# base44-cli

Teaches AI coding assistants to manage Base44 apps via CLI: provision projects, push entity schemas, configure realtime actors, and run deployments.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 10900 installs · ★ 91
- Author: base44
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/base44/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/base44-cli/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-26
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/base44-cli

## What it does

This skill instructs coding agents how to run the Base44 CLI without breaking workflows. It enforces executing commands exclusively through package managers like `npx base44` or `pnpm` instead of direct binary calls. Every session starts with an authentication check via `npx base44 whoami`. If neither `BASE44_API_KEY` nor environment tokens are present, the agent halts all actions until the user completes `npx base44 login`.

The skill routes work based on local files. When `base44/config.jsonc` already exists, feature implementation shifts to `base44-sdk`, while this skill retains tasks like entity pushes and deployments. For uninitialized directories, it checks for `BASE44_APP_ID` before touching project creation. Running `npx base44 create` on an externally provisioned app creates a duplicate instance, so the skill forces `npx base44 scaffold` instead.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add base44/skills --skill base44-cli -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/base44-cli/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/base44-cli/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add base44/skills --skill base44-cli -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/base44-cli/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add base44/skills --skill base44-cli -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/base44-cli/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install base44/skills base44-cli
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/base44-cli/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add base44/skills --skill base44-cli -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/base44/skills --path skills/base44-cli
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/base44-cli/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add base44/skills --skill base44-cli -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/base44/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/base44-cli/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- initialize a new Base44 app using `npx base44 create`
- set up local files for an externally provisioned app with `npx base44 scaffold`
- verify session authentication before executing CLI actions via `npx base44 whoami`
- manage the `base44/` configuration directory for schemas, functions, and actors

## Example prompts
- Create a new Base44 project in this directory
- Scaffold the local Base44 project using the provisioned BASE44_APP_ID
- Check my Base44 login status and push entities

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: base44-cli
description: "The base44 CLI is used for EVERYTHING related to base44 projects: resource configuration (entities, backend functions, realtime actors, ai agents), initialization and actions (resource creation, deployment), and any other operation on an existing app or workspace through the Base44 public API (settings, domains, users, members, source export). This skill is the place for learning about how to configure resources, including actors — the realtime/WebSocket primitive behind multiplayer, collaborative boards, presence and live cursors, in-room chat, and live auctions. When you plan or implement a feature, you must learn this skill"
metadata:
  sourcePackage:
    name: base44
    version: 0.1.7
---

# Base44 CLI

Create and manage Base44 apps (projects) using the Base44 CLI tool.

## ⚡ IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED - Read This First

This skill activates on ANY mention of "base44" or when a `base44/` folder exists. **DO NOT read documentation files or search the web before acting.**

**Your first action MUST be:**
1. Check if `base44/config.jsonc` exists in the current directory
2. If **YES** (existing project scenario):
   - Transfer to base44-sdk skill for implementation
   - This skill only handles CLI commands (login, deploy, entities push)
   - **Except running the app locally** — stays here. Read [Running Local Development](#running-local-development)
     before starting a dev server: one way of running hits production data.
3. If **NO**, decide between two initialization paths:
   - **Provisioned app** — the Base44 app already exists because it was just provisioned through a Stripe Projects / projects.dev flow, OR `BASE44_APP_ID` (or `BASE44_PROJECTS_BASE44_APP_ID`) is present in the environment or a `.env`/`.env.local` file:
     - Run `npx base44 scaffold` to set up local files for that **existing** app
     - **DO NOT run `npx base44 create`** — that creates a second, duplicate app. See [scaffold.md](references/scaffold.md).
   - **New project** — no app exists yet and none was provisioned:
     - This skill (base44-cli) handles the request; guide the user through `npx base44 create`
     - Do NOT activate base44-sdk yet

## Critical: Local Installation Only

NEVER call `base44` directly. The CLI is installed locally as a dev dependency and must be accessed via a package manager:

- `npx base44 <command>` (npm - recommended)
- `yarn base44 <command>` (yarn)
- `pnpm base44 <command>` (pnpm)

WRONG: `base44 login`
RIGHT: `npx base44 login`

## MANDATORY: Authentication Check at Session Start

**CRITICAL**: At the very start of every AI session when this skill is activated, you MUST:

1. **Check authentication status** by running:
   ```bash
   npx base44 whoami
   ```

2. **If the user is logged in** (command succeeds and shows an email):
   - Continue with the requested task

3. **If the user is NOT logged in** (command fails or shows an error):
   - **STOP immediately**
   - **DO NOT proceed** with any CLI operations
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