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1. DaveHanns

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   on Jun 29, 2026
2. DaveHanns

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   • Guided Actor creation flow in apify create (parity with Console wizard) #1153
3. l2ysho

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   on Jul 9, 2026
4. l2ysho commented on Jul 9, 2026

   

   l2ysho

   on Jul 9, 2026

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   1. isExactMatch just check if all pickedTemplates are exactMatch and it always return pickedTemplates according to limit. So pickedTemplates.length === options.limit, there is no way now to get exactly one match unless limit is 1 (but there can be more exact matches anyway). Do we have a plan to change it in console? or should I match the console in cli wizard and also suggest 2 templates (with info if they are exact match or not)?
   2. only combination without exact match I was able to get in console right now is Browser automation + Javascript, do we want to cover this hint also in CLI wizard?

   
5. DaveHanns commented on Jul 9, 2026

   

   DaveHanns

   on Jul 9, 2026

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   1. isExactMatch just check if all pickedTemplates are exactMatch and it always return pickedTemplates according to limit. So pickedTemplates.length === options.limit, there is no way now to get exactly one match unless limit is 1 (but there can be more exact matches anyway). Do we have a plan to change it in console? or should I match the console in cli wizard and also suggest 2 templates (with info if they are exact match or not)?
   2. only combination without exact match I was able to get in console right now is Browser automation + Javascript, do we want to cover this hint also in CLI wizard?

   

   Yeah, all good points ...

   No plan to change Console, and no need to mirror its 2-suggestion limit either.

   Since the CLI ports the algorithm anyway let's change the return shape to Array<{ template, isExactMatch }>, a per-template flag instead of one flag for the whole list.

   The template prompt then always renders as one scrollable list (viewport of ~8 rows): exact matches first with the top one preselected, then a non-selectable separator row ("The templates below don't exactly match your selection"), then the remaining templates in tier order. Let's drop the "skip when exactly one match" behavior, a preselected list costs one Enter and keeps alternatives visible.

   Let's either set the options.limit to arbitrary high value (100?) or not at all (might clash with the "Template Actors in Store" initiative in preparation, leading to high number of templates available).
   In case the limit is omitted, the getTemplateRecommendation returns list in order from the most fitting templates to least ones.

   Happy path

   $ apify create
   ✔ Name of your new Actor: my-actor
   ✔ What do you want to build? Web scraping
   ✔ Choose the programming language of your new Actor: Python
   ? Choose a template for your new Actor. More info at https://apify.com/templates
   ❯ Crawlee + BeautifulSoup
     Crawlee + Playwright + Chrome
     Scrapy
     One-Page HTML Scraper with BeautifulSoup
     ── The templates below don't exactly match your selection ──
     Standby Python project
     Empty Python project
     Selenium + Chrome
   (Use arrow keys to see more)
   

   No exact matches

   ? Choose a template for your new Actor. More info at https://apify.com/templates
   i  No template matches Browser automation + JavaScript exactly — showing the closest alternatives.
   ❯ Crawlee + Puppeteer + Chrome (TypeScript)
     Empty JavaScript project
     …
   
6. l2ysho

   added a commit that references this issue on Jul 16, 2026

   test(create): cover flag mappings and --template precedence

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7. l2ysho

   added 5 commits that reference this issue on Jul 28, 2026

   refactor(create): rename use-case flags to web-scraper and data-pipeline

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   refactor(create): address review nits on template consts

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   935f49d

   feat(create): language flag aliases; drop the "other" language

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   dd37fb1

   refactor(create): symmetric use-case/language filter shapes

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   fix(create): correct no-filter tier guard (hasUseCaseFilter)

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8. l2ysho

   closed this as completedin #1278on Aug 3, 2026