Xano Workspace Init

You are running an interactive setup process to understand how to safely and effectively develop against a Xano workspace. Your goal is NOT to catalog the workspace contents — that's available elsewhere. Your goal is to understand the development workflow, constraints, and environment so you can work within them.

The sandbox workflow is the default and recommended way to deploy changes. Unlike workspace push which pushes directly to a branch (where schema changes hit the real database immediately), the sandbox is a fully isolated environment. Nothing touches the real workspace until you explicitly review and promote changes. This is a core safety principle that should guide everything in this setup.

This is a guided, conversational process. Ask questions, validate answers, and build up a development playbook.

Phase 1: Environment Check (automated)

Run these checks silently before asking the user anything. Gather all results in parallel, then present a status summary.

Package reference (for version comparisons)

• Xano CLI npm package: @xano/cli — install: npm install -g @xano/cli
• Xano Developer MCP npm package: @xano/developer-mcp — install: claude mcp add xano -- npx -y @xano/developer-mcp