diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 99f5a34f..e069b64c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # octoherd-script
 
-form8ion plugin to manage script projects for octoherd
+[form8ion](https://github.com/form8ion) plugin to manage script projects for
+[octoherd](https://github.com/octoherd)
 
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diff --git a/src/canary-test.js b/src/canary-test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 98ac6072..00000000
--- a/src/canary-test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-import {assert} from 'chai';
-
-suite('canary test', () => {
-  test('that mocha is wired together correctly', () => {
-    assert.isTrue(true);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/scaffolder-test.js b/src/scaffolder-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0cec1458
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scaffolder-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import {promises as fs} from 'fs';
+
+import any from '@travi/any';
+import sinon from 'sinon';
+import {assert} from 'chai';
+
+import scaffold from './scaffolder';
+
+suite('scaffold script', () => {
+  let sandbox;
+
+  setup(() => {
+    sandbox = sinon.createSandbox();
+
+    sandbox.stub(fs, 'writeFile');
+  });
+
+  teardown(() => sandbox.restore());
+
+  test('that the script is scaffolded', async () => {
+    const projectRoot = any.string();
+
+    const {tags} = await scaffold({projectRoot});
+
+    assert.calledWith(fs.writeFile, `${projectRoot}/index.js`, 'export async function script(octokit, repository) {}');
+    assert.deepEqual(tags, ['octoherd-script']);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/scaffolder.js b/src/scaffolder.js
index 0042b643..f09437db 100644
--- a/src/scaffolder.js
+++ b/src/scaffolder.js
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
-export default function () {
-  return undefined;
+import {promises as fs} from 'fs';
+
+export default async function ({projectRoot}) {
+  await fs.writeFile(`${projectRoot}/index.js`, 'export async function script(octokit, repository) {}');
+
+  return {tags: ['octoherd-script']};
 }
diff --git a/test/integration/features/scaffolder.feature b/test/integration/features/scaffolder.feature
index f9140d92..be0e79f0 100644
--- a/test/integration/features/scaffolder.feature
+++ b/test/integration/features/scaffolder.feature
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ Feature: Scaffolder
 
   Scenario: Scaffold
     When the project is scaffolded
+    Then the script file is bootstrapped
+    And project metadata is generated
diff --git a/test/integration/features/step_definitions/common-steps.mjs b/test/integration/features/step_definitions/common-steps.mjs
index c675bab1..c97fa96f 100644
--- a/test/integration/features/step_definitions/common-steps.mjs
+++ b/test/integration/features/step_definitions/common-steps.mjs
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 import {dirname, resolve} from 'node:path';
 import {fileURLToPath} from 'node:url';
 
-import {After, When} from '@cucumber/cucumber';
+import {After, Before, When} from '@cucumber/cucumber';
 import stubbedFs from 'mock-fs';
 
 const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const stubbedNodeModules = stubbedFs.load(resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', '..', 'node_modules'));
 
+Before(function () {
+  this.projectRoot = process.cwd();
+})
+
 After(function () {
   stubbedFs.restore();
 });
@@ -19,5 +23,5 @@ When('the project is scaffolded', async function () {
     node_modules: stubbedNodeModules
   });
 
-  await scaffold({projectRoot: process.cwd()});
+  this.result = await scaffold({projectRoot: this.projectRoot});
 });
diff --git a/test/integration/features/step_definitions/metadata-steps.mjs b/test/integration/features/step_definitions/metadata-steps.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc4f7f87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/features/step_definitions/metadata-steps.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import {Then} from '@cucumber/cucumber';
+import {assert} from 'chai';
+
+Then('project metadata is generated', async function () {
+  const {tags} = this.result;
+
+  assert.deepEqual(tags, ['octoherd-script']);
+});
diff --git a/test/integration/features/step_definitions/script-steps.mjs b/test/integration/features/step_definitions/script-steps.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c536c6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/features/step_definitions/script-steps.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import {promises as fs} from 'fs';
+
+import {Then} from '@cucumber/cucumber';
+import {assert} from 'chai';
+
+Then('the script file is bootstrapped', async function () {
+  const scriptContent = await fs.readFile(`${this.projectRoot}/index.js`, 'utf-8');
+
+  assert.equal(scriptContent, `export async function script(octokit, repository) {}`);
+});