Project and application

Default (important)

Do not create an application “just because” you created or selected a project.

• After tau select project, stop unless taubyte-scope-routing (and the user’s request) show that an application is actually needed.
• Never run tau new application unless one of the “Create or select an application” triggers below is true.

Log the decision (including “no application; project-level only”) in taubyte-context-log.

Website vs API-only (greenfield)

Follow taubyte-scope-routing → Website when logically appropriate. For new projects where end users would reasonably open a browser, default to including a website (and the Frontend + Backend split from Multi-application pattern when the backend uses database, libraries, or multi-route functions). Do not add a website when the brief or user is explicitly API-only / headless / no UI.