# CIS Toolkit

The Caplin Integration Suite (CIS) includes the CIS Toolkit: a command-line tool for creating new integration adapter projects and packaging them as [Caplin Platform Blades](../deployment-framework/cdf-blade-types.md).

## Locating the CIS Toolkit

The CIS Toolkit is a Jar file, `cis-blade-toolkit-_version_.jar`, in the `tools` directory of the Caplin Integration Suite.

## Entering CIS Toolkit commands

To enter a CIS Toolkit commands, navigate to the tools directory of your CIS installation and enter commands using the syntax shown below:

```
java -jar cis-blade-toolkit-version.jar command [argument] …
```

The toolkit supports the following commands:

* **create**: creates a new adapter project.
* **build**: compiles the Java source code of your project
* **export**: packages your project’s binary and configuration files into a zipped Caplin Platform Blade kit, which can then be deployed to a [Caplin Deployment Framework](../deployment-framework/index.md).