diff --git a/generators/app/index.js b/generators/app/index.js
index 0bbfced..3b63586 100644
--- a/generators/app/index.js
+++ b/generators/app/index.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ module.exports = yeoman.generators.Base.extend({
     dir: function () {
       this.directory('src', 'src');
       this.directory('test', 'test');
+      this.directory('_settings', '.settings');
     },
 
     app: function () {
diff --git a/generators/app/templates/_settings/tasks.json b/generators/app/templates/_settings/tasks.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2880873
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generators/app/templates/_settings/tasks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+    "version": "0.1.0",
+    "command": "node_modules/.bin/gulp",
+    "isShellCommand": true,
+    "args": [
+        "--no-color"
+    ],
+    "tasks": [
+        {
+            "taskName": "build",
+            "args": [],
+            "isBuildCommand": true,
+            "problemMatcher": [
+                "$lessCompile",
+                "$tsc",
+                "$jshint"
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}