# Start your first native-process project

> Review an argument-array command, start its process tree, follow output, and stop without orphans.

Native projects can use uv, npm, pnpm, Make, or another explicit executable.
Envarium does not require Docker for this path.

## 1. Review discovery

```bash
envarium project add /absolute/path/to/native-project
envarium manifest explain <project>
```

Confirm the executable, argument array, working directory, environment
references, dependency order, expected ports, and health checks. Shell syntax
is rejected unless the manifest explicitly enables it and surfaces the risk.

## 2. Preview and start

```bash
envarium plan start <project>
envarium start <project>
envarium status <project>
```

Success is a durable run with a process-identity fingerprint and a running or
healthy project state. A stored PID alone is never sufficient evidence.

## 3. Read output and stop

```bash
envarium logs <project> --tail 50
envarium stop <project>
envarium status <project>
```

Envarium captures stdout and stderr separately, sends graceful termination
to the process group or Job Object, and escalates only after the configured
timeout. Success ends with no managed child process left behind.