diff --git a/scripts/db-push.sh b/scripts/db-push.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..653b48b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/db-push.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+go run github.com/steebchen/prisma-client-go db push --skip-generate
diff --git a/starter/create/create.go b/starter/create/create.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..834da63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/starter/create/create.go
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+package create
+
+import (
+	. "ersteller-lib"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type DatabaseType string
+
+const (
+	DatabaseTypePostgres DatabaseType = "postgres"
+	DataBaseTypeSqlite   DatabaseType = "sqlite"
+)
+
+type Params struct {
+	DbType     DatabaseType
+	ProjectDir string
+}
+
+type StarterCreator struct {
+	params  Params
+	thisDir string
+}
+
+func NewStarterCreator(params Params) StarterCreator {
+	// Validate target directory parameter
+	if params.ProjectDir == "" {
+		log.Printf("StarterCreator.Create: ProjectDir is empty; nothing to do")
+		panic("ProjectDir is empty; nothing to do")
+	}
+
+	// Resolve the path to the starter main.go located at ../main.go relative to this file
+	_, thisFile, _, ok := runtime.Caller(0)
+	if !ok {
+		log.Printf("StarterCreator.Create: unable to resolve current file location via runtime.Caller")
+		panic("unable to resolve current file location via runtime.Caller")
+	}
+	thisDir := filepath.Dir(thisFile)
+	return StarterCreator{
+		params:  params,
+		thisDir: thisDir,
+	}
+}
+
+// Create reads the starter main.go file bundled with this package
+// and writes it into the target project directory as main.go.
+// Minimal, side-effecting function with internal error logging to keep API unchanged.
+func (s StarterCreator) Create() {
+	Debug("StarterCreator.Create")
+	starterMainPath := filepath.Join(s.thisDir, "..", "main.go")
+
+	// Read starter main.go
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(starterMainPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("StarterCreator.Create: failed to read starter main.go at %s: %v", starterMainPath, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Ensure target directory exists
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(s.params.ProjectDir, 0o755); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("StarterCreator.Create: failed to create target directory %s: %v", s.params.ProjectDir, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Write to <ProjectDir>/main.go
+	targetPath := filepath.Join(s.params.ProjectDir, "main.go")
+	must(os.WriteFile(targetPath, content, 0o644))
+	log.Printf("StarterCreator.Create: wrote starter main.go to %s", targetPath)
+
+	s.copyFile("../go.work.template", "go.work")
+	s.copyFile("../../template.air.toml", ".air.toml")
+
+	if s.params.DbType == DataBaseTypeSqlite {
+		must(os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(s.params.ProjectDir, "db"), 0o755))
+	}
+	s.copySchema()
+
+	must(os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(s.params.ProjectDir, "scripts"), 0o755))
+	s.copyFile("../../scripts/db-push.sh", "scripts/db-push.sh")
+
+	// After copying create_db.sh, run it with the project directory as the root
+	scriptPath := filepath.Join(s.params.ProjectDir, "scripts", "db-push.sh")
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		log.Printf("StarterCreator.Create: skipping create_db.sh execution on Windows")
+		return
+	}
+	if err := os.Chmod(scriptPath, 0o755); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("StarterCreator.Create: failed to make create_db.sh executable: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	cmd := exec.Command("/bin/sh", scriptPath)
+	cmd.Dir = s.params.ProjectDir
+	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("StarterCreator.Create: failed to run create_db.sh: %v", err)
+	} else {
+		log.Printf("StarterCreator.Create: successfully ran create_db.sh in %s", s.params.ProjectDir)
+	}
+}
+
+func (s StarterCreator) copyFile(src string, dst string) {
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(s.thisDir, src))
+	must(err)
+
+	// If we are copying the Prisma schema and the target DB is sqlite,
+	// replace the datasource block accordingly.
+	if dst == "schema.prisma" && s.params.DbType == DataBaseTypeSqlite {
+		pgBlock := "datasource db {\n  provider = \"postgresql\"\n  url      = env(\"DATABASE_URL\")\n}\n"
+		sqliteBlock := "datasource db {\n  provider = \"sqlite\"\n  url      = \"file:./db/sqlite.db\"\n}\n"
+		contentStr := string(content)
+		contentStr = strings.Replace(contentStr, pgBlock, sqliteBlock, 1)
+		content = []byte(contentStr)
+	}
+
+	must(os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(s.params.ProjectDir, dst), content, 0o644))
+}
+
+func (s StarterCreator) copySchema() {
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(s.thisDir, "../../schema_template.prisma"))
+	must(err)
+
+	if s.params.DbType == DataBaseTypeSqlite {
+		pgBlock := "datasource db {\n  provider = \"postgresql\"\n  url      = env(\"DATABASE_URL\")\n}\n"
+		sqliteBlock := "datasource db {\n  provider = \"sqlite\"\n  url      = \"file:./db/sqlite.db\"\n}\n"
+		contentStr := string(content)
+		contentStr = strings.Replace(contentStr, pgBlock, sqliteBlock, 1)
+		content = []byte(contentStr)
+	}
+
+	must(os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(s.params.ProjectDir, "schema.prisma"), content, 0o644))
+}
+
+func must(err error) {
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/starter/go.work.template b/starter/go.work.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24fb2d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/starter/go.work.template
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+go 1.25.0
+
+use (
+	.
+	../ersteller-lib
+)