diff --git a/funcs_utils.php b/funcs_utils.php
index 1208e25..edccfa6 100644
--- a/funcs_utils.php
+++ b/funcs_utils.php
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ function github_api($url, $data = [], $httpMethod = '')
 {
     // silverstripe-themes has a kind of weird redirect only for api requests
     $url = str_replace('/silverstripe-themes/silverstripe-simple', '/silverstripe/silverstripe-simple', $url);
-    info("Making curl request to $url");
+    $method = $httpMethod ? strtoupper($httpMethod) : 'GET';
+    info("Making $method curl request to $url");
     $token = github_token();
     $jsonStr = empty($data) ? '' : json_encode($data, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE);
     $ch = curl_init($url);
@@ -244,6 +245,44 @@ function output_repos_with_labels_updated()
     $io->writeln('');
 }
 
+/**
+ * Outputs a list of repos that that had rulesets updated
+ * If there was an error with a run (probably a secondary rate limit), this can be
+ * copy pasted into the --exclude option for the next run to continue from where you left off
+ */
+function output_repos_with_rulesets_created_or_updated()
+{
+    if (running_unit_tests()) {
+        return;
+    }
+    global $REPOS_WITH_RULESETS_UPDATED;
+    $io = io();
+    $io->writeln('');
+    $io->writeln('Repos with rulesets created/updated (add to --exclude if you need to re-run):');
+    $io->writeln(implode(',', $REPOS_WITH_RULESETS_UPDATED));
+    $io->writeln('');
+}
+
+function create_ruleset($type, $additionalBranchConditions = [])
+{
+    $ruleset = file_get_contents("rulesets/$type-ruleset.json");
+    if (!$ruleset) {
+        error("Could not read ruleset for $type");
+    }
+    $json = json_decode($ruleset, true);
+    if ($type == 'branch') {
+        $json['name'] = BRANCH_RULESET_NAME;
+    } elseif ($type === 'tag') {
+        $json['name'] = TAG_RULESET_NAME;
+    } else {
+        error("Invalid ruleset type: $type");
+    }
+    foreach ($additionalBranchConditions as $value) {
+        $json['conditions']['ref_name']['include'][] = $value;
+    }
+    return $json;
+}
+
 /**
  * Works out which branch in a module to checkout before running scripts on it
  *
diff --git a/rulesets/branch-ruleset.json b/rulesets/branch-ruleset.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44e87a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rulesets/branch-ruleset.json
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{
+  "name": "<RULESET_NAME>",
+  "target": "branch",
+  "enforcement": "active",
+  "conditions": {
+    "ref_name": {
+      "exclude": [],
+      "include": [
+        "refs/heads/[0-9]*"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "rules": [
+    {
+      "type": "deletion"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "non_fast_forward"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "creation"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "update"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "pull_request",
+      "parameters": {
+        "required_approving_review_count": 2,
+        "dismiss_stale_reviews_on_push": true,
+        "require_code_owner_review": false,
+        "require_last_push_approval": true,
+        "required_review_thread_resolution": false
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "bypass_actors": [
+    {
+      "actor_id": 5,
+      "actor_type": "RepositoryRole",
+      "bypass_mode": "always"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/rulesets/tag-ruleset.json b/rulesets/tag-ruleset.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6740f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rulesets/tag-ruleset.json
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+  "name": "<RULESET_NAME>",
+  "target": "tag",
+  "enforcement": "active",
+  "conditions": {
+    "ref_name": {
+      "exclude": [],
+      "include": [
+        "~ALL"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "rules": [
+    {
+      "type": "deletion"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "non_fast_forward"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "creation"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "update"
+    }
+  ],
+  "bypass_actors": [
+    {
+      "actor_id": 5,
+      "actor_type": "RepositoryRole",
+      "bypass_mode": "always"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/rulesets_command.php b/rulesets_command.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a5b7b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rulesets_command.php
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+<?php
+
+use SilverStripe\SupportedModules\MetaData;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+
+$rulesetsCommand = function(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int {
+    // This is the code that is executed when running the 'rulesets' command
+
+    // Variables
+    global $OUT, $REPOS_WITH_RULESETS_UPDATED;
+    $OUT = $output;
+
+    // Validate system is ready
+    validate_system();
+
+    // Modules
+    $modules = [];
+    $modulesCurrentMajor = filtered_modules(MetaData::HIGHEST_STABLE_CMS_MAJOR, $input);
+    $modulesPreviousMajor = filtered_modules(MetaData::HIGHEST_STABLE_CMS_MAJOR - 1, $input);
+    foreach ([$modulesCurrentMajor, $modulesPreviousMajor] as $modulesList) {
+        foreach ($modulesList as $module) {
+            // Important! Only include modules on the "silverstripe" account
+            if ($module['account'] !== 'silverstripe') {
+                continue;
+            }
+            $modules[] = $module;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Update rulesets
+    foreach ($modules as $module) {
+        $account = $module['account'];
+        $repo = $module['repo'];
+
+        // Fetch existing rulesets
+        $rulesets = github_api("https://api.github.com/repos/$account/$repo/rulesets");
+        $branchRulesetID = 0;
+        $tagRulesetID = 0;
+        foreach ($rulesets as $ruleset) {
+            $id = $ruleset['id'];
+            $name = $ruleset['name'];
+            if ($name === BRANCH_RULESET_NAME) {
+                $branchRulesetID = $id;
+            }
+            if ($name === TAG_RULESET_NAME) {
+                $tagRulesetID = $id;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Get any additional branches to add
+        // Assumption is that if the default branch is main/master, then the repo uses
+        // a non-numeric style branching system (e.g. main, master) and that needs to be protected
+        // [0-9]* branch protection will still be applied, on the chance that the repo is converted
+        // to uses a numeric style branch system in the future and we would want branch protection
+        // to start immediately on the new branches
+        $additionalBranchConditions = [];
+        $defaultBranch = github_api("https://api.github.com/repos/$account/$repo")['default_branch'];
+        if (in_array($defaultBranch, ['main', 'master'])) {
+            $additionalBranchConditions[] = "refs/heads/$defaultBranch";
+        }
+
+        // Create rulesets
+        // Note: This will read from the "rulesets" directory
+        // In each of those json rulesets there is "bypass_actors"."actor_id" = 5
+        // This translates to the "Repository admin" role
+        // It has been confirmed that the github-action user is able to bypass the ruleset as
+        // it has the "Organisation admin" role which is one level above the "Repository admin" role
+        $branchRuleset = create_ruleset('branch', $additionalBranchConditions);
+        $tagRuleset = create_ruleset('tag');
+
+        $apiCalls = [];
+
+        // Create new rulesets
+        if (!$branchRulesetID) {
+            $url = "https://api.github.com/repos/$account/$repo/rulesets";
+            $apiCalls[] = [$url, $branchRuleset, 'POST'];
+        }
+        if (!$tagRulesetID) {
+            $url = "https://api.github.com/repos/$account/$repo/rulesets";
+            $apiCalls[] = [$url, $tagRuleset, 'POST'];
+        }
+
+        // Update existing rulesets
+        // Don't bother to check if the ruleset is already correct
+        // This is a very quick update so no need to optimise this
+        if ($branchRulesetID) {
+            $url = "https://api.github.com/repos/$account/$repo/rulesets/$branchRulesetID";
+            $apiCalls[] = [$url, $branchRuleset, 'PUT'];
+        }
+        if ($tagRulesetID) {
+            $url = "https://api.github.com/repos/$account/$repo/rulesets/$tagRulesetID";
+            $apiCalls[] = [$url, $tagRuleset, 'PUT'];
+        }
+
+        if ($input->getOption('dry-run')) {
+            info('Not updating rulesets on GitHub because --dry-run option is set');
+        } else {
+            foreach ($apiCalls as $apiCall) {
+                github_api($apiCall[0], $apiCall[1], $apiCall[2]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        $REPOS_WITH_RULESETS_UPDATED[] = $repo;
+    }
+
+    output_repos_with_rulesets_created_or_updated();
+    return Command::SUCCESS;
+};
diff --git a/run.php b/run.php
index 643909d..7bc22fa 100644
--- a/run.php
+++ b/run.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 include 'funcs_utils.php';
 include 'update_command.php';
 include 'labels_command.php';
+include 'rulesets_command.php';
 
 use SilverStripe\SupportedModules\MetaData;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Application;
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@
 const TOOL_URL = 'https://github.com/silverstripe/module-standardiser';
 const PR_TITLE = 'MNT Run module-standardiser';
 const PR_DESCRIPTION = 'This pull-request was created automatically by [module-standardiser](' . TOOL_URL . ')';
+const BRANCH_RULESET_NAME = 'Silverstripe branch ruleset';
+const TAG_RULESET_NAME = 'Silverstripe tag ruleset';
 
 // global variables
 $MODULE_DIR = '';
@@ -26,6 +29,7 @@
 $PRS_CREATED = [];
 $REPOS_WITH_PRS_CREATED = [];
 $REPOS_WITH_LABELS_UPDATED = [];
+$REPOS_WITH_RULESETS_UPDATED = [];
 $OUT = null;
 
 // options
@@ -102,6 +106,13 @@
     ->addOption(...$optionNoDelete)
     ->setCode($labelsCommand);
 
+$app->register('rulesets')
+    ->setDescription('Script to set rulesets on all repos only on the silverstripe account')
+    ->addOption(...$optionOnly)
+    ->addOption(...$optionExclude)
+    ->addOption(...$optionDryRun)
+    ->setCode($rulesetsCommand);
+
 try {
     $app->run();
 } catch (Error|Exception $e) {