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+## Using nvm from postCreateCommand or another lifecycle command
+
+Certain operations like `postCreateCommand` run non-interactive, non-login shells. Unfortunately, `nvm` is really particular that it needs to be "sourced" before it is used, which can only happen automatically with interactive and/or login shells. Fortunately, this is easy to work around:
+
+Just can source the `nvm` startup script before using it:
+
+```json
+"postCreateCommand": ". ${NVM_DIR}/nvm.sh && nvm install --lts"
+```
+
+Note that typically the default shell in these cases is `sh` not `bash`, so use `. ${NVM_DIR}/nvm.sh` instead of `source ${NVM_DIR}/nvm.sh`.
+
+Alternatively, you can start up an interactive shell which will in turn source `nvm`:
+
+```json
+"postCreateCommand": "bash -i -c 'nvm install --lts'"
+```
+