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# Creating Custom Governance Rulesets

> For the full documentation index, see: https://docs.mulesoft.com/llms.txt

MuleSoft provides several rulesets in Exchange, such as Anypoint API Best Practices, OpenAPI Best
Practices, Authentication Security Best Practices, and Mule API Management Best Practices. Discover
rulesets in Exchange by filtering the search by the **Rulesets** type. See
[Search for Assets](https://docs.mulesoft.com/exchange/to-find-info).

Rulesets are implemented using AMF, an open-source framework for managing metadata documents. AMF
parses, transforms, validates, and renders arbitrary metadata models, with built-in features for API
models. Anypoint Platform uses AMF to parse RAML, OAS, AsyncAPI, GraphQL, and gRPC API
specifications.

If you need a ruleset other than those provided, you can create your own custom ruleset.

## Before You Begin

By writing your own rules, you can govern your APIs with your organization’s specific regulations
and standards. Take some time to get familiar with the ruleset development CLI commands and ruleset
language concepts before you start customizing rulesets.

You can also submit your ideas for rulesets you would like MuleSoft to provide in future releases on
the [MuleSoft Ideas Portal](https://ideas.salesforce.com/s/search).

When you’re ready to get started:

1.  Read
    [Custom Validation](https://salesforce-misc.github.io/amf-docs/docs/amf/using-amf/amf_custom_validation)
    for a brief summary of how rulesets validate APIs.

2.  If you plan to create completely new custom rulesets that aren’t based on existing ones, follow
    the
    [AMF Rulesets tutorial](https://github.com/aml-org/amf-custom-validator/blob/develop/docs/validation_tutorial/validation.md)
    to install the ruleset development CLI.

3.  Install Anypoint CLI. You’ll need this to validate your custom rulesets, generate their
    documentation, and publish them to Exchange.

## Create a Custom Ruleset

To create a custom ruleset, use one of the following approaches:

- [Creating Custom Rulesets by Modifying Published Rulesets](https://docs.mulesoft.com/api-governance/custom-rulesets-modify)

- [Creating Completely New Custom Rulesets](https://docs.mulesoft.com/api-governance/custom-rulesets-new)

After you modify or create a custom ruleset, you must validate it to ensure the code is correct,
generate its documentation, and then publish it to Exchange. See
[Validating and Publishing Custom Rulesets](https://docs.mulesoft.com/api-governance/custom-rulesets-validate-and-publish).

## See Also

- [Anypoint API Governance Overview](https://docs.mulesoft.com/api-governance/)