# Noderedagent - launch.json not created for testing and publishing to OpenCore

**URL:** <https://discourse.openiap.io/t/noderedagent-launch-json-not-created-for-testing-and-publishing-to-opencore/3253>\
**Category:** OpenCore\
**Tags:** agent\
**Created:** [April 9, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/noderedagent-launch-json-not-created-for-testing-and-publishing-to-opencore/3253 "2026-04-09T15:35:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![renierduvenhage](https://discourse.openiap.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/5f8ce5/32.png) [@renierduvenhage](https://discourse.openiap.io/u/renierduvenhage)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/noderedagent-launch-json-not-created-for-testing-and-publishing-to-opencore/3253/1 "2026-04-09T15:35:32Z")

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Hi @Allan_Zimmermann

I have a brand new OpenCore instance that I deployed. I am now trying to publish a noderedagent to the OpenCore instance that I can run on remote nodeagents as a package.

I follow the instructions ( [GitHub - openiap/noderedagent · GitHub](https://github.com/openiap/noderedagent) ) to run it as a package and publish to my OpenCore instance. When I run the initialise step, the package.json is generated but there is no launch.json file generated (the .env file is generated though).

Therefore, I can’t test the noderedagent in VS Code (as with a previous OpenCore instance I had). I then took a chance to pack and deploy to OpenCore, but the package is not available to select in my OpenCore instance to run as a package on a remote agent.

Am I missing something or why is the launch.json file not generated when initialising the cloned repo with the openiap-assistant?

OpenCore v1.5.12.62  
Visual studio code v1.115.0

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**Author:** ![Allan\_Zimmermann](https://discourse.openiap.io/user_avatar/discourse.openiap.io/allan_zimmermann/32/12_2.png) [@Allan\_Zimmermann](https://discourse.openiap.io/u/Allan_Zimmermann)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 8:59am UTC](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/noderedagent-launch-json-not-created-for-testing-and-publishing-to-opencore/3253/2 "2026-04-12T08:59:22Z")

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The extension no longer creates a launch file. Those are already in the example repos. There are so many different ways people might want to run their code, so I decided to “back down” and only maintain the .env file.

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**Author:** ![renierduvenhage](https://discourse.openiap.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/5f8ce5/32.png) [@renierduvenhage](https://discourse.openiap.io/u/renierduvenhage)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/noderedagent-launch-json-not-created-for-testing-and-publishing-to-opencore/3253/3 "2026-04-13T16:20:51Z")

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Thanks Allan.

Added my own launch.json from examples and got it running.

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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse.openiap.io/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a1ca7b164ac9a826839704d9ac82c7b5e6bcf557.png) [@system](https://discourse.openiap.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/noderedagent-launch-json-not-created-for-testing-and-publishing-to-opencore/3253/4 "2026-04-20T16:21:28Z")

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