create-pipedrive-app

CLI scaffolding tool for Pipedrive Marketplace integrations. Generates an Express + TypeScript + Drizzle ORM project with OAuth 2.0, a Pipedrive API client, and optional App Extensions frontend (React + Vite). The CLI can be used standalone without any AI tooling.

Usage

npx create-pipedrive-app

The CLI prompts for:

• Project name
• Database: Postgres, MySQL, or SQLite
• App Extensions: custom panel, custom modal, or neither

Generated project

<project-name>/
  src/
    index.ts                  # server entry point
    app.ts                    # Express app with OAuth router (+ optional App Extensions)
    oauth/                    # OAuth 2.0 install, callback, token exchange, refresh
    pipedrive/                # Pipedrive API client wrapper
    database/                 # Drizzle ORM schema, migrations, db driver
    app-extensions/           # App Extensions handlers (if selected)
  frontend/
    app-extension-ui/         # React + Vite iframe UI (if App Extensions selected)
  .env.example
  docker-compose.yml
  README.md
  package.json
  tsconfig.json

The generated project uses Express + TypeScript + Drizzle ORM (ESM, Node.js).

When App Extensions are selected, the project includes a shared React iframe app for custom panels and modals. docker-compose up --watch starts the backend and Vite dev server in containers with Compose Watch. Local Developer Hub iframe URLs must point at an HTTPS tunnel to the Vite dev server — for example https://<your-vite-tunnel>/extensions/panel or https://<your-vite-tunnel>/extensions/modal. After npm run build, production iframe URLs can point at the backend-hosted routes.

Requirements

• Node.js (to run npx create-pipedrive-app)
• Docker (for Postgres/MySQL databases and App Extensions development)

Using with an AI coding assistant

The package ships plugins for Claude Code and Codex that wrap the CLI with guided slash commands. The plugins require the CLI — they call npx create-pipedrive-app under the hood.

Claude Code

This repository acts as the Claude Code plugin marketplace. Claude reads the marketplace catalog from .claude-plugin/marketplace.json, then installs the plugin from plugin/.

After this repository is public, install the plugin with:

claude plugin marketplace add pipedrive/create-pipedrive-app
claude plugin install create-pipedrive-app@pipedrive

Inside Claude Code, use the equivalent slash commands:

/plugin marketplace add pipedrive/create-pipedrive-app
/plugin install create-pipedrive-app@pipedrive
/reload-plugins

The plugin calls npx create-pipedrive-app under the hood, so the npm package must also be published or otherwise available to users.

Codex

codex plugin install create-pipedrive-app

Available commands

Both plugins expose the same slash commands:

Command	What it does
/pipedrive-new-app	Scaffold a new integration project
/pipedrive-add-app-extension	Add a custom panel or modal extension
/pipedrive-api	Get guidance on using the Pipedrive API
/pipedrive-review-marketplace-readiness	Check for gaps before submitting to the marketplace