diff --git a/plugins/cordformation/build.gradle b/plugins/cordformation/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a747670d2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/cordformation/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
+apply plugin: 'groovy'
+
+dependencies {
+    compile gradleApi()
+    compile localGroovy()
+}
+
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+}
+
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        plugin(MavenPublication) {
+            from components.java
+            groupId  'com.r3corda.plugins'
+            artifactId 'cordformation'
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/cordformation/src/main/groovy/com/r3corda/plugins/Cordform.groovy b/plugins/cordformation/src/main/groovy/com/r3corda/plugins/Cordform.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..986085b9d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/cordformation/src/main/groovy/com/r3corda/plugins/Cordform.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package com.r3corda.plugins
+
+import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction
+
+import java.nio.file.Path
+import java.nio.file.Paths
+
+class Cordform extends DefaultTask {
+    protected Path directory = Paths.get("./build/nodes")
+    protected List<Node> nodes = new ArrayList<Node>()
+    protected String networkMapNodeName
+
+    public String directory(String directory) {
+        this.directory = Paths.get(directory)
+    }
+
+    public String networkMap(String nodeName) {
+        networkMapNodeName = nodeName
+    }
+
+    public void node(Closure configureClosure) {
+        nodes << project.configure(new Node(project), configureClosure)
+    }
+
+    protected Node getNodeByName(String name) {
+        for(Node node : nodes) {
+            if(node.name.equals(networkMapNodeName)) {
+                return node
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null
+    }
+
+    protected void installRunScript() {
+        project.delete("${directory}/runnodes")
+        project.copy {
+            from "buildSrc/templates/runnodes"
+            filter { String line -> line.replace("JAR_NAME", Node.JAR_NAME) }
+            filter(org.apache.tools.ant.filters.FixCrLfFilter.class, eol: org.apache.tools.ant.filters.FixCrLfFilter.CrLf.newInstance("lf"))
+            into "${directory}/"
+        }
+    }
+
+    @TaskAction
+    def build() {
+        installRunScript()
+        Node networkMapNode = getNodeByName(networkMapNodeName)
+        nodes.each {
+            if(it != networkMapNode) {
+                it.networkMapAddress(networkMapNode.getArtemisAddress())
+            }
+            it.build(directory.toFile())
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/plugins/cordformation/src/main/groovy/com/r3corda/plugins/Cordformation.groovy b/plugins/cordformation/src/main/groovy/com/r3corda/plugins/Cordformation.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b22db6a5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/cordformation/src/main/groovy/com/r3corda/plugins/Cordformation.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package com.r3corda.plugins
+
+import org.gradle.api.Plugin
+import org.gradle.api.Project
+
+class Cordformation implements Plugin<Project> {
+    void apply(Project project) {
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/cordformation/src/main/groovy/com/r3corda/plugins/Node.groovy b/plugins/cordformation/src/main/groovy/com/r3corda/plugins/Node.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6bfac8e1ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/cordformation/src/main/groovy/com/r3corda/plugins/Node.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+package com.r3corda.plugins
+
+import org.gradle.api.file.FileCollection
+import org.gradle.api.internal.file.AbstractFileCollection
+
+class Node {
+    static final String JAR_NAME = 'corda.jar'
+
+    public String name
+    private String dirName
+    private String nearestCity
+    private Boolean isNotary = false
+    private Boolean isHttps = false
+    private List<String> advertisedServices = []
+    private Integer artemisPort
+    private Integer webPort
+    private String networkMapAddress = ""
+    protected List<String> cordapps = []
+
+    private File nodeDir
+    private def project
+
+    void name(String name) {
+        this.name = name
+    }
+
+    void dirName(String dirName) {
+        this.dirName = dirName
+    }
+
+    void nearestCity(String nearestCity) {
+        this.nearestCity = nearestCity
+    }
+
+    void notary(Boolean isNotary) {
+        this.isNotary = isNotary
+    }
+
+    void https(Boolean isHttps) {
+        this.isHttps = isHttps
+    }
+
+    void advertisedServices(List<String> advertisedServices) {
+        this.advertisedServices = advertisedServices
+    }
+
+    void artemisPort(Integer artemisPort) {
+        this.artemisPort = artemisPort
+    }
+
+    void webPort(Integer webPort) {
+        this.webPort = webPort
+    }
+
+    void networkMapAddress(String networkMapAddress) {
+        this.networkMapAddress = networkMapAddress
+    }
+
+    void cordapps(List<String> cordapps) {
+        this.cordapps = cordapps
+    }
+
+    Node(def project) {
+        this.project = project
+    }
+
+    void build(File baseDir) {
+        nodeDir = new File(baseDir, dirName)
+        installCordaJAR()
+        installBuiltPlugin()
+        installCordapps()
+        installDependencies()
+        installConfig()
+    }
+
+    String getArtemisAddress() {
+        return "localhost:" + artemisPort
+    }
+
+    private void installCordaJAR() {
+        def cordaJar = verifyAndGetCordaJar()
+        project.copy {
+            from cordaJar
+            into nodeDir
+            rename cordaJar.name, JAR_NAME
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void installBuiltPlugin() {
+        def pluginsDir = getAndCreateDirectory(nodeDir, "plugins")
+        project.copy {
+            from project.jar
+            into pluginsDir
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void installCordapps() {
+        def pluginsDir = getAndCreateDirectory(nodeDir, "plugins")
+        def cordapps = getCordappList()
+        project.copy {
+            from cordapps
+            into pluginsDir
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void installDependencies() {
+        def cordaJar = verifyAndGetCordaJar()
+        def cordappList = getCordappList()
+        def depsDir = getAndCreateDirectory(nodeDir, "dependencies")
+        def appDeps = project.configurations.runtime.filter { it != cordaJar && !cordappList.contains(it) }
+        project.copy {
+            from appDeps
+            into depsDir
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void installConfig() {
+        project.copy {
+            from ('./buildSrc/templates/nodetemplate.conf') {
+                filter { it
+                        .replaceAll('@@name@@', name)
+                        .replaceAll('@@dirName@@', dirName)
+                        .replaceAll('@@nearestCity@@', nearestCity)
+                        .replaceAll('@@isNotary@@', isNotary.toString())
+                        .replaceAll('@@isHttps@@', isHttps.toString())
+                        .replaceAll('@@advertisedServices@@', advertisedServices.join(","))
+                        .replaceAll('@@networkMapAddress@@', networkMapAddress)
+                        .replaceAll('@@artemisPort@@', artemisPort.toString())
+                        .replaceAll('@@webPort@@', webPort.toString())
+                }
+            }
+            into nodeDir
+            rename 'nodetemplate.conf', 'node.conf'
+        }
+    }
+
+    private File verifyAndGetCordaJar() {
+        def maybeCordaJAR = project.configurations.runtime.filter { it.toString().contains("corda-${project.corda_version}.jar")}
+        if(maybeCordaJAR.size() == 0) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("No Corda Capsule JAR found. Have you deployed the Corda project to Maven?")
+        } else {
+            def cordaJar = maybeCordaJAR.getSingleFile()
+            assert(cordaJar.isFile())
+            return cordaJar
+        }
+    }
+
+    private AbstractFileCollection getCordappList() {
+        def cordaJar = verifyAndGetCordaJar()
+        return project.configurations.runtime.filter {
+            def jarName = it.name.split('-').first()
+            return (it != cordaJar) && cordapps.contains(jarName)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static File getAndCreateDirectory(File baseDir, String subDirName) {
+        File dir = new File(baseDir, subDirName)
+        assert(!dir.exists() || dir.isDirectory())
+        dir.mkdirs()
+        return dir
+    }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/cordformation/src/main/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/com.r3corda.plugins.cordformation.properties b/plugins/cordformation/src/main/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/com.r3corda.plugins.cordformation.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8873b3702
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/cordformation/src/main/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/com.r3corda.plugins.cordformation.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+implementation-class=com.r3corda.plugins.Cordformation
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/cordformation/src/main/resources/templates/nodetemplate.conf b/plugins/cordformation/src/main/resources/templates/nodetemplate.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b78453ef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/cordformation/src/main/resources/templates/nodetemplate.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+basedir : "@@dirName@@"
+myLegalName : "@@name@@"
+nearestCity : "@@nearestCity@@"
+keyStorePassword : "cordacadevpass"
+trustStorePassword : "trustpass"
+artemisAddress : "localhost:@@artemisPort@@"
+webAddress : "localhost:@@webPort@@"
+hostNotaryServiceLocally: @@isNotary@@
+extraAdvertisedServiceIds: "@@advertisedServices@@"
+networkMapAddress : "@@networkMapAddress@@"
+useHTTPS : @@isHttps@@
diff --git a/plugins/cordformation/src/main/resources/templates/runnodes b/plugins/cordformation/src/main/resources/templates/runnodes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e35591945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/cordformation/src/main/resources/templates/runnodes
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Will attempt to execute a corda node within all subdirectories in the current working directory.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+trap 'kill $(jobs -p)' SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
+export CAPSULE_CACHE_DIR=cache
+
+function runNode {
+    pushd $1
+    ( java -jar JAR_NAME )&
+    popd
+}
+
+for dir in `ls`; do
+    if [ -d $dir ]; then
+        runNode $dir
+    fi
+done
+
+read -p 'Any key to exit'
+kill $(jobs -p)
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 13565e83c8..3797582527 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ include 'network-simulator'
 include 'explorer'
 include 'plugins:quasar-utils'
 include 'plugins:publish-utils'
+include 'plugins:cordformation'
 include 'docs/source/example-code'