diff --git a/tests/data/yaml/test_complete_rule_no_params.yaml b/tests/data/yaml/test_complete_rule_no_params.yaml
index f95d72f7..2df9d39f 100644
--- a/tests/data/yaml/test_complete_rule_no_params.yaml
+++ b/tests/data/yaml/test_complete_rule_no_params.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ x-trestle-rule-info:
     include-controls:
       - id: ac-1
 x-trestle-component-info:
-  name: Component 1
-  description: Component 1 description
+  name: Component 2
+  description: Component 2 description
   type: service
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/trestlebot/tasks/test_rule_transform_task.py b/tests/trestlebot/tasks/test_rule_transform_task.py
index 9fb61200..c7d4dd2e 100644
--- a/tests/trestlebot/tasks/test_rule_transform_task.py
+++ b/tests/trestlebot/tasks/test_rule_transform_task.py
@@ -54,11 +54,22 @@ def test_rule_transform_task(tmp_trestle_dir: str) -> None:
     assert orig_comp is not None
     assert orig_comp.metadata.title == "Component definition for test_comp"
     assert orig_comp.components is not None
-    assert len(orig_comp.components) == 1
+    assert len(orig_comp.components) == 2
 
     component = orig_comp.components[0]
 
     assert component.props is not None
+    assert component.title == "Component 2"
+    assert len(component.props) == 2
+    assert component.props[0].name == RULE_ID
+    assert component.props[0].value == "example_rule_2"
+    assert component.props[1].name == RULE_DESCRIPTION
+    assert component.props[1].value == "My rule description for example rule 2"
+
+    component = orig_comp.components[1]
+
+    assert component.props is not None
+    assert component.title == "Component 1"
     assert len(component.props) == 5
     assert component.props[0].name == RULE_ID
     assert component.props[0].value == "example_rule_1"
diff --git a/trestlebot/transformers/csv_to_yaml.py b/trestlebot/transformers/csv_to_yaml.py
index f1d08172..38bb93d3 100644
--- a/trestlebot/transformers/csv_to_yaml.py
+++ b/trestlebot/transformers/csv_to_yaml.py
@@ -20,12 +20,7 @@
 from typing import List
 
 from trestlebot.transformers.csv_transformer import ToRulesCSVTransformer
-from trestlebot.transformers.trestle_rule import (
-    ComponentInfo,
-    Control,
-    Profile,
-    TrestleRule,
-)
+from trestlebot.transformers.trestle_rule import TrestleRule, get_default_rule
 from trestlebot.transformers.yaml_transformer import FromRulesYAMLTransformer
 
 
@@ -65,21 +60,8 @@ def write_to_yaml(self, filepath: pathlib.Path) -> None:
     def write_default_trestle_rule_keys(self, filepath: pathlib.Path) -> None:
         """Write default TrestleRule keys to a YAML file."""
         try:
-            test_rule = TrestleRule(
-                name="example rule",
-                description="example description",
-                component=ComponentInfo(
-                    name="example component",
-                    type="service",
-                    description="example description",
-                ),
-                profile=Profile(
-                    description="example profile",
-                    href="example href",
-                    include_controls=[Control(id="example")],
-                ),
-            )
-            self._yaml_transformer.write_to_file(test_rule, filepath)
+            default_rule: TrestleRule = get_default_rule()
+            self._yaml_transformer.write_to_file(default_rule, filepath)
         except Exception as e:
             raise YAMLWriteError(
                 f"Failed to write empty TrestleRule keys to YAML file: {e}"
diff --git a/trestlebot/transformers/csv_transformer.py b/trestlebot/transformers/csv_transformer.py
index 3c7f6587..5fd004db 100644
--- a/trestlebot/transformers/csv_transformer.py
+++ b/trestlebot/transformers/csv_transformer.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
     Parameter,
     Profile,
     TrestleRule,
+    get_default_rule,
 )
 
 
@@ -218,7 +219,13 @@ def write_to_file(self, filepath: pathlib.Path) -> None:
             fieldnames.extend(self._csv_columns.get_required_column_names())
             fieldnames.extend(self._csv_columns.get_optional_column_names())
 
+            # The trestle csv_to_oscal_cd task skips the header row and the
+            # first row which is meant to have descriptions. We will just write a default right now.
+            default_rule: TrestleRule = get_default_rule()
+            example_row = self._transformer.transform(default_rule)
+
             writer = csv.DictWriter(csv_file, fieldnames=fieldnames)
             writer.writeheader()
+            writer.writerow(example_row)
             for row in self._rows:
                 writer.writerow(row)
diff --git a/trestlebot/transformers/trestle_rule.py b/trestlebot/transformers/trestle_rule.py
index 23be279a..ae30c605 100644
--- a/trestlebot/transformers/trestle_rule.py
+++ b/trestlebot/transformers/trestle_rule.py
@@ -66,3 +66,21 @@ class TrestleRule(BaseModel):
     component: ComponentInfo
     parameter: Optional[Parameter]
     profile: Profile
+
+
+def get_default_rule() -> TrestleRule:
+    """Create a default rule for template purposes."""
+    return TrestleRule(
+        name="example rule",
+        description="example description",
+        component=ComponentInfo(
+            name="example component",
+            type="service",
+            description="example description",
+        ),
+        profile=Profile(
+            description="example profile",
+            href="example href",
+            include_controls=[Control(id="example")],
+        ),
+    )