diff --git a/frontend/packages/cli/package.json b/frontend/packages/cli/package.json
index e2a24a6214..49b50e2664 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/frontend/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@spotify-backstage/cli",
-  "version": "1.2.0",
+  "version": "1.3.0",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "main:src": "src/index.ts",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
diff --git a/frontend/packages/cli/src/commands/createPlugin.ts b/frontend/packages/cli/src/commands/createPlugin.ts
index 06d1e0c47e..e5808ec6ea 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/cli/src/commands/createPlugin.ts
+++ b/frontend/packages/cli/src/commands/createPlugin.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,21 @@ import handlebars from 'handlebars';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import inquirer, { Answers, Question } from 'inquirer';
 import recursive from 'recursive-readdir';
+import { promisify } from 'util';
+import { exec } from 'child_process';
 
 export const createPluginFolder = (rootDir: string, id: string): string => {
+  console.log();
+  console.log(chalk.green(' Creating the plugin directory:'));
+
   const destination = path.join(rootDir, 'packages', 'plugins', id);
 
   if (fs.existsSync(destination)) {
+    console.log(
+      chalk.red(
+        `  failed:\t ✗ ${chalk.cyan(destination.replace(rootDir, ''))}`,
+      ),
+    );
     throw new Error(
       `A plugin with the same name already exists: ${chalk.cyan(
         destination.replace(rootDir, ''),
@@ -16,13 +26,15 @@ export const createPluginFolder = (rootDir: string, id: string): string => {
     );
   }
 
+  process.stdout.write(
+    chalk.green(`  creating\t${chalk.cyan(destination.replace(rootDir, ''))}`),
+  );
   try {
-    console.log(
-      chalk.green(`Creating:\t${chalk.cyan(destination.replace(rootDir, ''))}`),
-    );
     fs.mkdirSync(destination, { recursive: true });
+    process.stdout.write(chalk.green(' ✓\n'));
     return destination;
   } catch (e) {
+    process.stdout.write(chalk.red(` ✗\n`));
     throw new Error(
       `Failed to create plugin directory: ${destination}: ${e.message}`,
     );
@@ -41,11 +53,10 @@ export const createFileFromTemplate = (
     ...answers,
   });
   try {
-    console.log(
-      chalk.green(`Creating:\t${chalk.cyan(path.basename(destination))}`),
-    );
     fs.writeFileSync(destination, contents);
+    process.stdout.write(chalk.green(` ✓\n`));
   } catch (e) {
+    process.stdout.write(chalk.red(` ✗\n`));
     throw new Error(`Failed to create file: ${destination}: ${e.message}`);
   }
 };
@@ -55,14 +66,28 @@ export const createFromTemplateDir = async (
   destinationFolder: string,
   answers: Answers,
 ) => {
+  console.log();
+  console.log(chalk.green(' Reading template files:'));
+
   let files = [];
+
+  process.stdout.write(chalk.green(`  reading\t`));
   try {
     files = await recursive(templateFolder);
+    process.stdout.write(
+      chalk.green(`${chalk.cyan(`${files.length} files`)} ✓\n`),
+    );
   } catch (e) {
+    console.log(chalk.red(` ✗ 0 files\n`));
     throw new Error(`Failed to read files in template directory: ${e.message}`);
   }
 
+  console.log();
+  console.log(chalk.green(' Setting up the plugin files:'));
   files.forEach(file => {
+    process.stdout.write(
+      chalk.green(`  processing\t${chalk.cyan(path.basename(file))}`),
+    );
     fs.ensureDirSync(
       file
         .replace(templateFolder, destinationFolder)
@@ -75,10 +100,11 @@ export const createFromTemplateDir = async (
         answers,
       );
     } else {
-      console.log(chalk.green(`Copying:\t${chalk.cyan(path.basename(file))}`));
       try {
         fs.copyFileSync(file, file.replace(templateFolder, destinationFolder));
+        process.stdout.write(chalk.green(` ✓\n`));
       } catch (e) {
+        process.stdout.write(chalk.red(` ✗\n`));
         throw new Error(
           `Failed to copy file: ${file.replace(
             templateFolder,
@@ -98,7 +124,7 @@ const cleanUp = async (rootDir: string, id: string) => {
       type: 'confirm',
       name: 'cleanup',
       message: chalk.yellow(
-        `Do you want to remove the created directory and all the files in it?\ndir: ${chalk.cyan(
+        `It seems that something went wrong when creating the plugin 🤔\nDo you want to remove the following directory and all the files in it:\n${chalk.cyan(
           destination,
         )}`,
       ),
@@ -107,18 +133,47 @@ const cleanUp = async (rootDir: string, id: string) => {
   const answers: Answers = await inquirer.prompt(questions);
 
   if (answers.cleanup) {
+    console.log();
+    console.log(chalk.green(`🧹  Cleaning up...`));
+    console.log();
+    console.log(chalk.green(` Removing plugin:`));
+    process.stdout.write(
+      chalk.green(
+        `  deleting\t${chalk.cyan(destination.replace(rootDir, ''))}`,
+      ),
+    );
     try {
       // Not using recursion here, so only empty directories can be removed
       fs.rmdirSync(destination);
-      console.log();
-      console.log(
-        chalk.green(`Removing ${chalk.cyan(destination.replace(rootDir, ''))}`),
-      );
+      process.stdout.write(chalk.green(` ✓\n`));
       console.log();
     } catch (e) {
+      process.stdout.write(chalk.red(` ✗\n`));
       console.log();
       console.log(chalk.red(`Failed to cleanup: ${e.message}`));
-      console.log();
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+const buildPlugin = async (pluginFolder: string) => {
+  console.log();
+  console.log(chalk.green(` Building the plugin:`));
+
+  const prom_exec = promisify(exec);
+
+  // const commands = ['yarn', 'yarn build'];
+  const commands = ['yarn'];
+  for (const command of commands) {
+    process.stdout.write(chalk.green(`  executing\t${chalk.cyan(command)}`));
+    try {
+      process.chdir(pluginFolder);
+      await prom_exec(command, { timeout: 60000 });
+      process.stdout.write(chalk.cyan(` ✓\n`));
+    } catch (e) {
+      process.stdout.write(chalk.red(` ✗\n`));
+      throw new Error(
+        `Could not execute command ${chalk.cyan(command)}: ${e.message}`,
+      );
     }
   }
 };
@@ -148,29 +203,29 @@ const createPlugin = async (): Promise<any> => {
   );
 
   try {
+    console.log();
+    console.log(chalk.green('🧩  Creating the plugin...'));
+
     const destinationFolder = createPluginFolder(rootDir, answers.id);
     await createFromTemplateDir(templateFolder, destinationFolder, answers);
+    await buildPlugin(destinationFolder);
 
     console.log();
     console.log(
       chalk.green(
-        `Successfully created a Backstage Plugin in ${chalk.cyan(
-          path.join('packages', 'plugins', answers.id),
+        `🥇  Successfully created ${chalk.cyan(
+          `@spotify-backstage/plugin-${answers.id}`,
         )}`,
       ),
     );
-
-    console.log(
-      chalk.green(
-        `Run ${chalk.cyan('yarn start')} in the plugin directory to start it.`,
-      ),
-    );
     console.log();
 
     return destinationFolder;
   } catch (e) {
     console.log();
-    console.log(chalk.red(e.message));
+    console.log(`${chalk.red(e.message)}`);
+    console.log();
+    console.log(`🔥  ${chalk.red('Failed to create plugin!')}`);
     console.log();
 
     await cleanUp(rootDir, answers.id);