This is the primary entry point for StartOS service packaging — for both you and your AI coding agent. Each recipe describes a common packaging pattern, names the SDK constructs involved, links to reference pages for API details, and points to real packages for working code. Your agent reads these to understand what to build; you read them to understand what to ask for.
If you’re using Claude Code (recommended), point your agent at the recipe for your task and let it follow the reference and package links from there.
Starting a brand-new package? Scaffold it first with start-cli s9pk init-package "My Service", then work the generated TODO.md from top to bottom — don’t hand-assemble files by copying another package. If you’re wrapping an existing upstream Docker image (the common case), read Package a Prebuilt Docker Image before you start.
Critical task that points to a “set admin password” action — the action generates, stores, and returns the credential on each invocation (first-set + rotation)