diff --git a/lib/rule.rb b/lib/rule.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c2432c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rule.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+  
+  # Similar to an ActiveRecord class, but uses PluginStore for storage instead. Adapted from discourse-data-explorer
+  # Using this means we can use a standard serializer for sending JSON to the client, and also have convenient save/update/delete methods
+  # Since this is now being used in two plugins, maybe it should be built into core somehow
+  class DiscourseChat::Rule
+    attr_accessor :id, :provider, :channel, :category_id, :tags, :filter
+
+    def initialize(h={})
+      h.each {|k,v| public_send("#{k}=",v)}
+    end
+
+    # saving/loading functions
+    def self.alloc_id
+      DistributedMutex.synchronize('discourse-chat_rule-id') do
+        max_id = DiscourseChat.pstore_get("rule:_id")
+        max_id = 1 unless max_id
+        DiscourseChat.pstore_set("rule:_id", max_id + 1)
+        max_id
+      end
+    end
+
+    def self.from_hash(h)
+      rule = DiscourseChat::Rule.new
+      [:provider, :channel, :category_id, :tags, :filter].each do |sym|
+        rule.send("#{sym}=", h[sym]) if h[sym]
+      end
+      if h[:id]
+        rule.id = h[:id].to_i
+      end
+      rule
+    end
+
+    def to_hash
+      {
+        id: @id,
+        provider: @provider,
+        channel: @channel,
+        category_id: @category_id,
+        tags: @tags,
+        filter: @filter,
+      }
+    end
+
+    def self.find(id, opts={})
+      hash = DiscourseChat.pstore_get("rule:#{id}")
+      unless hash
+        return DiscourseChat::Rule.new if opts[:ignore_deleted]
+        raise Discourse::NotFound
+      end
+      from_hash hash
+    end
+
+    def save
+      unless @id && @id > 0
+        @id = self.class.alloc_id
+      end
+      DiscourseChat.pstore_set "rule:#{id}", to_hash
+      return self
+    end
+
+    def destroy
+      DiscourseChat.pstore_delete "rule:#{id}"
+    end
+
+    def read_attribute_for_serialization(attr)
+      self.send(attr)
+    end
+
+    def self.all_for_provider(provider)
+      self.where("value::json->>'provider'=?", provider)
+    end
+
+    def self.all_for_category(category_id)
+      if category_id.nil?
+        self.where("json_typeof(value::json->'category_id')='null'")
+      else
+        self.where("value::json->>'category_id'=?", category_id.to_s)
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Use JSON selectors like this:
+    #    Rule.where("value::json->>'provider'=?", "telegram")
+    def self.where(*args)
+      rows = self._all_raw.where(*args)
+      self._from_psr_rows(rows)
+    end
+
+    def self.all
+      self._from_psr_rows(self._all_raw)
+    end
+
+    def self._all_raw
+      PluginStoreRow.where(plugin_name: DiscourseChat.plugin_name)
+        .where("key LIKE 'rule:%'")
+        .where("key != 'rule:_id'")
+    end
+
+    def self._from_psr_rows(raw)
+      raw.map do |psr|
+        from_hash PluginStore.cast_value(psr.type_name, psr.value)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def self.destroy_all
+      self._all_raw().destroy_all
+    end
+  end
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diff --git a/plugin.rb b/plugin.rb
index 387a9ed..7071f2b 100644
--- a/plugin.rb
+++ b/plugin.rb
@@ -14,10 +14,27 @@ after_initialize do
       engine_name DiscourseChat::PLUGIN_NAME
       isolate_namespace DiscourseChat
     end
+
+    def self.plugin_name
+      DiscourseChat::PLUGIN_NAME
+    end
+
+    def self.pstore_get(key)
+      PluginStore.get(self.plugin_name, key)
+    end
+
+    def self.pstore_set(key, value)
+      PluginStore.set(self.plugin_name, key, value)
+    end
+
+    def self.pstore_delete(key)
+      PluginStore.remove(self.plugin_name, key)
+    end
   end
 
   require_relative "lib/provider"
   require_relative "lib/manager"
+  require_relative "lib/rule"
 
   DiscourseEvent.on(:post_created) do |post|
     if SiteSetting.chat_enabled?
diff --git a/spec/lib/rule_spec.rb b/spec/lib/rule_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef26426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/rule_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe DiscourseChat::Rule do
+  describe '.alloc_id' do
+    it 'should return sequential numbers' do 
+      expect( DiscourseChat::Rule.alloc_id ).to eq(1)
+      expect( DiscourseChat::Rule.alloc_id ).to eq(2)
+      expect( DiscourseChat::Rule.alloc_id ).to eq(3)
+    end
+  end
+
+  it 'should save and load successfully' do
+    expect(DiscourseChat::Rule.all.length).to eq(0)
+
+    rule = DiscourseChat::Rule.new({
+          provider:"slack",
+          channel: "#general",
+          category_id: 2,
+          tags: ['hello', 'world'],
+          filter: 'watch'
+        }).save
+
+    expect(DiscourseChat::Rule.all.length).to eq(1)
+
+    loadedRule = DiscourseChat::Rule.find(rule.id)
+
+    expect(loadedRule.provider).to eq('slack')
+    expect(loadedRule.channel).to eq('#general')
+    expect(loadedRule.category_id).to eq(2)
+    expect(loadedRule.tags).to contain_exactly('hello','world')
+    expect(loadedRule.filter).to eq('watch')
+
+  end
+
+  describe 'general operations' do
+    before do
+      rule = DiscourseChat::Rule.new({
+          provider:"slack",
+          channel: "#general",
+          category_id: 2,
+          tags: ['hello', 'world']
+        }).save
+    end
+
+    it 'can be modified' do
+      rule = DiscourseChat::Rule.all.first
+      rule.channel = "#random"
+
+      rule.save
+
+      rule = DiscourseChat::Rule.all.first
+      expect(rule.channel).to eq('#random')
+    end
+
+    it 'can be deleted' do
+      DiscourseChat::Rule.new.save
+      expect(DiscourseChat::Rule.all.length).to eq(2)
+
+      rule = DiscourseChat::Rule.all.first
+      rule.destroy
+
+      expect(DiscourseChat::Rule.all.length).to eq(1)
+    end
+
+    it 'can delete all' do
+      DiscourseChat::Rule.new.save
+      DiscourseChat::Rule.new.save
+      DiscourseChat::Rule.new.save
+      DiscourseChat::Rule.new.save
+
+      expect(DiscourseChat::Rule.all.length).to eq(5)
+
+      DiscourseChat::Rule.destroy_all
+
+      expect(DiscourseChat::Rule.all.length).to eq(0)
+    end
+
+    it 'can be filtered by provider' do
+      rule2 = DiscourseChat::Rule.new({provider:'telegram'}).save
+      rule3 = DiscourseChat::Rule.new({provider:'slack'}).save
+
+      expect(DiscourseChat::Rule.all.length).to eq(3)
+
+      expect(DiscourseChat::Rule.all_for_provider('slack').length).to eq(2)
+      expect(DiscourseChat::Rule.all_for_provider('telegram').length).to eq(1)
+    end
+
+    it 'can be filtered by category' do
+      rule2 = DiscourseChat::Rule.new({category_id: 1}).save      
+      rule3 = DiscourseChat::Rule.new({category_id: nil}).save
+
+      expect(DiscourseChat::Rule.all.length).to eq(3)
+
+      expect(DiscourseChat::Rule.all_for_category(2).length).to eq(1)
+      expect(DiscourseChat::Rule.all_for_category(1).length).to eq(1)
+      expect(DiscourseChat::Rule.all_for_category(nil).length).to eq(1)
+    end
+
+  end
+
+end
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