--- a/autobot/template.py	Fri Jan 07 16:39:13 2011 -0800
+++ b/autobot/template.py	Fri Jan 07 17:07:02 2011 -0800
@@ -67,6 +67,25 @@
         print ' '.join(command)
         call(command)
 
+class AutobotTemplate(MakeItSoTemplate):
+    name = 'autobot'
+    description = 'template for the autotools buildbot master+slave'
+    templates = ['template']
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+
+        # get the variables
+        # TODO: move this upstream
+        names = set()
+        for variable in AutobotMasterTemplate.vars:
+            names.add(variable.name)
+            self.vars.append(variable.copy())
+        for variable in AutobotSlaveTemplate.vars:
+            if variable.name not in names:
+                self.vars.append(variable.copy())
+        MakeitSoTemplate.__init__(self, **kwargs)
+
+            
+
 # CLI front end functions
 # (console_script entry points)
 
@@ -81,7 +100,9 @@
     template.substitute()
 
 def create_autobot(args=sys.argv[1:]):
-    raise NotImpmenetedError
+    cli = MakeItSoCLI(AutobotSlaveTemplate)
+    template = cli.parse()
+    template.substitute()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     create_master()