Are you sure you're running that inside the taskbox directory?

Are you sure you're running that inside the taskbox directory?

Yup, i was in the directory when I ran npx -p @storybook/cli sb init

The line that errored is trying to add something to the scripts field of package.json. Can you check to see if your package.json has a scripts field? Mine does when I try to repro.

No scripts field. Only thing in my package.json:

{
  "name": "taskbox",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "react": "^16.12.0",
    "react-dom": "^16.12.0",
    "react-scripts": "3.3.0"
  }
}

I encountered the same problem.
It caused because I installed create-react-app globally, so npx didn't use the latest version of cra.

The problem was solved after I uninstalled the global create-react-app package.
And here is how to do it.

I think the CLI should be smart enough to add a scripts section to your package.json if there isn't one. Great first issue if somebody wants to take it!

Hello, I would like to give this a shot..

@Manish-Giri While you're at it, it would be great if the CLI failed gracefully when there is no package.json at all. While really uncommon, right now, if crashes with the following error.

TypeError: Cannot create property 'dependencies' on boolean 'false'

I think it comes from the following lines:

  const packageJson = await retrievePackageJson();
  // missing a check here and a helpful error message.
  packageJson.dependencies = packageJson.dependencies || {};