diff --git a/tools.yml b/tools.yml
index b1076ef..e1e3991 100644
--- a/tools.yml
+++ b/tools.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+global:
+  default_inherits: default
+
 tools:
   default:
     cores: 1
@@ -2558,3 +2561,21 @@ tools:
     mem: 32
   wig_to_bigWig:
     mem: 10
+
+# template destinations
+destinations:
+  default:
+    abstract: true
+    params:
+      # the following params are stored so that resource analytics can be performed
+      tpv_gpus: {gpus}
+      tpv_cores: {cores}
+      tpv_mem: {mem}
+  tpvdb_slurm:
+    abstract: true
+    context:
+      time: ""
+      partition: ""
+      account: ""
+    params:
+      native_specification: "--nodes=1 --ntasks={cores} --mem={round(mem*1024)} --time={time} {'--gres=gres:gpu:' + str(gpus) if gpus else ''} {'--partition=' + partition if partition else ''} {'--account=' + account if account else ''}"