diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 81d2331cf..a84ce5431 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -212,6 +212,10 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "autolib"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "automator"
 version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7eeb8fabc..5d414451c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ members = [
     "models/star",
     "models/test",
 
+    "tools/autolib",
     "tools/automator",
     "tools/export-validator",
     "tools/release-operator",
diff --git a/tools/autolib/Cargo.toml b/tools/autolib/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1362f3fcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/autolib/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[package]
+name = "autolib"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
diff --git a/tools/autolib/README.md b/tools/autolib/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f533caa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/autolib/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# `autolib`
+
+Code that is shared between automation tools.
diff --git a/tools/autolib/src/lib.rs b/tools/autolib/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b1378917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/autolib/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+