diff --git a/frontend/packages/plugins/_template/cookiecutter.json b/frontend/packages/plugins/_template/cookiecutter.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01c5830400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/packages/plugins/_template/cookiecutter.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "plugin_name": "Complexity"
+}
diff --git a/frontend/packages/plugins/_template/hooks/pre_gen_project.py b/frontend/packages/plugins/_template/hooks/pre_gen_project.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04f63eb219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/packages/plugins/_template/hooks/pre_gen_project.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import re
+import sys
+
+
+def validate(name, regex, error_message):
+    if not re.match(regex, name):
+        print(error_message % name)
+
+        # exits with status 1 to indicate failure
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+validate('{{ cookiecutter.plugin_name }}',
+         r'^[a-z-]+$', 'ERROR: %s is not a valid plugin name! Only lowercase letters and hyphens are valid (Examples: my-amazing-plugin, myamazingplugin).')
diff --git a/frontend/packages/plugins/_template/{{ cookiecutter.plugin_name }}/README.md b/frontend/packages/plugins/_template/{{ cookiecutter.plugin_name }}/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e15988df6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/packages/plugins/_template/{{ cookiecutter.plugin_name }}/README.md	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{{cookiecutter.plugin_name}}
diff --git a/frontend/packages/plugins/_template/jest.config.js b/frontend/packages/plugins/_template/{{ cookiecutter.plugin_name }}/jest.config.js
similarity index 100%
rename from frontend/packages/plugins/_template/jest.config.js
rename to frontend/packages/plugins/_template/{{ cookiecutter.plugin_name }}/jest.config.js
diff --git a/frontend/packages/plugins/_template/jest.setup.ts b/frontend/packages/plugins/_template/{{ cookiecutter.plugin_name }}/jest.setup.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from frontend/packages/plugins/_template/jest.setup.ts
rename to frontend/packages/plugins/_template/{{ cookiecutter.plugin_name }}/jest.setup.ts
diff --git a/frontend/packages/plugins/_template/package.json b/frontend/packages/plugins/_template/{{ cookiecutter.plugin_name }}/package.json
similarity index 100%
rename from frontend/packages/plugins/_template/package.json
rename to frontend/packages/plugins/_template/{{ cookiecutter.plugin_name }}/package.json
diff --git a/frontend/packages/plugins/_template/src/index.ts b/frontend/packages/plugins/_template/{{ cookiecutter.plugin_name }}/src/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from frontend/packages/plugins/_template/src/index.ts
rename to frontend/packages/plugins/_template/{{ cookiecutter.plugin_name }}/src/index.ts
diff --git a/frontend/packages/plugins/_template/src/plugin.test.ts b/frontend/packages/plugins/_template/{{ cookiecutter.plugin_name }}/src/plugin.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from frontend/packages/plugins/_template/src/plugin.test.ts
rename to frontend/packages/plugins/_template/{{ cookiecutter.plugin_name }}/src/plugin.test.ts
diff --git a/frontend/packages/plugins/_template/src/plugin.ts b/frontend/packages/plugins/_template/{{ cookiecutter.plugin_name }}/src/plugin.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from frontend/packages/plugins/_template/src/plugin.ts
rename to frontend/packages/plugins/_template/{{ cookiecutter.plugin_name }}/src/plugin.ts
diff --git a/tools/cookiecutter/Dockerfile b/tools/cookiecutter/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9a1629247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/cookiecutter/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+FROM python:3.8-slim
+
+RUN pip install cookiecutter==1.7.0 --index-url https://pypi.python.org/simple
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "cookiecutter" ]
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