diff --git a/rules/models.smk b/rules/models.smk
index de7381aa..94df273a 100644
--- a/rules/models.smk
+++ b/rules/models.smk
@@ -14,3 +14,14 @@ rule download_baseline_data:
         "data/raw/{pid}/participant_baseline_raw.csv"
     script:
         "../src/data/download_baseline_data.py"
+
+rule baseline_features:
+    input:
+        "data/raw/{pid}/participant_baseline_raw.csv"
+    params:
+        pid="{pid}",
+        features=config["PARAMS_FOR_ANALYSIS"]["BASELINE"]["FEATURES"]
+    output:
+        "data/processed/features/{pid}/baseline_features.csv"
+    script:
+        "../src/data/baseline_features.py"
diff --git a/src/data/baseline_features.py b/src/data/baseline_features.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2541e641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data/baseline_features.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import pandas as pd
+
+pid = snakemake.params["pid"]
+requested_features = snakemake.params["features"]
+baseline_features = pd.DataFrame(columns=requested_features)
+