diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index e2b3a31..4bb25ce 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -11,4 +11,3 @@ Release notes
 
 * Add workflow for GitHub release on tag push.
 * Add pre-commit CI setup.
-
diff --git a/news/proj-config-in-template.rst b/news/proj-config-in-template.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95a2ecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/proj-config-in-template.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* Add ``cookiecutter.json`` in the template to allow ``scikit-package-system`` to automatically create the project-level config.
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.github_repo_name }}/cookiecutter.json b/{{ cookiecutter.github_repo_name }}/cookiecutter.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbd8daf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.github_repo_name }}/cookiecutter.json	
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "project_name": "{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}",
+  "github_username_or_orgname": "{{ cookiecutter.github_username_or_orgname }}",
+  "github_repo_name": "{{ cookiecutter.github_repo_name }}",
+  "conda_pypi_package_dist_name": "{{ cookiecutter.conda_pypi_package_dist_name }}",
+  "package_dir_name": "{{ cookiecutter.package_dir_name }}",
+  "contributors": "{{ cookiecutter.contributors }}"
+}