# Need help with Tuist setup
**URL:** https://community.tuist.dev/t/need-help-with-tuist-setup/845
**Category:** Troubleshooting & how to
**Tags:** projects
**Created:** [December 17, 2025, 9:01am UTC](https://community.tuist.dev/t/need-help-with-tuist-setup/845 "2025-12-17T09:01:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@iharandreyev](https://community.tuist.dev/u/iharandreyev)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2025, 9:01am UTC](https://community.tuist.dev/t/need-help-with-tuist-setup/845/1 "2025-12-17T09:01:17Z")
# Question or problem
> When creating a new project with `tuist init` and adding `ProjectDescriptionHelpers` into `Tuist` directory (as per documentation), tuist fails to recognize it.
# Expectation
> `tuist edit` opens `Manifests` project containing `ProjectDescriptionHelpers` directory and imports of `ProjectDescriptionHelpers` work
# Context
- Tuist version: 4.113.0
> I am trying to migrate SPM package dependencies into Tuist Projects. I’ve had some linking issues, so I’ve decided to create a separate app project to reproduce the issue and share it with the community for help.
> However, I can’t create `ProjectDescriptionHelpers` to share configurations across projects.
## Reproduction (mandatory for problems)
1. Create a root directory for the project
2. cd into it
3. Run `tuist init`
4. Create `Tuist/ProjectDescriptionHelpers` directory
5. Put some non-empty `*.swift` file with something public
6. import `ProjectDescriptionHelpers` in the `Project.swift` file
7. Observe failure
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### Author:  [@iharandreyev](https://community.tuist.dev/u/iharandreyev)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2025, 9:11am UTC](https://community.tuist.dev/t/need-help-with-tuist-setup/845/2 "2025-12-17T09:11:12Z")
Turns out I had to run `tuist generate` at least once…
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### Author:  [@marekfort](https://community.tuist.dev/u/marekfort)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2025, 9:11am UTC](https://community.tuist.dev/t/need-help-with-tuist-setup/845/3 "2025-12-17T09:11:37Z")
Hey,
we’ll need to know more about your project to help, ideally, if you could attach a reproducible sample.
You can also see [this fixture](https://github.com/tuist/tuist/tree/fc6b698f836c434bef2dfecae31c105a3c19ef7c/fixtures/ios_app_with_helpers) that showcases how to use helpers – maybe you can spot how your project differs?
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### Author:  [@marekfort](https://community.tuist.dev/u/marekfort)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2025, 9:12am UTC](https://community.tuist.dev/t/need-help-with-tuist-setup/845/4 "2025-12-17T09:12:23Z")
> [@iharandreyev](#):
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> Turns out I had to run `tuist generate` at least once…
ah I see. You can also run `tuist edit` to edit your manifest files, like `Project.swift`, in an Xcode project.