEGORY>	Template category (e.g. token, nft, defi)
--documentation <URL>	Documentation URL
--homepage <URL>	Homepage URL
--logo-url <URL>	Logo URL — a link to the template’s icon or logo image
--supersedes <ADDRESS>	Template address of a previous version this template supersedes (64-char hex)
-y, --non-interactive	Skip interactive prompts, use only CLI args

Examples

Interactive mode

tari template init ./my-template

Prompts for tags, category, documentation, and homepage.

Non-interactive mode

tari template init ./my-template -y \
  --tags token,fungible,defi \
  --category token \
  --documentation https://docs.example.com \
  --homepage https://example.com

What it does

1. Adds tari_ootle_template_build to [build-dependencies] in Cargo.toml
2. Creates build.rs with TemplateMetadataBuilder (or warns if build.rs already exists)
3. Writes [package.metadata.tari-template] section with the provided metadata fields

The command is idempotent — running it twice will not duplicate entries.