diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0eaca78..934a2ec 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "miniz_oxide",
  "object",
  "rustc-demangle",
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "figment",
  "fully_pub",
  "futures-util",
+ "inquire",
  "itertools",
  "k8s-openapi",
  "kube",
@@ -238,6 +239,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "void",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitflags"
+version = "1.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "2.6.0"
@@ -356,7 +363,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "iana-time-zone",
  "num-traits",
  "serde",
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -412,7 +419,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap_lex",
  "strsim 0.11.1",
  "unicase",
- "unicode-width",
+ "unicode-width 0.2.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -498,6 +505,31 @@ version = "0.8.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "22ec99545bb0ed0ea7bb9b8e1e9122ea386ff8a48c0922e43f36d45ab09e0e80"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossterm"
+version = "0.25.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e64e6c0fbe2c17357405f7c758c1ef960fce08bdfb2c03d88d2a18d7e09c4b67"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "crossterm_winapi",
+ "libc",
+ "mio 0.8.11",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "signal-hook",
+ "signal-hook-mio",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossterm_winapi"
+version = "0.9.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "acdd7c62a3665c7f6830a51635d9ac9b23ed385797f70a83bb8bafe9c572ab2b"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crypto-common"
 version = "0.1.6"
@@ -794,6 +826,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "slab",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fuzzy-matcher"
+version = "0.3.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "54614a3312934d066701a80f20f15fa3b56d67ac7722b39eea5b4c9dd1d66c94"
+dependencies = [
+ "thread_local",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fxhash"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c31b6d751ae2c7f11320402d34e41349dd1016f8d5d45e48c4312bc8625af50c"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "generic-array"
 version = "0.14.7"
@@ -840,7 +890,7 @@ version = "0.9.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0bf760ebf69878d9fd8f110c89703d90ce35095324d1f1edcb595c63945ee757"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "ignore",
  "walkdir",
 ]
@@ -1255,6 +1305,23 @@ version = "0.1.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c8fae54786f62fb2918dcfae3d568594e50eb9b5c25bf04371af6fe7516452fb"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "inquire"
+version = "0.7.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0fddf93031af70e75410a2511ec04d49e758ed2f26dad3404a934e0fb45cc12a"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "crossterm",
+ "dyn-clone",
+ "fuzzy-matcher",
+ "fxhash",
+ "newline-converter",
+ "once_cell",
+ "unicode-segmentation",
+ "unicode-width 0.1.14",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "instant"
 version = "0.1.13"
@@ -1465,7 +1532,7 @@ version = "0.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c0ff37bd590ca25063e35af745c343cb7a0271906fb7b37e4813e8f79f00268d"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "libc",
  "redox_syscall",
 ]
@@ -1529,6 +1596,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "adler2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mio"
+version = "0.8.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a4a650543ca06a924e8b371db273b2756685faae30f8487da1b56505a8f78b0c"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "wasi",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
 version = "1.0.2"
@@ -1541,6 +1620,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "newline-converter"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "47b6b097ecb1cbfed438542d16e84fd7ad9b0c76c8a65b7f9039212a3d14dc7f"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-segmentation",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-conv"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1637,7 +1725,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "redox_syscall",
  "smallvec",
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1885,7 +1973,7 @@ version = "0.5.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9b6dfecf2c74bce2466cabf93f6664d6998a69eb21e39f4207930065b27b771f"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1968,7 +2056,7 @@ version = "0.38.39"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "375116bee2be9ed569afe2154ea6a99dfdffd257f533f187498c2a8f5feaf4ee"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys",
@@ -2099,7 +2187,7 @@ version = "2.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "897b2245f0b511c87893af39b033e5ca9cce68824c4d7e7630b5a1d339658d02"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "core-foundation",
  "core-foundation-sys",
  "libc",
@@ -2254,6 +2342,27 @@ version = "1.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0fda2ff0d084019ba4d7c6f371c95d8fd75ce3524c3cb8fb653a3023f6323e64"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "signal-hook"
+version = "0.3.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8621587d4798caf8eb44879d42e56b9a93ea5dcd315a6487c357130095b62801"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "signal-hook-registry",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "signal-hook-mio"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "34db1a06d485c9142248b7a054f034b349b212551f3dfd19c94d45a754a217cd"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "mio 0.8.11",
+ "signal-hook",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook-registry"
 version = "1.4.2"
@@ -2454,6 +2563,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.87",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8b9ef9bad013ada3808854ceac7b46812a6465ba368859a37e2100283d2d719c"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.3.36"
@@ -2506,7 +2625,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "backtrace",
  "bytes",
  "libc",
- "mio",
+ "mio 1.0.2",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "signal-hook-registry",
  "socket2",
@@ -2574,7 +2693,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1e9cd434a998747dd2c4276bc96ee2e0c7a2eadf3cae88e52be55a05fa9053f5"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.21.7",
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "bytes",
  "http",
  "http-body",
@@ -2719,6 +2838,18 @@ version = "1.0.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e91b56cd4cadaeb79bbf1a5645f6b4f8dc5bde8834ad5894a8db35fda9efa1fe"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-segmentation"
+version = "1.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6ccf251212114b54433ec949fd6a7841275f9ada20dddd2f29e9ceea4501493"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-width"
+version = "0.1.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7dd6e30e90baa6f72411720665d41d89b9a3d039dc45b8faea1ddd07f617f6af"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-width"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -2895,7 +3026,16 @@ version = "0.52.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "33ab640c8d7e35bf8ba19b884ba838ceb4fba93a4e8c65a9059d08afcfc683d9"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.48.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "677d2418bec65e3338edb076e806bc1ec15693c5d0104683f2efe857f61056a9"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.48.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2904,7 +3044,7 @@ version = "0.52.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "282be5f36a8ce781fad8c8ae18fa3f9beff57ec1b52cb3de0789201425d9a33d"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2913,7 +3053,22 @@ version = "0.59.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1e38bc4d79ed67fd075bcc251a1c39b32a1776bbe92e5bef1f0bf1f8c531853b"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-targets"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9a2fa6e2155d7247be68c096456083145c183cbbbc2764150dda45a87197940c"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.48.5",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.48.5",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.48.5",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.48.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.48.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.48.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.48.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2922,28 +3077,46 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9b724f72796e036ab90c1021d4780d4d3d648aca59e491e6b98e725b84e99973"
 dependencies = [
- "windows_aarch64_gnullvm",
- "windows_aarch64_msvc",
- "windows_i686_gnu",
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.52.6",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.52.6",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.52.6",
  "windows_i686_gnullvm",
- "windows_i686_msvc",
- "windows_x86_64_gnu",
- "windows_x86_64_gnullvm",
- "windows_x86_64_msvc",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.52.6",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.52.6",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.52.6",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.52.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b38e32f0abccf9987a4e3079dfb67dcd799fb61361e53e2882c3cbaf0d905d8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "32a4622180e7a0ec044bb555404c800bc9fd9ec262ec147edd5989ccd0c02cd3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dc35310971f3b2dbbf3f0690a219f40e2d9afcf64f9ab7cc1be722937c26b4bc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "09ec2a7bb152e2252b53fa7803150007879548bc709c039df7627cabbd05d469"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnu"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a75915e7def60c94dcef72200b9a8e58e5091744960da64ec734a6c6e9b3743e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
 version = "0.52.6"
@@ -2956,24 +3129,48 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0eee52d38c090b3caa76c563b86c3a4bd71ef1a819287c19d586d7334ae8ed66"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_msvc"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8f55c233f70c4b27f66c523580f78f1004e8b5a8b659e05a4eb49d4166cca406"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "240948bc05c5e7c6dabba28bf89d89ffce3e303022809e73deaefe4f6ec56c66"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "53d40abd2583d23e4718fddf1ebec84dbff8381c07cae67ff7768bbf19c6718e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "147a5c80aabfbf0c7d901cb5895d1de30ef2907eb21fbbab29ca94c5b08b1a78"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0b7b52767868a23d5bab768e390dc5f5c55825b6d30b86c844ff2dc7414044cc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "24d5b23dc417412679681396f2b49f3de8c1473deb516bd34410872eff51ed0d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ed94fce61571a4006852b7389a063ab983c02eb1bb37b47f8272ce92d06d9538"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
 version = "0.52.6"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e716cff..04f040e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ bollard = "0.16.1"
 tar = "0.4.42"
 tempfile = "3.13.0"
 figment = { version = "0.10.19", features = ["env", "yaml"] }
+inquire = "0.7.5"
diff --git a/src/commands/init.rs b/src/commands/init.rs
index b597152..5445909 100644
--- a/src/commands/init.rs
+++ b/src/commands/init.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,62 @@
-pub fn run(_interactive: &bool)
+use inquire;
+use tera;
+
+struct init_vars
+{
+    //
+}
+
+pub fn run(_interactive: &bool) //-> inquire::error::InquireResult<()>
+{
+    let options;
+
+    if *_interactive {
+        options = match interactive_init()
+        {
+            Ok(t) => t,
+            Err(e) =>
+            {
+                println!("Error in init: {e}");
+                return;
+            }
+        };
+    }
+    else {
+        options = noninteractive_init();
+    }
+
+    let mut t = tera::Tera::new("src/templates/rcds.yaml.j2").unwrap();
+    let ctx = tera::Context::from_serialize(options).unwrap();
+    let rendered = t.render("rcds.yaml.j2", &ctx).unwrap();
+    println!("{rendered}");
+}
+
+fn interactive_init() -> inquire::error::InquireResult<()>
 {
+    let flag_regex;
+    // let registry_domain;
+    // let registry_build_user;
+    // let registry_build_pass;
+    // let registry_cluster_user;
+    // let registry_cluster_pass;
+    // let defaults_difficulty;
+    // let defaults_resources_cpu;
+    // let defaults_resources_mem;
+    //let points_difficulty
+    //let deploy_profile
+    // contd
+
+    //println!() about you can press enter to leave blank and all of these
+    //  can be set via environment variables also
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    flag_regex = inquire::Text::new ("Regex of flags:")
+                     .with_help_message("This regex will be used to validate the individual flags of your challenges later.")
+                     .prompt()?; // yo is this even a good idea to have the user provide the regex
+    println!("{flag_regex}");
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn noninteractive_init() //-> u64
+{
+    //
+}
diff --git a/src/templates/examples/rcds.yaml b/src/templates/examples/rcds.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15cfb11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/templates/examples/rcds.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+flag_regex: dam{[a-zA-Z...]}
+
+registry:
+  domain: localhost:5000/damctf
+  # or environment vars e.g. BEAVERCDS_REGISTRY_BUILD_USER / etc
+  build:
+    user: admin
+    pass: notrealcreds
+  cluster:
+    user: cluster
+    pass: alsofake
+
+defaults:
+  difficulty: 1
+  resources: { cpu: 1, memory: 500M }
+
+points:
+  - difficulty: 1
+    min: 0
+    max: 1337
+
+deploy:
+  # control challenge deployment status explicitly per environment/profile
+  testing:
+    misc/garf: true
+    pwn/notsh: true
+    web/bar: true
+
+profiles:
+  # configure per-environment credentials etc
+  testing:
+    frontend_url: https://frontend.example
+    frontend_token: secretsecretsecret
+    challenges_domain: chals.frontend.example
+    kubecontext: testcluster
+    s3:
+      # local minio
+      endpoint: localhost:9000
+      region: x
+      accessKey: accesskey
+      secretAccessKey: secretkey
diff --git a/src/templates/rcds.yaml.j2 b/src/templates/rcds.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29