diff --git a/src/codegen/cli/commands/create/main.py b/src/codegen/cli/commands/create/main.py
index 6a95bdb59..6185f63ca 100644
--- a/src/codegen/cli/commands/create/main.py
+++ b/src/codegen/cli/commands/create/main.py
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ def create_command(session: CodegenSession, name: str, path: Path, description:
             with create_spinner("Generating function (using LLM, this will take ~10s)") as status:
                 response = RestAPI(session.token).create(name=name, query=description)
                 code = convert_to_cli(response.code, session.language, name)
+                prompt_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
                 prompt_path.write_text(response.context)
         else:
             # Use default implementation