diff --git a/packages/create/fixtures/minimal-app/package.json b/packages/create/fixtures/minimal-app/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e4a02c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create/fixtures/minimal-app/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "template-placeholder",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "private": true
+}
diff --git a/packages/create/src/integration/create-pipeline.test.ts b/packages/create/src/integration/create-pipeline.test.ts
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index 0000000..d5b095f
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+++ b/packages/create/src/integration/create-pipeline.test.ts
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+import fs from "node:fs";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { runTransforms } from "../transforms/run-transforms.js";
+
+describe("create pipeline transforms", () => {
+  it("renames package.json", async () => {
+    const tmp = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "cad-"));
+    const fixture = path.join(
+      path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)),
+      "../../fixtures/minimal-app"
+    );
+    fs.cpSync(fixture, tmp, { recursive: true });
+    await runTransforms({
+      projectRoot: tmp,
+      packageName: "my-fine-app",
+      skip: false,
+    });
+    const pkg = JSON.parse(
+      fs.readFileSync(path.join(tmp, "package.json"), "utf8")
+    );
+    expect(pkg.name).toBe("my-fine-app");
+  });
+});