ai-project-bootstrap
v1.5.1
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Getting started
What this isInstallationThe wizard, question by questionYour first project
Choosing a stack
Describing your idea (Pro)Licensing & open sourcePresetsArchetypesPreset or archetype?Cost estimation
Technology catalogue
Browse all 35 modulesCategories & selection rulesSupabase
CLI reference
generateaddimplementreviewanalyzeupgradedoctorGlobal flags & exit codes
The generated project
File-by-file contractAI rules per toolRegenerating safelyai-project.config.json
Contributing
Adding a technologyAdding an implement providerAdding an archetypeAdding pricing dataChanging the engine
Docs / CLI reference / add

add

Put one more technology into a project this tool already generated, without starting over.

cd my-app
npx ai-project-bootstrap add stripe
npx ai-project-bootstrap add stripe --dry-run
npx ai-project-bootstrap add stripe --dir ../my-app

How it works

It loads the project's ai-project.config.json, adds the technology to the saved selection, and regenerates through the same path a --config replay uses — with the same fingerprint-based preservation, so anything you have hand-edited since generation is left alone.

Replacing instead of adding

A category that only allows one choice — payments, database, backend — can be filled when empty, or swapped with --replace. You never name what is being replaced: with one answer per single-select category, it is inferred from the project itself.

npx ai-project-bootstrap add supabase --replace
npx ai-project-bootstrap add supabase --replace --dry-run

What --replace deletes

→The old technology's own files — its rule file in every AI tool directory you selected.
→Merged output (package.json, .env.example) is regenerated from scratch so it reflects only what is still selected.
→If any of the old technology's files were hand-edited since generation, the whole replace is refused and nothing changes. Move or remove them yourself, then run it again.
Multi-select categories just grow

--replace does not apply to analytics, testing or crash-reporting, and there is no add-side way to remove a single item from one yet.

Flags

Flag
Meaning
--replace
Swap out a single-select category's existing answer
--dry-run
Preview the file changes without writing
--dir <path>
Run against a project elsewhere
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Source: README.md — Growing a project