chore: fix git initialization prompt message (grammar) (#155 )

chore(main): release 1.4.0 (#152 )
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2026-06-06 09:26:52 +00:00 · 2025-07-28 20:19:31 +05:30 · 2025-02-06 22:17:01 -06:00 · 2025-02-06 22:13:35 -06:00 · 2025-01-28 22:00:38 -06:00 · 2025-01-28 18:55:05 -06:00
58 changed files with 6713 additions and 8762 deletions
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-deprecate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-deprecate.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: NPM Auto Deprecate
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  auto-deprecate:
+    name: NPM Auto Deprecate
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Project
+        uses: actions/checkout@ac593985615ec2ede58e132d2e21d2b1cbd6127c # v3
+
+      - name: Use Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@1a4442cacd436585916779262731d5b162bc6ec7 # v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 17
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org/'
+
+      - name: Install Node.js dependencies
+        run: npm i
+      - name: Deprecate dev versions
+        run: npx npm-deprecate --name "*dev*" --package "@sern/cli" --message "This is a deprecated version of @sern/cli@dev. Please use the latest dev version."
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Deprecate pr versions
+        run: npx npm-deprecate --name "*pr*" --package "@sern/cli" --message "This is a deprecated version of @sern/cli. Please use the latest version."
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:

    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@2541b1294d2704b0964813337f33b291d3f8596b # tag=v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@ac593985615ec2ede58e132d2e21d2b1cbd6127c # v3

    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
    - name: Initialize CodeQL
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-delivery.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-delivery.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+name: Continuous Delivery
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - 'src/**'
+      - 'package.json'
+
+jobs:
+  Publish:
+    name: Publishing Dev
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out Git repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@ac593985615ec2ede58e132d2e21d2b1cbd6127c # v3
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@1a4442cacd436585916779262731d5b162bc6ec7 # v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 17
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+
+      - name: Install Node.js dependencies
+        run: npm i && npm run build
+
+      - name: Link Project
+        run: npm link
+
+      - name: Test Sern
+        run: sern
+
+      - name: Publish to npm
+        run: |
+          npm version premajor --preid "dev.$(git rev-parse --verify --short HEAD)" --git-tag-version=false
+          npm publish --tag dev
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+name: Continuous Integration
+
+on:
+  # Trigger the workflow on push or pull request,
+  # but only for the main branch
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request_target:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  # Lint:
+    # name: Linting
+    # runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    # steps:
+      # - name: Check out Git repository
+      #  uses: actions/checkout@ac593985615ec2ede58e132d2e21d2b1cbd6127c # v3
+
+      # - name: Set up Node.js
+      # uses: actions/setup-node@64ed1c7eab4cce3362f8c340dee64e5eaeef8f7c # v3
+      #  with:
+      #    node-version: 17
+
+      # Prettier must be in `package.json`
+      # - name: Install Node.js dependencies
+      #  run: npm i
+
+      # - name: Run Prettier
+      #  run: npm run format
+
+  Test:
+    name: Testing
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out Git repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@ac593985615ec2ede58e132d2e21d2b1cbd6127c # v3
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@1a4442cacd436585916779262731d5b162bc6ec7 # v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 20
+
+      - name: Install Node.js dependencies
+        run: npm i && npm run build
+
+      - name: Link Project
+        run: npm link
+
+      - name: Test sern
+        run: sern
--- a/.github/workflows/linter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linter.yml
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-name: Lint
-
-on:
-  # Trigger the workflow on push or pull request,
-  # but only for the main branch
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  pull_request_target:
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-jobs:
-  run-linters:
-    name: Run linters
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out Git repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@2541b1294d2704b0964813337f33b291d3f8596b # tag=v3
-
-      - name: Set up Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@56337c425554a6be30cdef71bf441f15be286854 # tag=v3
-        with:
-          node-version: 17
-
-      # ESLint and Prettier must be in `package.json`
-      - name: Install Node.js dependencies
-        run: npm i
-
-      - name: Run Prettier
-        run: npm run format
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+name: Publish
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      prNumber:
+        description: The number of the PR that is being deployed
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+  Publish:
+    name: Publishing
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out Git repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@ac593985615ec2ede58e132d2e21d2b1cbd6127c # v3
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@1a4442cacd436585916779262731d5b162bc6ec7 # v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 17
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+
+      - name: Install Node.js dependencies
+        run: npm i && npm run build
+
+      - name: Link Project
+        run: npm link
+
+      - name: Test sern
+        run: sern
+
+      - name: Publish to npm
+        run: |
+          TAG=$(echo 'pr-${{ github.event.inputs.prNumber }}')
+          npm version premajor --preid "${TAG}.$(git rev-parse --verify --short HEAD)" --git-tag-version=false
+          npm publish --tag ${TAG}
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  Release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v3
+        id: release
+        with:
+          release-type: node
+          bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major: true
+      - uses: actions/checkout@ac593985615ec2ede58e132d2e21d2b1cbd6127c # v3
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@1a4442cacd436585916779262731d5b162bc6ec7 # v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 17
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+      - run: npm i && npm run build
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+      - run: npm link
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+      - run: sern
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+      - run: npm publish
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+renovate.json
+tsconfig.json
+.prettierignore
+.prettierrc
+.gitattributes
+.github/
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 .github/
-CHANGELOG.md
+CHANGELOG.md
+dist/
--- a/.prettierrc
+++ b/.prettierrc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
-	"tabWidth": 4,
-	"useTabs": true,
-	"singleQuote": true
+    "tabWidth": 4,
+    "useTabs": false,
+    "singleQuote": true,
+    "printWidth": 140
 }
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,265 @@
 # Changelog

-All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+
+## [1.4.0](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v1.3.5...v1.4.0) (2025-02-07)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* watch command execute on successful build ([#151](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/151)) ([1695956](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/1695956350a55bb4a28839b427d1bf46cf518b01))
+
+## [1.3.5](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v1.3.4...v1.3.5) (2025-01-29)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Update Dockerfile.TS.sern ([#149](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/149)) ([fca3c76](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/fca3c7601604215af9b6d66a137370064ae656e1))
+
+## [1.3.4](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v1.3.3...v1.3.4) (2025-01-22)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* tsconfig generator ([#145](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/145)) ([23d70c6](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/23d70c6e03860d1a69e3bffedd6910aba82071ab))
+
+## [1.3.3](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v1.3.2...v1.3.3) (2024-08-07)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* bunpnpminstall ([9c2d6d7](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/9c2d6d7389c41a071ab86570cebf987b02bbf450))
+
+## [1.3.2](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v1.3.1...v1.3.2) (2024-07-31)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* make tsconfig work with comments/trailing commas ([#142](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/142)) ([53ca446](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/53ca446a38076ed7b165dbbb41f346f028b7e394))
+
+## [1.3.1](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v1.3.0...v1.3.1) (2024-07-27)
+
+
+### Miscellaneous Chores
+
+* release 1.3.1 ([2bb169f](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/2bb169f600172af8c8316b6c9420684a4de34e0d))
+
+## [1.3.0](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v1.2.1...v1.3.0) (2024-07-27)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* plugin, no prompt, bug fixes ([#139](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/139)) ([20364fa](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/20364fa20d1f3bf70a1c0cfefbc1d6c9365a4925))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* fix publish command for bun & pnpm ([#137](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/137)) ([d581142](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/d581142f082ed888036e58aa33e9d88d84d34c2f))
+
+## [1.2.1](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v1.2.0...v1.2.1) (2024-02-08)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* better error messages for publish ([d1832e4](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/d1832e44ce1b10aeb5b9dc902b7d35ab51c41ff3))
+
+## [1.2.0](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v1.1.0...v1.2.0) (2024-01-29)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* make application id optional, thanks [@trueharuu](https://github.com/trueharuu) ([#130](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/130)) ([2d6e65a](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/2d6e65a1e6073f605aab192b8cea33037a04af2c))
+
+## [1.1.0](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v1.0.3...v1.1.0) (2024-01-28)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* command clear ([#128](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/128)) ([303ac02](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/303ac0280c7c7c55f2670d49c9685b911670bc05))
+
+## [1.0.3](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v1.0.2...v1.0.3) (2023-12-25)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* intellisense for esm build ts ([#126](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/126)) ([a5cb668](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/a5cb66828eae47d3eac5b86c7e67c01dbed500d5))
+
+## [1.0.2](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v1.0.1...v1.0.2) (2023-11-04)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* better error handling ([5dbf2a8](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/5dbf2a87dcb0001993fe126d9002bc82c8108e24))
+* build mkdir errors ([#122](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/122)) ([f1d7d6c](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/f1d7d6c911bc54ed3ca3e39eefbc7de6ee33b10d))
+
+## [1.0.1](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v1.0.0...v1.0.1) (2023-10-05)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* multiple bugs ([#119](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/119)) ([d9ca5ff](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/d9ca5ff3ff2f304a6d75f2b7a296bd900431d41f))
+
+## [1.0.0](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v0.6.0...v1.0.0) (2023-09-05)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **plugins:** older versions of cli does not have plugins command functional
+
+### Features
+
+* build app ([#112](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/112)) ([88e2bbf](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/88e2bbf6c84e3841370a4288181e8ec721ef1925))
+* list subcommand ([#113](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/113)) ([5fd2a7b](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/5fd2a7b4c4bc92467fbaa26005d261d4ed8b2a13))
+* **plugins:** new method to obtain plugins ([#114](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/114)) ([c785d49](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/c785d49fa5c0d98261de7d7b0c39f85c21316156))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* credentials precedence ([#111](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/111)) ([3f74658](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/3f74658b16b2697df11c7e33172c09c30b7543a8))
+* **extra:** dockerfile errors and tsc fallback ([#101](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/101)) ([4082926](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/40829267c4e77b316a60604c63bad79124713b89))
+
+## [0.6.0](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v0.5.1...v0.6.0) (2023-08-09)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* publish command ([#105](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/105)) ([827ffb7](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/827ffb7ad9252e3cda257bed1febdca2da03e253))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* change file path for sern/extras ([#109](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/109)) ([2348e3e](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/2348e3e9ab055fddab3f44d574af79fd7ccd4485))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous Chores
+
+* release 0.6.0 ([642bf11](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/642bf11608cf5d9b4256999e3bdb48e762ca88ee))
+
+## [0.5.1](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v0.5.0...v0.5.1) (2023-06-16)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **init:** deprecate init and bump deps ([#102](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/102)) ([dce78c0](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/dce78c0945de6da79bf1e268f29651da0c44c1eb))
+* version injector ([#90](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/90)) ([58fa325](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/58fa3253f62da9fb66d1b2ae901b568367f065d0))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* git not installed errors during init ([#79](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/79)) ([69287ab](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/69287ab1bd0c4960384144f90fea8ebded3b0cc5))
+
+## [0.5.0](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v0.4.2...v0.5.0) (2022-09-16)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* re-write to TypeScript
+
+### Features
+
+* add engine for node version & remove manual version check ([#72](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/72)) ([2009d1f](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/2009d1fdca9a383d219304fd3cb48a622355b7dc))
+* adds the esm template option + refactors ([#73](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/73)) ([9271da3](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/9271da30764f86225385e8ae6448b99d66687294))
+* re-write to TypeScript ([bed31c1](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/bed31c1f4995bbf7d8d0a483f562788172e29919))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous Chores
+
+* release 0.5.0 ([2018c43](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/2018c4381e665b9b0c5e70a203aa0dfd9fdd3cef))
+
+## [0.4.2](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v0.4.1...v0.4.2) (2022-07-28)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* switch to undici ([#58](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/58)) ([c4f8e45](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/c4f8e45bdc0af5a3bbd394d2b9f852f4a946114c))
+
+## [0.4.1](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v0.4.0...v0.4.1) (2022-07-07)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add `sern.config.json` ([#38](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/38)) ([3eb6383](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/3eb63835d9f6ff3f3426e017ea87344c00bb13a4))
+* add basic type checking ([eb85a7a](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/eb85a7a8f2f6252f719fd396d42cded2d9eb0918))
+* add commander and start plugins installer ([#36](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/36)) ([b2e6236](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/b2e6236dde6f4848dde6fc23a6222415824bb294))
+* add default settings for the -y flag ([#19](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/19)) ([e5f607e](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/e5f607e99875e105cbb148cab3ed1bbc3771ae35))
+* added actions and formatting stuff ([b302a8b](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/b302a8b362257fb2cea72b7e1fc66bea351c511f))
+* added help command ([ca23d17](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/ca23d17670663b62e23849e2350deef208bfc100))
+* Added version command & created readme ([#25](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/25)) ([7535a5e](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/7535a5e0267c9e682b7bc8470206c0597f5ba9a1))
+* bump all files to GitHub 🎉 ([01b39ad](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/01b39ad9b78f0a67e23ba66c10262082675eeed5))
+* cli is now functional ([65f38f3](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/65f38f3eb2b4e8e2bd136b9bd8f37f1966be1661))
+* cli is now functional ([5021d28](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/5021d28bca6ebe1cb4a548f5e595b1220f222c98))
+* create typescript dockerfile and the extra command ([#28](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/28)) ([b1a8683](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/b1a86833734258e0a22da18c2c780133c199d5cd))
+* enable extra command & jsdockerfile ([#43](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/43)) ([7cf62c0](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/7cf62c03083b8ebbb8a6a63fd8efe592344d5230))
+* **init:** add --sync flag ([#53](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/53)) ([b24a053](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/b24a053d1cb8c00d49a96b6d536dd17205b9fa0e))
+* making sern help message look better, adding ascii art ([#50](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/50)) ([9bd2b0f](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/9bd2b0f38be835a31fceeabdf60487a1424cdf7e))
+* more questions, better handling, better ui ([f931802](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/f9318024bb4c62cee1a7ddfc6af4117c22ca6020))
+* now edits the directories as per user's choice ([fec1c8e](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/fec1c8e24c5ca7752f9e74b0fc3a32716bb42299))
+* plugin command!!! ([#45](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/45)) ([895a489](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/895a48910e32813f8aa25f57302a4123fc631c2c))
+* rebase changes ([cae3c59](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/cae3c597c3da6aa836fb9c70b8555814e8fc5db0))
+* refactored code and added custom handling of commands ([0e97b7d](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/0e97b7db8afed7f625eeb0a43aa992441ab49b39))
+* **skip:** option to skip package manager selection ([#20](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/20)) ([7b1d535](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/7b1d53520f0aa35e48b72d61d2f1a85ffdfdfec8))
+* using degit to clone the templates ([ddb0285](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/ddb02850f2096d8c9ec36e766ea74e10d2efce3f))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* avoid crashing of cli when no plugin found ([#47](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/47)) ([8c45327](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/8c45327094b2560f7b5c813a1c1925920bd46038))
+* fix degit erroring when there's no cache ([fc01554](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/fc01554fae2726f4ebd39a66ef1cb634a421dd9f))
+* **install.js:** fix mistyped. cached -> cache ([fa68936](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/fa689360ce054c63dab77e8b8f0b794b3b8736e4))
+* no more crashing cli if yarn isnt present ([#24](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/24)) ([88893a3](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/88893a35cd1144867713de32c5bf52c2dc702450))
+* no more error when selecting js ([cc410bd](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/cc410bd370a751833dbc5fc04030bfa53a6c1fd2))
+* prettier things ([1265224](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/1265224bb9f93cb104915be50c1c2ea1e3924955))
+* removed useless line ([f268b1c](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/f268b1c62fd4d5823d483a33cfef2e2d7f7b127c))
+
+
+### Performance Improvements
+
+* **init.js:** string.match -> regex.test for node version ([f760dbc](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/f760dbc6e39e098496f25a5c4ee90855a2bb3bd5))
+
+### [0.2.2](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v0.2.1...v0.2.2) (2022-07-05)
+
+### [0.2.1](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v0.2.0...v0.2.1) (2022-07-05)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* making sern help message look better, adding ascii art ([#50](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/50)) ([9bd2b0f](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/9bd2b0f38be835a31fceeabdf60487a1424cdf7e))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* avoid crashing of cli when no plugin found ([#47](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/47)) ([8c45327](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/8c45327094b2560f7b5c813a1c1925920bd46038))
+
+## [0.2.0](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v0.1.3...v0.2.0) (2022-06-22)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add `sern.config.json` ([#38](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/38)) ([3eb6383](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/3eb63835d9f6ff3f3426e017ea87344c00bb13a4))
+* add basic type checking ([eb85a7a](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/eb85a7a8f2f6252f719fd396d42cded2d9eb0918))
+* add commander and start plugins installer ([#36](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/36)) ([b2e6236](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/b2e6236dde6f4848dde6fc23a6222415824bb294))
+* enable extra command & jsdockerfile ([#43](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/43)) ([7cf62c0](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/7cf62c03083b8ebbb8a6a63fd8efe592344d5230))
+* plugin command!!! ([#45](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/45)) ([895a489](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/895a48910e32813f8aa25f57302a4123fc631c2c))
+
+### [0.1.3](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v0.1.2...v0.1.3) (2022-06-10)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add default settings for the -y flag ([#19](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/19)) ([e5f607e](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/e5f607e99875e105cbb148cab3ed1bbc3771ae35))
+* Added version command & created readme ([#25](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/25)) ([7535a5e](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/7535a5e0267c9e682b7bc8470206c0597f5ba9a1))
+* create typescript dockerfile and the extra command ([#28](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/28)) ([b1a8683](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/b1a86833734258e0a22da18c2c780133c199d5cd))
+* now edits the directories as per user's choice ([fec1c8e](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/fec1c8e24c5ca7752f9e74b0fc3a32716bb42299))
+* **skip:** option to skip package manager selection ([#20](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/20)) ([7b1d535](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/7b1d53520f0aa35e48b72d61d2f1a85ffdfdfec8))
+* using degit to clone the templates ([ddb0285](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/ddb02850f2096d8c9ec36e766ea74e10d2efce3f))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* fix degit erroring when there's no cache ([fc01554](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/fc01554fae2726f4ebd39a66ef1cb634a421dd9f))
+* **install.js:** fix mistyped. cached -> cache ([fa68936](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/fa689360ce054c63dab77e8b8f0b794b3b8736e4))
+* no more crashing cli if yarn isnt present ([#24](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues/24)) ([88893a3](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/88893a35cd1144867713de32c5bf52c2dc702450))
+* no more error when selecting js ([cc410bd](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/commit/cc410bd370a751833dbc5fc04030bfa53a6c1fd2))

 ### [0.1.1](https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/compare/v0.1.0...v0.1.1) (2022-05-09)

--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-# Sern CLI
+<div align="center">
+  <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sern-handler/.github/main/cli.png" width="900px">
+</div>

-Our CLI allows you to setup and manage Discord bot projects without writing a single line of code!
-
-😁 **User Friendly** <br>
-💦 **Simple** <br>
-🌱 **Efficient** <br>
-💪 **Powerful** <br>
+# Features
+- Manage discord application commands from the command line.
+- Install plugins from the community.
+- Really fast startup times (I think).
+- Deploy with premade docker configurations.
+- Inhouse build tool based on esbuild built for sern applications, nearly **zero** config.

 ## Installation

@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ npm install -g @sern/cli@latest
 ```

 ```sh
-yarn add -g @sern/cli@latest
+yarn global add @sern/cli@latest
 ```

 ```sh
@@ -25,12 +27,57 @@ pnpm add -g @sern/cli@latest

 When you install the CLI, you can use our commands with **sern** prefix.

-`sern <command> (opt)<flag>`
+```
+Usage: sern [options] [command]
+
+
+  ___  ___ _ __ _ __
+ / __|/ _ \ '__| '_ \
+ \__ \  __/ |  | | | |
+ |___/\___|_|  |_| |_|
+
+ Welcome!
+ If you're new to sern, run npm create @sern/bot for an interactive setup to your new bot project!
+
+ If you have any ideas, suggestions, bug reports, kindly join our support server: https://sern.dev/discord
+
+Options:
+  -v, --version      output the version number
+  -h, --help         display help for command
+
+Commands:
+  init [options]     Quickest way to scaffold a new project [DEPRECATED]
+  plugins [options]  Install plugins from https://github.com/sern-handler/awesome-plugins
+  extra              Easy way to add extra things in your sern project
+  commands           Defacto way to manage your slash commands
+  help [command]     display help for command
+```

 ## Setting Up Your Project

-#### TODO
+Run `npm create @sern/bot` for an interactive setup on a brand new project using our framework.

-## Stats
+## Installing Plugins

-![Alt](https://repobeats.axiom.co/api/embed/5eb8cf0f79fecee29cc81cd2eca5f6321981304e.svg 'Feel free to contribute')
+sern runs on your plugins. Contribute to our [repository](https://github.com/sern-handler/awesome-plugins) and then install the plugins via our cli! <br>
+Run `sern plugins` to see all installable plugins.
+
+
+## Development
+
+```sh
+git clone https://github.com/sern-handler/cli.git
+```
+## insall i
+```sh 
+npm i 
+```
+## build it
+```sh 
+npm run build
+```
+## make it usable globally
+- if sern is installed globally already, you may need to uninstall it.
+```sh 
+npm link
+```
--- a/dumpfiles.js
+++ b/dumpfiles.js
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-//! Message for Sern CLI developers. Please ignore this file.
-
-const SpinnerName = [
-	'dots',
-	'dots2',
-	'dots3',
-	'dots4',
-	'dots5',
-	'dots6',
-	'dots7',
-	'dots8',
-	'dots9',
-	'dots10',
-	'dots11',
-	'dots12',
-	'dots8Bit',
-	'line',
-	'line2',
-	'pipe',
-	'simpleDots',
-	'simpleDotsScrolling',
-	'star',
-	'star2',
-	'flip',
-	'hamburger',
-	'growVertical',
-	'growHorizontal',
-	'balloon',
-	'balloon2',
-	'noise',
-	'bounce',
-	'boxBounce',
-	'boxBounce2',
-	'triangle',
-	'arc',
-	'circle',
-	'squareCorners',
-	'circleQuarters',
-	'circleHalves',
-	'squish',
-	'toggle',
-	'toggle2',
-	'toggle3',
-	'toggle4',
-	'toggle5',
-	'toggle6',
-	'toggle7',
-	'toggle8',
-	'toggle9',
-	'toggle10',
-	'toggle11',
-	'toggle12',
-	'toggle13',
-	'arrow',
-	'arrow2',
-	'arrow3',
-	'bouncingBar',
-	'bouncingBall',
-	'smiley',
-	'monkey',
-	'hearts',
-	'clock',
-	'earth',
-	'material',
-	'moon',
-	'runner',
-	'pong',
-	'shark',
-	'dqpb',
-	'weather',
-	'christmas',
-	'grenade',
-	'point',
-	'layer',
-	'betaWave',
-	'fingerDance',
-	'fistBump',
-	'soccerHeader',
-	'mindblown',
-	'speaker',
-	'orangePulse',
-	'bluePulse',
-	'orangeBluePulse',
-	'timeTravel',
-	'aesthetic',
-];
-
-// const p = new Promise((resolve) => {
-// 	SpinnerName.forEach((spin, i, ar) => {
-// 		setTimeout(() => {
-// 			spinner.spinner = spin;
-// 			spinner.text = `Initializing... ${spin}`;
-// 			if (i === ar.length - 1) {
-// 				resolve();
-// 			}
-// 		}, i * 1000);
-// 	});
-// });
-// p.then(() => spinner.succeed('Finished!'));
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,54 +1,63 @@
 {
-	"name": "@sern/cli",
-	"version": "0.1.1",
-	"description": "A CLI for @sern/handler",
-	"exports": "./src/index.js",
-	"bin": {
-		"sern": "./src/index.js"
-	},
-	"type": "module",
-	"scripts": {
-		"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
-		"release": "standard-version",
-		"preview": "standard-version --dry-run",
-		"push": "git push --follow-tags",
-		"format": "prettier --check .",
-		"fix": "prettier --write ."
-	},
-	"repository": {
-		"type": "git",
-		"url": "git+https://github.com/sern-handler/cli.git"
-	},
-	"keywords": [
-		"cli",
-		"discord",
-		"discord.js",
-		"sern",
-		"sern-handler"
-	],
-	"author": "EvolutionX",
-	"license": "MIT",
-	"bugs": {
-		"url": "https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues"
-	},
-	"homepage": "https://github.com/sern-handler/cli#readme",
-	"dependencies": {
-		"colorette": "^2.0.16",
-		"degit": "^2.8.4",
-		"execa": "^6.1.0",
-		"find-up": "6.3.0",
-		"ora": "^6.1.0",
-		"prompts": "2.4.2"
-	},
-	"devDependencies": {
-		"cz-conventional-changelog": "3.3.0",
-		"eslint": "8.15.0",
-		"prettier": "2.6.2",
-		"standard-version": "9.5.0"
-	},
-	"config": {
-		"commitizen": {
-			"path": "./node_modules/cz-conventional-changelog"
-		}
-	}
+  "name": "@sern/cli",
+  "version": "1.4.1",
+  "description": "Official CLI for @sern/handler",
+  "exports": "./dist/index.js",
+  "bin": {
+    "sern": "./dist/index.js"
+  },
+  "type": "module",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
+    "format": "prettier --check .",
+    "fix": "prettier --write .",
+    "build": "tsup",
+    "watch": "tsup --watch"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/sern-handler/cli.git"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "cli",
+    "discord",
+    "discord.js",
+    "sern",
+    "sern-handler"
+  ],
+  "author": "EvolutionX",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/sern-handler/cli/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://sern.dev",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@esbuild-kit/cjs-loader": "^2.4.2",
+    "@esbuild-kit/esm-loader": "^2.5.5",
+    "colorette": "2.0.20",
+    "commander": "11.0.0",
+    "dotenv": "^16.3.1",
+    "esbuild": "^0.19.1",
+    "execa": "7.2.0",
+    "find-up": "6.3.0",
+    "glob": "^10.3.3",
+    "ora": "6.3.1",
+    "prompts": "2.4.2",
+    "undici": "5.23.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@babel/parser": "^7.22.5",
+    "@favware/npm-deprecate": "1.0.7",
+    "@types/prompts": "2.4.4",
+    "prettier": "2.8.8",
+    "tsup": "^6.7.0",
+    "typescript": "5.2.2"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">= 18.16.x"
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "registry": "https://registry.npmjs.org/",
+    "access": "public"
+  }
 }
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 {
-	"$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
-	"extends": ["config:base"],
-	"major": {
-		"dependencyDashboardApproval": true
-	},
-	"schedule": ["every weekend"],
-	"lockFileMaintenance": {
-		"enabled": true
-	},
-	"packageRules": [
-		{
-			"matchUpdateTypes": ["minor", "patch"],
-			"matchCurrentVersion": "!/^0/"
-		}
-	]
+    "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
+    "extends": ["config:base", "group:allNonMajor"],
+    "major": {
+        "dependencyDashboardApproval": true
+    },
+    "schedule": ["every weekend"],
+    "lockFileMaintenance": {
+        "enabled": true
+    },
+    "packageRules": [
+        {
+            "matchUpdateTypes": ["minor", "patch"],
+            "matchCurrentVersion": "!/^0/"
+        }
+    ]
 }
--- a/src/commands/build.ts
+++ b/src/commands/build.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+import esbuild from 'esbuild';
+import { getConfig } from '../utilities/getConfig';
+import p from 'node:path';
+import { glob } from 'glob';
+import { configDotenv } from 'dotenv';
+import assert from 'node:assert';
+import defaultEsbuild from '../utilities/defaultEsbuildConfig';
+import { require } from '../utilities/require';
+import { pathExists, pathExistsSync } from 'find-up';
+import { mkdir, writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
+import * as Preprocessor from '../utilities/preprocessor';
+import { bold, magentaBright } from 'colorette';
+import { parseTsConfig } from '../utilities/parseTsconfig';
+import { execa, type ExecaChildProcess } from 'execa';
+import { InvalidArgumentError } from 'commander';
+
+const VALID_EXTENSIONS = ['.ts', '.js' ];
+
+type BuildOptions = {
+    /**
+     * Define __VERSION__
+     * This option is a quick switch to defining the __VERSION__ constant which will be a string of the version provided in
+     * cwd's package.json
+     */
+    defineVersion?: boolean;
+    /**
+     * default = esm
+     */
+    format?: 'cjs' | 'esm';
+    /**
+     * https://esbuild.github.io/api/#drop-labels
+     **/
+    dropLabels?: string[];
+    /**
+     * https://esbuild.github.io/api/#define
+     **/
+    define?: Record<string, string>;
+
+    tsconfig?: string;
+    /**
+     * default = 'development'
+     */
+    mode: 'production' | 'development';
+    /**
+     * will search for env file. If none exists,
+     * default to .env.
+     */
+    env?: string;
+    /**
+     * flag: default false
+     */
+    sourcemap?: boolean;
+
+    watch?: {
+        /**
+         * command to run.
+         * defaults to your package
+         * manager's start command.
+         */
+        command?: string;
+    }
+    
+};
+
+const CommandHandlerPlugin = (buildConfig: Partial<BuildOptions>, ambientFilePath: string, sernTsConfigPath: string) => {
+    return {
+        name: "commandHandler",
+        setup(build) {
+
+            const options = build.initialOptions
+            const defVersion = () => JSON.stringify(require(p.resolve('package.json')).version);
+            // should fix a type error
+            options.define = { 
+                ...(buildConfig.define ?? {}),
+                __DEV__: `${buildConfig.mode === 'development'}`,
+                __PROD__: `${buildConfig.mode === 'production'}`,
+                __VERSION__: `${buildConfig.defineVersion ? `${defVersion()}` : 'undefined'}`
+            }
+            Preprocessor.writeTsConfig(buildConfig.format!, sernTsConfigPath, writeFile);
+            Preprocessor.writeAmbientFile(ambientFilePath, options.define!, writeFile);
+            
+        }
+    } as esbuild.Plugin
+}
+const CommandOnEndPlugin = (watching: boolean, watchCommand?: string) => {
+    // for some reason it runs the command twice on first build
+    let isFirstBuild = true;
+    let currentProcess: ExecaChildProcess | null = null;
+    let restartTimeout: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
+    return {
+        name: 'watchRunCommand',
+        setup(build: esbuild.PluginBuild) {
+            build.onEnd(async (result) => {
+                if (!watching || result.errors.length !== 0) return;
+                if (isFirstBuild === true) {
+                    isFirstBuild = false;
+                    return;
+                }
+                if (watchCommand === '') {
+                    console.log('[watch] no command provided, skipping');
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                if (currentProcess) {
+                    console.log('[watch] stopping previous process...');
+                    currentProcess.cancel()
+                    currentProcess = null;
+                }
+
+                const cmd = watchCommand || (() => {
+                    if (pathExistsSync('package-lock.json')) return 'npm start';
+                    if (pathExistsSync('yarn.lock')) return 'yarn start';
+                    if (pathExistsSync('pnpm-lock.yaml')) return 'pnpm start';
+                    if (pathExistsSync('bun.lockb')) return 'bun start';
+                    if (pathExistsSync('bun.lock')) return 'bun start';
+
+                    throw new Error('[watch] default package manager start command not found');
+                })();
+
+                // Clear any pending restart
+                if (restartTimeout) clearTimeout(restartTimeout);
+
+                console.log('[watch] debouncing command for 1.5 seconds...');
+                
+                // Set new debounced timeout
+                restartTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
+                    console.log(`[watch] running command: ${cmd}`);
+                    currentProcess = execa(cmd, { stdio: 'inherit', shell: true });
+                    currentProcess.catch(error => {
+                        if (error.isCanceled) return;
+                        console.error(`[watch] command execution error: ${error.message}`);
+                    });
+                }, 1500);
+            });
+        }
+    } as esbuild.Plugin;
+};
+const resolveBuildConfig = (path: string | undefined, language: string) => {
+    if (language === 'javascript') {
+        return path ?? 'jsconfig.json'
+    }
+    return path ?? 'tsconfig.json'
+}
+
+export async function build(options: Record<string, any>) {
+    //console.log(options)
+    if (!options.supressWarnings) {
+        console.info(`${magentaBright('EXPERIMENTAL')}: This API has not been stabilized. add -W or --suppress-warnings flag to suppress`);
+    }
+    // if watch was not enabled and watchCommand is present
+    if(!options.watch && options.watchCommand) {
+        throw new InvalidArgumentError("enable watch to use --watch-command")
+    }
+    
+    const sernConfig = await getConfig();
+    let buildConfig: BuildOptions; 
+    const buildConfigPath = p.resolve(options.project ?? 'sern.build.js');
+
+    const defaultBuildConfig = {
+        defineVersion: true,
+        format: options.format ?? 'esm',
+        mode: options.mode ?? 'development',
+        dropLabels: [],
+        sourcemap: options.sourceMaps,
+        tsconfig: resolveBuildConfig(options.tsconfig, sernConfig.language),
+        env: options.env ?? '.env',
+        include: [],
+        watch: {
+            command: options.watchCommand
+        }
+    };
+
+    // merging configuration with sern.build.js, if exists buildConfigPath 
+    if (pathExistsSync(buildConfigPath)) {
+        let fileConfig; 
+        try { fileConfig=await import('file:///' + buildConfigPath).then(r=>r.default) }
+        catch(e) { 
+            console.error("Could not find buildConfigPath")
+            throw e;
+        }
+        //throwable, buildConfigPath may not exist, todo, merge
+        buildConfig = { ...defaultBuildConfig, ...fileConfig };
+    } else {
+        buildConfig = defaultBuildConfig;
+        console.log('No build config found, defaulting');
+    }
+
+    configDotenv({ path: buildConfig.env  });
+    
+    if (process.env.NODE_ENV) {
+        buildConfig.mode = process.env.NODE_ENV as 'production' | 'development';
+        console.log(magentaBright('NODE_ENV:'), 'Found NODE_ENV variable, setting `mode` to this.');
+    }
+    assert(buildConfig.mode === 'development' || buildConfig.mode === 'production', 'NODE_ENV is not `production` or `development`');
+    try {
+        let config = await parseTsConfig(buildConfig.tsconfig!);
+        config?.extends && console.warn("Extend the generated tsconfig")
+    } catch(e) {
+         console.error("no tsconfig / jsconfig found");
+         console.error(`Please create a ${sernConfig.language === 'javascript' ? 'jsconfig.json' : 'tsconfig.json' }`);
+         console.error('It should have at least extend the generated one sern makes.\n \
+                        { "extends": "./.sern/tsconfig.json" }');
+         throw e;
+    }
+
+    console.log(bold('Building with:'));
+    console.log(' ', magentaBright('defineVersion'), buildConfig.defineVersion);
+    console.log(' ', magentaBright('format'), buildConfig.format);
+    console.log(' ', magentaBright('mode'), buildConfig.mode);
+    console.log(' ', magentaBright('tsconfig'), buildConfig.tsconfig);
+    console.log(' ', magentaBright('env'), buildConfig.env);
+    console.log(' ', magentaBright('sourceMaps'), buildConfig.sourcemap);
+
+    const sernDir = p.resolve('.sern'),
+          [ambientFilePath, sernTsConfigPath, genDir] = // resolves the file paths in the .sern dir
+          ['ambient.d.ts', 'tsconfig.json', 'generated'].map(f => p.resolve(sernDir, f));
+
+    if (!(await pathExists(genDir))) {
+        console.log('Making .sern/generated dir, does not exist');
+        await mkdir(genDir, { recursive: true });
+    }
+    
+    const entryPoints = await glob(`src/**/*{${VALID_EXTENSIONS.join(',')}}`,{ 
+         ignore: {
+            ignored: (p) => p.name.endsWith('.d.ts'),
+        }
+    });
+    //https://esbuild.github.io/content-types/#tsconfig-json
+    const ctx = await esbuild.context({
+        entryPoints,
+        plugins: [
+            CommandHandlerPlugin(buildConfig, ambientFilePath, sernTsConfigPath),
+            CommandOnEndPlugin(options.watch, buildConfig.watch?.command)
+        ],
+        sourcemap: buildConfig.sourcemap,
+        ...defaultEsbuild(buildConfig.format!, buildConfig.tsconfig),
+        dropLabels: [buildConfig.mode === 'production' ? '__DEV__' : '__PROD__', ...buildConfig.dropLabels!],
+    });
+
+    await ctx.rebuild()
+    if (options.watch) {
+        await ctx.watch()
+    } else {
+        await ctx.dispose()
+    }
+}
--- a/src/commands/command-clear.ts
+++ b/src/commands/command-clear.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import * as Rest from '../rest.js'
+import assert from 'node:assert'
+import dotenv from 'dotenv'
+import ora from 'ora';
+import type { CommandData, GuildId } from '../utilities/types.js';
+import { readFileSync, writeFile } from 'node:fs'
+import { resolve } from 'node:path'
+import prompts from 'prompts';
+
+const getConfirmation = (args: Record<string,any> ) => {
+    if(args.yes) {
+        return args.yes
+    } else {
+        return prompts({
+            type: 'confirm',
+            name: 'confirmation',
+            message: 'Are you sure you want to delete ALL your application commands?',
+            initial: true
+        }, { onCancel: () => (console.log("Cancelled operation  (￣┰￣*)"), process.exit(1)) })
+        .then(response => response.confirmation);
+    }
+}
+export async function commandClear(args: Record<string,any>) {
+    dotenv.configDotenv({ path: args.env || resolve('.env') })
+    const token = process.env.token || process.env.DISCORD_TOKEN;
+    assert(token, 'Could not find a token for this bot in .env or commandline. Do you have DISCORD_TOKEN in env?');
+    
+    const confirmation = await getConfirmation(args);
+   
+    if (confirmation) {
+        const spin = ora({
+            text: `Deleting ALL application commands...`,
+            spinner: 'aesthetic',
+        }).start();
+        const rest = await Rest.create(token);
+        let guildCommands: Record<GuildId, CommandData[]> 
+        try {
+            guildCommands = JSON.parse(readFileSync('.sern/command-data-remote.json', 'utf-8'))
+            await rest.updateGlobal([]);
+            delete guildCommands.global
+            for (const guildId in guildCommands) {
+                await rest.putGuildCommands(guildId, []);
+            }
+            writeFile('.sern/command-data-remote.json', "{}", (err) => {
+                if(err) {
+                    spin.fail("Error happened while writing to json:");
+                    console.error(err)
+                    process.exit(1)
+                }
+            })
+            spin.succeed();
+        } catch(e) {
+            spin.fail("Something went wrong. ");
+            throw e;
+        }
+    } else {
+        console.log('Operation canceled.  (￣┰￣*)');
+    }
+
+}
--- a/src/commands/extra.ts
+++ b/src/commands/extra.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import prompt from 'prompts';
+import { extraPrompt } from '../prompts/extra.js';
+import { create } from '../utilities/create.js';
+
+export async function extra() {
+    const extra = await prompt([extraPrompt]);
+
+    if (Object.keys(extra).length < 1) process.exit(1);
+    const lang = extra.extra.includes('typescript') ? 'TS' : 'JS';
+
+    await create(extra.extra.split('-')[0], lang, process.cwd(), true);
+}
--- a/src/commands/help.js
+++ b/src/commands/help.js
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import { version } from '../utilities/version.js';
-
-export function help({ flags }) {
-	if (flags?.includes('v') || flags?.includes('version')) return version();
-	console.log('This is the Sern CLI help section.\n\n' + 'Fill me up later!');
-}
--- a/src/commands/help.ts
+++ b/src/commands/help.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { cyanBright, green, magentaBright } from 'colorette';
+
+export const help = `
+  ___  ___ _ __ _ __  
+ / __|/ _ \\ '__| '_ \\ 
+ \\__ \\  __/ |  | | | |
+ |___/\\___|_|  |_| |_|
+
+ Welcome!
+
+ If you're new to ${cyanBright('sern')}, run ${magentaBright('npm create @sern/bot')} for an interactive setup to your new bot project!
+
+ ${green(`If you have any ideas, suggestions, bug reports, kindly join our support server: https://sern.dev/discord`)}`;
--- a/src/commands/init.js
+++ b/src/commands/init.js
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-import prompts from 'prompts';
-import ora from 'ora';
-import { redBright, yellowBright } from 'colorette';
-import { execa } from 'execa';
-import {
-	cmds_dir,
-	default_prefix,
-	lang,
-	main_dir,
-	gitInit,
-	which_manager,
-	skip_install_dep,
-	name,
-} from '../prompts/init.js';
-import { npm } from '../utilities/npm.js';
-import { cloneRepo, installDeps } from '../utilities/install.js';
-import { editDirs, editMain } from '../utilities/edits.js';
-const { prompt } = prompts;
-
-export async function init({ flags }) {
-	// * Check if node version is valid
-	const node = await execa('node', ['--version']);
-	if (/v1(([0-6]\.[2-9])|([0-5]\.[0-9]))/gm.test(node.stdout)) {
-		console.log(
-			yellowBright(
-				`\nYou are using Node ${node.stdout}\nPlease upgrade to Node 16.10.x or higher!\n`
-			)
-		);
-
-		process.exit(1);
-	}
-
-	let data;
-	let git_init;
-	let pm;
-
-	if (flags?.includes('y')) {
-		const projectName = await prompt([name]);
-		git_init = true;
-		pm = 'npm';
-		data = {
-			name: projectName.name,
-			lang: 'typescript',
-			main_dir: 'src',
-			cmds_dir: 'commands',
-			default_prefix: '!',
-		};
-	} else {
-		data = await prompt([name, lang, main_dir, cmds_dir, default_prefix]);
-		git_init = (await prompt([gitInit])).gitinit;
-		pm = await npm();
-	}
-
-	if (Object.keys(data).length < 5) process.exit(1);
-
-	await cloneRepo(data.lang, data.name);
-
-	git_init ? await git(data) : console.log(`Skipping git init...\n`);
-
-	let choice = '';
-
-	if (pm === 'both') {
-		const chosen = await prompt([which_manager]);
-		choice = chosen.manager;
-	} else {
-		const chosen = await prompt([skip_install_dep]);
-		choice = chosen.skip_install_dep ? pm : 'skip';
-	}
-
-	await installDeps(choice, data.name);
-	await editMain(data.name);
-	await editDirs(data.main_dir, data.cmds_dir, data.name);
-}
-
-/**
- * It initializes git
- * @param data - The data object that contains the name of the project.
- */
-async function git(data) {
-	const spin = ora({
-		text: 'Initializing git...',
-		spinner: 'aesthetic',
-	}).start();
-
-	const exe = await execa('git', ['init', data.name]);
-
-	await wait(300);
-
-	if (!exe || exe?.failed) {
-		spin.fail(
-			`${redBright('Failed')} to initialize git!` +
-				'\nMaybe you should run git init?'
-		);
-		process.exit(1);
-	}
-
-	spin.succeed('Git initialized!');
-}
-
-/**
- * Wait for a specified number of milliseconds, then return a promise that resolves to undefined.
- * @param {number} ms - The number of milliseconds to wait.
- * @returns A function that takes a single argument, ms, and returns a promise that resolves after ms
- * milliseconds.
- */
-async function wait(ms) {
-	const wait = (await import('util')).promisify(setTimeout);
-	return wait(ms);
-}
--- a/src/commands/init.ts
+++ b/src/commands/init.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+import { greenBright, redBright, underline, yellowBright } from 'colorette';
+import { execa } from 'execa';
+import { findUp } from 'find-up';
+import ora from 'ora';
+import prompt from 'prompts';
+import { cmds_dir, gitInit, lang, main_dir, name, skip_install_dep, which_manager } from '../prompts/init.js';
+
+import { writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
+import { editDirs, editMain } from '../utilities/edits.js';
+import { cloneRepo, installDeps } from '../utilities/install.js';
+import { npm } from '../utilities/npm.js';
+import type { PackageManagerChoice } from '../utilities/types.js';
+
+/** @deprecated Use npm create instead */
+export async function init(flags: Flags) {
+    console.log(`${yellowBright('[WARN]:')} This command is deprecated, use ${greenBright('npm create @sern/bot')} instead`);
+
+    let data: PromptData;
+    let git_init = true; // the default;
+    let pm = flags.sync ? undefined : flags.y ? 'npm' : await npm();
+
+    if (flags.y) {
+        const projectName = await prompt([name]);
+        git_init = true;
+        data = {
+            name: projectName.name,
+            lang: 'typescript',
+            main_dir: 'src',
+            cmds_dir: 'commands',
+        };
+    } else if (flags.sync) {
+        data = (await prompt([lang, main_dir, cmds_dir])) as PromptData;
+    } else {
+        data = (await prompt([name, lang, main_dir, cmds_dir])) as PromptData;
+        git_init = (await prompt([gitInit])).gitinit;
+    }
+
+    const language = data.lang === 'javascript-esm' ? 'javascript' : data.lang;
+    const config = {
+        language,
+        paths: {
+            base: data.main_dir,
+            commands: data.cmds_dir,
+        },
+    };
+    const file = JSON.stringify(config, null, 2);
+
+    const requiredData = flags.sync !== undefined ? 3 : 4;
+    const receivedData = Object.keys(data).length;
+    const incompleteDataCondition = receivedData < requiredData;
+
+    if (incompleteDataCondition) process.exit(1);
+
+    if (!flags.sync) await cloneRepo(data.lang, data.name);
+
+    const pkg = await findUp('package.json', {
+        cwd: process.cwd() + '/' + data.name,
+    });
+
+    if (!pkg) throw new Error('No package.json found!');
+
+    await writeFile(pkg.replace('package.json', 'sern.config.json'), file);
+
+    if (flags.sync) {
+        console.log('Project was successfully synced!');
+        process.exit(0);
+    }
+
+    git_init ? await git(data) : console.log(`Skipping git init...\n`);
+
+    let choice: PackageManagerChoice;
+
+    if (pm === 'both') {
+        choice = (await prompt([which_manager])).manager;
+    } else {
+        choice = ((await prompt([skip_install_dep])).skip_install_dep ? pm : 'skip') as PackageManagerChoice;
+    }
+
+    await installDeps(choice, data.name);
+    await editMain(data.name);
+    await editDirs(data.main_dir, data.cmds_dir, data.name, data.lang);
+
+    console.log(`${greenBright('Success, project was initialised!')}`);
+    process.exit(0);
+}
+
+/** It initializes git */
+async function git(data: Data) {
+    const spin = ora({
+        text: 'Initializing git...',
+        spinner: 'aesthetic',
+    }).start();
+
+    try {
+        await execa('git', ['init', data.name]);
+        await wait(300);
+        spin.succeed('Git initialized!');
+    } catch (error) {
+        spin.fail(`${redBright('Failed')} to initialize git!\nTry to install it at ${underline('https://git-scm.com')}\nSkipping for now.`);
+    }
+}
+
+/**  Wait for a specified number of milliseconds, then return a promise that resolves to undefined. */
+async function wait(ms: number) {
+    const wait = (await import('util')).promisify(setTimeout);
+    return wait(ms);
+}
+
+interface Data {
+    name: string;
+}
+
+interface Flags {
+    y: boolean;
+    sync: boolean;
+}
+
+interface PromptData {
+    name: string;
+    lang: 'typescript' | 'javascript' | 'javascript-esm';
+    main_dir: string;
+    cmds_dir: string;
+}
--- a/src/commands/list.ts
+++ b/src/commands/list.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { blueBright, bold, cyanBright, greenBright, italic, magentaBright, underline } from 'colorette';
+import { getSern } from '../utilities/getSern';
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import type { CommandData, GuildId } from '../utilities/types';
+
+export function list() {
+    const files = getSern();
+    if (!files.includes('command-data-remote.json')) {
+        console.error(`No commands found\nPlease run ${cyanBright('sern commands publish')} to publish your commands`);
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
+
+    const commands: Record<GuildId, CommandData[]> = JSON.parse(readFileSync('.sern/command-data-remote.json', 'utf-8'));
+    const globalCommands = commands.global;
+
+    delete commands.global;
+    if(globalCommands) {
+        console.log(bold('Global Commands'));
+        for (const command of globalCommands) log(command);
+    }
+    
+    console.log('\t');
+
+    for (const guildId in commands) {
+        const guildCommands = commands[guildId];
+        console.log(`${bold('Guild Commands')} [${underline(cyanBright(guildId))}]`);
+        for (const command of guildCommands) log(command);
+    }
+}
+
+const AppCommandsType: Record<number, string> = {
+    1: magentaBright('Slash'),
+    2: magentaBright('User'),
+    3: magentaBright('Message'),
+};
+
+const AppCommandOptionType: Record<number, string> = {
+    1: magentaBright('SubCommand'),
+    2: magentaBright('SubCommand Group'),
+    3: magentaBright('String'),
+    4: magentaBright('Integer'),
+    5: magentaBright('Boolean'),
+    6: magentaBright('User'),
+    7: magentaBright('Channel'),
+    8: magentaBright('Role'),
+    9: magentaBright('Mentionable'),
+    10: magentaBright('Number'),
+    11: magentaBright('Attachment'),
+};
+
+function log(command: CommandData) {
+    console.log(clean(`\t${cyanBright(command.name)} ${italic(command.description)} (${greenBright(command.id)})`));
+    console.log(`\t  Type: ${AppCommandsType[command.type]}`);
+
+    if (command.options) {
+        console.log(`\t  Options:`);
+        for (const option of command.options) {
+            console.log(`\t    ${blueBright(option.name)}: ${AppCommandOptionType[option.type]}`);
+            if (option.options) {
+                console.log(`\t      Options:`);
+                for (const subOption of option.options) {
+                    console.log(`\t        ${cyanBright(subOption.name)}: ${AppCommandOptionType[subOption.type]}`);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+const clean = (str: string) => str.split(' ').filter(Boolean).join(' ');
--- a/src/commands/plugins.ts
+++ b/src/commands/plugins.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import { greenBright } from 'colorette';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import prompt from 'prompts';
+import { fetch } from 'undici';
+import { fromCwd } from '../utilities/fromCwd.js';
+import esbuild from 'esbuild';
+import { getConfig } from '../utilities/getConfig.js';
+import type { PromptObject } from 'prompts';
+import { resolve } from 'path';
+import { require } from '../utilities/require.js';
+
+interface PluginData {
+    description: string;
+    hash: string;
+    name: string;
+    author: string[];
+    link: string;
+    example: string;
+    version: string;
+}
+
+const link = `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sern-handler/awesome-plugins/main/pluginlist.json`;
+export async function fetchPluginData(): Promise<PluginData[]> {
+    return fetch(link)
+        .then(res => res.json())
+        .then(data =>  (data as PluginData[])) 
+        .catch(() => [])
+}
+
+export function pluginsQ(choices: PluginData[]): PromptObject[] {
+    return [{
+        name: 'list',
+        type: 'autocompleteMultiselect',
+        message: 'What plugins do you want to install?',
+        choices: choices.map(e => ({ title: e.name, value: e })),
+        min: 1,
+    }];
+}
+/**
+ * Installs plugins to project
+ */
+export async function plugins(args: string[], opts: Record<string, unknown>) {
+    const plugins = await fetchPluginData();
+    let selectedPlugins : PluginData[];
+    if(args.length) {
+        const normalizedArgs = args.map(str => str.toLowerCase())
+        console.log("Trying to find plugins to install...");
+        const results = plugins.reduce((acc, cur) => {
+            if(normalizedArgs.includes(cur.name.toLowerCase())) {
+                return [...acc, cur]
+            }
+            return acc;
+        }, [] as PluginData[]);
+        selectedPlugins = results;
+    } else {
+        selectedPlugins = (await prompt(pluginsQ(plugins))).list;
+    }
+    if (!selectedPlugins.length) {
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
+    const { language } = await getConfig();
+    for await (const plgData of selectedPlugins) {
+        const pluginText = await download(plgData.link);
+        const dir = fromCwd('/src/plugins');
+        const linkNoExtension = `${process.cwd()}/src/plugins/${plgData.name}`;
+        if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
+            fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+        }
+        if (language === 'typescript') {
+            fs.writeFileSync(linkNoExtension + '.ts', pluginText);
+        } else {
+            const { type = undefined } = require(resolve('package.json'));
+            const format = type === undefined || type === 'cjs' ? 'cjs' : 'esm';
+            const transformResult = await esbuild.transform(pluginText, {
+                target: 'node18',
+                format,
+                loader: 'ts',
+                banner: `/**\n    Partial information: ${plgData.description}\n    @author ${plgData.author}\n    @example${plgData.example}*/`,
+            });
+            if (transformResult.warnings.length > 0) {
+                console.log(transformResult.warnings.map((msg) => msg.text).join('\n'));
+            }
+            console.warn('transforming plugins with js strips comments');
+            console.warn('We provided some minimal information at top of file, or view the documentation for this plugin here:');
+            console.warn(plgData.link);
+            fs.writeFileSync(linkNoExtension + '.js', transformResult.code);
+        }
+    }
+
+    const pluginNames = selectedPlugins.map((data) => {
+        return 'Installed ' + data.name + ' ' + 'from ' + data.author.join(',');
+    });
+    console.log(`Successfully downloaded plugin(s):\n${greenBright(pluginNames.join('\n'))}`);
+}
+
+async function download(url: string) {
+    const data = await fetch(url, { method: 'GET' })
+        .then((res) => res.text())
+        .catch(() => null);
+
+    if (!data) throw new Error('Download failed! Kindly contact developers');
+
+    return data;
+}
--- a/src/commands/publish.ts
+++ b/src/commands/publish.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { magentaBright } from 'colorette';
+import { getConfig } from '../utilities/getConfig';
+import { fork } from 'node:child_process';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+
+export async function publish(commandDir: string | undefined, args: Partial<PublishArgs>) {
+    if (!args.suppressWarnings) {
+        console.info(`${magentaBright('EXPERIMENTAL')}: This API has not been stabilized. add -W or --suppress-warnings flag to suppress`);
+    }
+    const config = await getConfig();
+    // pass in args into the command.
+    const rootPath = new URL('../', import.meta.url),
+        publishScript = new URL('../dist/create-publish.js', rootPath);
+
+    // assign args.import to empty array if non existent
+    args.import ??= [];
+
+    commandDir && console.info('Publishing with override path: ', commandDir);
+
+    const isBunOrPnpm = rootPath.pathname.includes('.bun') || rootPath.pathname.includes('.pnpm');
+
+    const esmLoader = new URL(`${isBunOrPnpm ? '../../' : '../'}node_modules/@esbuild-kit/esm-loader/dist/index.js`, rootPath);
+
+    await import('dotenv/config');
+
+    // We dynamically load the create-publish script in a child process so that we can pass the special
+    // loader flag to require typescript files
+    const command = fork(fileURLToPath(publishScript), [], {
+        execArgv: ['--loader', esmLoader.toString(), '--no-warnings'],
+    });
+    // send paths object so we dont have to recalculate it in script
+    command.send({ config, preloads: args.import, commandDir });
+}
+
+interface PublishArgs {
+    suppressWarnings: boolean;
+    import: string[];
+    token: string;
+    applicationId: string;
+}
--- a/src/create-publish.d.ts
+++ b/src/create-publish.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+export interface PublishableData {
+    name: string;
+    type: number;
+    description: string;
+    absPath: string;
+    options: Typeable[];
+}
+export interface Typeable {
+    type: number;
+}
+export interface Config {
+    guildIds?: string[];
+}
+export interface PublishableModule {
+    data: PublishableData;
+    config: Config;
+}
--- a/src/create-publish.mts
+++ b/src/create-publish.mts
@@ -0,0 +1,265 @@
+/**
+ * This file is meant to be run with the esm / cjs esbuild-kit loader to properly import typescript modules
+ */
+
+import { readdir, mkdir, writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
+import { basename, resolve, posix as pathpsx } from 'node:path';
+import { pathExistsSync } from 'find-up';
+import assert from 'assert';
+import { once } from 'node:events';
+import * as Rest from './rest';
+import type { SernConfig } from './utilities/getConfig';
+import type { PublishableData, PublishableModule, Typeable } from './create-publish.d.ts';
+import { cyanBright, greenBright, redBright } from 'colorette';
+import { inspect } from 'node:util'
+import ora from 'ora';
+
+
+async function* readPaths(dir: string, shouldDebug: boolean): AsyncGenerator<string> {
+    const files = await readdir(dir, { withFileTypes: true });
+    for (const file of files) {
+        const fullPath = pathpsx.join(dir, file.name);
+        if (file.isDirectory()) {
+            if (!file.name.startsWith('!')) {
+                yield* readPaths(fullPath, shouldDebug);
+            }
+        } else if (!file.name.startsWith('!')) {
+            yield "file:///"+resolve(fullPath);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// recieved sern config
+const [{ config, preloads, commandDir }] = await once(process, 'message'),
+    { paths } = config as SernConfig;
+
+for (const preload of preloads) {
+    console.log("preloading: ", preload);
+    await import('file:///' + resolve(preload));
+}
+
+const commandsPath = commandDir ? resolve(commandDir) : resolve(paths.base, paths.commands);
+const filePaths = readPaths(commandsPath, true);
+const modules = [];
+const PUBLISHABLE = 0b1110;
+
+for await (const absPath of filePaths) {
+    let mod = await import(absPath);
+    let commandModule = mod.default;
+    let config = mod.config;
+
+    if ('default' in commandModule) {
+        commandModule = commandModule.default;
+    }
+
+    if ((PUBLISHABLE & commandModule.type) != 0) {
+        // assign defaults
+        const filename = basename(absPath);
+        const filenameNoExtension = filename.substring(0, filename.lastIndexOf('.'));
+        commandModule.name ??= filenameNoExtension;
+        commandModule.description ??= '';
+        commandModule.meta = {
+            absPath
+        }
+        commandModule.absPath = absPath;
+        if (typeof config === 'function') {
+            config = config(absPath, commandModule);
+        }
+        modules.push({ commandModule, config });
+    }
+}
+
+const cacheDir = resolve('./.sern');
+if (!pathExistsSync(cacheDir)) {
+    // TODO: add this in verbose flag
+    // console.log('Making .sern directory: ', cacheDir);
+    await mkdir(cacheDir);
+}
+
+const optionsTransformer = (ops: Array<Typeable>) => {
+    return ops.map((el) => {
+        if ('command' in el) {
+            const { command, ...rest } = el;
+            return rest;
+        }
+        return el;
+    });
+};
+
+const intoApplicationType = (type: number) => {
+    if (type === 3) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+    return Math.log2(type);
+};
+
+const makeDescription = (type: number, desc: string) => {
+    if (type !== 1 && desc !== '') {
+        console.warn('Found context menu that has non empty description field. Implictly publishing with empty description');
+        return '';
+    }
+    return desc;
+};
+const serialize = (permissions: unknown) => {
+    if(typeof permissions === 'bigint' || typeof permissions === 'number') {
+       return permissions.toString(); 
+    }
+
+    if(Array.isArray(permissions)) {
+        return permissions
+            .reduce((acc, cur) => acc | cur, BigInt(0))
+            .toString()
+    }
+    return null;
+}
+
+const makePublishData = ({ commandModule, config }: Record<string, Record<string, unknown>>) => {
+    const applicationType = intoApplicationType(commandModule.type as number);
+    return {
+        data: {
+            name: commandModule.name as string,
+            type: applicationType,
+            description: makeDescription(applicationType, commandModule.description as string),
+            absPath: commandModule.absPath as string,
+            options: optionsTransformer((commandModule?.options ?? []) as Typeable[]),
+            dm_permission: config?.dmPermission ?? false,
+            default_member_permissions: serialize(config?.defaultMemberPermissions),
+            //@ts-ignore
+            integration_types: (config?.integrationTypes ?? ['Guild']).map(
+                (s: string) => {
+                    if(s === "Guild") {
+                        return "0"
+                    } else if (s == "User") {
+                        return "1"
+                    } else {
+                        throw Error("IntegrationType is not one of Guild (0) or User (1)");
+                    }
+                }),
+            //@ts-ignore
+            contexts: config?.contexts ?? undefined,
+            name_localizations: commandModule.name_localizations,
+            description_localizations: commandModule.description_localizations
+        },
+        config,
+    };
+};
+
+// We can use these objects to publish to DAPI
+const publishableData = modules.map(makePublishData),
+    token = process.env.token || process.env.DISCORD_TOKEN;
+
+assert(token, 'Could not find a token for this bot in .env or commandline. Do you have DISCORD_TOKEN in env?');
+// partition globally published and guilded commands
+const [globalCommands, guildedCommands] = publishableData.reduce(
+    ([globals, guilded], module) => {
+        const isPublishableGlobally = !module.config || !Array.isArray(module.config.guildIds);
+        if (isPublishableGlobally) {
+            return [[module, ...globals], guilded];
+        }
+        return [globals, [module, ...guilded]];
+    },
+    [[], []] as [PublishableModule[], PublishableModule[]]
+);
+
+const spin = ora(`Publishing ${cyanBright('Global')} commands`);
+
+globalCommands.length && spin.start();
+
+const rest = await Rest.create(token);
+const res = await rest.updateGlobal(globalCommands);
+
+let globalCommandsResponse: unknown;
+
+
+if (res.ok) {
+    globalCommands.length && spin.succeed(`All ${cyanBright('Global')} commands published`);
+    globalCommandsResponse = await res.json();
+} else {
+    spin.fail(`Failed to publish global commands [Code: ${redBright(res.status)}]`);
+    let err: Error
+    console.error("Status Text ", res.statusText);
+    switch(res.status) {
+        case 400 : {
+            const validation_errors = await res.json()
+            console.error('errors:', inspect(validation_errors, { depth: Infinity }));
+            console.error("Modules with validation errors:" 
+                          + inspect(Object.keys(validation_errors.errors).map(idx => globalCommands[idx as any])))
+            throw Error("400: Ensure your commands have proper fields and data with nothing left out");
+        }
+        case 404 : {
+            console.error('errors:', inspect(await res.json(), { depth: Infinity }));
+            throw Error("Forbidden 404. Is you application id and/or token correct?")
+        } 
+        case 429: {
+            console.error('errors:', inspect(await res.json(), { depth: Infinity }));
+            err = Error('Chill out homie, too many requests') 
+        } break;
+        default: {
+            console.error('errors:', inspect(await res.json(), { depth: Infinity }));
+            throw Error(res.status.toString() + " error")
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+function associateGuildIdsWithData(data: PublishableModule[]): Map<string, PublishableData[]> {
+    const guildIdMap: Map<string, PublishableData[]> = new Map();
+
+    data.forEach((entry) => {
+        const { data, config } = entry;
+        const { guildIds } = config || {};
+
+        if (guildIds) {
+            guildIds.forEach((guildId) => {
+                if (guildIdMap.has(guildId)) {
+                    guildIdMap.get(guildId)?.push(data);
+                } else {
+                    guildIdMap.set(guildId, [data]);
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    });
+    return guildIdMap;
+}
+const guildCommandMap = associateGuildIdsWithData(guildedCommands);
+let guildCommandMapResponse = new Map<string, Record<string, unknown>>();
+
+for (const [guildId, array] of guildCommandMap.entries()) {
+    const spin = ora(`[${cyanBright(guildId)}] Updating commands for guild`);
+    spin.start();
+
+    const response = await rest.putGuildCommands(guildId, array);
+    const result = await response.json();
+
+    if (response.ok) {
+        guildCommandMapResponse.set(guildId, result);
+        spin.succeed(`[${greenBright(guildId)}] Successfully updated commands for guild`);
+    } else {
+        spin.fail(`[${redBright(guildId)}] Failed to update commands for guild, Reason: ${result.message}`);
+        switch(response.status) {
+            case 400 : {
+                console.error(inspect(result, { depth: Infinity }))
+                console.error("Modules with validation errors:" 
+                + inspect(Object.keys(result.errors).map(idx => array[idx as any])))
+
+                throw Error("400: Ensure your commands have proper fields and data and nothing left out");
+            }
+            case 404 : {
+                console.error(inspect(result, { depth: Infinity }))
+                throw Error("Forbidden 404. Is you application id and/or token correct?")
+            }
+            case 429: {
+                console.error(inspect(result, { depth: Infinity }))
+                throw Error('Chill out homie, too many requests')
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+const remoteData = {
+    global: globalCommandsResponse,
+    ...Object.fromEntries(guildCommandMapResponse),
+};
+await writeFile(resolve(cacheDir, 'command-data-remote.json'), JSON.stringify(remoteData, null, 4), 'utf8');
+
+// TODO: add this in a verbose flag
+// console.info('View json output in ' + resolve(cacheDir, 'command-data-remote.json'));
+process.exit(0);
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
-import { init } from './commands/init.js';
-import { help } from './commands/help.js';
-
-const regex = /(?<=--|-)\w+/gm;
-const rawArgs = process.argv.slice(2);
-const flags = rawArgs.join(' ').match(regex);
-
-const args = rawArgs
-	.join(' ')
-	.trim()
-	.split(/ +/)
-	.filter((e) => !/(--|-)\w+/gm.test(e));
-
-const cmdName = args[0] || '';
-
-const commands = new Map([
-	['help', help],
-	['', help],
-	['init', init],
-]);
-
-const found = commands.get(cmdName);
-
-if (found) {
-	await found({ args, flags });
-} else console.log('Unknown Command');
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+import { Command } from 'commander';
+import { yellowBright } from 'colorette';
+export const program = new Command();
+
+const importDynamic = async <T extends string>(filename: T) => import(`./commands/${filename}` as const);
+declare const __VERSION__: string;
+
+program
+    .name('sern')
+    .description(await importDynamic('help.js').then((m) => m.help))
+    .version(`sern CLI v${__VERSION__}`, '-v, --version')
+    .exitOverride(() => process.exit(0));
+
+program
+    .command('init')
+    .description(`Quickest way to scaffold a new project ${yellowBright('[DEPRECATED]')}`)
+    .option('-y', 'Finishes setup as default')
+    .option('-s, --sync', 'Syncs the project and generates sern.config.json')
+    .action(async (...args) => importDynamic('init.js').then((m) => m.init(...args)));
+
+program
+    .command('plugins')
+    .description('Install plugins from https://github.com/sern-handler/awesome-plugins')
+    .argument('[names...]', 'Names of plugins to install')
+    .action((...args) => importDynamic('plugins.js').then((m) => m.plugins(...args)));
+
+program
+    .command('extra')
+    .description('Easy way to add extra things in your sern project')
+    .action((...args) => importDynamic('extra.js').then((m) => m.extra(...args)));
+
+program //
+    .command('commands')
+    .description('Defacto way to manage your slash commands')
+    .addCommand(
+        new Command('publish')
+            .description('New way to manage your slash commands')
+            .option('-W --suppress-warnings', 'suppress experimental warning')
+            .option('-i, --import [scriptPath...]', 'Prerequire a script to load into publisher')
+            .option('-t, --token [token]')
+            .argument('[path]', 'path with respect to current working directory that will locate all published files')
+            .action(async (...args) => importDynamic('publish.js').then((m) => m.publish(...args)))
+    ).addCommand(
+        new Command('list') //
+            .description('List all slash commands')
+            .action(async (...args) => importDynamic('list.js').then((m) => m.list(...args))))
+    .addCommand(
+        new Command('clear')
+            .description('Clear and reset commands-data-remote.json and the api')
+            .option('-y, --yes', "Say yes to all prompts")
+            .option('-e, --env [path]', "Supply a path to a .env")
+            .action(async (...args) => importDynamic('command-clear.js').then((m) => m.commandClear(...args))));
+program
+    .command('build')
+    .description('Build your bot')
+    .option('-f --format [fmt]', 'The module system of your application. `cjs` or `esm`', 'esm')
+    .option('-m --mode [mode]', 'the mode for sern to build in. `production` or `development`', 'development')
+    .option('-w --watch')
+    .option('--watch-command [cmd]', 'the command for sern to watch. if watch is not enabled, an error is thrown', '')
+    .option('-W --suppress-warnings', 'suppress experimental warning')
+    .option('-p --project [filePath]', 'build with the provided sern.build file')
+    .option('-e --env', 'path to .env file')
+    .option('--source-maps', 'Whether to add source-maps to configuration', false)
+    .option('--tsconfig [filePath]', 'Use this tsconfig')
+    .action(async (...args) => importDynamic('build.js').then((m) => m.build(...args)));
+
+program.parse();
--- a/src/prompts/extra.ts
+++ b/src/prompts/extra.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import type { PromptObject } from 'prompts';
+
+export const extraPrompt: PromptObject = {
+    message: 'What extra feature do you want to add?',
+    name: 'extra',
+    type: 'select',
+    choices: [
+        {
+            title: 'Dockerfile (TypeScript)',
+            description: 'Dockerfile for TypeScript',
+            value: 'Dockerfile-typescript',
+            selected: true,
+        },
+        {
+            title: 'Dockerfile (JavaScript)',
+            description: 'Dockerfile for JavaScript',
+            value: 'Dockerfile-javascript',
+        },
+    ],
+};
--- a/src/prompts/init.js
+++ b/src/prompts/init.js
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-import { blueBright } from 'colorette';
-
-export const lang = {
-	message: 'What language do you want the project to be in?',
-	name: 'lang',
-	type: 'select',
-	choices: [
-		{
-			title: 'JavaScript',
-			description: 'JS',
-			value: 'javascript',
-			disabled: true,
-		},
-		{
-			title: 'TypeScript',
-			description: 'TS',
-			value: 'typescript',
-			selected: true,
-		},
-	],
-};
-
-export const default_prefix = {
-	message:
-		'What is the default prefix for your bot? Type "none" if it is completely Application-Command based',
-	name: 'prefix',
-	type: 'text',
-	initial: '!',
-};
-
-export const main_dir = {
-	message: 'What is the main directory of your project?',
-	name: 'main_dir',
-	type: 'text',
-	initial: 'src',
-};
-
-export const cmds_dir = {
-	message: 'What is the directory of your commands?',
-	name: 'cmds_dir',
-	type: 'text',
-	initial: 'commands',
-	validate: (dir) =>
-		dir === 'src' ? 'You can not use src as a directory' : true,
-};
-
-/**
- * @type {import('prompts').PromptObject}
- */
-export const npmInit = {
-	name: 'npm_init',
-	type: 'confirm',
-	message: `Do you want ${blueBright('me')} to initialize npm?`,
-	initial: true,
-};
-
-export const gitInit = {
-	name: 'gitinit',
-	type: 'confirm',
-	message: `Do you want to ${blueBright('me')} to initialize git?`,
-	initial: true,
-};
-
-export const which_manager = {
-	message: `Which manager do you want to use?`,
-	name: 'manager',
-	type: 'select',
-	choices: [
-		{
-			title: 'NPM',
-			description: 'Default Package Manager',
-			selected: true,
-			value: 'npm',
-		},
-		{
-			title: 'Yarn',
-			description: 'Yarn Package Manager',
-			value: 'yarn',
-		},
-		{
-			title: 'Skip',
-			description: 'Skip selection',
-			value: 'skip',
-		},
-	],
-};
-
-export const skip_install_dep = {
-	name: 'skip_install_dep',
-	type: 'confirm',
-	message: `Do you want ${blueBright('me')} to install dependencies?`,
-	initial: false,
-};
-
-/**
- * @type {import('prompts').PromptObject}
- */
-export const name = {
-	message: 'What is your project name?',
-	name: 'name',
-	type: 'text',
-	validate: (name) =>
-		name.match('^(?:@[a-z0-9-*~][a-z0-9-*._~]*/)?[a-z0-9-~][a-z0-9-._~]*$')
-			? true
-			: 'Invalid name',
-};
--- a/src/prompts/init.ts
+++ b/src/prompts/init.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+import { blueBright } from 'colorette';
+import type { PromptObject } from 'prompts';
+
+export const lang: PromptObject = {
+    message: 'What language do you want the project to be in?',
+    name: 'lang',
+    type: 'select',
+    choices: [
+        {
+            title: 'JavaScript',
+            description: 'JS',
+            value: 'javascript',
+        },
+        {
+            title: 'JavaScript (ESM)',
+            description: 'JS',
+            value: 'javascript-esm',
+        },
+        {
+            title: 'TypeScript',
+            description: 'TS - (Recommended)',
+            value: 'typescript',
+        },
+    ],
+};
+
+export const main_dir: PromptObject = {
+    message: 'What is the main directory of your project?',
+    name: 'main_dir',
+    type: 'text',
+    initial: 'src',
+};
+
+export const cmds_dir: PromptObject = {
+    message: 'What is the directory of your commands?',
+    name: 'cmds_dir',
+    type: 'text',
+    initial: 'commands',
+    validate: (dir: string) => (dir === 'src' ? 'You can not use src as a directory' : true),
+};
+
+export const npmInit: PromptObject = {
+    name: 'npm_init',
+    type: 'confirm',
+    message: `Do you want ${blueBright('me')} to initialize npm?`,
+    initial: true,
+};
+
+export const gitInit: PromptObject = {
+    name: 'gitinit',
+    type: 'confirm',
+    message: `Do you want ${blueBright('me')} to initialize git?`,
+    initial: true,
+};
+
+export const which_manager: PromptObject = {
+    message: `Which manager do you want to use?`,
+    name: 'manager',
+    type: 'select',
+    choices: [
+        {
+            title: 'NPM',
+            description: 'Default Package Manager',
+            selected: true,
+            value: 'npm',
+        },
+        {
+            title: 'Yarn',
+            description: 'Yarn Package Manager',
+            value: 'yarn',
+        },
+        {
+            title: 'Skip',
+            description: 'Skip selection',
+            value: 'skip',
+        },
+    ],
+};
+
+export const skip_install_dep: PromptObject = {
+    name: 'skip_install_dep',
+    type: 'confirm',
+    message: `Do you want ${blueBright('me')} to install dependencies?`,
+    initial: false,
+};
+
+export const name: PromptObject = {
+    message: 'What is your project name?',
+    name: 'name',
+    type: 'text',
+    validate: (name: string) => (name.match('^(?:@[a-z0-9-*~][a-z0-9-*._~]*/)?[a-z0-9-~][a-z0-9-._~]*$') ? true : 'Invalid name'),
+};
--- a/src/rest.ts
+++ b/src/rest.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import type { PublishableModule } from './create-publish.d.ts';
+
+const baseURL = new URL('https://discord.com/api/v10/applications/');
+
+const excludedKeys = new Set(['command', 'absPath']);
+
+const publishablesIntoJson = (ps: PublishableModule[]) => {
+    const s = JSON.stringify(
+        ps.map((module) => module.data),
+        (key, value) => (excludedKeys.has(key) ? undefined : value), 4);
+    return s;
+}
+
+export const create = async (token: string) => {
+    const headers = {
+        Authorization: 'Bot ' + token,
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+    };
+    let me;
+    let appid: string;
+    try {
+        me = await fetch(new URL('@me', baseURL), { headers }).then(res => res.json());
+        appid = me.id;
+    } catch(e) {
+        console.log("Something went wrong while trying to fetch your application:");
+        throw e;
+    }
+    const globalURL = new URL(`${appid}/commands`, baseURL);
+    
+    return {
+        updateGlobal: (commands: PublishableModule[]) =>
+            fetch(globalURL, {
+                method: 'PUT',
+                body: publishablesIntoJson(commands),
+                headers,
+            }),
+        getGuildCommands: (id: string) => {
+            const guildCommandURL = new URL(`${appid}/guilds/${id}/commands`, baseURL);
+            return fetch(guildCommandURL, { headers });
+        },
+
+        putGuildCommands: (guildId: string, guildCommand: unknown) => {
+            const guildCommandURL = new URL(`${appid}/guilds/${guildId}/commands`, baseURL);
+            return fetch(guildCommandURL, {
+                method: 'PUT',
+                body: JSON.stringify(guildCommand),
+                headers,
+            });
+        },
+    };
+};
--- a/src/types/config.d.ts
+++ b/src/types/config.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+export interface sernConfig {
+    language: 'typescript' | 'javascript';
+    paths: {
+        base: string;
+        commands: string;
+    };
+    buildPath: string;
+    rest?: Record<string, Record<string, unknown>>;
+}
+
+export interface TheoreticalEnv {
+    DISCORD_TOKEN: string;
+    APPLICATION_ID?: string;
+    MODE: 'production' | 'environment';
+    [name: string]: string;
+}
--- a/src/utilities/create.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/create.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import { mkdir, readFile, writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
+import { dirname, resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath, URL } from 'url';
+const root = new URL('../../', import.meta.url);
+const templates = new URL('./templates/', root);
+const extraURL = new URL('./extra/', templates);
+const extraFolder = fileURLToPath(extraURL);
+
+/**
+ * It creates a file with the name `name.lang.sern` in the `location` directory
+ * @param  name - The name of the file.
+ * @param  lang - The language you want to use.
+ * @param  location - The location of the file to be created.
+ * @param  no_ext - If true, the file will be created without an extension.
+ */
+
+export async function create(name: string, lang: string, location: string, no_ext: boolean) {
+    const file = `${name}.${lang}.sern`;
+
+    const target = no_ext ? `${location}/${name}` : `${location}/${name}.${lang}`;
+
+    return createFile(file, target);
+}
+
+/**
+ * It reads a file from a template folder, and writes it to a target folder
+ * @param template - The name of the file to be created.
+ * @param target - The location of the file to be created.
+ */
+async function createFile(template: string, target: string) {
+    const location = `${extraFolder}${template}`;
+
+    const file = await readFile(location, 'utf8');
+
+    await writeFileRecursive(target, file);
+}
+
+/**
+ * It creates a directory recursively, then writes a file to it
+ * @param target - The path to the file you want to write to.
+ * @param data - The data to write to the file.
+ * @returns A promise that resolves to the result of the writeFile function.
+ */
+async function writeFileRecursive(target: string, data: string) {
+    const resolvedTarget = resolve(target);
+    const dir = dirname(resolvedTarget);
+
+    await mkdir(dir, { recursive: true });
+
+    return writeFile(resolvedTarget, data);
+}
--- a/src/utilities/defaultEsbuildConfig.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/defaultEsbuildConfig.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import type esbuild from 'esbuild';
+import { resolve } from 'path';
+
+export default (format: 'cjs' | 'esm', tsconfig: string|undefined, outdir='dist') => ({
+        platform: 'node',
+        format,
+        tsconfig,
+        logLevel: 'info',
+        minify: false,
+        outdir: resolve(outdir),
+    } satisfies esbuild.BuildOptions);
--- a/src/utilities/edits.js
+++ b/src/utilities/edits.js
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-import { readFile, rename, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
-import { findUp } from 'find-up';
-
-/**
- * It takes a string, finds the package.json file in the directory of the string, and changes the name
- * of the package.json file to the string.
- * @param {string} name - The name of the project.
- * @returns A promise.
- */
-export async function editMain(name) {
-	const pjLocation = await findUp('package.json', {
-		cwd: process.cwd() + '/' + name,
-	});
-
-	const output = JSON.parse(await readFile(pjLocation, 'utf8'));
-	if (!output) throw new Error("Can't read your package.json.");
-
-	output.name = name;
-
-	return writeFile(pjLocation, JSON.stringify(output, null, 2));
-}
-
-export async function editDirs(
-	srcName,
-	cmds_dirName,
-	name,
-	lang = 'typescript'
-) {
-	const path = await findUp('src', {
-		cwd: process.cwd() + '/' + name,
-		type: 'directory',
-	});
-
-	const ext = lang === 'typescript' ? 'ts' : 'js';
-
-	const newMainDir = path?.replace('src', srcName);
-	await rename(path, newMainDir);
-
-	const cmdsPath = await findUp('commands', {
-		cwd: process.cwd() + '/' + name + '/' + srcName,
-		type: 'directory',
-	});
-
-	const index = await findUp(`index.${ext}`, {
-		cwd: process.cwd() + '/' + name + '/' + srcName,
-	});
-
-	const newCmdsPath = cmdsPath?.replace('commands', cmds_dirName);
-	await rename(cmdsPath, newCmdsPath);
-
-	const tsconfig = await findUp('tsconfig.json', {
-		cwd: process.cwd() + '/' + name,
-	});
-
-	if (tsconfig) {
-		const output = JSON.parse(await readFile(tsconfig, 'utf8'));
-		if (!output) throw new Error("Can't read your tsconfig.json.");
-		output.compilerOptions.rootDir = srcName;
-
-		writeFile(tsconfig, JSON.stringify(output, null, 2));
-	}
-
-	const output = await readFile(index, 'utf8');
-
-	const oldfold = ext === 'ts' ? 'dist' : 'src';
-	const newfold = ext === 'ts' ? 'dist' : srcName;
-
-	const regex = new RegExp(`commands: '${oldfold}/commands'`);
-	const edit = output.replace(
-		regex,
-		`commands: '${newfold}/${cmds_dirName}'`
-	);
-
-	return writeFile(index, edit);
-}
--- a/src/utilities/edits.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/edits.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import { findUp } from 'find-up';
+import { readFile, rename, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { fromCwd } from './fromCwd.js';
+import { parseTsConfig } from './parseTsconfig.js';
+
+/**
+ * It takes a string, finds the package.json file in the directory of the string, and changes the name
+ * of the package.json file to the string.
+ * @param name - The name of the project.
+ */
+export async function editMain(name: string) {
+    const pjLocation = (await findUp('package.json', {
+        cwd: fromCwd('/' + name),
+    })) as string;
+
+    const output = JSON.parse(await readFile(pjLocation, 'utf8'));
+    if (!output) throw new Error("Can't read your package.json.");
+
+    output.name = name;
+
+    return writeFile(pjLocation, JSON.stringify(output, null, 2));
+}
+
+/**
+ * It renames the `src` and `commands` directories, and edits the `index.ts` file to reflect the
+ * changes
+ * @param srcName - The name of the folder that will contain your main files.
+ * @param cmds_dirName - The name of the directory where your commands will be stored.
+ * @param name - The name of the folder you want to edit.
+ * @param lang - The language you want to use.
+ */
+export async function editDirs(
+    srcName: string,
+    cmds_dirName: string,
+    name: string,
+    lang: 'javascript' | 'typescript' | 'javascript-esm' = 'typescript'
+) {
+    const path = (await findUp('src', {
+        cwd: fromCwd(name),
+        type: 'directory',
+    })) as string;
+
+    const ext = lang === 'typescript' ? 'ts' : 'js';
+
+    const newMainDir = path?.replace('src', srcName);
+    await rename(path, newMainDir);
+
+    const cmdsPath = (await findUp('commands', {
+        cwd: fromCwd(name, srcName),
+        type: 'directory',
+    })) as string;
+
+    const index = (await findUp(`index.${ext}`, {
+        cwd: fromCwd(name, srcName),
+    })) as string;
+
+    const newCmdsPath = cmdsPath?.replace('commands', cmds_dirName);
+    await rename(cmdsPath, newCmdsPath);
+
+    const tsconfig = await findUp('tsconfig.json', {
+        cwd: process.cwd() + '/' + name,
+    });
+
+    if (tsconfig) {
+        const output = await parseTsConfig(tsconfig);
+        if (!output) throw new Error("Can't read your tsconfig.json.");
+        if (!output.compilerOptions) throw new Error("Can't find compilerOptions in your tsconfig.json.");
+        output.compilerOptions.rootDir = srcName;
+
+        // This will strip comments/trailing commas from the tsconfig.json file
+        await writeFile(tsconfig, JSON.stringify(output, null, 2));
+    }
+
+    const output = await readFile(index, 'utf8');
+
+    const oldfold = ext === 'ts' ? 'dist' : 'src';
+    const newfold = ext === 'ts' ? 'dist' : srcName;
+
+    const regex = new RegExp(`commands: '${oldfold}/commands'`);
+    const edit = output.replace(regex, `commands: '${newfold}/${cmds_dirName}'`);
+
+    return writeFile(index, edit);
+}
--- a/src/utilities/fromCwd.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/fromCwd.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import path from 'path';
+
+export function fromCwd(...dir: string[]) {
+    return path.join(...[process.cwd(), ...dir]);
+}
--- a/src/utilities/getConfig.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/getConfig.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { findUp } from 'find-up';
+import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import assert from 'node:assert';
+
+
+export async function getConfig(): Promise<SernConfig> {
+    const sernLocation = await findUp('sern.config.json');
+    assert(sernLocation, "Can't find sern.config.json");
+
+    const output = JSON.parse(await readFile(sernLocation, 'utf8')) as SernConfig;
+
+    assert(output, "Can't read your sern.config.json.");
+
+    return output;
+}
+export interface SernConfig {
+    language: 'typescript' | 'javascript';
+    defaultPrefix?: string;
+    paths: {
+        base: string;
+        commands: string;
+        events?: string;
+    };
+    build?: {
+
+    }
+}
--- a/src/utilities/getSern.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/getSern.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { readdirSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { fromCwd } from './fromCwd';
+import { redBright, cyanBright } from 'colorette';
+
+export function getSern() {
+    let files: string[] = [];
+
+    try {
+        const sern = fromCwd('.sern');
+        files = readdirSync(sern);
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.error(`${redBright('Error:')} Could not locate ${cyanBright('.sern')} directory`);
+        process.exit(1);
+    } finally {
+        return files;
+    }
+}
--- a/src/utilities/install.js
+++ b/src/utilities/install.js
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-import { execa } from 'execa';
-import { redBright } from 'colorette';
-import fs from 'fs';
-import os from 'os';
-import path from 'path';
-import { readFile } from 'fs/promises';
-import { findUp } from 'find-up';
-import ora from 'ora';
-import degit from 'degit';
-
-/**
- * It installs dependencies from a package.json file
- * @param choice - The package manager to use.
- * @param name - The name of the project
- * @returns a promise.
- */
-export async function installDeps(choice, name) {
-	const pkg = await findUp('package.json', {
-		cwd: process.cwd() + '/' + name,
-	});
-	if (!pkg) throw new Error('No package.json found!');
-
-	const output = JSON.parse(await readFile(pkg, 'utf8'));
-	if (!output) throw new Error("Can't read file.");
-
-	const deps = output.dependencies;
-	if (!deps) throw new Error("Can't find dependencies.");
-
-	if (choice === 'skip') {
-		return console.log('Skipped.');
-	}
-
-	const spin = ora({
-		text: `Installing dependencies...`,
-		spinner: 'aesthetic',
-	}).start();
-
-	const result = await execa(choice, ['install'], {
-		cwd: process.cwd() + '/' + name,
-	}).catch(() => null);
-	if (!result || result?.failed) {
-		spin.fail(`${redBright('Failed')} to install dependencies!`);
-		return process.exit(1);
-	} else spin.succeed(`Dependencies installed!`);
-}
-
-/**
- * Clone the repo, copy the files from the repo to the new project directory, and delete the repo
- * @param {string} lang - The language of the template
- * @param {string} name - The name of the project
- */
-export async function cloneRepo(lang, name) {
-	const isCached = fs.existsSync(
-		path.join(os.homedir(), '.degit/github/sern-handler/templates')
-	);
-	const emitter = degit('sern-handler/templates/templates', {
-		cache: isCached,
-		force: true,
-	});
-
-	await emitter.clone('templates');
-
-	copyRecursiveSync(`templates/${lang}`, name);
-	fs.rmSync('templates', { recursive: true, force: true });
-}
-
-/**
- * If the source is a directory, create the destination directory and then recursively copy the
- * contents of the source directory to the destination directory. If the source is not a directory,
- * copy the source file to the destination file
- * @param {string} src - The source path.
- * @param {string} dest - The destination folder where the files will be copied to.
- */
-function copyRecursiveSync(src, dest) {
-	const exists = fs.existsSync(src);
-
-	const stats = exists && fs.statSync(src);
-
-	const isDirectory = exists && stats.isDirectory();
-	if (isDirectory) {
-		fs.mkdirSync(dest);
-
-		fs.readdirSync(src).forEach(function (childItemName) {
-			copyRecursiveSync(
-				path.join(src, childItemName),
-				path.join(dest, childItemName)
-			);
-		});
-	} else {
-		fs.copyFileSync(src, dest);
-	}
-}
-
-// async function wait(ms) {
-// 	const wait = (await import('util')).promisify(setTimeout);
-// 	return wait(ms);
-// }
--- a/src/utilities/install.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/install.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import { redBright } from 'colorette';
+import { execa } from 'execa';
+import { findUp } from 'find-up';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import { readFile } from 'fs/promises';
+import ora from 'ora';
+import path from 'path';
+import type { PackageManagerChoice } from './types';
+
+/**
+ * It installs dependencies from a package.json file
+ * @param choice - The package manager to use.
+ * @param name - The name of the project
+ */
+export async function installDeps(choice: PackageManagerChoice, name: string) {
+    const pkg = await findUp('package.json', {
+        cwd: process.cwd() + '/' + name,
+    });
+    if (!pkg) throw new Error('No package.json found!');
+
+    const output = JSON.parse(await readFile(pkg, 'utf8'));
+    if (!output) throw new Error("Can't read file.");
+
+    const deps = output.dependencies;
+    if (!deps) throw new Error("Can't find dependencies.");
+
+    if (choice === 'skip') {
+        return console.log('Dependency installation skipped...');
+    }
+
+    const spin = ora({
+        text: `Installing dependencies...`,
+        spinner: 'aesthetic',
+    }).start();
+
+    const result = await execa(choice, ['install'], {
+        cwd: process.cwd() + '/' + name,
+    }).catch(() => null);
+
+    if (!result || result?.failed) {
+        spin.fail(`${redBright('Failed')} to install dependencies!`);
+        process.exit(1);
+    } else spin.succeed(`Dependencies installed!`);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Clone the repo, copy the files from the repo to the new project directory, and delete the repo
+ * @param lang - The language of the template
+ * @param name - The name of the project
+ */
+export async function cloneRepo(lang: string, name: string) {
+    try {
+        await execa('git', ['clone', `https://github.com/sern-handler/templates.git`]);
+        copyRecursiveSync(`templates/templates/${lang}`, name);
+        fs.rmSync(`templates/`, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.log(`${redBright('✖ Failed')} to clone github templates repo. Install git and try again!`);
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * If the source is a directory, create the destination directory and then recursively copy the
+ * contents of the source directory to the destination directory. If the source is not a directory,
+ * copy the source file to the destination file
+ * @param src - The source path.
+ * @param dest - The destination folder where the files will be copied to.
+ */
+export function copyRecursiveSync(src: string, dest: string) {
+    const exists = fs.existsSync(src);
+
+    const stats = (exists && fs.statSync(src)) as fs.Stats;
+
+    const isDirectory = exists && stats.isDirectory();
+    if (isDirectory) {
+        fs.mkdirSync(dest);
+
+        fs.readdirSync(src).forEach(function (childItemName) {
+            copyRecursiveSync(path.join(src, childItemName), path.join(dest, childItemName));
+        });
+    } else {
+        fs.copyFileSync(src, dest);
+    }
+}
--- a/src/utilities/npm.js
+++ b/src/utilities/npm.js
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-import { execa } from 'execa';
-
-/**
- * It checks if you have npm or yarn installed, and returns a string based on the result
- * @returns A promise that resolves to a string.
- */
-export async function npm() {
-	const npm = await execa('npm', ['-v']).catch(() => null);
-	const npm_version = npm?.stdout;
-
-	const yarn = await execa('yarn', ['-v']).catch(() => null);
-	const yarn_version = yarn?.stdout;
-
-	if (npm_version && !yarn_version) {
-		return 'npm';
-	}
-
-	if (!npm_version && yarn_version) {
-		return 'yarn';
-	}
-
-	if (npm_version && yarn_version) {
-		return 'both';
-	}
-}
--- a/src/utilities/npm.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/npm.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { execa } from 'execa';
+
+/**
+ * It checks if you have npm or yarn installed, and returns a string based on the result
+ * @returns A promise that resolves to a string.
+ */
+export async function npm() {
+    const npm = await execa('npm', ['-v']).catch(() => null);
+    const npm_version = npm?.stdout;
+
+    const yarn = await execa('yarn', ['-v']).catch(() => null);
+    const yarn_version = yarn?.stdout;
+
+    if (npm_version && !yarn_version) {
+        return 'npm';
+    }
+
+    if (!npm_version && yarn_version) {
+        return 'yarn';
+    }
+
+    if (npm_version && yarn_version) {
+        return 'both';
+    }
+}
--- a/src/utilities/parseTsconfig.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/parseTsconfig.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+
+interface CompilerOptions {
+    target: string;
+    module: string;
+    lib: string[];
+    allowJs: boolean;
+    checkJs: boolean;
+    jsx: string;
+    declaration: boolean;
+    sourceMap: boolean;
+    outDir: string;
+    rootDir: string;
+    strict: boolean;
+    esModuleInterop: boolean;
+    forceConsistentCasingInFileNames: boolean;
+    noEmit: boolean;
+    importHelpers: boolean;
+    isolatedModules: boolean;
+    moduleResolution: string;
+    resolveJsonModule: boolean;
+    noEmitHelpers: boolean;
+}
+
+interface TsConfig {
+    compilerOptions: CompilerOptions;
+    files: string[];
+    include: string[];
+    exclude: string[];
+    extends: string;
+}
+
+const cleanJson = (json: string) =>
+    json
+        .replace(/\/\/.*$/gm, '')
+        .replace(/\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//gm, '')
+        .replace(/,\s*([}\]])/g, '$1');
+
+export const parseTsConfig = async (path: string) => {
+    const absPath = resolve(path);
+    const fileContent = await readFile(absPath, 'utf-8');
+    const cleanContent = cleanJson(fileContent);
+
+    try {
+        return JSON.parse(cleanContent) as Partial<TsConfig>;
+    } catch (e) {
+        return null;
+    }
+};
--- a/src/utilities/preprocessor.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/preprocessor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+const declareConstType = (name: string, type: string) => String.raw`declare var ${name}: ${type}`;
+
+const processEnvType = (env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv) => {
+    const entries = Object.keys(env);
+
+    const envBuilder = new StringWriter();
+
+    for (const key of entries) {
+        envBuilder.tab()
+                  .tab()
+                  .envField(key);
+    }
+    return envBuilder.build();
+};
+
+const determineJSONType = (s: string) => {
+    return typeof JSON.parse(s);
+};
+
+type FileWriter = (path: string, content: string, format: BufferEncoding) => Promise<void>;
+const writeAmbientFile = async (path: string, define: Record<string, string>, writeFile: FileWriter) => {
+    const fileContent = new StringWriter();
+    for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(define)) {
+        fileContent.varDecl(k, v);
+    }
+    fileContent
+        .println('declare namespace NodeJS {')
+        .tab()
+        .println('interface ProcessEnv {')
+        .envFields(process.env)
+        .tab()
+        .println('}')
+        .println('}');
+
+    await writeFile(path, fileContent.build(), 'utf8');
+};
+
+const writeTsConfig = async (format: 'cjs' | 'esm', configPath: string, fw: FileWriter) => {
+    //maybe better way to do this
+    const sernTsConfig = {
+        compilerOptions: {
+            //module determines top level await. CJS doesn't have that abliity afaik
+            module: format === 'cjs' ? 'node' : 'esnext',
+            moduleResolution: 'node',
+            strict: true,
+            skipLibCheck: true,
+            target: 'esnext',
+            rootDirs: ['./generated', '../src'],
+        },
+        include: ['./ambient.d.ts', '../src'],
+    };
+
+    await fw(configPath, JSON.stringify(sernTsConfig, null, 3), 'utf8');
+};
+class StringWriter {
+    private fileString = '';
+
+    tab() {
+        this.fileString += '    ';
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    varDecl(name: string, type: string) {
+        this.fileString += declareConstType(name, determineJSONType(type)) + '\n';
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    println(data: string) {
+        this.fileString += data + '\n';
+        return this;
+    }
+    envField(key: string) {
+        //if env field has space or parens, wrap key in ""
+        if (/\s|\(|\)/g.test(key)) {
+            this.fileString += `"${key}": string`;
+        } else {
+            this.fileString += key + ':' + 'string';
+        }
+        this.fileString += '\n';
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    envFields(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv) {
+        this.fileString += processEnvType(env);
+        return this;
+    }
+    build() {
+        return this.fileString;
+    }
+}
+
+export { writeAmbientFile, writeTsConfig };
--- a/src/utilities/readPaths.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/readPaths.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { readdir, stat } from 'fs/promises';
+import { basename, join, extname } from 'path';
+function isSkippable(filename: string) {
+    //empty string is for non extension files (directories)
+    const validExtensions = ['.js', '.cjs', '.mts', '.mjs', '.cts', '.ts', ''];
+    return filename[0] === '!' || !validExtensions.includes(extname(filename));
+}
+
+async function deriveFileInfo(dir: string, file: string) {
+    const fullPath = join(dir, file);
+    return {
+        fullPath,
+        fileStats: await stat(fullPath),
+        base: basename(file),
+    };
+}
+
+export async function* readPaths(dir: string, shouldDebug: boolean): AsyncGenerator<string> {
+    try {
+        const files = await readdir(dir);
+        for (const file of files) {
+            const { fullPath, fileStats, base } = await deriveFileInfo(dir, file);
+            if (fileStats.isDirectory()) {
+                //Todo: refactor so that i dont repeat myself for files (line 71)
+                if (isSkippable(base)) {
+                    if (shouldDebug) console.info(`ignored directory: ${fullPath}`);
+                } else {
+                    yield* readPaths(fullPath, shouldDebug);
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (isSkippable(base)) {
+                    if (shouldDebug) console.info(`ignored: ${fullPath}`);
+                } else {
+                    yield 'file:///' + fullPath;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    } catch (err) {
+        throw err;
+    }
+}
--- a/src/utilities/require.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/require.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
+
+export const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
--- a/src/utilities/routebuilder.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/routebuilder.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+import { readdir, stat } from 'fs/promises';
+import { basename, join, parse, dirname } from 'path';
+import assert from 'assert';
+
+
+/**
+ * Import any module based on the absolute path.
+ * This can accept four types of exported modules
+ * commonjs, javascript :
+ * ```js
+ * exports = commandModule({ })
+ *
+ * //or
+ * exports.default = commandModule({ })
+ * ```
+ * esm javascript, typescript, and commonjs typescript
+ * export default commandModule({})
+ */
+export async function importModule<T>(absPath: string) {
+    let fileModule = await import(absPath);
+
+    let commandModule = fileModule.default;
+
+    assert(commandModule , `Found no export @ ${absPath}. Forgot to ignore with "!"? (!${basename(absPath)})?`);
+    if ('default' in commandModule ) {
+        commandModule = commandModule.default;
+    }
+    return { module: commandModule } as T;
+}
+
+
+export const fmtFileName = (fileName: string) => parse(fileName).name;
+
+
+export const getfilename = (path: string) => fmtFileName(basename(path));
+
+
+
+async function deriveFileInfo(dir: string, file: string) {
+    const fullPath = join(dir, file);
+    return { fullPath,
+             fileStats: await stat(fullPath),
+             base: basename(file) };
+}
+
+function parseWildcardName(filename: string): string | null {
+  const wildcardMatch = filename.match(/\[(.*?)\]/);
+  return wildcardMatch ? wildcardMatch[1] : null;
+}
+
+export class RouteEntry {
+    public import_path: string
+    public filename: string
+    public parent: string
+    public wildcardName: string | null;
+    constructor(public route: string) {
+        this.import_path = "file:///"+route
+        this.filename = getfilename(this.route)
+        this.parent = dirname(this.route);
+        this.wildcardName = parseWildcardName(this.filename);
+    }
+}
+
+export interface ReadPathsConfig {
+    dir: string
+    onDir?: (dir: string) => Promise<boolean>|boolean
+    onEntry?: (etry: RouteEntry) => RouteEntry
+}
+
+export async function* readPaths(
+    config: ReadPathsConfig
+): AsyncGenerator<RouteEntry> {
+    const files = await readdir(config.dir);
+    for (const file of files) {
+        const { fullPath, fileStats } = await deriveFileInfo(config.dir, file);
+        if (fileStats.isDirectory()) {
+            if(config.onDir && await config.onDir(fullPath)) {
+                yield* readPaths({ ...config, dir: fullPath });
+            } else {
+                yield* readPaths({ ...config, dir: fullPath });
+            }
+        } else {
+            const nowindowsPath = fullPath.replace(/\\/g, '/');
+            if(config.onEntry) {
+                yield config.onEntry(new RouteEntry(nowindowsPath));
+            } else {
+                yield new RouteEntry(nowindowsPath);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
--- a/src/utilities/types.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+export type PackageManagerChoice = 'skip' | 'npm' | 'yarn';
+
+export type GuildId = string;
+
+export interface CommandData {
+    id: string;
+    application_id: string;
+    version: string;
+    default_member_permissions?: string;
+    type: number;
+    name: string;
+    name_localizations?: Record<string, string>;
+    description: string;
+    description_localizations?: Record<string, string>;
+    dm_permission: boolean;
+    guild_id: string;
+    nsfw: boolean;
+    options?: OptionData[];
+}
+
+interface OptionData {
+    type: number;
+    name: string;
+    name_localizations?: Record<string, string>;
+    description: string;
+    description_localizations?: Record<string, string>;
+    required?: boolean;
+    choices?: ChoiceData[];
+    options?: OptionData[];
+}
+
+interface ChoiceData {
+    name: string;
+    value: string | number;
+}
--- a/src/utilities/version.js
+++ b/src/utilities/version.js
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-import { createRequire } from 'module';
-const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
-const { version: v } = require('../../package.json');
-
-export function version() {
-	console.log(`SernHandler CLI v${v}`);
-}
--- a/templates/cf.js
+++ b/templates/cf.js
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+// i got this idea from chooks22
+"use modules";
+
+import { 
+    InteractionResponseFlags,
+    InteractionType,
+    verifyKey,
+    InteractionResponseType
+} from 'discord-interactions';
+//this will import all the modules statically
+
+class JsonResponse extends Response {
+  constructor(body, init) {
+    const jsonBody = JSON.stringify(body);
+    init = init || {
+      headers: {
+        'content-type': 'application/json;charset=UTF-8',
+      },
+    };
+    super(jsonBody, init);
+  }
+}
+
+function createContext(rawcontext) {
+    return rawcontext
+}
+async function executeModule(
+    emitter,
+    logger,
+    errHandler,
+    { module, task, args },
+) {
+    try {
+        await module.execute(args);
+        //emitter.emit('module.activate', /*resultPayload(PayloadType.Success, module)*/);
+    } catch(e) {
+        throw e 
+    }
+    
+}
+
+async function applyPlugins(module, payload) {
+    let success = true;
+    for (const plg of module.onEvent) {
+        const res = await plg.execute(payload);
+        if(!res.isOk()) {
+            success = false;
+        }
+    }
+    return success;
+}
+
+const router = Router();
+
+/**
+ * A simple :wave: hello page to verify the worker is working.
+ */
+router.get('/', (request, env) => {
+  return new Response(`👋 ${env.DISCORD_APPLICATION_ID}`);
+});
+
+/**
+ * Main route for all requests sent from Discord.  All incoming messages will
+ * include a JSON payload described here:
+ * https://discord.com/developers/docs/interactions/receiving-and-responding#interaction-object
+ */
+router.post('/', async (request, env) => {
+  const { isValid, interaction } = await server.verifyDiscordRequest(
+    request,
+    env,
+  );
+  if (!isValid || !interaction) {
+    return new Response('Bad request signature.', { status: 401 });
+  }
+
+  if (interaction.type === InteractionType.PING) {
+    // The `PING` message is used during the initial webhook handshake, and is
+    // required to configure the webhook in the developer portal.
+    return new JsonResponse({
+      type: InteractionResponseType.PONG,
+    });
+  }
+  if(interaction.type === InteractionType.APPLICATION_COMMAND_AUTOCOMPLETE) {
+      "use autocomplete";
+  } else if (interaction.type === InteractionType.APPLICATION_COMMAND) {
+      "use slash";
+  }
+
+  console.error('Unknown Type');
+  return new JsonResponse({ error: 'Unknown Type' }, { status: 400 });
+});
+router.all('*', () => new Response('Not Found.', { status: 404 }));
+
+
+async function verifyDiscordRequest(request, env) {
+  const signature = request.headers.get('x-signature-ed25519');
+  const timestamp = request.headers.get('x-signature-timestamp');
+  const body = await request.text();
+  const isValidRequest =
+    signature &&
+    timestamp &&
+    verifyKey(body, signature, timestamp, env.DISCORD_PUBLIC_KEY);
+  if (!isValidRequest) {
+    return { isValid: false };
+  }
+
+  return { interaction: JSON.parse(body), isValid: true };
+}
+
+
+const server = {
+  verifyDiscordRequest: verifyDiscordRequest,
+  fetch: async function (request, env) {
+    return router.handle(request, env);
+  },
+};
+export default server;
--- a/templates/extra/Dockerfile.JS.sern
+++ b/templates/extra/Dockerfile.JS.sern
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+FROM node:latest
+
+RUN npm install -g @sern/cli
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY package.json ./
+
+RUN npm install
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN sern build
+
+CMD node .
--- a/templates/extra/Dockerfile.TS.sern
+++ b/templates/extra/Dockerfile.TS.sern
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+FROM node:latest
+
+RUN npm install -g @sern/cli typescript@latest
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY package.json ./
+
+RUN npm install
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN sern build
+
+CMD node dist/index.js
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "target": "ESNext",
+        "module": "ESNext",
+        "moduleResolution": "Node",
+        "outDir": "dist",
+        "rootDir": ".",
+        "declaration": true,
+        "declarationMap": true,
+        "strict": true,
+        "esModuleInterop": true,
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "verbatimModuleSyntax": true,
+        "skipLibCheck": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    }
+}
--- a/tsup.config.ts
+++ b/tsup.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { defineConfig } from 'tsup';
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
+
+const shared = {
+    entry: [
+        'src/index.ts',
+        'src/create-publish.mts',
+        'src/commands/**',
+    ],
+    clean: true,
+    sourcemap: true,
+};
+export default defineConfig({
+    format: 'esm',
+    target: 'node18',
+    tsconfig: './tsconfig.json',
+    outDir: './dist',
+    treeshake: true,
+    bundle: true,
+    esbuildPlugins: [],
+    platform: 'node',
+    splitting: true,
+    define: {
+        __VERSION__: `"${createRequire(import.meta.url)('./package.json').version}"`,
+    },
+    ...shared,
+});