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# evidencectl init command reference

> Generated syntax and options for evidencectl init.

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Create a new editable Evidence project.

## Contract status

This page is generated from the public Clap command tree for Registry Stack source version `0.30.0` and catalog SHA-256 `2221f17eae216048d4cfaf7f66e3dcd68a250f6f6de4e24b177441819192b475`. Hidden implementation commands are omitted.

## Usage

```text
evidencectl init [OPTIONS] --profile <PROFILE> <--openapi <OPENAPI>|--transport <TRANSPORT>|--starter <STARTER>> <DIRECTORY>
```

## Constraints

| Condition | Requirement |
| --- | --- |
| Command invocation | Exactly one of `--openapi <OPENAPI>`, `--transport <TRANSPORT>`, `--starter <STARTER>` is required. |
| Command invocation | `--openapi <OPENAPI>` and `--starter <STARTER>` cannot be used together. |
| Command invocation | `--openapi <OPENAPI>` and `--transport <TRANSPORT>` cannot be used together. |
| Command invocation | `--starter <STARTER>` and `--transport <TRANSPORT>` cannot be used together. |

## Arguments

| Argument | Always required | Default | Values | Environment | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `<DIRECTORY>` | Yes | n/a | n/a | n/a | New directory to create for the editable authoring project |

## Options

| Option | Always required | Default | Values | Environment | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--openapi <OPENAPI>` | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | OpenAPI 3.0 or 3.1 document: a local path or an HTTPS URL |
| `--transport <TRANSPORT>` | No | n/a | `sqlite-extract` | n/a | Source transport to author without an API description |
| `--starter <STARTER>` | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | Reviewed local starter directory to copy without requiring an API description |
| `--profile <PROFILE>` | Yes | n/a | `local` | n/a | Explicit development profile for local authoring |
| `--format <output_format>` | No | `human` | `human`, `json` | n/a | Select human-readable or machine-readable output |
| `-h, --help` | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | Print help (see a summary with '-h') |

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