diff --git a/tests/commands/sites/init.test.ts b/tests/commands/sites/init.test.ts
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+import { execSync } from 'child_process'
+import fs from 'fs-extra'
+import os from 'os'
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url'
+
+let ENV_VAR = 'SITES_DIR=tests/__data__/output/sites'
+if (os.platform() === 'win32') {
+  ENV_VAR = 'SET "SITES_DIR=tests/__data__/output/sites" &&'
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  fs.emptyDirSync('tests/__data__/output')
+  fs.mkdirSync('tests/__data__/output/sites')
+})
+
+it('can create new site config from template', () => {
+  const cmd = `${ENV_VAR} npm run sites:init --- example.com`
+
+  const stdout = execSync(cmd, { encoding: 'utf8' })
+  if (process.env.DEBUG === 'true') console.log(cmd, stdout)
+
+  expect(exists('tests/__data__/output/sites/example.com')).toBe(true)
+  expect(exists('tests/__data__/output/sites/example.com/example.com.test.js')).toBe(true)
+  expect(exists('tests/__data__/output/sites/example.com/example.com.config.js')).toBe(true)
+  expect(exists('tests/__data__/output/sites/example.com/readme.md')).toBe(true)
+  expect(content('tests/__data__/output/sites/example.com/example.com.test.js')).toEqual(
+    content('tests/__data__/expected/sites/sites-init/example.com.test.js')
+  )
+  expect(content('tests/__data__/output/sites/example.com/example.com.config.js')).toEqual(
+    content('tests/__data__/expected/sites/sites-init/example.com.config.js')
+  )
+  expect(content('tests/__data__/output/sites/example.com/readme.md')).toEqual(
+    content('tests/__data__/expected/sites/sites-init/readme.md')
+  )
+})
+
+function content(filepath: string) {
+  return fs.readFileSync(pathToFileURL(filepath), {
+    encoding: 'utf8'
+  })
+}
+
+function exists(filepath: string) {
+  return fs.existsSync(pathToFileURL(filepath))
+}