diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5fe266c..a65aae9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ node_modules
 
 *.local
 
+packages/*/build
+
 sandbox/*
 !sandbox/.gitkeep
 
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 47d9403..6fe7ddc 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "node_modules/lerna/schemas/lerna-schema.json",
   "version": "0.0.0",
-  "packages": ["packages/*", "templates/*"],
+  "packages": ["packages/*"],
   "npmClient": "yarn"
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 027dbc3..ad586c8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,20 +3,23 @@
   "private": true,
   "packageManager": "yarn@4.2.2",
   "workspaces": [
-    "packages/*",
-    "templates/*"
+    "packages/*"
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "lerna run dev",
     "build": "lerna run build",
     "lint": "lerna run lint",
-    "preview": "lerna run preview"
+    "preview": "lerna run preview",
+    "clean": "lerna run clean"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/meow": "^6.0.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^7.15.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^7.15.0",
     "eslint": "^8.57.0",
     "lerna": "^8.1.6",
+    "meow": "^13.2.0",
+    "prettier": "^3.3.3",
     "typescript": "^5.2.2",
     "vite": "^5.3.4"
   },
diff --git a/templates/create-angular/.editorconfig b/packages/create-angular/.editorconfig
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-angular/.editorconfig
rename to packages/create-angular/.editorconfig
diff --git a/templates/create-angular/.gitignore b/packages/create-angular/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-angular/.gitignore
rename to packages/create-angular/.gitignore
diff --git a/templates/create-angular/.vscode/extensions.json b/packages/create-angular/.vscode/extensions.json
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-angular/.vscode/extensions.json
rename to packages/create-angular/.vscode/extensions.json
diff --git a/templates/create-angular/.vscode/launch.json b/packages/create-angular/.vscode/launch.json
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-angular/.vscode/launch.json
rename to packages/create-angular/.vscode/launch.json
diff --git a/templates/create-angular/.vscode/tasks.json b/packages/create-angular/.vscode/tasks.json
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-angular/.vscode/tasks.json
rename to packages/create-angular/.vscode/tasks.json
diff --git a/templates/create-angular/README.md b/packages/create-angular/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-angular/README.md
rename to packages/create-angular/README.md
diff --git a/templates/create-angular/angular.json b/packages/create-angular/angular.json
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-angular/angular.json
rename to packages/create-angular/angular.json
diff --git a/templates/create-angular/package.json b/packages/create-angular/package.json
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-angular/package.json
rename to packages/create-angular/package.json
diff --git a/templates/create-angular/public/favicon.ico b/packages/create-angular/public/favicon.ico
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-angular/public/favicon.ico
rename to packages/create-angular/public/favicon.ico
diff --git a/templates/create-angular/scripts/create.js b/packages/create-angular/scripts/create.js
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-angular/scripts/create.js
rename to packages/create-angular/scripts/create.js
diff --git a/templates/create-angular/src/app/app.component.css b/packages/create-angular/src/app/app.component.css
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-angular/src/app/app.component.css
rename to packages/create-angular/src/app/app.component.css
diff --git a/templates/create-angular/src/app/app.component.html b/packages/create-angular/src/app/app.component.html
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-angular/src/app/app.component.html
rename to packages/create-angular/src/app/app.component.html
diff --git a/templates/create-angular/src/app/app.component.ts b/packages/create-angular/src/app/app.component.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-angular/src/app/app.component.ts
rename to packages/create-angular/src/app/app.component.ts
diff --git a/templates/create-angular/src/app/app.config.ts b/packages/create-angular/src/app/app.config.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-angular/src/app/app.config.ts
rename to packages/create-angular/src/app/app.config.ts
diff --git a/templates/create-angular/src/app/app.routes.ts b/packages/create-angular/src/app/app.routes.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-angular/src/app/app.routes.ts
rename to packages/create-angular/src/app/app.routes.ts
diff --git a/templates/create-angular/src/index.html b/packages/create-angular/src/index.html
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-angular/src/index.html
rename to packages/create-angular/src/index.html
diff --git a/templates/create-angular/src/main.ts b/packages/create-angular/src/main.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-angular/src/main.ts
rename to packages/create-angular/src/main.ts
diff --git a/templates/create-angular/src/styles.css b/packages/create-angular/src/styles.css
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-angular/src/styles.css
rename to packages/create-angular/src/styles.css
diff --git a/templates/create-angular/tsconfig.app.json b/packages/create-angular/tsconfig.app.json
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-angular/tsconfig.app.json
rename to packages/create-angular/tsconfig.app.json
diff --git a/templates/create-angular/tsconfig.json b/packages/create-angular/tsconfig.json
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-angular/tsconfig.json
rename to packages/create-angular/tsconfig.json
diff --git a/templates/create-angular/tsconfig.spec.json b/packages/create-angular/tsconfig.spec.json
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-angular/tsconfig.spec.json
rename to packages/create-angular/tsconfig.spec.json
diff --git a/packages/create-common/bin.js b/packages/create-common/bin.js
deleted file mode 100644
index aa7c1b9..0000000
--- a/packages/create-common/bin.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-import './build/create.modern.js';
diff --git a/packages/create-common/package.json b/packages/create-common/package.json
index 3018bd4..7a01bf4 100644
--- a/packages/create-common/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-common/package.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "name": "@carto/create-common",
   "packageManager": "yarn@4.2.2",
   "author": "Don McCurdy <donmccurdy@carto.com>",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
   "license": "MIT",
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public",
@@ -21,9 +22,9 @@
     }
   },
   "browserslist": [
-      "defaults",
-      "not IE 11",
-      "node >= 18"
+    "defaults",
+    "not IE 11",
+    "node >= 18"
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "build": "microbundle --format cjs,modern --no-compress --define VERSION=$npm_package_version",
@@ -36,9 +37,11 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "kolorist": "^1.8.0",
+    "meow": "^13.2.0",
     "prompts": "^2.4.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/meow": "^6.0.0",
     "@types/prompts": "^2.4.9",
     "microbundle": "^0.15.1"
   }
diff --git a/packages/create-common/src/index.ts b/packages/create-common/src/index.ts
index 3d36bc1..a9e5775 100644
--- a/packages/create-common/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-common/src/index.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,271 @@
-import prompts from 'prompts';
-
-const config = await prompts([
-  {
-    name: 'title',
-    type: 'text',
-    message: 'Title for the application',
-    validate: (text) => text.length === 0 ? 'Title is required' : true
-  },
-  {
-    name: 'accessToken',
-    type: 'text',
-    message: 'Access token for CARTO API',
-    validate: (text) => text.length === 0 ? 'Access token is required' : true
-  },
-  {
-    name: 'apiBaseUrl',
-    type: 'text',
-    message: 'Base URL for CARTO API (optional)',
-  }
-])
-
-console.log(config)
+import {
+  copyFileSync,
+  existsSync,
+  mkdirSync,
+  readdirSync,
+  rmSync,
+  statSync,
+} from "node:fs";
+import {
+  rm,
+  stat,
+  copyFile,
+  readFile,
+  writeFile,
+  mkdir,
+} from "node:fs/promises";
+import { resolve } from "node:path";
+import prompts from "prompts";
+import { green, bold, dim, bgGray, bgGreen, yellow } from "kolorist";
+
+// TODO: Simplify this.
+const pkg = pkgFromUserAgent(process.env.npm_config_user_agent);
+const pkgManager = pkg ? pkg.name : "npm";
+const isYarn1 = pkgManager === "yarn" && pkg?.version.startsWith("1.");
+
+/** List of relative paths in the template to be _removed_ from new projects. */
+const TEMPLATE_EXCLUDE_PATHS = ["node_modules", "scripts"];
+
+/** List of dependencies in the template to be _removed_ from new projects. */
+const TEMPLATE_EXCLUDE_DEPS = ["@carto/create-common"];
+
+/**
+ * List of package.json fields to clear from new projects.
+ * See: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v10/configuring-npm/package-json
+ */
+const TEMPLATE_EXCLUDE_PKG_FIELDS = [
+  "author",
+  "bin",
+  "bugs",
+  "description",
+  "files",
+  "homepage",
+  "keywords",
+  "license",
+  "publishConfig",
+  "repository",
+  "version",
+];
+
+/**
+ * Creates a new CARTO app in the target directory, given a template.
+ *
+ * @param templateDir Absolute path to template directory
+ * @param targetDir Relative or absolute path to target directory
+ */
+export async function createProject(
+  templateDir: string,
+  inputTargetDir: string,
+) {
+  const targetDir = resolve(process.cwd(), inputTargetDir);
+
+  console.log(`
+${green("✔")} ${bold("Template directory")} ${dim("…")} ${templateDir}
+${green("✔")} ${bold("Target directory")} ${dim("…")} ${targetDir}
+  `);
+
+  console.log(dim("…\n"));
+
+  /****************************************************************************
+   * Validate target directory.
+   */
+
+  if (targetDir === templateDir) {
+    throw new Error(`Target and template directories cannot be the same.`);
+  }
+
+  if (existsSync(targetDir) && !isEmpty(targetDir)) {
+    const { overwrite } = await prompts([
+      {
+        type: "confirm",
+        name: "overwrite",
+        message: `Target directory "${targetDir}" is not empty. Overwrite?`,
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    if (!overwrite) {
+      console.warn(`Project creation cancelled.`);
+      process.exit(2);
+    }
+  } else if (!existsSync(targetDir)) {
+    mkdirSync(targetDir, { recursive: true });
+  }
+
+  /****************************************************************************
+   * Project configuration.
+   */
+
+  const config = await prompts(
+    [
+      {
+        name: "title",
+        type: "text",
+        message: "Title for the application",
+        validate: (text) => (text.length === 0 ? "Title is required" : true),
+      },
+      {
+        name: "accessToken",
+        type: "password",
+        message: "Access token for CARTO API",
+        validate: (text) =>
+          text.length === 0 ? "Access token is required" : true,
+      },
+      {
+        name: "apiBaseUrl",
+        type: "text",
+        message: "Base URL for CARTO API (optional)",
+      },
+    ],
+    {
+      onCancel: () => {
+        console.warn(`Project creation cancelled.`);
+        process.exit(2);
+      },
+    },
+  );
+
+  console.log(dim("\n…"));
+
+  /****************************************************************************
+   * Populate project directory.
+   */
+
+  // Overwrite was explicitly approved by user above.
+  if (existsSync(targetDir) && !isEmpty(targetDir)) {
+    emptyDir(targetDir);
+  }
+
+  copyDir(templateDir, targetDir);
+
+  // Remove template files not needed in project.
+  for (const excludePath of TEMPLATE_EXCLUDE_PATHS) {
+    await rm(resolve(targetDir, excludePath), { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+
+  // Set up package.json.
+  const pkgPath = resolve(targetDir, "package.json");
+  const pkg = JSON.parse(await readFile(pkgPath, "utf8"));
+  removePkgDependencies(pkg, TEMPLATE_EXCLUDE_DEPS);
+  removePkgFields(pkg, TEMPLATE_EXCLUDE_PKG_FIELDS);
+  pkg.name = toValidPackageName(config.title);
+  pkg.private = true;
+  await writeFile(pkgPath, JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2));
+
+  // Suggest next steps
+  console.log(`
+${green("✔")} ${bold(`Project "${config.title}" was created!`)}
+
+${bold(yellow("!"))} ${bold("Next steps")}:
+
+${[
+  ...(inputTargetDir !== "." ? [`${dim("$")} cd ${inputTargetDir}`] : []),
+  `${dim("$")} yarn`,
+  `${dim("$")} yarn dev`,
+].join("\n")}
+  `);
+}
+
+/******************************************************************************
+ * Utility functions.
+ *
+ * References:
+ * - https://github.com/vitejs/vite/blob/main/packages/create-vite/src/index.ts
+ */
+
+function removePkgDependencies<T extends Record<string, unknown>>(
+  pkg: T,
+  excludeDeps: string[],
+): T {
+  const dependencyTypes = [
+    "dependencies",
+    "devDependencies",
+    "optionalDependencies",
+    "peerDependencies",
+  ];
+
+  for (const exclude of excludeDeps) {
+    for (const type of dependencyTypes) {
+      const dependencies = pkg[type] as Record<string, string> | undefined;
+      if (dependencies && dependencies[exclude]) {
+        delete dependencies[exclude];
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return pkg;
+}
+
+function removePkgFields<T extends Record<string, unknown>>(
+  pkg: T,
+  excludeFields: string[],
+): T {
+  for (const field of TEMPLATE_EXCLUDE_PKG_FIELDS) {
+    delete pkg[field];
+  }
+  return pkg;
+}
+
+function formatTargetDir(targetDir: string | undefined) {
+  return targetDir?.trim().replace(/\/+$/g, "");
+}
+
+function copy(src: string, dest: string) {
+  const stat = statSync(src);
+  if (stat.isDirectory()) {
+    copyDir(src, dest);
+  } else {
+    copyFileSync(src, dest);
+  }
+}
+
+const VALIDATE_PKG_NAME_REGEX =
+  /^(?:@[a-z\d\-*~][a-z\d\-*._~]*\/)?[a-z\d\-~][a-z\d\-._~]*$/;
+
+function toValidPackageName(projectName: string) {
+  if (VALIDATE_PKG_NAME_REGEX.test(projectName)) {
+    return projectName;
+  }
+
+  return projectName
+    .trim()
+    .toLowerCase()
+    .replace(/\s+/g, "-")
+    .replace(/^[._]/, "")
+    .replace(/[^a-z\d\-~]+/g, "-");
+}
+
+function copyDir(srcDir: string, destDir: string) {
+  mkdirSync(destDir, { recursive: true });
+  for (const file of readdirSync(srcDir)) {
+    const srcFile = resolve(srcDir, file);
+    const destFile = resolve(destDir, file);
+    copy(srcFile, destFile);
+  }
+}
+
+function isEmpty(path: string) {
+  const files = readdirSync(path);
+  return files.length === 0 || (files.length === 1 && files[0] === ".git");
+}
+
+function emptyDir(dir: string) {
+  if (!existsSync(dir)) {
+    return;
+  }
+  for (const file of readdirSync(dir)) {
+    if (file === ".git") {
+      continue;
+    }
+    rmSync(resolve(dir, file), { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+}
+
+function pkgFromUserAgent(userAgent: string | undefined) {
+  if (!userAgent) return undefined;
+  const pkgSpec = userAgent.split(" ")[0];
+  const pkgSpecArr = pkgSpec.split("/");
+  return {
+    name: pkgSpecArr[0],
+    version: pkgSpecArr[1],
+  };
+}
diff --git a/templates/create-react/.eslintrc.cjs b/packages/create-react/.eslintrc.cjs
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-react/.eslintrc.cjs
rename to packages/create-react/.eslintrc.cjs
diff --git a/templates/create-react/.gitignore b/packages/create-react/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-react/.gitignore
rename to packages/create-react/.gitignore
diff --git a/templates/create-react/README.md b/packages/create-react/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-react/README.md
rename to packages/create-react/README.md
diff --git a/templates/create-react/index.html b/packages/create-react/index.html
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-react/index.html
rename to packages/create-react/index.html
diff --git a/templates/create-react/package.json b/packages/create-react/package.json
similarity index 95%
rename from templates/create-react/package.json
rename to packages/create-react/package.json
index 3da3752..a76034e 100644
--- a/templates/create-react/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-react/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   },
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "type": "module",
+  "bin": "scripts/create.js",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite --port 4001",
     "build": "tsc -b && vite build",
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@carto/api-client": "^0.0.1-2",
+    "@carto/create-common": "^0.0.0",
     "@deck.gl/aggregation-layers": "^9.0.24",
     "@deck.gl/carto": "^9.0.24",
     "@deck.gl/core": "^9.0.24",
diff --git a/templates/create-react/public/carto.svg b/packages/create-react/public/carto.svg
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-react/public/carto.svg
rename to packages/create-react/public/carto.svg
diff --git a/packages/create-react/scripts/create.js b/packages/create-react/scripts/create.js
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a8cc49d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-react/scripts/create.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+import { resolve } from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { createProject } from "@carto/create-common";
+import meow from "meow";
+
+const cli = meow(
+  `
+  Usage
+    $ yarn create @carto/react <target-directory>
+  `,
+  {
+    importMeta: import.meta,
+    autoHelp: true,
+    autoVersion: true,
+  },
+);
+
+const templateDir = resolve(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url), "../..");
+const targetDir = cli.input.at(0) || ".";
+await createProject(templateDir, targetDir);
diff --git a/templates/create-react/src/App.tsx b/packages/create-react/src/App.tsx
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-react/src/App.tsx
rename to packages/create-react/src/App.tsx
diff --git a/templates/create-react/src/assets/react.svg b/packages/create-react/src/assets/react.svg
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-react/src/assets/react.svg
rename to packages/create-react/src/assets/react.svg
diff --git a/templates/create-react/src/components/Map.tsx b/packages/create-react/src/components/Map.tsx
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-react/src/components/Map.tsx
rename to packages/create-react/src/components/Map.tsx
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similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-react/src/context.ts
rename to packages/create-react/src/context.ts
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rename from templates/create-react/src/index.css
rename to packages/create-react/src/index.css
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rename from templates/create-react/src/main.tsx
rename to packages/create-react/src/main.tsx
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rename to packages/create-react/src/vite-env.d.ts
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rename to packages/create-react/tsconfig.node.json
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rename from templates/create-react/vite.config.ts
rename to packages/create-react/vite.config.ts
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rename from templates/create-vue/.gitignore
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rename from templates/create-vue/src/components/HelloWorld.vue
rename to packages/create-vue/src/components/HelloWorld.vue
diff --git a/templates/create-vue/src/main.ts b/packages/create-vue/src/main.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-vue/src/main.ts
rename to packages/create-vue/src/main.ts
diff --git a/templates/create-vue/src/style.css b/packages/create-vue/src/style.css
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-vue/src/style.css
rename to packages/create-vue/src/style.css
diff --git a/templates/create-vue/src/vite-env.d.ts b/packages/create-vue/src/vite-env.d.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-vue/src/vite-env.d.ts
rename to packages/create-vue/src/vite-env.d.ts
diff --git a/templates/create-vue/tsconfig.app.json b/packages/create-vue/tsconfig.app.json
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-vue/tsconfig.app.json
rename to packages/create-vue/tsconfig.app.json
diff --git a/templates/create-vue/tsconfig.json b/packages/create-vue/tsconfig.json
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-vue/tsconfig.json
rename to packages/create-vue/tsconfig.json
diff --git a/templates/create-vue/tsconfig.node.json b/packages/create-vue/tsconfig.node.json
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-vue/tsconfig.node.json
rename to packages/create-vue/tsconfig.node.json
diff --git a/templates/create-vue/vite.config.ts b/packages/create-vue/vite.config.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/create-vue/vite.config.ts
rename to packages/create-vue/vite.config.ts
diff --git a/templates/create-react/scripts/create.js b/templates/create-react/scripts/create.js
deleted file mode 100644
index cfae918..0000000
--- a/templates/create-react/scripts/create.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-console.log('react::create')
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3735ca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "include": ["packages/*/src/**/*.ts", "templates/*/src/**/*.ts"],
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "es2022",
+    "module": "es2022",
+    "moduleResolution": "bundler",
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+    "lib": ["es2022", "DOM", "DOM.Iterable"],
+    "strict": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index bb48714..c4956e8 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2057,9 +2057,9 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@carto/create-angular@workspace:templates/create-angular":
+"@carto/create-angular@workspace:packages/create-angular":
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
-  resolution: "@carto/create-angular@workspace:templates/create-angular"
+  resolution: "@carto/create-angular@workspace:packages/create-angular"
   dependencies:
     "@angular-devkit/build-angular": "npm:^18.1.1"
     "@angular/animations": "npm:^18.1.0"
@@ -2079,22 +2079,25 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
-"@carto/create-common@workspace:packages/create-common":
+"@carto/create-common@npm:^0.0.0, @carto/create-common@workspace:packages/create-common":
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@carto/create-common@workspace:packages/create-common"
   dependencies:
+    "@types/meow": "npm:^6.0.0"
     "@types/prompts": "npm:^2.4.9"
     kolorist: "npm:^1.8.0"
+    meow: "npm:^13.2.0"
     microbundle: "npm:^0.15.1"
     prompts: "npm:^2.4.2"
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
-"@carto/create-react@workspace:templates/create-react":
+"@carto/create-react@workspace:packages/create-react":
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
-  resolution: "@carto/create-react@workspace:templates/create-react"
+  resolution: "@carto/create-react@workspace:packages/create-react"
   dependencies:
     "@carto/api-client": "npm:^0.0.1-2"
+    "@carto/create-common": "npm:^0.0.0"
     "@deck.gl/aggregation-layers": "npm:^9.0.24"
     "@deck.gl/carto": "npm:^9.0.24"
     "@deck.gl/core": "npm:^9.0.24"
@@ -2121,12 +2124,14 @@ __metadata:
     react-map-gl: "npm:^7.1.7"
     typescript: "npm:^5.2.2"
     vite: "npm:^5.3.4"
+  bin:
+    create-react: scripts/create.js
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
-"@carto/create-vue@workspace:templates/create-vue":
+"@carto/create-vue@workspace:packages/create-vue":
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
-  resolution: "@carto/create-vue@workspace:templates/create-vue"
+  resolution: "@carto/create-vue@workspace:packages/create-vue"
   dependencies:
     "@vitejs/plugin-vue": "npm:^5.0.5"
     typescript: "npm:^5.2.2"
@@ -4888,6 +4893,15 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@types/meow@npm:^6.0.0":
+  version: 6.0.0
+  resolution: "@types/meow@npm:6.0.0"
+  dependencies:
+    meow: "npm:*"
+  checksum: 10c0/ca305535b86af6b52cb88782de78034a7b2afe347cf616c851d89e7f277d49c135e17877570efa5eabff7465af53842b5a9f99d10b231391250d35fb5fd5ec01
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@types/mime@npm:^1":
   version: 1.3.5
   resolution: "@types/mime@npm:1.3.5"
@@ -6451,10 +6465,13 @@ __metadata:
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "carto-app-templates@workspace:."
   dependencies:
+    "@types/meow": "npm:^6.0.0"
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "npm:^7.15.0"
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "npm:^7.15.0"
     eslint: "npm:^8.57.0"
     lerna: "npm:^8.1.6"
+    meow: "npm:^13.2.0"
+    prettier: "npm:^3.3.3"
     typescript: "npm:^5.2.2"
     vite: "npm:^5.3.4"
   languageName: unknown
@@ -11312,6 +11329,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"meow@npm:*, meow@npm:^13.2.0":
+  version: 13.2.0
+  resolution: "meow@npm:13.2.0"
+  checksum: 10c0/d5b339ae314715bcd0b619dd2f8a266891928e21526b4800d49b4fba1cc3fff7e2c1ff5edd3344149fac841bc2306157f858e8c4d5eaee4d52ce52ad925664ce
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "meow@npm:^8.1.2":
   version: 8.1.2
   resolution: "meow@npm:8.1.2"
@@ -13377,6 +13401,15 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"prettier@npm:^3.3.3":
+  version: 3.3.3
+  resolution: "prettier@npm:3.3.3"
+  bin:
+    prettier: bin/prettier.cjs
+  checksum: 10c0/b85828b08e7505716324e4245549b9205c0cacb25342a030ba8885aba2039a115dbcf75a0b7ca3b37bc9d101ee61fab8113fc69ca3359f2a226f1ecc07ad2e26
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "pretty-bytes@npm:^3.0.0":
   version: 3.0.1
   resolution: "pretty-bytes@npm:3.0.1"