diff --git a/packages/base/LICENSE b/packages/base/LICENSE
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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2024 @auth-tools
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/packages/base/local/index.ts b/packages/base/local/index.ts
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diff --git a/packages/base/package.json b/packages/base/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "@auth-tools/template",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "description": "A structured authentication protocol for Javascript. (template)",
+  "main": "dist/index.js",
+  "repository": "https://github.com/auth-tools/auth-tools",
+  "author": "Laurenz Rausche <laurenz@laurenz-rausche.de>",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "private": false,
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "npm run build:remove && tsc",
+    "build:remove": "rimraf build",
+    "local": "npm run build && ts-node-dev --respawn local/index.ts",
+    "prepublish": "npm run build",
+    "remove": "npm run build:remove && rimraf node_modules yarn.lock package-lock.json pnpm-lock.yaml"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {},
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@auth-tools/template": "link:.",
+    "rimraf": "^5.0.5",
+    "ts-node-dev": "^2.0.0",
+    "typescript": "^5.4.5"
+  },
+  "peerDependencies": {},
+  "files": [
+    "dist"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/base/src/index.ts b/packages/base/src/index.ts
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diff --git a/packages/base/tsconfig.json b/packages/base/tsconfig.json
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+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2016",
+    "lib": ["ES2016"],
+    "module": "CommonJS",
+    "moduleResolution": "Node",
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true,
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "noUnusedLocals": true,
+    "noUnusedParameters": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true
+  },
+  "include": ["src/**/*"]
+}