This tool creates a Metaplex Core Candy Machine. You need a Core collection whose update authority is the connected wallet. The create transaction includes the same platform contribution as the other create tools.
Launch a Core Candy Machine for a drop. Upload numbered images and metadata, create the machine on the collection you already control, load the items, then set mint groups and guards.
Choose a folder of images named 0.png, 1.png, 2.png, and so on, with no gaps.
Choose the matching JSON folder (0.json, 1.json, …). Each file’s image field is rewritten to the IPFS hash from the step above, then uploaded.
Upload stores the files on IPFS. Create deploys the Candy Machine and writes the item count, royalty, creators, and metadata prefix. Items loads those names and URIs onto the machine. Groups and guards set who can mint, when, and at what price. Closing a machine later is a separate tool and does not undo mints that already happened.