Coder powers secure, scalable development across key industries — automotive, finance, government, and technology — enabling faster builds, tighter compliance, and seamless AI adoption in enterprise-grade cloud environments.
- Create a workspace for another user (if you have permission):
$ coder create <username>/<workspace_name>
Options
-t, --template
Type
string
Environment
$CODER_TEMPLATE_NAME
Specify a template name.
--template-version
Type
string
Environment
$CODER_TEMPLATE_VERSION
Specify a template version name.
--preset
Type
string
Environment
$CODER_PRESET_NAME
Specify the name of a template version preset. Use 'none' to explicitly indicate that no preset should be used.
--start-at
Type
string
Environment
$CODER_WORKSPACE_START_AT
Specify the workspace autostart schedule. Check coder schedule start --help for the syntax.
--stop-after
Type
duration
Environment
$CODER_WORKSPACE_STOP_AFTER
Specify a duration after which the workspace should shut down (e.g. 8h).
--automatic-updates
Type
string
Environment
$CODER_WORKSPACE_AUTOMATIC_UPDATES
Default
never
Specify automatic updates setting for the workspace (accepts 'always' or 'never').
--copy-parameters-from
Type
string
Environment
$CODER_WORKSPACE_COPY_PARAMETERS_FROM
Specify the source workspace name to copy parameters from.
--no-wait
Type
bool
Environment
$CODER_CREATE_NO_WAIT
Return immediately after creating the workspace. The build will run in the background.
-y, --yes
Type
bool
Bypass confirmation prompts.
--build-option
Type
string-array
Environment
$CODER_BUILD_OPTION
Build option value in the format "name=value".
--build-options
Type
bool
Prompt for one-time build options defined with ephemeral parameters.
--ephemeral-parameter
Type
string-array
Environment
$CODER_EPHEMERAL_PARAMETER
Set the value of ephemeral parameters defined in the template. The format is "name=value".
--prompt-ephemeral-parameters
Type
bool
Environment
$CODER_PROMPT_EPHEMERAL_PARAMETERS
Prompt to set values of ephemeral parameters defined in the template. If a value has been set via --ephemeral-parameter, it will not be prompted for.
--parameter
Type
string-array
Environment
$CODER_RICH_PARAMETER
Rich parameter value in the format "name=value".
--rich-parameter-file
Type
string
Environment
$CODER_RICH_PARAMETER_FILE
Specify a file path with values for rich parameters defined in the template. The file should be in YAML format, containing key-value pairs for the parameters.
--parameter-default
Type
string-array
Environment
$CODER_RICH_PARAMETER_DEFAULT
Rich parameter default values in the format "name=value".
--use-parameter-defaults
Type
bool
Environment
$CODER_WORKSPACE_USE_PARAMETER_DEFAULTS
Automatically accept parameter defaults when no value is provided.
--always-prompt
Type
bool
Always prompt all parameters. Does not pull parameter values from existing workspace.
