Setup

cd into the directory where you want to instantiate your Liminal environment. This will be the root directory where your schemas will be defined. Note: the Liminal CLI must always be run from within this root directory.
Run liminal init in your CLI to initialize your Liminal environment. This will create a liminal/ directory that contains an env.py file and a versions/ directory.
- The env.py file is used to store your Benchling connection information.
- The versions/ directory is used to store your revision files.
Populate the env.py file with your Benchling connection information, following the instructions in the file. For example:
```
from liminal.connection import BenchlingConnection

    PROD_CURRENT_REVISION_ID = "12b31776a755b"

    # It is highly recommended to use a secrets manager to store your credentials.
    connection = BenchlingConnection(
        tenant_name="pizzahouse-prod",
        tenant_alias="prod",
        current_revision_id_var_name="PROD_CURRENT_REVISION_ID",
        api_client_id="my-secret-api-client-id",
        api_client_secret="my-secret-api-client-secret",
        internal_api_admin_email="my-secret-internal-api-admin-email",
        internal_api_admin_password="my-secret-internal-api-admin-password",
)
```
- Required: The api_client_id and api_client_secret are used to connect to Benchling's SDK. For more information, see the Benchling API documentation.
- Required: The internal_api_admin_email and internal_api_admin_password are used to connect to Benchling's API for the migration service. This must be the email and password used to log in to an Admin account.
The CURRENT_REVISION_ID variable is used to store the current state of where your Benchling tenant lies on the revision timeline. The id is the revision_id of the revision file that has been applied to your Benchling tenant.

Tip

If you have multiple Benchling tenants you'd like to synchronize, you can define multiple Benchling connections in the env.py file by creating multiple BenchlingConnection objects and respective CURRENT_REVISION_ID variables. Use the optional current_revision_id_var_name parameter to link the variable to the BenchlingConnection object.
If your Benchling tenant has pre-existing schemas, run liminal generate-files <benchling_tenant> [<write_path>] to populate the root directory with your schema files from the given Benchling tenant. Your file structure should now look like this:
```
pizzahouse/
    liminal/
        env.py
        versions/
            <revision_id>_initial_init_revision.py
    dropdowns/
        ...
    entity_schemas/
        ...
```
Tip

It is recommended to generate files using your production Benchling tenant. These schemas will be used as the single source of truth for your production tenant as well as other tenants you may have.
Add your schema imports to the env.py file. For example:
```
from pizzahouse.dropdowns import *
from pizzahouse.entity_schemas import *
```
Warning

This is necessary for Liminal to recognize what schemas exist in your environment.
Set up is complete! You're now ready to start using your schemas defined in code as the single source of truth for your Benchling tenant(s).