diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 27c085b..685c6ec 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: ohcleandat
 Type: Package
 Title: One Health Data Cleaning and Quality Checking Package
-Version: 0.2.1
+Version: 0.2.2
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Collin", "Schwantes", email = "schwantes@ecohealthalliance.org", role = c("cre", "aut"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-4014-4896")),
     person("Johana", "Teigen", email = "teigen@ecohealthalliance.org", role = "aut", comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-6209-2321")),
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Description: This package provides useful functions to orchestrate analytics and
 License: MIT + file LICENSE
 Encoding: UTF-8
 LazyData: true
-RoxygenNote: 7.2.3
+RoxygenNote: 7.3.1
 Suggests: 
     knitr,
     rmarkdown
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Imports:
     tibble,
     tidyr,
     tidyselect,
+    utils,
     validate
 Remotes: 
     ecohealthalliance/containerTemplateUtils,
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 7a68dfa..c581658 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export(combine_logs)
 export(correct_data)
 export(create_freetext_log)
 export(create_questionnaire_log)
+export(create_rules_from_template)
 export(create_translation_log)
 export(create_validation_log)
 export(detect_language)
diff --git a/R/create_rules_from_template.R b/R/create_rules_from_template.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f2985c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/create_rules_from_template.R
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#' Title
+#'
+#' @param name String. Name of rule set function e.g. create_rules_my_dataset
+#' @param dir String. Name of directory where file should be created. If it
+#' doesnt exist, a folder will be created.
+#' @param open Logical. Should the file be opened?
+#' @param showWarnings Logical. Should dir.create show warnings?
+#'
+#' @return String. File path of newly created file
+#' @export create_rules_from_template
+#'
+#' @examples
+#' \dontrun{
+#'     # create a ruleset and immediately open it
+#'     create_rules_from_template(name = "create_rules_field_data")
+#'     # create a ruleset and don't open it
+#'     create_rules_from_template(name = "create_rules_lab_data", open = FALSE)
+#'     # create a ruleset and store it in a different folder
+#'     create_rules_from_template(name = "create_rules_lab_data",
+#'     dir = "/path/to/rulesets" open = FALSE)
+#'     }
+create_rules_from_template <- function(name, dir = "/R", open = TRUE, showWarnings = FALSE){
+
+  dir.create(here::here("/R"),showWarnings = showWarnings, recursive = TRUE)
+
+  template_text <- sprintf('%s <- function(){
+    ## each rule should be named after the column its validating
+    rule1 <- validator(
+      some_column = !is.na(some_column)
+    )
+
+    ## make sure descriptions are concise and interpretable
+    description(rule1) <- rep("Some description",length(rule1))
+    .
+    .
+    .
+    ruleN <- validator(
+      TEST_NO = field_format(TEST_NO, "\\d+" , type="regex")
+    )
+    description(ruleN) <- rep("Some description",length(ruleN))
+
+    out <- list(
+      rule1 = rule1,
+      .
+      .
+      .
+      ruleN = ruleN
+    )
+
+    return(out)
+  }',name)
+
+
+  file_name <- sprintf("%s.R",name)
+  file_path <- paste(dir,file_name,sep = "/")
+  cat(template_text, file = file_path)
+  if(open){
+    utils::file.edit(file_path)
+  }
+
+
+  return(file_path)
+
+  status <- file.exists(here::here(file_path))
+
+  if(!status){
+    rlang::abort(sprintf("%s not created",file_path))
+  }
+
+  return(file_path)
+
+}
diff --git a/man/create_rules_from_template.Rd b/man/create_rules_from_template.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59733fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/create_rules_from_template.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/create_rules_from_template.R
+\name{create_rules_from_template}
+\alias{create_rules_from_template}
+\title{Title}
+\usage{
+create_rules_from_template(name, dir = "/R", open = TRUE, showWarnings = FALSE)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{name}{String. Name of rule set function e.g. create_rules_my_dataset}
+
+\item{dir}{String. Name of directory where file should be created. If it
+doesnt exist, a folder will be created.}
+
+\item{open}{Logical. Should the file be opened?}
+
+\item{showWarnings}{Logical. Should dir.create show warnings?}
+}
+\value{
+String. File path of newly created file
+}
+\description{
+Title
+}
+\examples{
+\dontrun{
+    # create a ruleset and immediately open it
+    create_rules_from_template(name = "create_rules_field_data")
+    # create a ruleset and don't open it
+    create_rules_from_template(name = "create_rules_lab_data", open = FALSE)
+    # create a ruleset and store it in a different folder
+    create_rules_from_template(name = "create_rules_lab_data",
+    dir = "/path/to/rulesets" open = FALSE)
+    }
+}