diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 9699d68..6755a0d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"cook/utils"
 
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 
 	logger "git.site.quack-lab.dev/dave/cylogger"
 )
@@ -63,8 +64,9 @@ func main() {
 	// The plan is:
 	// Load all commands
 	commands, err := utils.LoadCommands(args)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err != nil || len(commands) == 0 {
 		logger.Error("Failed to load commands: %v", err)
+		CreateExampleConfig()
 		flag.Usage()
 		return
 	}
@@ -250,6 +252,49 @@ func main() {
 	}
 }
 
+func CreateExampleConfig() {
+	commands := []utils.ModifyCommand{
+		{
+			Name:     "DoubleNumericValues",
+			Regex:    "<value>(\\d+)</value>",
+			Lua:      "v1 * 2",
+			Files:    []string{"data/*.xml"},
+			LogLevel: "INFO",
+		},
+		{
+			Name:     "UpdatePrices",
+			Regex:    "price=\"(\\d+)\"",
+			Lua:      "if num(v1) < 100 then return v1 * 1.5 else return v1 end",
+			Files:    []string{"items/*.xml", "shop/*.xml"},
+			Git:      true,
+			LogLevel: "DEBUG",
+		},
+		{
+			Name:     "IsolatedTagUpdate",
+			Regex:    "<tag>(.*?)</tag>",
+			Lua:      "string.upper(s1)",
+			Files:    []string{"config.xml"},
+			Isolate:  true,
+			NoDedup:  true,
+			LogLevel: "TRACE",
+		},
+	}
+
+	data, err := yaml.Marshal(commands)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error("Failed to marshal example config: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	err = os.WriteFile("example_cook.yml", data, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error("Failed to write example_cook.yml: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	logger.Info("Wrote example_cook.yml")
+}
+
 func RunOtherCommands(file string, fileDataStr string, association utils.FileCommandAssociation, fileMutex *sync.Mutex, commandLoggers map[string]*logger.Logger) (string, error) {
 	// Aggregate all the modifications and execute them
 	modifications := []utils.ReplaceCommand{}