diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index 3d3f1ea..f4e55ca 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@
     "azp_username": "{{ cookiecutter.author | lower | replace(' ', '') }}",
     "azp_branch": "main",
     "license": "Apache 2.0",
-    "min_ansible_version": "2.9"
+    "min_ansible_version": "2.9",
+    "_extensions": ["local_extensions.basename"]
 }
diff --git a/local_extensions.py b/local_extensions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3706eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local_extensions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import os
+from cookiecutter.utils import simple_filter
+
+
+@simple_filter
+def basename(path):
+    return os.path.basename(path)
+@simple_filter
+def dirname(path):
+    return os.path.dirname(path)
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