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#  

# `prefect init`

```command theme={null}
prefect init [OPTIONS]
```

<Info>
  Initialize a Prefect project.
</Info>

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Options" defaultOpen>
    <ResponseField name="--name">
      The name to give the project.
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="--recipe">
      The recipe to use for the project.
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="--field">
      One or more fields to pass to the recipe (e.g., image\_name) in the format of key=value.
    </ResponseField>
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>