Steps

Automating actions with Steps

Steps define actions that occur after the file generation is complete. They are executed in the order defined in skela.yaml.

# Common Fields

All steps support the following fields:

Field	Type	Description
`kind`	`string`	Required. The type of step.
`if`	`string`	Condition to check before running the step.
`before`	`string`	Message to print before the step runs.
`success`	`string`	Message to print on success.
`pending`	`string`	Message to show specifically during spinner execution.

Runs an arbitrary shell command.

- kind: command
  command: "echo 'Hello World'"
  silent: false # Set to true to hide output

Prints a message to the console. useful for final instructions.

- kind: print
  message: "Run 'npm start' to begin!"

Initializes a new Git repository in the target directory.

- kind: git-init

Runs go mod tidy to download dependencies.

- kind: go-tidy

Installs Node.js dependencies using the detected package manager (npm, pnpm, yarn, bun).

- kind: node-install