diff --git a/.talismanrc b/.talismanrc
index 918dfb0f..f2f60ddc 100644
--- a/.talismanrc
+++ b/.talismanrc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ fileignoreconfig:
 - filename: src/transport/rest-client.test.ts
   checksum: 3b5751449c61f7a1d71b978ed03b9472f714e12dd1679f691bbd4dd8f84be923
 - filename: src/transport/cma-client.ts
-  checksum: 0e144de22c757e8d3efd31c892d6de56796a49ce2c18d0e41ba16eff8dc3d24e
+  checksum: 87b8399a9b84ea60fe322802c2e5270772858ba85ac33c436941fe7cf40afc38
 - filename: src/transport/auth-strategy.test.ts
   checksum: a4f3e3ea7db10dbf82abbac0207d2231ee740916f476fcda836a2268505295ef
 - filename: src/projects/types.ts
@@ -87,12 +87,7 @@ fileignoreconfig:
     - "'SECRET=hunter2'"
     - "formFieldKey"
 - filename: test/integration/projects-create.test.ts
-  allowed_patterns:
-    - "mockImplementation\\(\\(key: string\\) => CONFIG\\[key\\]\\)"
-    - "formFieldKey"
-    - "key: 'x-ms-blob-type', value: 'BlockBlob'"
-    - "key: 'Content-Type', value: 'application/zip'"
-  checksum: 7e6d6b5ff8189374ff15a93994764c742ca250b80c7c2d1a84cff0f0785b05c6
+  checksum: 6985ba0adee092fcf3dd4a432614298839deba0bef2867bc3bc8d6747946dc66
 - filename: test/fixtures/README.md
   checksum: d801c84c8b7d7f38f967573e9a3a70da4405b7cbcbf10d2a6e5be3d65fb3daa1
   allowed_patterns:
@@ -233,7 +228,7 @@ fileignoreconfig:
     - "a project name passed on argv to the project resolver"
     - "expect\\(Object.keys\\(DEPENDENCIES\\)\\).toEqual\\(\\['project', 'env'\\]\\)"
 - filename: AGENTS.md
-  checksum: 4766a4bf28eab95d90878b825979cef70c83a79a24fb9450a52d617ce0933f78
+  checksum: d46db51dcf83e6db92f5588c1649f0ba76599ccb9a65aca540b19dc0a71208a4
   allowed_patterns:
     - "Do not add an exemption to a guard to make a new file pass"
     - "passes its own error wording to `client.request\\(req, MESSAGES\\)`"
@@ -259,7 +254,7 @@ fileignoreconfig:
 - filename: test/guards/layering.test.ts
   checksum: 6740eea4e84f088081e31ac0c12c0abb2c402dcebbe0eb0ef454f60873da0194
 - filename: src/commands/launch/projects/create.test.ts
-  checksum: 2c407c366f2a1da2647fc6eb7e6ad1bb8cbe3c7f901090432ab0e27df2e5d4d6
+  checksum: 9c40b4b6ed4f7d678ecb921a71f5af7284cd685c1337f47144456ae43a38b1ad
 - filename: src/commands/launch/projects/delete.test.ts
   checksum: d67d8a804d14f9b809153d10b0cf9d5e52b70f9e0b65678ebb1663a7d2da22c1
 - filename: test/integration/projects-delete.test.ts
@@ -303,13 +298,13 @@ fileignoreconfig:
 - filename: src/functions/function.logger.test.ts
   checksum: 840b2b2b7f938e0862881871e8d568112631c58e12cf6c8a5be32e7552b8cf9e
 - filename: src/transport/cma-client.test.ts
-  checksum: 471361febb8e08a50af8cf7e8f81824adc7a31af6231d78baf0e125823f43686
+  checksum: 85d62ef350b450cb09f1a840db79bdfb212d4f5fd650789d60d722915a892a59
 - filename: src/core/catalog.test.ts
   checksum: bf8c203a8efc40a75f5407ceb29a639ea9a6e1fa081d02260def2d7e0fab958a
 - filename: test/credential-guard.setup.ts
   checksum: 519ccbeb0552fdb1d5f27308c56477c0258ee6cc0adec8f618e8e5bc047cbf6d
 - filename: src/environments/types.ts
-  checksum: 9c2387b8bd819af79b256f8638d54a33c41bccc1ab04f02dfd1cda48c035e6e7
+  checksum: 8f57348764a69aeb7c2351faf3a5c80fda483a1a1f009e126ff71a9679d92457
 - filename: src/commands/launch/env/get.test.ts
   checksum: 6e739ef12bc0d887e652e23ee54d9fac30dd6a3505cf464cdaefc0e696cf3e51
 - filename: test/integration/environments-delete.test.ts
@@ -329,13 +324,13 @@ fileignoreconfig:
 - filename: src/commands/launch/env/update.test.ts
   checksum: 2da219594e7bdd589adc0eff9ff035252a75aaa51dfa20514b18fd3266d7b752
 - filename: README.md
-  checksum: c870bc0f5e1b0c43f8320d2eb9807241353bfc8fab0e1339becc28183067b06d
+  checksum: b956e3b147ebb3513472f5f28f47f7895d86201d786f1ed80b10c1fd785267e7
   allowed_patterns:
     - "password-protection"
     - "-p, --password"
     - "-u, --username"
 - filename: test/integration/environments-create.test.ts
-  checksum: 09269b51e499870a04bccfa5e0f2febd287f5246f176c258347c884240678289
+  checksum: 898d30a1a16339ffd0e495eb1b22ea7c08b947c9012ad17a3dc61c905b07a091
 - filename: src/commands/launch/variables/list.test.ts
   checksum: 87ccb762f4931326fc50bca1c01aeb4a16d552e4dfa141d00370fdfafa4363be
 - filename: src/commands/launch/variables/set.test.ts
@@ -347,13 +342,13 @@ fileignoreconfig:
 - filename: src/environments/environment.errors.test.ts
   checksum: 33ae71db0a46173c903659438a77d1d441797a8296e0591dbaa48512f32a4cab
 - filename: src/stacks/stacks.api.test.ts
-  checksum: 67e00bd82b3c3a96c05585f36a3c3ace7f06eff535bc347fe9937033775cf5cc
+  checksum: c35b1dcb6560b9f525f3429b91b8ebd2c9c1b8bb654b125d57939351b981d470
 - filename: src/stacks/stacks.api.ts
-  checksum: 7241b9c2c6e946c11849bb5fb21842c03eca09f9ed6c901be198fd544ce8f769
+  checksum: d59622ca6411b93d5469a1895b08ccde4b9cd83fbb909c82076ea70d74b5e1e4
 - filename: src/variables/variable.chooser.ts
   checksum: 15a6b8a1a974c8d0396ac18d8c9d39c8bc9f70efbf41ce0eef79180ce16b2f04
 - filename: src/variables/variable.create.test.ts
-  checksum: 71dbed4ca09e86e761026955c7865f12e4f168e3afcf4c4ef664d3de319a2697
+  checksum: 908f39b56943d8bc343b93057f83cff1b718ecdc0bcbff5ed9b759c010b4029d
 - filename: src/variables/variable.dotenv.test.ts
   checksum: c3d5e33189736bb42b7c4fac7375cf0307681b34feca4830b49331f55a130f78
 - filename: src/variables/variable.dotenv.ts
@@ -363,9 +358,9 @@ fileignoreconfig:
 - filename: src/variables/variable.files.test.ts
   checksum: d8b0efd6bb448c4d501ba52c47119b352ef29d6b5b66cec0e7d373a0ce91a36c
 - filename: src/variables/variable.inputs.test.ts
-  checksum: 4b3b9a6c353d099a65ef8f522cff8e46e5c0edbf66bcdb59e0d6dd4f87c78c84
+  checksum: c434fd7f32ab0bd17db8f214ba54861b7d8ae8d8481dbbc1978f9dab35fd2429
 - filename: src/variables/variable.inputs.ts
-  checksum: 0f572a86e0c0edbe707882df623a3a7f69715572812ae655eb6aa5e4579b496b
+  checksum: 050b93e158a1ff29f309f1531b085aa9f0327b47a8029038356869b2864531b2
 - filename: src/variables/variable.merge.test.ts
   checksum: 581a5cc5d9d23223643bd461525c6755205ebf16f33ae7388c8e88de19461fbf
 - filename: src/variables/variable.merge.ts
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 339578d7..cfe4acf2 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -351,7 +351,10 @@ than return a truncated list.
 `projects:create` and `env:create` take `--var` and `--dotenv` and reach the same resolver through
 `EnvironmentBuilder`, which asks last - after Contentstack Authentication, where V1 asked - with no auto-detection.
 With neither flag it offers a checkbox over the sources plus `Skip adding environment variables`, which cannot be
-combined with the others; without a terminal it sends an empty list.
+combined with the others; without a terminal it sends an empty list. `--no-vars` is the flag form of that Skip
+choice, so a fully flagged create on a terminal asks nothing: it sends an empty list without the checkbox. Combined
+with `--var`, `--dotenv` or `--from-stack` it is a usage error from the `noVarsAlone` rule rather than oclif's
+`exclusive`, whose `--help` usage line would show those three sources excluding each other.
 
 **`--from-stack` and `--alias`.** `--from-stack` is a bare flag on `variables:set`, `projects:create` and
 `env:create`; `--alias <name>` (`-a`) names a delivery token saved with `csdx auth:tokens:add`, and is a usage error
@@ -360,7 +363,10 @@ without `--from-stack` (`aliasRequiresFromStack`). With an alias the token is re
 a terminal gets a stack picker then a delivery-token picker (names only); without a terminal it is a usage error
 naming `--alias`. The five variables come from `GET /cms/environment-variables` (API host and CDN, scheme stripped)
 plus the stack's API key, the token and its environment. `src/stacks/` owns the Contentstack stack lookups through
-`CmaSession.fetchStacks` / `fetchDeliveryTokens`, which page 100 at a time; `variables` may import `stacks` and
+`CmaSession.fetchStacks` / `fetchDeliveryTokens`, which page 100 at a time. `fetchStacks` scopes by organization on the
+stack handle (`stack({ organization_uid })`), which the SDK sends as the `organization_uid` header and an `org_uid`
+query filter (inside `query()` it would be a plain query parameter), and `StacksApi.list` also drops
+any stack whose `org_uid` names another organization; `variables` may import `stacks` and
 `environments` and nothing else (`RESOURCE_EDGES`). A delivery token value is never printed or logged.
 
 Two harness traps. `@oclif/test`'s `runCommand` joins argv with spaces and splits it again, so a value containing a
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9aa41bda..116d6fee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ USAGE
   $ csdx launch:env:create [-c <value>] [-d <value>] [--org <value>] [--project <value>] [--name <value>]
     [--description <value>] [--branch <value>] [--framework <value>] [--build-cmd <value>] [--server-cmd <value>]
     [--output-dir <value>] [--res-mode <value>] [--auto-deploy <value>] [--cs-auth <value>] [--var <value>...] [--dotenv
-    <value>...] [--from-stack] [-a <value>]
+    <value>...] [--from-stack] [-a <value>] [--no-vars]
 
 FLAGS
   -a, --alias=<value>        Alias of a delivery token saved with csdx auth:tokens:add, used with --from-stack without a
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ FLAGS
       --from-stack           Import the variables of a Contentstack stack. Asks for the stack and a delivery token on a
                              terminal
       --name=<value>         Environment name (200 characters or fewer)
+      --no-vars              Create the environment with no variables, without asking for them on a terminal
       --org=<value>          Organization UID
       --output-dir=<value>   Output directory
       --project=<value>      Project name or UID
@@ -378,7 +379,7 @@ USAGE
   $ csdx launch:projects:create [-c <value>] [-d <value>] [--org <value>] [--type <value>] [--name <value>] [--description
     <value>] [--env-name <value>] [--branch <value>] [--framework <value>] [--build-cmd <value>] [--server-cmd <value>]
     [--output-dir <value>] [--res-mode <value>] [--auto-deploy <value>] [--cs-auth <value>] [--var <value>...] [--dotenv
-    <value>...] [--from-stack] [-a <value>]
+    <value>...] [--from-stack] [-a <value>] [--no-vars]
 
 FLAGS
   -a, --alias=<value>        Alias of a delivery token saved with csdx auth:tokens:add, used with --from-stack without a
@@ -397,6 +398,7 @@ FLAGS
       --from-stack           Import the variables of a Contentstack stack. Asks for the stack and a delivery token on a
                              terminal
       --name=<value>         Project name (200 characters or fewer)
+      --no-vars              Create the environment with no variables, without asking for them on a terminal
       --org=<value>          Organization UID
       --output-dir=<value>   Output directory
       --res-mode=<value>     Response mode (buffered | streaming)
diff --git a/src/commands/launch/env/create.test.ts b/src/commands/launch/env/create.test.ts
index 95fcc68b..55ce6aa0 100644
--- a/src/commands/launch/env/create.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/launch/env/create.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { catalog, resolution } from '../../../resources';
 import { DEPLOYMENT_WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS } from '../../../deployments/deployment.watcher';
 import { EnvironmentCreator } from '../../../environments/environment.create';
 import { serverCommandFrameworkGate } from '../../../environments/environment.inputs';
-import { aliasRequiresFromStack } from '../../../variables/variable.rules';
+import { aliasRequiresFromStack, noVarsAlone } from '../../../variables/variable.rules';
 import EnvironmentsCreate from './create';
 
 function commandUnderTest(resolved: Record<string, unknown>) {
@@ -102,9 +102,10 @@ describe('launch:env:create', () => {
       dotenv: {},
       'from-stack': {},
       alias: {},
+      'no-vars': {},
     });
     expect(Object.keys(EnvironmentsCreate.flags).sort()).toEqual(Object.keys(EnvironmentsCreate.inputs).sort());
-    expect(EnvironmentsCreate.rules).toEqual([serverCommandFrameworkGate, aliasRequiresFromStack]);
+    expect(EnvironmentsCreate.rules).toEqual([serverCommandFrameworkGate, aliasRequiresFromStack, noVarsAlone]);
   });
 
   it('describes --name and --description as the environment its own, leaving the project wording alone', () => {
diff --git a/src/commands/launch/env/create.ts b/src/commands/launch/env/create.ts
index 1c8e9bed..441c0072 100644
--- a/src/commands/launch/env/create.ts
+++ b/src/commands/launch/env/create.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { flagsFor, inputs } from '../../../core/inputs';
 import { defaultWatchTiming } from '../../../deployments/deployment.watcher';
 import { EnvironmentCreator } from '../../../environments/environment.create';
 import { serverCommandFrameworkGate, withEnvironmentWording } from '../../../environments/environment.inputs';
-import { aliasRequiresFromStack } from '../../../variables/variable.rules';
+import { aliasRequiresFromStack, noVarsAlone } from '../../../variables/variable.rules';
 
 const createInputs = inputs({
   org: { required: true },
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const createInputs = inputs({
   dotenv: {},
   'from-stack': {},
   alias: {},
+  'no-vars': {},
 });
 
 export default class EnvironmentsCreate extends LaunchCommand<typeof createInputs> {
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ export default class EnvironmentsCreate extends LaunchCommand<typeof createInput
 
   static flags = withEnvironmentWording(flagsFor(createInputs));
 
-  static rules = [serverCommandFrameworkGate, aliasRequiresFromStack];
+  static rules = [serverCommandFrameworkGate, aliasRequiresFromStack, noVarsAlone];
 
   async run(): Promise<void> {
     const resolved = this.resolved;
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ export default class EnvironmentsCreate extends LaunchCommand<typeof createInput
       envFiles: resolved['dotenv'],
       fromStack: resolved['from-stack'],
       alias: resolved.alias,
+      noVars: resolved['no-vars'],
     });
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/commands/launch/projects/create.test.ts b/src/commands/launch/projects/create.test.ts
index 2947ef47..eb3637b4 100644
--- a/src/commands/launch/projects/create.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/launch/projects/create.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { defaultWatchTiming } from '../../../deployments/deployment.watcher';
 import { DEPLOYMENT_WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS } from '../../../deployments/deployment.watcher';
 import { serverCommandFrameworkGate } from '../../../environments/environment.inputs';
-import { aliasRequiresFromStack } from '../../../variables/variable.rules';
+import { aliasRequiresFromStack, noVarsAlone } from '../../../variables/variable.rules';
 import { ProjectCreator } from '../../../projects/project.create';
 
 type WatchTiming = ReturnType<typeof defaultWatchTiming>;
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ describe('launch:projects:create', () => {
   });
 
   it('declares only the framework gate as a rule, leaving GitHub-only flags on FileUpload to a confirmation', () => {
-    expect(ProjectsCreate.rules).toEqual([serverCommandFrameworkGate, aliasRequiresFromStack]);
+    expect(ProjectsCreate.rules).toEqual([serverCommandFrameworkGate, aliasRequiresFromStack, noVarsAlone]);
   });
 
   it('declares every flag it reads and requires only the organization', () => {
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ describe('launch:projects:create', () => {
       'dotenv',
       'from-stack',
       'alias',
+      'no-vars',
     ]);
     expect(Object.keys(ProjectsCreate.flags).sort()).toEqual(Object.keys(ProjectsCreate.inputs).sort());
     expect(
diff --git a/src/commands/launch/projects/create.ts b/src/commands/launch/projects/create.ts
index e4d3613b..47408413 100644
--- a/src/commands/launch/projects/create.ts
+++ b/src/commands/launch/projects/create.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { flagsFor, inputs } from '../../../core/inputs';
 import { defaultWatchTiming } from '../../../deployments/deployment.watcher';
 import { serverCommandFrameworkGate } from '../../../environments/environment.inputs';
 import { ProjectCreator } from '../../../projects/project.create';
-import { aliasRequiresFromStack } from '../../../variables/variable.rules';
+import { aliasRequiresFromStack, noVarsAlone } from '../../../variables/variable.rules';
 
 const createInputs = inputs({
   org: { required: true },
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const createInputs = inputs({
   dotenv: {},
   'from-stack': {},
   alias: {},
+  'no-vars': {},
 });
 
 export default class ProjectsCreate extends LaunchCommand<typeof createInputs> {
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ export default class ProjectsCreate extends LaunchCommand<typeof createInputs> {
 
   static flags = flagsFor(createInputs);
 
-  static rules = [serverCommandFrameworkGate, aliasRequiresFromStack];
+  static rules = [serverCommandFrameworkGate, aliasRequiresFromStack, noVarsAlone];
 
   async run(): Promise<void> {
     const resolved = this.resolved;
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ export default class ProjectsCreate extends LaunchCommand<typeof createInputs> {
       envFiles: resolved['dotenv'],
       fromStack: resolved['from-stack'],
       alias: resolved.alias,
+      noVars: resolved['no-vars'],
     });
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/environments/environment.builder.ts b/src/environments/environment.builder.ts
index 5372fe3a..46f72bf2 100644
--- a/src/environments/environment.builder.ts
+++ b/src/environments/environment.builder.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ export class EnvironmentBuilder {
         envFiles: request.envFiles,
         fromStack: request.fromStack,
         alias: request.alias,
+        noVars: request.noVars,
         dataDir: request.dataDir ?? '.',
       },
       this.services,
diff --git a/src/environments/types.ts b/src/environments/types.ts
index aa348e5d..e3d180fe 100644
--- a/src/environments/types.ts
+++ b/src/environments/types.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ export interface EnvironmentRequest {
   envFiles?: string[];
   fromStack?: boolean;
   alias?: string;
+  noVars?: boolean;
   framework?: FrameworkPreset;
   buildCmd?: string;
   outputDir?: string;
diff --git a/src/stacks/stacks.api.test.ts b/src/stacks/stacks.api.test.ts
index 88de2537..6d324e7f 100644
--- a/src/stacks/stacks.api.test.ts
+++ b/src/stacks/stacks.api.test.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,24 @@ describe('stacks api', () => {
     expect(asked.stacks).toEqual(['org7']);
   });
 
+  it('leaves out a stack the Management API says belongs to another organization', async () => {
+    const { api } = session(
+      {
+        items: [
+          { name: 'Shop', api_key: 'blt1', org_uid: 'org7' },
+          { name: 'Elsewhere', api_key: 'blt2', org_uid: 'org9' },
+          { name: 'Unmarked', api_key: 'blt3' },
+        ],
+      },
+      {},
+    );
+
+    await expect(api.list('org7')).resolves.toEqual([
+      { name: 'Shop', apiKey: 'blt1' },
+      { name: 'Unmarked', apiKey: 'blt3' },
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it('names a stack by its api key when it has no name and skips an entry with no api key', async () => {
     const { api } = session(
       { items: [{ api_key: 'blt1' }, { name: 'Nameless key' }, { name: 'Empty', api_key: '  ' }, null, 'text', { name: '  ', api_key: 'blt3' }] },
diff --git a/src/stacks/stacks.api.ts b/src/stacks/stacks.api.ts
index bf34a2c4..43a1ad8b 100644
--- a/src/stacks/stacks.api.ts
+++ b/src/stacks/stacks.api.ts
@@ -29,8 +29,12 @@ function failureReason(error: unknown): string {
   return textOf(error) ?? 'the Contentstack Management API gave no reason';
 }
 
-function stackOf(value: unknown): Stack[] {
-  if (!isRecord(value)) {
+function ofAnotherOrganization(value: Record<string, unknown>, organizationUid: string): boolean {
+  return textOf(value.org_uid) !== undefined && value.org_uid !== organizationUid;
+}
+
+function stackOf(value: unknown, organizationUid: string): Stack[] {
+  if (!isRecord(value) || ofAnotherOrganization(value, organizationUid)) {
     return [];
   }
 
@@ -78,7 +82,7 @@ export class StacksApi {
     try {
       const { items } = await this.cma.fetchStacks(organizationUid);
 
-      return (items ?? []).flatMap(stackOf);
+      return (items ?? []).flatMap((item) => stackOf(item, organizationUid));
     } catch (error) {
       throw new StackLookupError('the stacks of this organization', failureReason(error));
     }
diff --git a/src/transport/cma-client.test.ts b/src/transport/cma-client.test.ts
index 2c22e043..cf1a3439 100644
--- a/src/transport/cma-client.test.ts
+++ b/src/transport/cma-client.test.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ describe('createCmaSession', () => {
     expect(createCmaSession({ analyticsInfo: 'cli/2.0.0' }).scopedOrganizationUid()).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
-  it('lists the stacks of one organization through the SDK', async () => {
+  it('lists the stacks of one organization through the SDK, scoped by the organization on the stack handle', async () => {
     const recorded: { stack: unknown[][]; query: unknown[] } = { stack: [], query: [] };
     const client = {
       stack: (...args: unknown[]) => {
@@ -144,10 +144,10 @@ describe('createCmaSession', () => {
 
     await expect(session.fetchStacks('org7')).resolves.toEqual({ items: [{ name: 'Shop', api_key: 'blt1' }] });
 
-    expect(recorded.stack).toEqual([[], []]);
+    expect(recorded.stack).toEqual([[{ organization_uid: 'org7' }], [{ organization_uid: 'org7' }]]);
     expect(recorded.query).toEqual([
-      { organization_uid: 'org7', limit: 100, skip: 0 },
-      { organization_uid: 'org7', limit: 100, skip: 1 },
+      { limit: 100, skip: 0 },
+      { limit: 100, skip: 1 },
     ]);
   });
 
@@ -203,9 +203,9 @@ describe('createCmaSession', () => {
 
     expect(items).toHaveLength(51);
     expect(asked).toEqual([
-      { organization_uid: 'org7', limit: 100, skip: 0 },
-      { organization_uid: 'org7', limit: 100, skip: 50 },
-      { organization_uid: 'org7', limit: 100, skip: 51 },
+      { limit: 100, skip: 0 },
+      { limit: 100, skip: 50 },
+      { limit: 100, skip: 51 },
     ]);
   });
 
diff --git a/src/transport/cma-client.ts b/src/transport/cma-client.ts
index 50d418c7..d5c30d88 100644
--- a/src/transport/cma-client.ts
+++ b/src/transport/cma-client.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export function createCmaSession(options: CmaSessionOptions): CmaSession {
     fetchStacks: (organizationUid) =>
       allPages(
         async (skip) =>
-          (await open()).stack().query({ organization_uid: organizationUid, limit: PAGE_SIZE, skip }).find(),
+          (await open()).stack({ organization_uid: organizationUid }).query({ limit: PAGE_SIZE, skip }).find(),
         'stacks',
       ),
     fetchDeliveryTokens: (apiKey) =>
diff --git a/src/variables/variable.create.test.ts b/src/variables/variable.create.test.ts
index a9d59d89..5df42720 100644
--- a/src/variables/variable.create.test.ts
+++ b/src/variables/variable.create.test.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,15 @@ describe('variable create', () => {
     expect(printed).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  it('returns nothing on a terminal with --no-vars, asking nothing, reading nothing and printing nothing', async () => {
+    const { services, io, asked, reads, printed } = fakes({ files: { '/work/.env': 'X=1' } });
+
+    expect(await variablesForCreate({ ...NONE, noVars: true }, services, io)).toEqual([]);
+    expect(asked).toEqual([]);
+    expect(reads).toEqual([]);
+    expect(printed).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
   it('treats empty flag lists as no flags', async () => {
     const { services, io, asked } = fakes({ answers: { 'Add environment variables': [SKIP] } });
 
diff --git a/src/variables/variable.create.ts b/src/variables/variable.create.ts
index 537322d0..73eb759e 100644
--- a/src/variables/variable.create.ts
+++ b/src/variables/variable.create.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export interface CreateVariablesRequest {
   org: string;
   fromStack?: boolean;
   alias?: string;
+  noVars?: boolean;
 }
 
 const CHOOSE_MESSAGE = 'Add environment variables';
@@ -45,6 +46,10 @@ export async function variablesForCreate(
   io: VariableIo = DEFAULT_VARIABLE_IO,
   savedToken: (alias: string) => SavedToken | undefined = readSavedToken,
 ): Promise<EnvironmentVariableInput[]> {
+  if (request.noVars === true) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
   const stack: StackImporter = (alias) => importFromStack({ org: request.org, alias }, { services, savedToken });
 
   if (given(request.vars) || given(request.envFiles) || request.fromStack === true) {
diff --git a/src/variables/variable.inputs.test.ts b/src/variables/variable.inputs.test.ts
index a1edce97..7ecfa917 100644
--- a/src/variables/variable.inputs.test.ts
+++ b/src/variables/variable.inputs.test.ts
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ import { variableFlags, variableResolution } from './variable.inputs';
 
 describe('variable inputs', () => {
   it('names each flag as the Commands Details "All flags" tables name it', () => {
-    expect(Object.keys(variableFlags)).toEqual(['var', 'dotenv', 'key', 'from-stack', 'alias']);
+    expect(Object.keys(variableFlags)).toEqual(['var', 'dotenv', 'key', 'from-stack', 'alias', 'no-vars']);
   });
 
   it.each(['var', 'dotenv', 'key'] as const)('declares %s repeatable so each occurrence and each value is kept', (name) => {
     expect(variableFlags[name].multiple).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it.each(['var', 'dotenv', 'key', 'from-stack', 'alias'] as const)('never marks %s required at parse time', (name) => {
+  it.each(['var', 'dotenv', 'key', 'from-stack', 'alias', 'no-vars'] as const)('never marks %s required at parse time', (name) => {
     expect(variableFlags[name].required).toBeFalsy();
   });
 
@@ -40,6 +40,17 @@ describe('variable inputs', () => {
     expect(parsed.flags.alias).toBe('my-prod');
   });
 
+  it('parses --no-vars as a presence-only flag', async () => {
+    const parsed = await Parser.parse(['--no-vars'], { flags: { 'no-vars': variableFlags['no-vars'] } });
+
+    expect(variableFlags['no-vars'].type).toBe('boolean');
+    expect(parsed.flags['no-vars']).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('leaves the sources out of an oclif exclusive group, since --help would show them excluding each other', () => {
+    expect(variableFlags['no-vars'].exclusive).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
   it('describes --var without showing a value that looks like a secret', () => {
     expect(variableFlags.var.description).toContain('KEY=VALUE');
     expect(variableFlags.var.description).not.toMatch(/sk_|ghp_|password/i);
diff --git a/src/variables/variable.inputs.ts b/src/variables/variable.inputs.ts
index 9fdf8e3b..8631914d 100644
--- a/src/variables/variable.inputs.ts
+++ b/src/variables/variable.inputs.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ export const variableFlags = {
     char: 'a',
     description: 'Alias of a delivery token saved with csdx auth:tokens:add, used with --from-stack without a prompt',
   }),
+  'no-vars': Flags.boolean({
+    description: 'Create the environment with no variables, without asking for them on a terminal',
+  }),
 };
 
 export const variableResolution = {
@@ -29,4 +32,5 @@ export const variableResolution = {
   key: {} satisfies ResolutionSpec<string[]>,
   'from-stack': {} satisfies ResolutionSpec<boolean>,
   alias: {} satisfies ResolutionSpec<string>,
+  'no-vars': {} satisfies ResolutionSpec<boolean>,
 };
diff --git a/src/variables/variable.rules.test.ts b/src/variables/variable.rules.test.ts
index 61fda24e..6712f1e1 100644
--- a/src/variables/variable.rules.test.ts
+++ b/src/variables/variable.rules.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { UsageError } from '../core/errors';
-import { aliasRequiresFromStack } from './variable.rules';
+import { aliasRequiresFromStack, noVarsAlone } from './variable.rules';
 
 describe('variable rules', () => {
   it('refuses --alias without --from-stack, naming both', () => {
@@ -27,4 +27,21 @@ describe('variable rules', () => {
   it('accepts --from-stack on its own', () => {
     expect(() => aliasRequiresFromStack({ 'from-stack': true }, {})).not.toThrow();
   });
+
+  it.each([[{ var: ['A=1'] }], [{ dotenv: ['a.env'] }], [{ 'from-stack': true }]])(
+    'refuses --no-vars with a variable source (%p)',
+    (source) => {
+      expect(() => noVarsAlone({ 'no-vars': true, ...source }, {})).toThrow(UsageError);
+      expect(() => noVarsAlone({ 'no-vars': true, ...source }, {})).toThrow(
+        '--no-vars cannot be combined with --var, --dotenv or --from-stack.',
+      );
+    },
+  );
+
+  it.each([[{ 'no-vars': true }], [{ 'no-vars': false, var: ['A=1'] }], [{ var: [], dotenv: [], 'from-stack': false, 'no-vars': true }]])(
+    'accepts --no-vars alone and the sources without it (%p)',
+    (resolved) => {
+      expect(() => noVarsAlone(resolved, {})).not.toThrow();
+    },
+  );
 });
diff --git a/src/variables/variable.rules.ts b/src/variables/variable.rules.ts
index 4924027c..a8d11796 100644
--- a/src/variables/variable.rules.ts
+++ b/src/variables/variable.rules.ts
@@ -7,3 +7,13 @@ export const aliasRequiresFromStack: Rule = (resolved) => {
     throw new UsageError('--alias is only used with --from-stack.');
   }
 };
+
+function hasValues(value: unknown): boolean {
+  return Array.isArray(value) ? value.length > 0 : value === true;
+}
+
+export const noVarsAlone: Rule = (resolved) => {
+  if (resolved['no-vars'] === true && [resolved.var, resolved.dotenv, resolved['from-stack']].some(hasValues)) {
+    throw new UsageError('--no-vars cannot be combined with --var, --dotenv or --from-stack.');
+  }
+};
diff --git a/test/integration/environments-create.test.ts b/test/integration/environments-create.test.ts
index 232d0887..2f7a638d 100644
--- a/test/integration/environments-create.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/environments-create.test.ts
@@ -166,9 +166,14 @@ describe('integration: launch:env:create on the wire', () => {
       return [
         cma
           .get('/v3/stacks')
-          .query({ organization_uid: ORG_UID, limit: '100', skip: '0' })
+          .matchHeader('organization_uid', ORG_UID)
+          .query({ limit: '100', skip: '0', query: JSON.stringify({ org_uid: ORG_UID }) })
           .reply(200, { stacks: [{ name: 'Shop', api_key: 'blt9stackkey' }] }),
-        cma.get('/v3/stacks').query({ organization_uid: ORG_UID, limit: '100', skip: '1' }).reply(200, { stacks: [] }),
+        cma
+          .get('/v3/stacks')
+          .matchHeader('organization_uid', ORG_UID)
+          .query({ limit: '100', skip: '1', query: JSON.stringify({ org_uid: ORG_UID }) })
+          .reply(200, { stacks: [] }),
         cma
           .get('/v3/stacks/delivery_tokens')
           .query({ limit: '100', skip: '0' })
@@ -276,6 +281,19 @@ describe('integration: launch:env:create on the wire', () => {
       expect(sent[0].environmentVariables).toEqual([]);
     });
 
+    it('creates with no variables and asks nothing when --no-vars is given on a terminal', async () => {
+      const prompts = answerPrompts({});
+      const sent: { environmentVariables?: unknown }[] = [];
+      stubCreate(sent);
+      stubFollowUp('LIVE');
+
+      const { error } = await onTerminal(() => runCommand([...WITH_AUTH, '--no-vars'], config));
+
+      expect(error).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(prompts.messages).toEqual([]);
+      expect(sent[0].environmentVariables).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
     it('refuses Skip combined with another source before creating anything', async () => {
       answerPrompts({ 'Add environment variables': ['Skip adding environment variables', 'Type KEY=VALUE pairs'] });
       const sent: unknown[] = [];
diff --git a/test/integration/projects-create.test.ts b/test/integration/projects-create.test.ts
index fce95721..c9b297ee 100644
--- a/test/integration/projects-create.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/projects-create.test.ts
@@ -767,6 +767,36 @@ describe('integration: launch:projects:create on the wire', () => {
     expect(onWire).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  it('asks nothing on a terminal when every value is a flag and --no-vars says there are no variables', async () => {
+    let body: { environment?: { environmentVariables?: unknown } } | undefined;
+    const prompts = answerPrompts({});
+    stubGitLookups();
+    const create = hub()
+      .post('/manage/projects', (sent: typeof body) => {
+        body = sent;
+        return true;
+      })
+      .query({})
+      .reply(201, { project: CREATED_PROJECT });
+    stubFollowUp('LIVE');
+
+    const { error } = await onTerminal(() => runCommand([...gitFlags(), '--no-vars'], config));
+
+    expect(error).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(prompts.messages).toEqual([]);
+    expect(create.isDone()).toBe(true);
+    expect(body?.environment?.environmentVariables).toEqual([]);
+    expect(onWire).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('refuses --no-vars with --var with exit 2 before any request', async () => {
+    const { error } = await runCommand([...gitFlags(), '--no-vars', '--var', 'A=1'], config);
+
+    expect(error?.oclif?.exit).toBe(2);
+    expect(error?.message).toContain('--no-vars');
+    expect(onWire).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
   it('sends the variables from --var and --dotenv in the create body and prints no value', async () => {
     let body: { environment?: { environmentVariables?: unknown } } | undefined;
     stubGitLookups();
@@ -849,9 +879,14 @@ describe('integration: launch:projects:create on the wire', () => {
       return [
         cma
           .get('/v3/stacks')
-          .query({ organization_uid: ORG_UID, limit: '100', skip: '0' })
+          .matchHeader('organization_uid', ORG_UID)
+          .query({ limit: '100', skip: '0', query: JSON.stringify({ org_uid: ORG_UID }) })
           .reply(200, { stacks: [{ name: 'Shop', api_key: 'blt9stackkey' }] }),
-        cma.get('/v3/stacks').query({ organization_uid: ORG_UID, limit: '100', skip: '1' }).reply(200, { stacks: [] }),
+        cma
+          .get('/v3/stacks')
+          .matchHeader('organization_uid', ORG_UID)
+          .query({ limit: '100', skip: '1', query: JSON.stringify({ org_uid: ORG_UID }) })
+          .reply(200, { stacks: [] }),
         cma
           .get('/v3/stacks/delivery_tokens')
           .query({ limit: '100', skip: '0' })