diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# Ignore generated directories
+dist/
+exec/
+
+# Logs
+logs
+*.log
+npm-debug.log*
+yarn-debug.log*
+yarn-error.log*
+
+# Runtime data
+pids
+*.pid
+*.seed
+*.pid.lock
+
+# Directory for instrumented libs generated by jscoverage/JSCover
+lib-cov
+
+# Coverage directory used by tools like istanbul
+coverage
+
+# nyc test coverage
+.nyc_output
+
+# Grunt intermediate storage (http://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files)
+.grunt
+
+# Bower dependency directory (https://bower.io/)
+bower_components
+
+# node-waf configuration
+.lock-wscript
+
+# Compiled binary addons (https://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)
+build/Release
+
+# Dependency directories
+node_modules/
+jspm_packages/
+
+# TypeScript v1 declaration files
+typings/
+
+# Optional npm cache directory
+.npm
+
+# Optional eslint cache
+.eslintcache
+
+# Optional REPL history
+.node_repl_history
+
+# Output of 'npm pack'
+*.tgz
+
+# Yarn Integrity file
+.yarn-integrity
+
+# dotenv environment variables file
+.env
+
+# next.js build output
+.next
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+++ b/LICENSE
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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2019 Khalid Zoabi
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
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+# Assets Helper
+
+A helper CLI for the map3xyz/assets repository
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+++ b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "assets-helper",
+  "private": true,
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "CLI for maintaining the assets repo.",
+  "author": "pellicceama",
+  "keywords": [
+    "typescript",
+    "cli",
+    "starter"
+  ],
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "main": "./dist/index.js",
+  "bin": "./dist/cli.js",
+  "files": [
+    "dist/**/*",
+    "!dist/**/*.test.js"
+  ],
+  "scripts": {
+    "dev": "yarn ts-node ./src/cli.ts",
+    "clean": "rimraf ./dist/ ./exec/",
+    "build": "yarn clean && tsc",
+    "test": "yarn build && ava --verbose",
+    "bundle": "yarn build && pkg . --out-dir ./exec/"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/node": "^18.0.0",
+    "ava": "^4.3.0",
+    "pkg": "^5.7.0",
+    "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
+    "ts-node": "^10.8.1",
+    "typescript": "^4.7.4"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "commander": "^9.3.0"
+  },
+  "packageManager": "yarn@3.2.1"
+}
diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
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+++ b/src/cli.ts
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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+import { Command } from 'commander'
+import { validate } from './validate'
+
+const program = new Command();
+
+program
+  .option('-v, --validate', 'Validate Repository')
+  .parse(process.argv)
+
+program.parse(process.argv);
+const options = program.opts();
+
+
+if (options.validate) {
+  validate()
+    .then(result => {
+      if (result.valid) {
+        console.log('Repository is valid');
+      } else {
+        console.log(`Repository is invalid. Errors:\n ${result.errors.join('\n')}`);
+      }
+
+    }).catch(err => { 
+        console.error("Error running validate", err)
+    });
+}
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diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
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+++ b/tsconfig.json
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+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "target": "es6",
+    "esModuleInterop": true
+  }
+}
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