Prep for Publish

Use thru abi prep-for-publish when you need a publishable ABI YAML artifact before thru abi account create or upgrade.

Use This When

• you have local path imports that need to be inlined before publishing
• you want to enforce that remaining imports are valid on-chain imports for one network
• you need a stable artifact to review before pushing ABI contents on-chain

Choose another ABI command when:

• you only need one flattened YAML file without publish rules: Flatten
• you want to publish immediately: Account

Syntax

thru abi prep-for-publish \
  --file <FILE> \
  --target-network <NETWORK> \
  --output <FILE> \
  [--include-dir <DIR>...] \
  [--verbose]

Publish Rules

Rule	Result
Local path imports	inlined into the output file.
On-chain imports on the target network	Kept in the output file.
On-chain imports on another network	Command fails.
git imports	Command fails.
http imports	Command fails.

Minimal Pattern

thru abi prep-for-publish \
  --file ./program.abi.yaml \
  --include-dir ./abi \
  --target-network testnet \
  --output ./dist/program.publish.abi.yaml \
  --verbose

Notes

• This command is the safest handoff point before abi account create because it strips out local-only packaging assumptions.
• The thru command uses --target-network. The standalone abi binary uses the same workflow with a shorter --network flag.
• Verbose mode prints which local imports were inlined and how many packages were resolved.