# Automatically generating UI component boilerplate

Instead of manually creating each file, you can use
the `generate` utility to automatically create the common boilerplate for a new Fleet UI component.

## Basic steps

1. `cd` into `fleet/frontend/components`
2. Run `./generate -n NewComponentName`, replacing `NewComponentName` with the desired name for your
   new component.
3. A directory and all boilerplate for the various files of the component will be generated in
   `fleet/frontend/components`


You can also run `./generate -h` for information about the other options available, overwrite and
specifying destination.

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