# Create a build project without a source
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 You can configure a CodeBuild project by choosing the **NO\_SOURCE** source type when you configure your source. When your source type is **NO\_SOURCE**, you cannot specify a buildspec file because your project does not have a source. Instead, you must specify a YAML-formatted buildspec string in the `buildspec` attribute of the JSON-formatted input to the `create-project` CLI command. It might look like this: 

```
{
  "name": "project-name",
  "source": {
    "type": "NO_SOURCE",
    "buildspec": "version: 0.2\n\nphases:\n  build:\n    commands:\n      - command"
   },
  "environment": {
    "type": "LINUX_CONTAINER",
    "image": "aws/codebuild/standard:5.0",
    "computeType": "BUILD_GENERAL1_SMALL",    
  },
  "serviceRole": "arn:aws:iam::account-ID:role/role-name",
  "encryptionKey": "arn:aws:kms:region-ID:account-ID:key/key-ID"
}
```

For more information, see [Create a build project (AWS CLI)](create-project.md#create-project-cli).

## See also

* **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for AWS CodeBuild. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query codebuild` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).