There are plist files in /Library/LaunchDaemons/ and /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ which you can create which should work.
There’s also a launchctl command
launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.imalc.insomnia.plist
this is a clue how to get an app to boot at startup
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