diff --git a/src/commands/function/init.ts b/src/commands/function/init.ts
index 4a2ebfd..d798071 100644
--- a/src/commands/function/init.ts
+++ b/src/commands/function/init.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,96 @@ import { store } from "../../store";
 import { execSync } from "child_process";
 import replace from "replace-in-file";
 import { getNpmConfigInitVersion } from "../../lib/utils";
+import prompt from "prompt";
+
+prompt.start();
+prompt.message = "";
+prompt.delimiter = ":";
+
 const { resolve } = require("path");
 
 const sanitizer = /[^a-zA-Z0-9\-]/;
 
 const sanitize = (input: string) => input.replace(sanitizer, "");
 
+const checkForNpm = () => {
+  try {
+    execSync("npm --version", { stdio: "ignore" });
+    return true;
+  } catch (e) {
+    return false;
+  }
+};
+
 export const run = (options: any) => {
-  const { name, path = process.cwd(), private: isPrivate } = options;
+  const {
+    name,
+    path = process.cwd(),
+    private: isPrivate,
+    yes = false,
+  } = options;
+
+  if (!checkForNpm()) {
+    console.log(
+      Chalk.red(`[error]`),
+      `npm is required to run this command, please install it and try again\n`,
+      `npm is a development dependency of the function you are trying to create\n`,
+      "install npm: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm#install--update-script"
+    );
+
+    console.log(" ");
+    if (!yes) {
+      prompt.get(
+        {
+          properties: {
+            install: {
+              description: Chalk.yellow(`install nodejs and npm? (Y/n)`),
+              required: false,
+              default: "y",
+            },
+          },
+        },
+        function (err: any, result: any) {
+          if (err) {
+            console.log(err);
+          }
+          if (result.install === "Y" || result.install === "y") {
+            execSync(
+              `curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.35.3/install.sh | bash`,
+              { stdio: "ignore" }
+            );
+            execSync(
+              `export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
+            [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. $NVM_DIR/nvm.sh && nvm install 18`
+            );
+            try {
+              execSync(
+                `export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
+            [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. $NVM_DIR/nvm.sh && npm --version`,
+                { stdio: "ignore" }
+              );
+            } catch (e) {
+              console.log(
+                Chalk.red(
+                  `[error] unable to install npm/node please try manually`
+                )
+              );
+            }
+            console.log(
+              "developmenmt tools installed, please restart this terminal session, or run the following command before trying again"
+            );
+            console.log("");
+            console.log(
+              `export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"\n[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" `
+            );
+          }
+        }
+      );
+    }
+    console.log("");
+    return;
+  }
+
   const installationPath = resolve(
     process.cwd(),
     `${path}`,