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description: "Deploy a smart contract"
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## forge create

Deploy a smart contract

:::terminal

```bash
$ forge create --help
```

```txt
Usage: forge create [OPTIONS] <CONTRACT>

Arguments:
  <CONTRACT>
          The contract identifier in the form `<path>:<contractname>`

Options:
      --constructor-args <ARGS>...
          The constructor arguments

      --constructor-args-path <PATH>
          The path to a file containing the constructor arguments

      --broadcast
          Broadcast the transaction

      --verify
          Verify contract after creation

      --unlocked
          Send via `eth_sendTransaction` using the `--from` argument or
          `$ETH_FROM` as sender

      --show-standard-json-input
          Prints the standard json compiler input if `--verify` is provided.
          
          The standard json compiler input can be used to manually submit
          contract verification in the browser.

      --timeout <TIMEOUT>
          Timeout to use for broadcasting transactions
          
          [env: ETH_TIMEOUT=]

  -h, --help
          Print help (see a summary with '-h')

  -j, --threads <THREADS>
          Number of threads to use. Specifying 0 defaults to the number of
          logical cores
          
          [alias: --jobs]

      --profile <PROFILE>
          The configuration profile to use

Verifier options:
      --license-type <LICENSE>
          The Etherscan license type code or SPDX identifier to include with the
          verification request.
          
          Accepts either an Etherscan numeric license code or a common SPDX
          identifier such as `MIT`. This is only used for Etherscan-style
          verifiers when `--verify` is enabled.

      --verifier <VERIFIER>
          The contract verification provider to use

          Possible values:
          - etherscan
          - sourcify
          - blockscout
          - oklink
          - custom:     Custom verification provider, requires compatibility
            with the Etherscan API

      --verifier-api-key <VERIFIER_API_KEY>
          The verifier API KEY, if using a custom provider
          
          [env: VERIFIER_API_KEY=]

      --verifier-url <VERIFIER_URL>
          The verifier URL, if using a custom provider
          
          [env: VERIFIER_URL=]

Cache options:
      --force
          Clear the cache and artifacts folder and recompile

Build options:
      --no-cache
          Disable the cache

      --no-dynamic-test-linking
          Disable dynamic test linking

      --skip <SKIP>...
          Skip building files whose names contain the given filter.
          
          `test` and `script` are aliases for `.t.sol` and `.s.sol`.

Linker options:
      --libraries <LIBRARIES>
          Set pre-linked libraries
          
          [env: DAPP_LIBRARIES=]

Compiler options:
      --ignored-error-codes <ERROR_CODES>
          Ignore solc warnings by error code

  -D, --deny <LEVEL>
          A compiler error will be triggered at the specified diagnostic level.
          
          Replaces the deprecated `--deny-warnings` flag.
          
          Possible values: - `never`: Do not treat any diagnostics as errors. -
          `warnings`: Treat warnings as errors. - `notes`: Treat both, warnings
          and notes, as errors.

          Possible values:
          - never:    Always exit with zero code
          - warnings: Exit with a non-zero code if any warnings are found
          - notes:    Exit with a non-zero code if any notes or warnings are
            found

      --no-auto-detect
          Do not auto-detect the `solc` version

      --use <SOLC_VERSION>
          Specify the solc version, or a path to a local solc, to build with.
          
          Valid values are in the format `x.y.z`, `solc:x.y.z` or
          `path/to/solc`.

      --offline
          Do not access the network.
          
          Missing solc versions will not be installed.

      --use-literal-content
          Changes compilation to only use literal content and not URLs

      --no-metadata
          Do not append any metadata to the bytecode.
          
          This is equivalent to setting `bytecode_hash` to `none` and
          `cbor_metadata` to `false`.

      --ast
          Includes the AST as JSON in the compiler output

      --evm-version <VERSION>
          The target EVM version

      --optimize [<OPTIMIZE>]
          Activate the Solidity optimizer
          
          [possible values: true, false]

      --optimizer-runs <RUNS>
          The number of runs specifies roughly how often each opcode of the
          deployed code will be executed across the life-time of the contract.
          This means it is a trade-off parameter between code size (deploy cost)
          and code execution cost (cost after deployment). An `optimizer_runs`
          parameter of `1` will produce short but expensive code. In contrast, a
          larger `optimizer_runs` parameter will produce longer but more gas
          efficient code

      --via-ir
          Use the Yul intermediate representation compilation pipeline

      --via-ssa-cfg
          Turn on SSA CFG-based code generation via the IR (experimental).
          
          This passes `--via-ssa-cfg` to solc. Implies `--via-ir`. Requires
          `--experimental` to be set (as of Solidity 0.8.35+). This is false by
          default.

      --experimental
          Enable Solidity's experimental mode.
          
          This passes `--experimental` to solc, which is required by Solidity
          0.8.35+ for experimental features.

      --extra-output <SELECTOR>...
          Extra output to include in the contract's artifact.
          
          Example keys: evm.assembly, ewasm, ir, irOptimized, metadata
          
          For a full description, see
          [https://docs.soliditylang.org/en/v0.8.13/using-the-compiler.html#input-description](https://docs.soliditylang.org/en/v0.8.13/using-the-compiler.html#input-description)

      --extra-output-files <SELECTOR>...
          Extra output to write to separate files.
          
          Valid values: metadata, ir, irOptimized, ewasm, evm.assembly

Project options:
  -o, --out <PATH>
          The path to the contract artifacts folder

      --revert-strings <REVERT>
          Revert string configuration.
          
          Possible values are "default", "strip" (remove), "debug"
          (Solidity-generated revert strings) and "verboseDebug"

      --build-info
          Generate build info files

      --build-info-path <PATH>
          Output path to directory that build info files will be written to

      --root <PATH>
          The project's root path.
          
          By default root of the Git repository, if in one, or the current
          working directory.

  -C, --contracts <PATH>
          The contracts source directory

  -R, --remappings <REMAPPINGS>
          The project's remappings

      --remappings-env <ENV>
          The project's remappings from the environment

      --cache-path <PATH>
          The path to the compiler cache

      --lib-paths <PATH>
          The path to the library folder

      --hardhat
          Use the Hardhat-style project layout.
          
          This is the same as using: `--contracts contracts --lib-paths
          node_modules`.
          
          [alias: --hh]

      --config-path <FILE>
          Path to the config file

Transaction options:
      --gas-limit <GAS_LIMIT>
          Gas limit for the transaction
          
          [env: ETH_GAS_LIMIT=]

      --gas-price <PRICE>
          Gas price for legacy transactions, or max fee per gas for EIP1559
          transactions, either specified in wei, or as a string with a unit
          type.
          
          Examples: 1ether, 10gwei, 0.01ether
          
          [env: ETH_GAS_PRICE=]

      --priority-gas-price <PRICE>
          Max priority fee per gas for EIP1559 transactions
          
          [env: ETH_PRIORITY_GAS_PRICE=]

      --value <VALUE>
          Ether to send in the transaction, either specified in wei, or as a
          string with a unit type.
          
          Examples: 1ether, 10gwei, 0.01ether

      --nonce <NONCE>
          Nonce for the transaction

      --legacy
          Send a legacy transaction instead of an EIP1559 transaction.
          
          This is automatically enabled for common networks without EIP1559.

      --blob
          Send a blob transaction using EIP-7594 (PeerDAS) format.
          
          Note: Use with `--eip4844` for the legacy EIP-4844 format.

      --eip4844
          Send a blob transaction using EIP-4844 (legacy) format instead of
          EIP-7594. Must be used with `--blob`

      --blob-gas-price <BLOB_PRICE>
          Gas price for EIP-7594/EIP-4844 blob transaction
          
          [env: ETH_BLOB_GAS_PRICE=]

      --auth <AUTH>
          EIP-7702 authorization list.
          
          Can be either a hex-encoded signed authorization or an address.

      --access-list [<ACCESS_LIST>]
          EIP-2930 access list.
          
          Accepts either a JSON-encoded access list or an empty value to create
          the access list via an RPC call to `eth_createAccessList`. To retrieve
          only the access list portion, use the `cast access-list` command.

Tempo:
      --tempo.session <SESSION_ID>
          Use a live Tempo wallet session for signing.
          
          When set, Foundry resolves the session from
          `$TEMPO_HOME/wallet/sessions.toml` and signs Tempo transactions with
          the session's temporary access key on behalf of its root account.

      --tempo.fee-token <FEE_TOKEN>
          Fee token address, numeric TIP-20 token id, or known symbol for Tempo
          transactions.
          
          When set, builds a Tempo (type 0x76) transaction that pays gas fees in
          the specified token. Known symbols are PathUSD, AlphaUSD, BetaUSD, and
          ThetaUSD.
          
          If this is not set, the fee token is chosen according to network
          rules. See the Tempo docs for more information.

      --tempo.expires <SECONDS>
          Opt into TIP-1009 expiring-nonce mode with a validity window.
          
          Convenience flag that combines `--tempo.expiring-nonce` with a
          relative `--tempo.valid-before`. Sets nonce_key = U256::MAX, nonce =
          0, and valid_before = now + seconds.
          
          Maximum value is 30 seconds. The transaction must be mined before the
          deadline or it becomes permanently invalid, giving safe retry
          semantics: retries produce a fresh tx hash and the old tx can never
          land late.

      --tempo.nonce-key <NONCE_KEY>
          Nonce key for Tempo parallelizable nonces.
          
          When set, builds a Tempo (type 0x76) transaction with the specified
          nonce key, allowing multiple transactions with the same nonce but
          different keys to be executed in parallel. If not set, the protocol
          nonce key (0) will be used.
          
          For more information see
          [https://docs.tempo.xyz/protocol/transactions/spec-tempo-transaction#parallelizable-nonces](https://docs.tempo.xyz/protocol/transactions/spec-tempo-transaction#parallelizable-nonces).

      --tempo.lane <NAME>
          Named nonce lane for Tempo parallelizable nonces.
          
          Resolves a friendly lane name (e.g. `deploy`, `payments`) to a
          `nonce_key` via a shared lanes file (default: `tempo.lanes.toml` at
          the project root). The lanes file is a TOML map of `name = <U256>`
          entries, e.g.:
          
          ```toml deploy   = 1 ops      = 2 payments = 3 ```
          
          Mutually exclusive with `--tempo.nonce-key`.

      --tempo.lanes-file <PATH>
          Path to the Tempo lanes file used by `--tempo.lane`.
          
          Defaults to `tempo.lanes.toml` at the project root.

      --tempo.sponsor <ADDRESS>
          Sponsor (fee payer) address for Tempo sponsored transactions

      --tempo.sponsor-signer <SIGNER>
          Sign Tempo sponsor digests in-band with the given signer URI.
          
          Supported forms include `env://VAR`, `keystore://PATH`,
          `account://NAME`, `ledger://`, `trezor://`, `aws://`, `gcp://`,
          `turnkey://`, and `private-key://KEY`.

      --tempo.sponsor-sig <SPONSOR_SIG>
          Sponsor (fee payer) signature for Tempo sponsored transactions.
          
          The sponsor signs the `fee_payer_signature_hash` to commit to paying
          gas fees on behalf of the sender. Provide as a hex-encoded signature.

      --sponsor-url <URL>
          Remote sponsor (fee payer) service URL.
          
          When set, the user-signed transaction is forwarded to this URL via
          `eth_signRawTransaction`. The service adds its fee payer signature and
          returns the fully-sponsored transaction, which is then submitted via
          the regular RPC. No local sponsor key is required.
          
          Example: `cast send 0x... --sponsor-url
          https://sponsor.tempo.xyz/tp_abc123`
          
          [env: TEMPO_SPONSOR_URL=]

      --tempo.print-sponsor-hash
          Print the sponsor signature hash and exit.
          
          Computes the `fee_payer_signature_hash` for the transaction so that a
          sponsor knows what hash to sign. The transaction is not sent.

      --tempo.key-id <KEY_ID>
          Access key ID for Tempo Keychain signature transactions.
          
          Used during gas estimation to override the key_id that would normally
          be recovered from the signature.

      --tempo.expiring-nonce
          Enable expiring nonce mode for Tempo transactions.
          
          Sets nonce to 0 and nonce_key to U256::MAX, enabling time-bounded
          transaction validity via `--tempo.valid-before` and
          `--tempo.valid-after`.

      --tempo.valid-before <VALID_BEFORE>
          Upper bound timestamp for Tempo expiring nonce transactions.
          
          The transaction is only valid before this unix timestamp. Requires
          `--tempo.expiring-nonce`.

      --tempo.valid-after <VALID_AFTER>
          Lower bound timestamp for Tempo expiring nonce transactions.
          
          The transaction is only valid after this unix timestamp. Requires
          `--tempo.expiring-nonce`.

Rpc options:
  -r, --rpc-url <URL>
          The RPC endpoint
          
          [alias: --fork-url]

  -k, --insecure
          Allow insecure RPC connections (accept invalid HTTPS certificates).
          
          When the provider's inner runtime transport variant is HTTP, this
          configures the reqwest client to accept invalid certificates.

      --rpc-timeout <RPC_TIMEOUT>
          Timeout for the RPC request in seconds.
          
          The specified timeout will be used to override the default timeout for
          RPC requests.
          
          Default value: 45
          
          [env: ETH_RPC_TIMEOUT=]

      --no-proxy
          Disable automatic proxy detection.
          
          Use this in sandboxed environments (e.g., Cursor IDE sandbox, macOS
          App Sandbox) where system proxy detection causes crashes. When
          enabled, HTTP_PROXY/HTTPS_PROXY environment variables and system proxy
          settings will be ignored.

      --compute-units-per-second <CUPS>
          Sets the number of assumed available compute units per second for this
          provider.
          
          default value: 330
          
          See also
          [https://docs.alchemy.com/reference/compute-units#what-are-cups-compute-units-per-second](https://docs.alchemy.com/reference/compute-units#what-are-cups-compute-units-per-second)

      --no-rpc-rate-limit
          Disables rate limiting for this node's provider.
          
          See also
          [https://docs.alchemy.com/reference/compute-units#what-are-cups-compute-units-per-second](https://docs.alchemy.com/reference/compute-units#what-are-cups-compute-units-per-second)
          
          [alias: --no-rate-limit]

      --flashbots
          Use the Flashbots RPC URL with fast mode
          ([https://rpc.flashbots.net/fast](https://rpc.flashbots.net/fast)).
          
          This shares the transaction privately with all registered builders.
          
          See:
          [https://docs.flashbots.net/flashbots-protect/quick-start#faster-transactions](https://docs.flashbots.net/flashbots-protect/quick-start#faster-transactions)

      --jwt-secret <JWT_SECRET>
          JWT Secret for the RPC endpoint.
          
          The JWT secret will be used to create a JWT for an RPC. For example,
          the following can be used to simulate a CL `engine_forkchoiceUpdated`
          call:
          
          cast rpc --jwt-secret <JWT_SECRET> engine_forkchoiceUpdatedV2
          '["0x6bb38c26db65749ab6e472080a3d20a2f35776494e72016d1e339593f21c59bc",
          "0x6bb38c26db65749ab6e472080a3d20a2f35776494e72016d1e339593f21c59bc",
          "0x6bb38c26db65749ab6e472080a3d20a2f35776494e72016d1e339593f21c59bc"]'
          
          [env: ETH_RPC_JWT_SECRET=]

      --rpc-headers <RPC_HEADERS>
          Specify custom headers for RPC requests
          
          [env: ETH_RPC_HEADERS=]

      --curl
          Print the equivalent curl command instead of making the RPC request

  -e, --etherscan-api-key <KEY>
          The Etherscan (or equivalent) API key
          
          [env: ETHERSCAN_API_KEY=]

  -c, --chain <CHAIN>
          The chain name or EIP-155 chain ID
          
          [env: CHAIN=]

Wallet options - raw:
  -f, --from <ADDRESS>
          The sender account
          
          [env: ETH_FROM=]

  -i, --interactive
          Open an interactive prompt to enter your private key

      --private-key <RAW_PRIVATE_KEY>
          Use the provided private key

      --mnemonic <MNEMONIC>
          Use the mnemonic phrase of mnemonic file at the specified path

      --mnemonic-passphrase <PASSPHRASE>
          Use a BIP39 passphrase for the mnemonic

      --mnemonic-derivation-path <PATH>
          The wallet derivation path.
          
          Works with both --mnemonic-path and hardware wallets.

      --mnemonic-index <INDEX>
          Use the private key from the given mnemonic index.
          
          Used with --mnemonic-path.
          
          [default: 0]

      --retries <RETRIES>
          Number of attempts for retrying verification
          
          [default: 5]

      --delay <DELAY>
          Optional delay to apply in between verification attempts, in seconds
          
          [default: 5]

Wallet options - keystore:
      --keystore <PATH>
          Use the keystore in the given folder or file
          
          [env: ETH_KEYSTORE=]

      --account <ACCOUNT_NAME>
          Use a keystore from the default keystores folder
          (~/.foundry/keystores) by its filename
          
          [env: ETH_KEYSTORE_ACCOUNT=]

      --password <PASSWORD>
          The keystore password.
          
          Used with --keystore.

      --password-file <PASSWORD_FILE>
          The keystore password file path.
          
          Used with --keystore.
          
          [env: ETH_PASSWORD=]

Wallet options - hardware wallet:
  -l, --ledger
          Use a Ledger hardware wallet

  -t, --trezor
          Use a Trezor hardware wallet

Wallet options - remote:
      --aws
          Use AWS Key Management Service.
          
          Ensure the AWS_KMS_KEY_ID environment variable is set.

      --gcp
          Use Google Cloud Key Management Service.
          
          Ensure the following environment variables are set: GCP_PROJECT_ID,
          GCP_LOCATION, GCP_KEY_RING, GCP_KEY_NAME, GCP_KEY_VERSION.
          
          See: [https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs](https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs)

      --turnkey
          Use Turnkey.
          
          Ensure the following environment variables are set:
          TURNKEY_API_PRIVATE_KEY, TURNKEY_ORGANIZATION_ID, TURNKEY_ADDRESS.
          
          See: [https://docs.turnkey.com/getting-started/quickstart](https://docs.turnkey.com/getting-started/quickstart)

Wallet options - Tempo:
      --tempo.access-key <PRIVATE_KEY>
          Tempo access key private key.
          
          When set, the transaction is signed with this access key on behalf of
          `--tempo.root-account`.
          
          [env: TEMPO_ACCESS_KEY=]

      --tempo.root-account <ADDRESS>
          Tempo root account address (the `from` address for keychain
          transactions).
          
          Required when `--tempo.access-key` is set.
          
          [env: TEMPO_ROOT_ACCOUNT=]

Wallet options - browser wallet:
      --browser
          Use a browser wallet

      --browser-port <PORT>
          Port for the browser wallet server
          
          [default: 9545]

      --browser-disable-open
          Whether to open the browser for wallet connection

Display options:
      --color <COLOR>
          The color of the log messages

          Possible values:
          - auto:   Intelligently guess whether to use color output (default)
          - always: Force color output
          - never:  Force disable color output

      --json
          Format log messages as JSON

      --md
          Format log messages as Markdown

  -q, --quiet
          Do not print log messages

  -v, --verbosity...
          Verbosity level of the log messages.
          
          Pass multiple times to increase the verbosity (e.g. -v, -vv, -vvv).
          
          Depending on the context the verbosity levels have different meanings.
          
          For example, the verbosity levels of the EVM are:
          - 2 (-vv): Print logs for all tests.
          - 3 (-vvv): Print execution traces for failing tests.
          - 4 (-vvvv): Print execution traces for all tests, and setup traces
          for failing tests.
          - 5 (-vvvvv): Print execution and setup traces for all tests,
          including storage changes and
            backtraces with line numbers.
```

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