From 9db4c2cba24d5202fba630ac366ae42cf721390f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Kane <mkane@cloudflare.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 15:23:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(create-emdash): remove manual bootstrap step from CLI
 output

---
 .changeset/dull-hats-repair.md      | 7 +++++++
 packages/create-emdash/src/index.ts | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/dull-hats-repair.md

diff --git a/.changeset/dull-hats-repair.md b/.changeset/dull-hats-repair.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5038f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/dull-hats-repair.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"create-emdash": patch
+---
+
+Remove manual bootstrap step from CLI output
+
+The create-emdash CLI no longer suggests running `bootstrap` as a manual step, since EmDash now auto-bootstraps on first run.
diff --git a/packages/create-emdash/src/index.ts b/packages/create-emdash/src/index.ts
index 07c21ed..c4a3df4 100644
--- a/packages/create-emdash/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-emdash/src/index.ts
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ async function main() {
 
 		const steps = [`cd ${projectName}`];
 		if (!shouldInstall) steps.push(installCmd);
-		steps.push(runCmd("bootstrap"), runCmd("dev"));
+		steps.push(runCmd("dev"));
 
 		p.note(steps.join("\n"), "Next steps");