diff --git a/demo/rules.yaml b/demo/rules.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e232eea3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/rules.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+features:
+  - name: api
+    scopes:
+      - match: module
+        documents:
+          - source: api.go.tpl
+            target: "{{snake .Module.Name}}.go"
+
diff --git a/demo/templates/api.go.tpl b/demo/templates/api.go.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ba67ed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/templates/api.go.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package {{snake .Module.ShortName}}
+
+
+{{- range .Module.Externs }}
+// extern {{.Name}}
+{{ $import := .Meta.GetString "go.module" }}
+{{- if $import }}
+import "{{$import}}"
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- range .Module.Enums }}
+
+type {{Camel .Name}} int
+
+{{ $enum := . }}
+const (
+{{- range .Members }}
+    {{Camel $enum.Name}}{{Camel .Name}} = iota
+{{- end }}
+)
+{{- end }}
+
+
+
+{{- range .Module.Structs }}
+
+type {{Camel .Name}} struct {
+{{- range .Fields }}
+  {{Camel .Name}} {{goType "" .}} `json:"{{snake .Name}}" yaml:"{{snake .Name}}"`
+{{- end }}
+};
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- range .Module.Interfaces }}
+
+{{- range .Properties }}
+var {{Camel .Name}} = {{goDefault "" .}}
+{{- end }}
+
+type I{{Camel .Name }} interface {
+{{- range .Properties }}
+  // {{.Name}}
+  Set{{Camel .Name}}({{goParam "" .}})
+  Get{{Camel .Name}}() {{goReturn "" . }}
+  On{{Camel .Name}}(cb func({{goType "" .}}))
+{{- end }}
+{{- range .Operations }}
+  // {{.Name}}
+  {{Camel .Name}}({{goParams "" .Params}}) {{goReturn "" .Return}}
+{{- end }}
+};
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 626d73b8..fe5240d4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 module github.com/apigear-io/cli
 
-go 1.22
+go 1.22.2
 
 require (
+	github.com/apigear-io/apigear-by-example v0.1.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.19.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 726a31c4..381e6bb0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ atomicgo.dev/schedule v0.1.0 h1:nTthAbhZS5YZmgYbb2+DH8uQIZcTlIrd4eYr3UQxEjs=
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+code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.19.0 h1:8I6s1s4RHgzxiPHhOQdgim1RWIRcr0LVMbHBjBFXq4Y=
+code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.19.0/go.mod h1:IG9xZJoltDNeDSW0qiF2Vqx5orMWa7OhVWrjvrd5NpI=
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+dario.cat/mergo v1.0.1 h1:Ra4+bf83h2ztPIQYNP99R6m+Y7KfnARDfID+a+vLl4s=
+dario.cat/mergo v1.0.1/go.mod h1:uNxQE+84aUszobStD9th8a29P2fMDhsBdgRYvZOxGmk=
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@@ -21,6 +25,8 @@ github.com/MarvinJWendt/testza v0.5.2 h1:53KDo64C1z/h/d/stCYCPY69bt/OSwjq5KpFNwi
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@@ -30,15 +36,23 @@ github.com/anmitsu/go-shlex v0.0.0-20200514113438-38f4b401e2be h1:9AeTilPcZAjCFI
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@@ -49,6 +63,8 @@ github.com/creativeprojects/go-selfupdate v1.3.0 h1:Hs+14cJ7Um7xbRpmkmrKEfkZGwec
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@@ -57,10 +73,16 @@ github.com/davidmz/go-pageant v1.0.2 h1:bPblRCh5jGU+Uptpz6LgMZGD5hJoOt7otgT454Wv
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@@ -99,7 +121,11 @@ github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5x
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 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
@@ -206,6 +240,8 @@ github.com/spf13/afero v1.11.0 h1:WJQKhtpdm3v2IzqG8VMqrr6Rf3UYpEF239Jy9wNepM8=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.11.0/go.mod h1:GH9Y3pIexgf1MTIWtNGyogA5MwRIDXGUr+hbWNoBjkY=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.6.0 h1:GEiTHELF+vaR5dhz3VqZfFSzZjYbgeKDpBxQVS4GYJ0=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.6.0/go.mod h1:ancEpBxwJDODSW/UG4rDrAqiKolqNNh2DX3mk86cAdo=
+github.com/spf13/cast v1.7.0 h1:ntdiHjuueXFgm5nzDRdOS4yfT43P5Fnud6DH50rz/7w=
+github.com/spf13/cast v1.7.0/go.mod h1:ancEpBxwJDODSW/UG4rDrAqiKolqNNh2DX3mk86cAdo=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1 h1:e5/vxKd/rZsfSJMUX1agtjeTDf+qv1/JdBF8gg5k9ZM=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1/go.mod h1:wHxEcudfqmLYa8iTfL+OuZPbBZkmvliBWKIezN3kD9Y=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
@@ -235,6 +271,8 @@ github.com/whilp/git-urls v1.0.0 h1:95f6UMWN5FKW71ECsXRUd3FVYiXdrE7aX4NZKcPmIjU=
 github.com/whilp/git-urls v1.0.0/go.mod h1:J16SAmobsqc3Qcy98brfl5f5+e0clUvg1krgwk/qCfE=
 github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab v0.107.0 h1:P2CT9Uy9yN9lJo3FLxpMZ4xj6uWcpnigXsjvqJ6nd2Y=
 github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab v0.107.0/go.mod h1:wKNKh3GkYDMOsGmnfuX+ITCmDuSDWFO0G+C4AygL9RY=
+github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab v0.108.0 h1:IEvEUWFR5G1seslRhJ8gC//INiIUqYXuSUoBd7/gFKE=
+github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab v0.108.0/go.mod h1:wKNKh3GkYDMOsGmnfuX+ITCmDuSDWFO0G+C4AygL9RY=
 github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.3 h1:+/15pJfg/RsTxqYcX6fHqOXZwwMP+2VyYWJeWM2qQFM=
 github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.3/go.mod h1:6dzNDKs0J9rVPHPhaGCukekBHKqfl+L3KghI1Bc68Uw=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer v0.0.0-20180127040702-4e3ac2762d5f/go.mod h1:N2zxlSyiKSe5eX1tZViRH5QA0qijqEDrYZiPEAiq3wU=
@@ -259,8 +297,12 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.3.1-0.20221117191849-2c476679df9a/go.mod h1:hebNnKkNXi2Uz
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.7.0/go.mod h1:pYwdfH91IfpZVANVyUOhSIPZaFoJGxTFbZhFTx+dXZU=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.25.0 h1:ypSNr+bnYL2YhwoMt2zPxHFmbAN1KZs/njMG3hxUp30=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.25.0/go.mod h1:T+wALwcMOSE0kXgUAnPAHqTLW+XHgcELELW8VaDgm/M=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.26.0 h1:RrRspgV4mU+YwB4FYnuBoKsUapNIL5cohGAmSH3azsw=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.26.0/go.mod h1:GY7jblb9wI+FOo5y8/S2oY4zWP07AkOJ4+jxCqdqn54=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240716175740-e3f259677ff7 h1:wDLEX9a7YQoKdKNQt88rtydkqDxeGaBUTnIYc3iG/mA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240716175740-e3f259677ff7/go.mod h1:M4RDyNAINzryxdtnbRXRL/OHtkFuWGRjvuhBJpk2IlY=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240823005443-9b4947da3948 h1:kx6Ds3MlpiUHKj7syVnbp57++8WpuKPcR5yjLBjvLEA=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240823005443-9b4947da3948/go.mod h1:akd2r19cwCdwSwWeIdzYQGa/EZZyqcOdwWiwj5L5eKQ=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4/go.mod h1:jJ57K6gSWd91VN4djpZkiMVwK6gcyfeH4XE8wZrZaV4=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190311183353-d8887717615a/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
@@ -274,9 +316,13 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.6.0/go.mod h1:2Tu9+aMcznHK/AK1HMvgo6xiTLG5rD5rZLDS+rp2Bjs=
 golang.org/x/net v0.8.0/go.mod h1:QVkue5JL9kW//ek3r6jTKnTFis1tRmNAW2P1shuFdJc=
 golang.org/x/net v0.27.0 h1:5K3Njcw06/l2y9vpGCSdcxWOYHOUk3dVNGDXN+FvAys=
 golang.org/x/net v0.27.0/go.mod h1:dDi0PyhWNoiUOrAS8uXv/vnScO4wnHQO4mj9fn/RytE=
+golang.org/x/net v0.28.0 h1:a9JDOJc5GMUJ0+UDqmLT86WiEy7iWyIhz8gz8E4e5hE=
+golang.org/x/net v0.28.0/go.mod h1:yqtgsTWOOnlGLG9GFRrK3++bGOUEkNBoHZc8MEDWPNg=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.21.0 h1:tsimM75w1tF/uws5rbeHzIWxEqElMehnc+iW793zsZs=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.21.0/go.mod h1:XYTD2NtWslqkgxebSiOHnXEap4TF09sJSc7H1sXbhtI=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.22.0 h1:BzDx2FehcG7jJwgWLELCdmLuxk2i+x9UDpSiss2u0ZA=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.22.0/go.mod h1:XYTD2NtWslqkgxebSiOHnXEap4TF09sJSc7H1sXbhtI=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20220722155255-886fb9371eb4/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
@@ -289,6 +335,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210330210617-4fbd30eecc44/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210423082822-04245dca01da/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210615035016-665e8c7367d1/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211013075003-97ac67df715c/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220310020820-b874c991c1a5/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220319134239-a9b59b0215f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220520151302-bc2c85ada10a/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
@@ -302,6 +349,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0 h1:RI27ohtqKCnwULzJLqkv897zojh5/DwS/ENaMzUOaWI=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.24.0 h1:Twjiwq9dn6R1fQcyiK+wQyHWfaz/BJB+YIpzU/Cv3Xg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.24.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210220032956-6a3ed077a48d/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210615171337-6886f2dfbf5b/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
@@ -311,6 +360,8 @@ golang.org/x/term v0.5.0/go.mod h1:jMB1sMXY+tzblOD4FWmEbocvup2/aLOaQEp7JmGp78k=
 golang.org/x/term v0.6.0/go.mod h1:m6U89DPEgQRMq3DNkDClhWw02AUbt2daBVO4cn4Hv9U=
 golang.org/x/term v0.22.0 h1:BbsgPEJULsl2fV/AT3v15Mjva5yXKQDyKf+TbDz7QJk=
 golang.org/x/term v0.22.0/go.mod h1:F3qCibpT5AMpCRfhfT53vVJwhLtIVHhB9XDjfFvnMI4=
+golang.org/x/term v0.23.0 h1:F6D4vR+EHoL9/sWAWgAR1H2DcHr4PareCbAaCo1RpuU=
+golang.org/x/term v0.23.0/go.mod h1:DgV24QBUrK6jhZXl+20l6UWznPlwAHm1Q1mGHtydmSk=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
@@ -321,8 +372,12 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.8.0/go.mod h1:e1OnstbJyHTd6l/uOt8jFFHp6TRDWZR/bV3emEE/zU8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.9.0/go.mod h1:e1OnstbJyHTd6l/uOt8jFFHp6TRDWZR/bV3emEE/zU8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.16.0 h1:a94ExnEXNtEwYLGJSIUxnWoxoRz/ZcCsV63ROupILh4=
 golang.org/x/text v0.16.0/go.mod h1:GhwF1Be+LQoKShO3cGOHzqOgRrGaYc9AvblQOmPVHnI=
+golang.org/x/text v0.17.0 h1:XtiM5bkSOt+ewxlOE/aE/AKEHibwj/6gvWMl9Rsh0Qc=
+golang.org/x/text v0.17.0/go.mod h1:BuEKDfySbSR4drPmRPG/7iBdf8hvFMuRexcpahXilzY=
 golang.org/x/time v0.5.0 h1:o7cqy6amK/52YcAKIPlM3a+Fpj35zvRj2TP+e1xFSfk=
 golang.org/x/time v0.5.0/go.mod h1:3BpzKBy/shNhVucY/MWOyx10tF3SFh9QdLuxbVysPQM=
+golang.org/x/time v0.6.0 h1:eTDhh4ZXt5Qf0augr54TN6suAUudPcawVZeIAPU7D4U=
+golang.org/x/time v0.6.0/go.mod h1:3BpzKBy/shNhVucY/MWOyx10tF3SFh9QdLuxbVysPQM=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12/go.mod h1:hNGJHUnrk76NpqgfD5Aqm5Crs+Hm0VOH/i9J2+nxYbc=
@@ -330,6 +385,10 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.6.0/go.mod h1:Xwgl3UAJ/d3gWutnCtw505GrjyAbvKui8lOU390QaIU=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.1.0/go.mod h1:EbEs0AVv82hx2wNQdGPgUI5lhzA/G0D9YwlJXL52JkM=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 h1:uNO2rsAINq/JlFpSdYEKIZ0uKD/R9cpdv0T+yoGwGmI=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/root.go b/pkg/cmd/root.go
index 110de7a0..502af160 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/root.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/root.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/apigear-io/cli/pkg/cmd/registry"
 	"github.com/apigear-io/cli/pkg/cmd/sim"
 	"github.com/apigear-io/cli/pkg/cmd/spec"
+	"github.com/apigear-io/cli/pkg/cmd/tpl"
 	"github.com/apigear-io/cli/pkg/cmd/x"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ func NewRootCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		Long:  `ApiGear allows you to describe interfaces and generate instrumented SDKs out of the descriptions.`,
 	}
 	cmd.SilenceErrors = false
-	cmd.SilenceUsage = true
+	cmd.SilenceUsage = false
 	cmd.AddCommand(gen.NewRootCommand())
 	cmd.AddCommand(mon.NewRootCommand())
 	cmd.AddCommand(cfg.NewRootCommand())
@@ -38,5 +39,6 @@ func NewRootCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.AddCommand(x.NewRootCommand())
 	cmd.AddCommand(NewUpdateCommand())
 	cmd.AddCommand(NewVersionCommand())
+	cmd.AddCommand(tpl.NewRootCommand())
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/tpl/info.go b/pkg/cmd/tpl/info.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..255e5aca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/tpl/info.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package tpl
+
+import (
+	"github.com/apigear-io/cli/pkg/tpl"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func NewInfoCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	var dir string
+	var cmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "info",
+		Short: "Display template information",
+		Long:  `Display template information`,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			info, err := tpl.Info(dir)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			cmd.Println("# template info")
+			cmd.Println()
+			cmd.Println("## rules document")
+			cmd.Println()
+			cmd.Println(info.Rules)
+			cmd.Println("## template files")
+			cmd.Println()
+			for _, file := range info.Files {
+				cmd.Printf("- %s\n", file)
+			}
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&dir, "dir", "d", ".", "template directory")
+	return cmd
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/tpl/init.go b/pkg/cmd/tpl/init.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0fbd2566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/tpl/init.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package tpl
+
+import (
+	"github.com/apigear-io/cli/pkg/tpl"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func NewInitCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	var dir string
+	var lang string
+	var cmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "init",
+		Short: "Initialize a template",
+		Long:  `Initialize a template`,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			cmd.Printf("initializing template %s using language %s\n", dir, lang)
+			return tpl.InitTemplate(dir, lang)
+		},
+	}
+	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&dir, "dir", "d", ".", "template directory to init")
+	cmd.MarkFlagRequired("dir")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&lang, "lang", "l", "cpp", "language to init [cpp, go, py, rs, ts, ue]")
+	cmd.MarkFlagRequired("lang")
+	return cmd
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/tpl/lint.go b/pkg/cmd/tpl/lint.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7253f75d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/tpl/lint.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package tpl
+
+import (
+	"github.com/apigear-io/cli/pkg/gen"
+	"github.com/apigear-io/cli/pkg/model"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func NewLintCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	var dir string
+	var cmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "lint",
+		Short: "Lint a template directory",
+		Long:  `Lint a template directory, it will fail if the templates can not be compiled`,
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			// trying to create a generator, it will fail
+			// if the templates in the dir are not valid
+			_, err := gen.New(gen.Options{
+				TemplatesDir: dir,
+				System:       model.NewSystem("test"),
+				Features:     []string{"all"},
+				Force:        true,
+			})
+			if err != nil {
+				cmd.Printf("template dir '%s' is not valid: %s\n", dir, err)
+			} else {
+				cmd.Printf("template dir '%s' is valid\n", dir)
+			}
+		},
+	}
+	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&dir, "dir", "d", ".", "template directory")
+	cmd.MarkFlagRequired("dir")
+	return cmd
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/tpl/publish.go b/pkg/cmd/tpl/publish.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17347dad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/tpl/publish.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package tpl
+
+import (
+	"github.com/apigear-io/cli/pkg/tpl"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func NewPublishCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	var dir string
+	var cmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "publish",
+		Short: "Publish a template to a market place",
+		Long:  `Publish a template to a market place. The template needs to be a public github repository.`,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			cmd.Printf("publishing template %s\n", dir)
+			return tpl.PublishTemplate(dir)
+		},
+	}
+	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&dir, "dir", "d", ".", "template directory")
+	cmd.MarkFlagRequired("dir")
+	return cmd
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/tpl/root.go b/pkg/cmd/tpl/root.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e2f580bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/tpl/root.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package tpl
+
+import "github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+func NewRootCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	// cmd represents the tpl command
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "template",
+		Aliases: []string{"tpl", "t"},
+		Short:   "template management",
+		Long:    `template management`,
+	}
+	cmd.AddCommand(NewInitCommand())
+	cmd.AddCommand(NewLintCommand())
+	cmd.AddCommand(NewInfoCommand())
+	cmd.AddCommand(NewPublishCommand())
+	return cmd
+}
diff --git a/pkg/tpl/info.go b/pkg/tpl/info.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4720c450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/tpl/info.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package tpl
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/apigear-io/cli/pkg/helper"
+)
+
+type TemplateInfo struct {
+	Rules string
+	Files []string
+}
+
+func Info(dir string) (*TemplateInfo, error) {
+	info := &TemplateInfo{}
+	// read rules.yaml
+	rules, err := os.ReadFile(helper.Join(dir, "rules.yaml"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	info.Rules = string(rules)
+	// read files
+	files, err := os.ReadDir(helper.Join(dir, "templates"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	for _, file := range files {
+		info.Files = append(info.Files, file.Name())
+	}
+	return info, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/tpl/init.go b/pkg/tpl/init.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..578b009f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/tpl/init.go
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package tpl
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/apigear-io/apigear-by-example/tplcpp"
+	"github.com/apigear-io/apigear-by-example/tplgo"
+	"github.com/apigear-io/apigear-by-example/tplpy"
+	"github.com/apigear-io/apigear-by-example/tplrs"
+	"github.com/apigear-io/apigear-by-example/tplts"
+	"github.com/apigear-io/apigear-by-example/tplue"
+	"github.com/apigear-io/cli/pkg/helper"
+)
+
+func InitTemplate(dir string, lang string) error {
+	var rules []byte
+	var apiTpl []byte
+	var apiTplName string
+	switch lang {
+	case "cpp":
+		rules = tplcpp.RulesYaml
+		apiTpl = tplcpp.ApiTpl
+		apiTplName = tplcpp.ApiTplName
+	case "go":
+		rules = tplgo.RulesYaml
+		apiTpl = tplgo.ApiTpl
+		apiTplName = tplgo.ApiTplName
+	case "py":
+		rules = tplpy.RulesYaml
+		apiTpl = tplpy.ApiTpl
+		apiTplName = tplpy.ApiTplName
+	case "ts":
+		rules = tplts.RulesYaml
+		apiTpl = tplts.ApiTpl
+		apiTplName = tplts.ApiTplName
+	case "rs":
+		rules = tplrs.RulesYaml
+		apiTpl = tplrs.ApiTpl
+		apiTplName = tplrs.ApiTplName
+	case "ue":
+		rules = tplue.RulesYaml
+		apiTpl = tplue.ApiTpl
+		apiTplName = tplue.ApiTplName
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("unsupported language: %s", lang)
+	}
+	log.Info().Msgf("init template %s", dir)
+	os.MkdirAll(dir, 0755)
+	target := helper.Join(dir, "rules.yaml")
+	log.Info().Msgf("write %s", target)
+	err := os.WriteFile(target, rules, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	target = helper.Join(dir, "templates")
+	os.MkdirAll(target, 0755)
+	target = helper.Join(target, apiTplName)
+	log.Info().Msgf("write %s", target)
+	err = os.WriteFile(target, apiTpl, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/tpl/log.go b/pkg/tpl/log.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ea5f1eab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/tpl/log.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package tpl
+
+import (
+	zlog "github.com/apigear-io/cli/pkg/log"
+)
+
+var log = zlog.Topic("tpl")
diff --git a/pkg/tpl/publish.go b/pkg/tpl/publish.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66ff0031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/tpl/publish.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package tpl
+
+func PublishTemplate(dir string) error {
+	log.Info().Msgf("publishing template %s. Not implemented yet", dir)
+	return nil
+}