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+import type { Arguments, CommandBuilder } from "yargs";
+import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
+import chalk from "chalk";
+
+import {readdirSync} from 'fs';
+type Options = {
+  components: string;
+  systems: string;
+  outdir: string;
+};
+
+export const command = "gen-deploy";
+export const desc =
+  "generate deploy.json from smart contracts";
+
+export const builder: CommandBuilder<Options, Options> = (yargs) =>
+  yargs.options({
+    components: { type: "string", default: "./src/components", desc: "path to components dir" },
+    systems: { type: "string", default: "./src/systems", desc: "path to systems dir" },
+    outdir: { type: "string", default: "./deploy.json",desc: "output path" },
+  });
+
+export const handler = async (args: Arguments<Options>): Promise<void> => {
+  const depployJson:any= {};
+  const { components, systems, outdir } = args;
+  console.log("procesing...");
+  const comp = readdirSync(components);
+
+  const comps = comp.map(function(e) { 
+    e = e.replace('.sol',''); 
+    return e;
+  });
+  depployJson.components = comps
+
+  const sys = readdirSync(systems).filter(c => c.includes(".sol"));
+  const syss = sys.map(function(e) { 
+    const route = path.resolve(systems, e);
+    // give write access to any components that each system touch. even if it not actaully write
+    const out = spawnSync("forge",["flatten" ,route]);
+    const flatCode = out.stdout.toString()
+    const used = comps.filter(c => flatCode.includes(c))
+    return {
+            "name": e.replace(".sol",""),
+            "writeAccess": used
+        };
+  });
+  depployJson.systems = syss
+
+  const deployJsonStr = JSON.stringify(depployJson, undefined, 4);
+  fs.writeFileSync(outdir, deployJsonStr, 'utf8');
+  console.log("write output to", outdir)
+  console.warn(chalk.yellow.bold("Warning: this function may grant more write access than necessary. It is recommended to manually remove any unnecessary permissions."))
+  process.exit(0);
+};