create-lib should explain what it is about to do and ask for confirmation

Metadata

Project: charmcraft
Number: #195
Type: issue
State: open
Author: markshuttle
Labels: Status: Triaged Type: Enhancement
Created: 2020-11-15 02:33 PM UTC
Updated: 2025-09-17 07:48 PM UTC
Closed: —

Current evaluation

Enhancement request for charmcraft create-lib to print a summary of the library it will create and ask for confirmation before creating it. Triaged (labelled, synced to internal Jira ticket CHARMCRAFT-653), but no implementation yet.

Suggested action: keep open

Reason: The issue is labelled 'Status: Triaged' and 'Type: Enhancement' and was synced to internal ticket CHARMCRAFT-653 in September 2025, so it has been acknowledged and is not stale. The current CreateLibCommand.run() in charmcraft/application/commands/store.py still calls store.create_library_id() and writes the template file without any confirmation prompt, so the requested behaviour is not implemented. It is a small, well-scoped UX improvement, so it should remain open.

Impact: 30 Quick Win: 22.5 Staleness: 55 Complexity: 25 Confidence: 70 Support Request: 0

Issue body

While we can clean up bad data in charmhub, it will be a pain if there are lots of crappy mistakes in the charm library service. So charmcraft should be very explicit about what it is trying to do when you use create-lib. For example: ``` $ charmcraft create-lib db This command will create lib/charms/sabdfl-hello-world/v0/db.py The charm library will be available to any charmer as: charms.sabdfl-hello-world.v0.db It will be visible at charmhub.io/sabdfl-hello-world/libs/db For more information about charm libraries, please see https://charmhub.io/docs/charm-libraries/ Are you sure you want to create this charm library? (Y/N) Y charms.sabdfl-hello-world.v0.db created, push-lib will update Charmhub. ```

Evaluation history

Date	Model	Scores	Action	Summary
2026-09-01 12:51 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.8-27b	Impact: 30 Quick Win: 22.5 Staleness: 55 Complexity: 25 Confidence: 70 Support Request: 0	keep open	Enhancement request for charmcraft create-lib to print a summary of the library it will create and ask for confirmation before creating it. Triaged (labelled, synced to internal Jira ticket CHARMCRAFT-653), but no implementation yet.
2026-07-22 11:48 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 70 Complexity: 20 Confidence: 85 Support Request: 0	keep open	Feature request to add a confirmation prompt and preview output before creating a charm library via charmcraft. The issue is triaged and has been inactive for nearly six years.
2026-07-08 02:05 AM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 55 Complexity: 10 Confidence: 85 Support Request: 0	keep open	Enhancement to add a confirmation prompt and explanation before running charmcraft create-lib. Currently triaged but inactive for approximately nine months.
2026-07-05 06:18 AM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 65 Complexity: 15 Confidence: 80 Support Request: 0	keep open	Enhancement to add a confirmation prompt and explanatory output before creating a charm library via charmcraft create-lib. Currently triaged and recently synced to Jira.
2026-06-16 04:12 AM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 85 Complexity: 15 Confidence: 75 Support Request: 5	close stale	Add preview and confirmation prompts to charmcraft create-lib to prevent accidental library creation. Currently triaged and synced to internal ticket CHARMCRAFT-653, awaiting implementation.

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