diff --git a/BUILD.yaml b/BUILD.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b3c46201
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BUILD.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# UNDER CONSTRUCTION: we in the process of adding template definitions
+# into this file. This file does not contain all the templates yet.
+
+# job-intro template is to be removed and replaced by
+# https://github.com/anyscale/first-job
+- name: job-intro
+  emoji: 🔰
+  title: Intro to Jobs
+  description: Introduction on how to use Anyscale Jobs
+  dir: templates/intro-jobs
+  cluster_env:
+    build_id: anyscaleray2340-py311
+  compute_config:
+    GCP: configs/basic-single-node/gce.yaml
+    AWS: configs/basic-single-node/aws.yaml
+
+- name: workspace-intro
+  emoji: 🔰
+  title: Intro to Workspaces
+  description: Introduction on how to use Anyscale Workspaces
+  dir: templates/intro-workspaces
+  cluster_env:
+    build_id: anyscaleray2340-py311
+  compute_config:
+    GCP: configs/basic-single-node/gce.yaml
+    AWS: configs/basic-single-node/aws.yaml
diff --git a/ci/maketmpl/hello.go b/ci/maketmpl/hello.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 84c7788bd..000000000
--- a/ci/maketmpl/hello.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-package maketmpl
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-)
-
-func Hello() {
-	fmt.Println("TODO: build templates the new way.")
-}
diff --git a/ci/maketmpl/maketmpl/main.go b/ci/maketmpl/maketmpl/main.go
index 76d50bda2..4d654f016 100644
--- a/ci/maketmpl/maketmpl/main.go
+++ b/ci/maketmpl/maketmpl/main.go
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"flag"
+	"log"
+
 	"github.com/anyscale/templates/ci/maketmpl"
 )
 
 func main() {
-	maketmpl.Hello()
+	base := flag.String("base", ".", "base directory")
+	output := flag.String("output", "_build", "output directory")
+	buildFile := flag.String("build", "BUILD.yaml", "build file")
+
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if err := maketmpl.BuildAll(*buildFile, *base, *output); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
 }