diff --git a/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI.csproj b/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI.csproj
index 696d323..29887c9 100644
--- a/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI.csproj
+++ b/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI.csproj
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="Spectre.Console.Cli" Version="0.49.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Spectre.Console.ImageSharp" Version="0.49.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="YamlDotNet" Version="16.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@
     <None Update="configuration.json">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
+    <None Update="configuration.yaml">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Never</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
     <None Update="Resources\ADO_TESTProjPipline_V03.json">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
diff --git a/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/Commands/CommandSettings.cs b/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/Commands/CommandSettings.cs
index 7a73c33..446a623 100644
--- a/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/Commands/CommandSettings.cs
+++ b/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/Commands/CommandSettings.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 using System.Text;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using YamlDotNet.Serialization;
 
 namespace AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI.Commands
 {
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ internal class BaseCommandSettings : CommandSettings
         [Description("Pre configure paramiters using this config file. Run `Init` to create it.")]
         [CommandOption("--config|--configFile")]
         [DefaultValue("configuration.json")]
-        [JsonIgnore]
+        [JsonIgnore, YamlIgnore]
         public string? configFile { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/Commands/WorkItemCloneCommand.cs b/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/Commands/WorkItemCloneCommand.cs
index 9386840..9d29659 100644
--- a/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/Commands/WorkItemCloneCommand.cs
+++ b/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/Commands/WorkItemCloneCommand.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader;
 using AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.Repositories;
+using YamlDotNet.Serialization;
 
 namespace AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI.Commands
 {
@@ -18,10 +19,15 @@ internal class WorkItemCloneCommand : WorkItemCommandBase<WorkItemCloneCommandSe
     {
         public override async Task<int> ExecuteAsync(CommandContext context, WorkItemCloneCommandSettings settingsFromCmd)
         {
+            if (!FileStoreCheckExtensionMatchesFormat(settingsFromCmd.configFile, settingsFromCmd.ConfigFormat))
+            {
+                AnsiConsole.MarkupLine($"[bold red]The file extension of {settingsFromCmd.configFile} does not match the format {settingsFromCmd.ConfigFormat.ToString()} selected! Please rerun with the correct format You can use --configFormat JSON or update your file to YAML[/]");
+                return -1;
+            }
             WorkItemCloneCommandSettings config = null;
-            if (File.Exists(settingsFromCmd.configFile))
+            if (FileStoreExist(settingsFromCmd.configFile, settingsFromCmd.ConfigFormat))
             {
-                config = LoadWorkItemCloneCommandSettingsFromFile(settingsFromCmd.configFile);
+                config = FileStoreLoad<WorkItemCloneCommandSettings>(settingsFromCmd.configFile, settingsFromCmd.ConfigFormat);
             }
             if (config == null)
             {
@@ -34,7 +40,7 @@ public override async Task<int> ExecuteAsync(CommandContext context, WorkItemClo
             DirectoryInfo outputPathInfo = CreateOutputPath(runCache);
             AzureDevOpsApi targetApi = CreateAzureDevOpsConnection(config.targetAccessToken, config.targetOrganization, config.targetProject);
 
-            JArray inputWorkItems = DeserializeWorkItemList(config);
+            JArray workItemControlList = DeserializeControlFile(config);
 
             // --------------------------------------------------------------
             WriteOutSettings(config);
@@ -96,7 +102,7 @@ await AnsiConsole.Progress()
                          task1.Increment(result.processed);
                          await Task.Delay(250);
                      }
-                     task1.Description = $"[bold]Stage 1[/]: Load Template Items ({result.loadingFrom})";
+                     task1.Description = $"[bold]Stage 1+2[/]: Load Template Items ({result.loadingFrom})";
                      task1.Increment(1);
                  }
                  task1.StopTask();
@@ -150,12 +156,12 @@ await AnsiConsole.Progress()
                  else
                  {
                      // Task 4: First Pass generation of Work Items to build
-                     task4.MaxValue = inputWorkItems.Count();
+                     task4.MaxValue = workItemControlList.Count();
                      task4.StartTask();
                      await Task.Delay(250);
                      //AnsiConsole.WriteLine($"Stage 4: First Pass generation of Work Items to build will merge the provided json work items with the data from the template.");
                      buildItems = new List<WorkItemToBuild>();
-                     await foreach (WorkItemToBuild witb in generateWorkItemsToBuildList(inputWorkItems, templateWor.Data.workitems, projectItem, config.targetProject))
+                     await foreach (WorkItemToBuild witb in generateWorkItemsToBuildList(workItemControlList, templateWor.Data.workitems, projectItem, config.targetProject))
                      {
                          // AnsiConsole.WriteLine($"Stage 4: processing {witb.guid}");
                          buildItems.Add(witb);
@@ -166,7 +172,7 @@ await AnsiConsole.Progress()
                      //AnsiConsole.WriteLine($"Stage 4: Completed first pass.");
                      // --------------------------------------------------------------
                      // Task 5: Second Pass Add Relations
-                     task5.MaxValue = inputWorkItems.Count();
+                     task5.MaxValue = workItemControlList.Count();
                      //AnsiConsole.WriteLine($"Stage 5: Second Pass generate relations.");
                      task5.StartTask();
                      await Task.Delay(250);
diff --git a/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/Commands/WorkItemCloneCommandSettings.cs b/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/Commands/WorkItemCloneCommandSettings.cs
index 1bc5a06..4e72cfb 100644
--- a/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/Commands/WorkItemCloneCommandSettings.cs
+++ b/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/Commands/WorkItemCloneCommandSettings.cs
@@ -1,30 +1,43 @@
 using Spectre.Console.Cli;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using YamlDotNet.Serialization;
 
 namespace AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI.Commands
 {
+    public enum ConfigFormats
+    {
+       JSON,
+       YAML
+    }
+
     internal class WorkItemCloneCommandSettings : BaseCommandSettings
     {
+        //------------------------------------------------
         [Description("Execute with no user interaction required.")]
         [CommandOption("--NonInteractive")]
-        [JsonIgnore]
+        [JsonIgnore, YamlIgnore]
         public bool NonInteractive { get; set; }
         [Description("Clear any cache if there is any")]
         [CommandOption("--ClearCache")]
-        [JsonIgnore]
+        [JsonIgnore, YamlIgnore]
         public bool ClearCache { get; set; }
         [Description("Use this run name to execute. This will create a unique folder under the CachePath for storing run specific data and status. Defaults to yyyyyMMddHHmmss.")]
         [CommandOption("--RunName")]
-        [JsonIgnore]
+        [JsonIgnore, YamlIgnore]
         public string? RunName { get; set; }
+        [Description("Use this run name to execute. This will create a unique folder under the CachePath for storing run specific data and status. Defaults to yyyyyMMddHHmmss.")]
+        [CommandOption("--configFormat")]
+        [DefaultValue(ConfigFormats.JSON)]
+        [JsonIgnore, YamlIgnore]
+        public ConfigFormats ConfigFormat { get; set; }
         //------------------------------------------------
         [CommandOption("--outputPath|--cachePath")]
         [DefaultValue("./cache")]
         public string? CachePath { get; set; }
         //------------------------------------------------
-        [CommandOption("--jsonFile|--inputJsonFile")]
-        public string? inputJsonFile { get; set; }
+        [CommandOption("--jsonFile|--inputJsonFile|--controlFile")]
+        public string? controlFile { get; set; }
         //------------------------------------------------
         [Description("The access token for the target location")]
         [CommandOption("--targetAccessToken")]
diff --git a/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/Commands/WorkItemCommandBase.cs b/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/Commands/WorkItemCommandBase.cs
index 303ab8d..eac265a 100644
--- a/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/Commands/WorkItemCommandBase.cs
+++ b/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/Commands/WorkItemCommandBase.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+using YamlDotNet.Serialization.NamingConventions;
+using YamlDotNet.Serialization;
+using Microsoft.SqlServer.Server;
 
 namespace AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI.Commands
 {
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@ internal void CombineValuesFromConfigAndSettings(WorkItemCloneCommandSettings se
             config.ClearCache = settings.ClearCache;
             config.RunName = settings.RunName != null ? settings.RunName : DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyyMMddHHmmss");
             config.configFile = EnsureFileAskIfMissing(config.configFile = settings.configFile != null ? settings.configFile : config.configFile, "Where is the config file to load?");
-            config.inputJsonFile = EnsureFileAskIfMissing(config.inputJsonFile = settings.inputJsonFile != null ? settings.inputJsonFile : config.inputJsonFile, "Where is the JSON File?");
+            config.controlFile = EnsureFileAskIfMissing(config.controlFile = settings.controlFile != null ? settings.controlFile : config.controlFile, "Where is the Control File?");
             config.CachePath = EnsureFolderAskIfMissing(config.CachePath = settings.CachePath != null ? settings.CachePath : config.CachePath, "What is the cache path?");
 
             config.templateOrganization = EnsureStringAskIfMissing(config.templateOrganization = settings.templateOrganization != null ? settings.templateOrganization : config.templateOrganization, "What is the template organisation?");
@@ -79,26 +82,26 @@ private JArray DeserializeWorkItemList(string jsonFile)
             return configWorkItems;
         }
 
-        internal JArray DeserializeWorkItemList(WorkItemCloneCommandSettings config)
+        internal JArray DeserializeControlFile(WorkItemCloneCommandSettings config)
         {
            string CachedRunJson =  System.IO.Path.Combine(config.CachePath, config.RunName, "input.json");
             if (System.IO.File.Exists(CachedRunJson))
             {
                 // Load From Run Cache
-                config.inputJsonFile = CachedRunJson;
+                config.controlFile = CachedRunJson;
                 return DeserializeWorkItemList(CachedRunJson);
             } else
             {
                 // Load new
-                config.inputJsonFile = EnsureFileAskIfMissing(config.inputJsonFile, "Where is the JSON File?");
-                if (!System.IO.File.Exists(config.inputJsonFile))
+                config.controlFile = EnsureFileAskIfMissing(config.controlFile, "Where is the JSON File?");
+                if (!System.IO.File.Exists(config.controlFile))
                 {
                     AnsiConsole.MarkupLine("[red]Error:[/] No JSON file was found.");
-                    throw new Exception(config.inputJsonFile + " not found.");
+                    throw new Exception(config.controlFile + " not found.");
                 }
 
                 JArray inputWorkItems;
-                inputWorkItems= DeserializeWorkItemList(config.inputJsonFile);
+                inputWorkItems= DeserializeWorkItemList(config.controlFile);
                 System.IO.File.WriteAllText(CachedRunJson, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(inputWorkItems, Formatting.Indented));
                 return inputWorkItems;
             } 
@@ -137,16 +140,73 @@ internal string EnsureStringAskIfMissing(string value, string message)
         }
 
 
-        internal ConfigurationSettings LoadConfigFile(string? configFile)
+        public TypeToLoad FileStoreLoad<TypeToLoad>(string configFile, ConfigFormats format)
         {
-            ConfigurationSettings configSettings = System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Deserialize<ConfigurationSettings>(System.IO.File.ReadAllText(configFile));
-            return configSettings;
+            TypeToLoad loadedFromFile;
+            configFile = FileStoreEnsureExtension(configFile, format);
+            if (!System.IO.File.Exists(configFile))
+            {
+                AnsiConsole.MarkupLine("[red]Error:[/] No file was found.");
+                throw new Exception(configFile + " not found.");
+            }
+            string content = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(configFile);
+            switch (format)
+            {
+                case ConfigFormats.JSON:
+                    loadedFromFile = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<TypeToLoad>(content);
+                    break;
+                case ConfigFormats.YAML:
+                    var deserializer = new DeserializerBuilder().WithNamingConvention(CamelCaseNamingConvention.Instance).Build();
+                    loadedFromFile = deserializer.Deserialize<TypeToLoad>(content); /* compile error */
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    throw new Exception("Unknown format");
+            }
+            return loadedFromFile;
+        }
+
+        public bool FileStoreExist(string? configFile, ConfigFormats format)
+        {
+            return System.IO.File.Exists(FileStoreEnsureExtension(configFile, format));
+        }
+        public bool FileStoreCheckExtensionMatchesFormat(string? configFile, ConfigFormats format)
+        {
+            if (Path.GetExtension(configFile).ToLower() != $".{format.ToString().ToLower()}")
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        public string FileStoreEnsureExtension(string? configFile, ConfigFormats format)
+        {
+            if (Path.GetExtension(configFile).ToLower() != $".{format.ToString().ToLower()}")
+            {
+                var original = configFile;
+                configFile = Path.ChangeExtension(configFile, format.ToString().ToLower());
+                AnsiConsole.MarkupLine($"[green]Info:[/] Changed name of {original} to {configFile} ");
+            }
+            return configFile;
         }
 
-  internal WorkItemCloneCommandSettings LoadWorkItemCloneCommandSettingsFromFile(string? configFile)
+        public string FileStoreSave<TypeToSave>(string configFile, TypeToSave content , ConfigFormats format)
         {
-            WorkItemCloneCommandSettings configSettings = System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Deserialize<WorkItemCloneCommandSettings>(System.IO.File.ReadAllText(configFile));
-            return configSettings;
+            string output;
+            switch (format)
+            {
+                case ConfigFormats.JSON:
+                    output = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(content, Formatting.Indented);
+                    break;
+                case ConfigFormats.YAML:
+                    var serializer = new SerializerBuilder().Build();
+                    output =  serializer.Serialize(content);
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    throw new Exception("Unknown format");
+            }
+            configFile = FileStoreEnsureExtension(configFile, format);
+            System.IO.File.WriteAllText(configFile, output);
+            return output;
         }
 
         internal string EnsureFileAskIfMissing(string? filename, string message = "What file should we load?")
@@ -155,17 +215,12 @@ internal string EnsureFileAskIfMissing(string? filename, string message = "What
             {
 
                 filename = AnsiConsole.Prompt(
-                new TextPrompt<string>("Where is the config File?")
+                new TextPrompt<string>(message)
                     .Validate(configFile
-                        => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(configFile) && System.IO.File.Exists(configFile)
+                        => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(configFile)
                             ? ValidationResult.Success()
                             : ValidationResult.Error("[yellow]Invalid config file[/]")));
             }
-            if (!System.IO.File.Exists(filename))
-            {
-                AnsiConsole.MarkupLine("[red]Error:[/] No file was found.");
-                throw new Exception(filename + " not found.");
-            }
             return filename;
         }
 
@@ -197,11 +252,6 @@ internal string EnsureConfigFileAskIfMissing(string? configFile)
                             ? ValidationResult.Success()
                             : ValidationResult.Error("[yellow]Invalid config file[/]")));
             }
-            if (!System.IO.File.Exists(configFile))
-            {
-                AnsiConsole.MarkupLine("[red]Error:[/] No JSON file was found.");
-                throw new Exception(configFile + " not found.");
-            }
             return configFile;
         }
 
@@ -216,7 +266,7 @@ internal void WriteOutSettings(WorkItemCloneCommandSettings config)
                .AddEmptyRow()
                .AddRow("configFile", config.configFile != null ? config.configFile : "NOT SET")               
                .AddRow("CachePath",  config.CachePath != null ? config.CachePath : "NOT SET")
-               .AddRow("inputJsonFile", config.inputJsonFile != null ? config.inputJsonFile : "NOT SET")
+               .AddRow("controlFile", config.controlFile != null ? config.controlFile : "NOT SET")
                .AddEmptyRow()
                .AddRow( "templateAccessToken", "***************")
                .AddRow("templateOrganization", config.templateOrganization != null ? config.templateOrganization : "NOT SET")
@@ -228,7 +278,11 @@ internal void WriteOutSettings(WorkItemCloneCommandSettings config)
                .AddRow("targetProject", config.targetProject != null ? config.targetProject : "NOT SET")
                .AddRow("targetParentId", config.targetParentId != null ? config.targetParentId.ToString() : "NOT SET")
                .AddRow("targetFalbackWit", config.targetFalbackWit != null ? config.targetFalbackWit : "NOT SET")
-               
+               .AddEmptyRow()
+               .AddRow("targetQueryTitle", config.targetQueryTitle != null ? config.targetQueryTitle : "NOT SET")
+               .AddRow("targetQueryFolder", config.targetQueryFolder != null ? config.targetQueryFolder : "NOT SET")
+               .AddRow("targetQuery", config.targetQuery != null ? config.targetQuery.Replace("]", "]]").Replace("[", "[[") : "NOT SET")
+
                 );
         }
 
diff --git a/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/Commands/WorkItemInitCommand.cs b/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/Commands/WorkItemInitCommand.cs
index 91604bc..51bf7a4 100644
--- a/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/Commands/WorkItemInitCommand.cs
+++ b/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/Commands/WorkItemInitCommand.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using Spectre.Console;
 using Spectre.Console.Cli;
 using System.Linq;
+using Microsoft.SqlServer.Server;
 
 namespace AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI.Commands
 {
@@ -12,10 +13,14 @@ internal class WorkItemInitCommand : WorkItemCommandBase<WorkItemCloneCommandSet
     {
         public override async Task<int> ExecuteAsync(CommandContext context, WorkItemCloneCommandSettings settings)
         {
-
+            if (!FileStoreCheckExtensionMatchesFormat(settings.configFile, settings.ConfigFormat))
+            {
+                AnsiConsole.MarkupLine($"[bold red]The file extension of {settings.configFile} does not match the format {settings.ConfigFormat.ToString()} selected! Please rerun with the correct format You can use --configFormat JSON or update your file to YAML[/]");
+                return -1;
+            }
             var configFile = EnsureConfigFileAskIfMissing(settings.configFile);
             WorkItemCloneCommandSettings config = null;
-            if (File.Exists(configFile))
+            if (FileStoreExist(configFile, settings.ConfigFormat))
             {
                 var proceedWithSettings = AnsiConsole.Prompt(
                 new SelectionPrompt<bool> { Converter = value => value ? "Yes" : "No" }
@@ -23,7 +28,7 @@ public override async Task<int> ExecuteAsync(CommandContext context, WorkItemClo
                     .AddChoices(true, false));
                 if (proceedWithSettings)
                 {
-                    config = LoadWorkItemCloneCommandSettingsFromFile(configFile);
+                    config = FileStoreLoad<WorkItemCloneCommandSettings>(configFile, settings.ConfigFormat);
                 }
             }
             if (config == null)
@@ -34,12 +39,9 @@ public override async Task<int> ExecuteAsync(CommandContext context, WorkItemClo
 
             WriteOutSettings(config);
 
+            FileStoreSave(configFile, config, settings.ConfigFormat);
 
-
-
-            System.IO.File.WriteAllText(configFile, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(config, Formatting.Indented));
-
-            AnsiConsole.WriteLine("Settings saved to {configFile}!");
+            AnsiConsole.WriteLine($"Settings saved to {configFile}!");
 
             return 0;
         }
diff --git a/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/Properties/launchSettings.json b/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/Properties/launchSettings.json
index b1deeaf..9c50c4b 100644
--- a/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/Properties/launchSettings.json
+++ b/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/Properties/launchSettings.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     },
     "Clone": {
       "commandName": "Project",
-      "commandLineArgs": "clone --cachePath ..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\.cache\\ --configFile ..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\.cache\\configuration-test.json --jsonFile ..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\TestData\\tst_jsonj_export_v20.json --NonInteractive"
+      "commandLineArgs": "clone --cachePath ..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\.cache\\ --configFile ..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\.cache\\configuration-test.yaml --jsonFile ..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\TestData\\tst_jsonj_export_v20.json --NonInteractive "
     },
     "empty": {
       "commandName": "Project"
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
     "--help": {
       "commandName": "Project",
       "commandLineArgs": "clone --help"
+    },
+    "Clone YAML": {
+      "commandName": "Project",
+      "commandLineArgs": "clone --configFormat YAML --cachePath ..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\.cache\\ --configFile ..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\.cache\\configuration-test.yaml --jsonFile ..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\TestData\\tst_jsonj_export_v20.json --NonInteractive "
     }
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/configuration.json b/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/configuration.json
index 749472e..4eeb0ca 100644
--- a/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/configuration.json
+++ b/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/configuration.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "CachePath": "./cache",
-  "inputJsonFile": "ADO_TESTProjPipline_V03.json",
+  "controlFile": "ADO_TESTProjPipline_V03.json",
   "targetAccessToken": null,
   "targetOrganization": "nkdagility-preview",
   "targetProject": "ABB-Demo",
@@ -12,5 +12,4 @@
   "targetQuery": "SELECT [System.Id], [System.WorkItemType], [System.Title], [System.AreaPath],[System.AssignedTo],[System.State] FROM workitems WHERE [System.Parent] = @projectID",
   "targetQueryTitle": "Project-@RunName - @projectTitle",
   "targetQueryFolder": "Shared Queries"
-
 }
diff --git a/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/configuration.yaml b/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/configuration.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..745334f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AzureDevOps.WorkItemClone.ConsoleUI/configuration.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+CachePath: "./cache"
+controlFile: "ADO_TESTProjPipline_V03.json"
+targetAccessToken": null
+targetOrganization": "nkdagility-preview"
+targetProject": "ABB-Demo"
+targetParentId": 540
+templateAccessToken": null
+templateOrganization": "ABB-MO-ATE"
+templateProject": "ABB Traction Template"
+templateParentId": 212315
+targetQuery": |
+    SELECT
+        [Custom.Product],
+        [System.Title],
+        [System.Description],
+        [Custom.DeadlineDate],
+        [System.AreaPath],
+        [System.AssignedTo],
+        [System.State],
+        [Custom.Notes],
+        [System.WorkItemType],
+        [Custom.TRA_Milestone]
+    FROM workitemLinks
+    WHERE
+        (
+            [Source].[System.Id] = 000000
+            OR [Source].[System.Parent] = 000000
+            OR [Source].[System.Tags] CONTAINS 'xxxx xxxx'
+        )
+        AND (
+            [System.Links.LinkType] = 'System.LinkTypes.Hierarchy-Forward'
+        )
+        AND (
+            [Target].[System.Parent] = 000000
+            OR [Target].[System.Tags] CONTAINS 'xxxx xxxx'
+        )
+    ORDER BY [Custom.DeadlineDate]
+    MODE (Recursive)
+targetQueryTitle": "Project-@RunName - @projectTitle"
+targetQueryFolder": "Shared Queries"