# Creating a project

## Create a Houston project

To use most of the Houston commands, you need to run commands on initialized Houston projects. So the first step is to create a Houston project. You can create a starter project template, but for those who are getting started, you can use Houston Cargos, which are example applications and project templates. We'll use MyTerraToken box, which creates a token that can be transferred between accounts: 

1. Create a new directory for your Houston project

```
$ mkdir myProject
$ cd myProject
```

{% hint style="info" %}
Other project templates can be downloaded with unbox command.
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="info" %}
To create a starter project template, run `houston init`.
{% endhint %}

Once this operation is completed, you'll now have a project structure with the following items:

```
myProject/
  |- contracts
  | |- starter
  |- wasm
  |- schema
  |- migrations
  | |- 0_deploy_starter.ts 
  |- package.json
  |- tsconfig.json
```

`contracts/` : directory for cosmwasm contracts

`wasm/` : wasm binaries for compiled smart contracts

`schema/` : schemas of smart contracts

`migrations/` : Directory for migration scripts for testing/deploying your smart contracts

`package.json`: package manager for migration scripts. you can add other network's client SDK package to deploy smart contracts in multiple blockchain with the migration scripts

`tsconfig.json`: Typescript configuration for migration scripts


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