code: def create(
      mapchete_file,
      process_file,
      out_format,
      out_path=None,
      pyramid_type=None,
      force=False
  ):
      
      if os.path.isfile(process_file) or os.path.isfile(mapchete_file):
          if not force:
              raise IOError("file(s) already exists")
  
      out_path = out_path if out_path else os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "output")
  
      # copy file template to target directory
      process_template = pkg_resources.resource_filename(
          "mapchete.static", "process_template.py"
      )
      process_file = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), process_file)
      copyfile(process_template, process_file)
  
      # modify and copy mapchete file template to target directory
      mapchete_template = pkg_resources.resource_filename(
          "mapchete.static", "mapchete_template.mapchete"
      )
  
      output_options = dict(
          format=out_format, path=out_path, **FORMAT_MANDATORY[out_format]
      )
  
      pyramid_options = {'grid': pyramid_type}
  
      substitute_elements = {
          'process_file': process_file,
          'output': dump({'output': output_options}, default_flow_style=False),
          'pyramid': dump({'pyramid': pyramid_options}, default_flow_style=False)
      }
      with open(mapchete_template, 'r') as config_template:
          config = Template(config_template.read())
          customized_config = config.substitute(substitute_elements)
      with open(mapchete_file, 'w') as target_config:
          target_config.write(customized_config)
docs: Create an empty Mapchete and process file in a given directory.