| name | create-empty-premiere-project |
| description | Use when asked to create a new/fresh/empty Premiere Pro project, e.g. "/create-empty-premiere-project project0002" or "/create-empty-premiere-project myseries 2". |
/create-empty-premiere-project
Creates a fresh, empty Premiere Pro project from premiere-cli's bundled
empty-project template, via premiere-cli init-project.
Parsing the invocation
The invocation gives a project name and, optionally, a series name. Parse
whatever form the user supplies into project_name and (if present)
series_name:
- A single name →
project_name only, no series, e.g. project0002.
- Two names (space-separated, or written as
<series>/<project>) → the
first is series_name, the second is project_name, e.g. myseries 0002
or myseries/episode 2 → series myseries, project episode 2 (or 0002).
If the project name is genuinely ambiguous or missing entirely, ask the user
rather than guessing.
Running the command
Run in any environment with premiere-cli installed (Conda, uv, venv, or
otherwise — only the package needs to be available; no Premiere Pro
session or panel connection is required for this command):
premiere-cli init-project "<project_name>" --base-dir "<base_dir>"
premiere-cli init-project "<project_name>" --series "<series_name>" --base-dir "<base_dir>"
--base-dir is required. If the calling project has a CLAUDE.md
documenting a default base directory for new Premiere Pro projects, use
that. Otherwise ask the user where to create the project rather than
guessing.
What it does
- Copies
premiere-cli's bundled empty-project template (an empty
Untitled.prproj plus an Adobe Premiere Pro Auto-Save folder) to
<base-dir>/[<series_name>/]<project_name>.
- Renames the copied
.prproj file to <project_name>.prproj.
It refuses to run (and makes no changes) if the destination directory
already exists — report this to the user rather than deleting or
overwriting anything there.
Notes
- Requires the
premiere-cli package to be installed in whatever
environment the command runs in; remind the user if it isn't available.
- The template ships inside the
premiere-cli package itself, so this
works without any shared/external drive mounted — only the destination
(--base-dir) needs to be reachable.
- This only creates the project shell (folder + empty
.prproj); it does
not import footage, create bins, or otherwise touch the project's
contents.
