diff --git a/doc/grammar.bnf b/doc/grammar.bnf
index 78ec232..7b95608 100644
--- a/doc/grammar.bnf
+++ b/doc/grammar.bnf
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@ DEPS ::= LITERAL*
 BLOCK ::= obrace CMD_LST cbrace
 CMD_LST ::= (CMD (comma CMD)* comma?)?
 CMD ::= LITERAL*
-LITERAL ::= ident | var | ARRAY | INDEX
+LITERAL ::=
+| ident
+| var
+| generic
+| ARRAY
+| INDEX
+
 
 VAR_DECL ::= var assign (LITERAL | ARRAY | INDEX)
 ARRAY ::= opar LITERAL* cpar
diff --git a/src/Interpreter.cpp b/src/Interpreter.cpp
index 2c5d21b..4924467 100644
--- a/src/Interpreter.cpp
+++ b/src/Interpreter.cpp
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ namespace sn
                   }
               }
           }
+        else
+          {
+            // TODO TRY GENERICS
+            std::cout << "-> " << file << std::endl;
+          }
 
         m_state->update(file);
       }
@@ -407,12 +412,20 @@ namespace sn
         auto deps = *node->get(1);
         auto block = *node->get(2);
 
+        if (!target_node->collect(NODE_GENERIC).empty()
+            || !deps->collect(NODE_GENERIC).empty())
+          // Generic rule here
+          {
+            break;
+          }
+
         std::vector<std::string> target_values;
         std::vector<std::string> target_values_verbatim;
 
         for (size_t i=0; i<target_node->size(); i++)
           {
             auto t = *target_node->get(i);
+
             auto values = get_value(t);
 
             std::copy(std::begin(values), std::end(values),
diff --git a/src/Interpreter.hpp b/src/Interpreter.hpp
index 134d334..6d19310 100644
--- a/src/Interpreter.hpp
+++ b/src/Interpreter.hpp
@@ -14,6 +14,25 @@ namespace sn
 {
   SN_ERROR(run_error);
 
+  /**
+   * Represents a snakefile value.
+   * (e.g a file, an array of files ...)
+   **/
+  struct Value {
+    Value(std::filesystem::path p_file)
+      : file { p_file }
+    {
+    }
+
+    Value(std::vector<std::filesystem::path> p_array)
+      : array { p_array }
+    {
+    }
+
+    std::optional<std::filesystem::path> file;
+    std::optional<std::vector<std::filesystem::path>> array;
+  };
+
   /**
    * Process a snakefile AST and run build commands.
    * @see Node
diff --git a/src/Lexer.cpp b/src/Lexer.cpp
index a43d877..0c86df8 100644
--- a/src/Lexer.cpp
+++ b/src/Lexer.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ namespace sn
     add_text("}", NODE_CBRACE);
     add_text(",", NODE_COMMA);
 
+    m_scanners.push_back(std::bind(&Lexer::scan_generic, this));
     m_scanners.push_back(std::bind(&Lexer::scan_var, this));
     m_scanners.push_back(std::bind(&Lexer::scan_ident, this));
   }
@@ -193,4 +194,39 @@ namespace sn
 
     return std::nullopt;
   }
+
+  std::optional<ScanInfo> Lexer::scan_generic()
+  {
+    size_t cursor = m_cursor;
+    std::string repr;
+
+    if (cursor < m_source.size()
+           && m_source[cursor] == '^')
+      {
+        repr += '^';
+        cursor++;
+      }
+    else
+      {
+        return std::nullopt;
+      }
+
+    while (cursor < m_source.size()
+           && !is_separator(m_source[cursor]))
+      {
+        repr += m_source[cursor];
+        cursor++;
+      }
+
+    if (repr.empty() == false)
+      {
+        return ScanInfo {
+          cursor,
+          NODE_GENERIC,
+          repr.substr(1)
+        };
+      }
+
+    return std::nullopt;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/Lexer.hpp b/src/Lexer.hpp
index 0763bcd..0aa41aa 100644
--- a/src/Lexer.hpp
+++ b/src/Lexer.hpp
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ namespace sn
 
     std::optional<ScanInfo> scan_ident();
     std::optional<ScanInfo> scan_var();
+    std::optional<ScanInfo> scan_generic();
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Node.cpp b/src/Node.cpp
index 62ea647..32695e0 100644
--- a/src/Node.cpp
+++ b/src/Node.cpp
@@ -53,4 +53,24 @@ namespace sn
 
     return ss.str();
   }
+
+  std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Node>> Node::collect(NodeType type)
+  {
+    std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Node>> results;
+
+    if (m_type == type)
+      {
+        return {shared_from_this()};
+      }
+
+    for (auto child: m_children)
+      {
+        auto collected = child->collect(type);
+
+        std::copy(std::begin(collected), std::end(collected),
+                  std::back_inserter(results));
+      }
+
+    return results;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/Node.hpp b/src/Node.hpp
index 0e68063..d490340 100644
--- a/src/Node.hpp
+++ b/src/Node.hpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define sn_NODE_HPP
 
 #include "commons.hpp"
+#include <memory>
 
 #define NODE_TYPES(G)                                                   \
   G(NODE_DOC), G(NODE_IDENT), G(NODE_RARROW), G(NODE_OBRACE),           \
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@
     G(NODE_BLOCK), G(NODE_TARGET), G(NODE_DEPS), G(NODE_RULE),          \
     G(NODE_VAR), G(NODE_ASSIGN), G(NODE_VAR_DECL), G(NODE_OPAR),        \
     G(NODE_CPAR), G(NODE_ARRAY), G(NODE_INDEX), G(NODE_OSQUARE),        \
-    G(NODE_CSQUARE)
+    G(NODE_CSQUARE), G(NODE_GENERIC)
 
 namespace sn
 {
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ namespace sn
   /**
    * A node is an element of the snake AST.
    **/
-  class Node
+  class Node: public std::enable_shared_from_this<Node>
   {
   public:
     explicit Node(NodeType type, std::string const& repr="");
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ namespace sn
     std::optional<std::shared_ptr<Node>> get(size_t index);
 
     std::string string() const;
+    std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Node>> collect(NodeType type);
 
   private:
     NodeType m_type;
diff --git a/src/Parser.cpp b/src/Parser.cpp
index 7d4b144..46d8b67 100644
--- a/src/Parser.cpp
+++ b/src/Parser.cpp
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ namespace sn
       }
 
     if (type_is(NODE_IDENT)
-        || type_is(NODE_VAR))
+        || type_is(NODE_VAR)
+        || type_is(NODE_GENERIC))
       {
         return *consume();
       }
diff --git a/tests/Interpreter.cpp b/tests/Interpreter.cpp
index b746663..d470704 100644
--- a/tests/Interpreter.cpp
+++ b/tests/Interpreter.cpp
@@ -452,3 +452,39 @@ TEST_CASE_METHOD(InterpreterTest, "Interpreter_array_constructor")
       test_contains(result, res);
     }
 }
+
+TEST_CASE_METHOD(InterpreterTest, "Interpreter_generics", "[.]")
+{
+  SECTION("no rule to apply")
+    {
+      std::stringstream ss;
+      ss << "^.o -> ^.cpp {" << std::endl;
+      ss << "$IN $OUT" << std::endl;
+      ss << "}" << std::endl;
+
+      auto res = TEST_RUN(ss.str(), std::filesystem::path("a"));
+      REQUIRE(res.empty());
+    }
+
+    SECTION("call left")
+    {
+      std::stringstream ss;
+      ss << "^.o -> ^.cpp ^.el {" << std::endl;
+      ss << "$IN $OUT" << std::endl;
+      ss << "}" << std::endl;
+
+      auto res = TEST_RUN(ss.str(), std::filesystem::path("a.cpp"));
+      test_contains("a.o a.cpp", res);
+    }
+
+    SECTION("call right")
+    {
+      std::stringstream ss;
+      ss << "^.o -> ^.cpp ^.el {" << std::endl;
+      ss << "$IN $OUT" << std::endl;
+      ss << "}" << std::endl;
+
+      auto res = TEST_RUN(ss.str(), std::filesystem::path("a.el"));
+      test_contains("a.o a.el", res);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Lexer.cpp b/tests/Lexer.cpp
index 43aa6bd..f84af44 100644
--- a/tests/Lexer.cpp
+++ b/tests/Lexer.cpp
@@ -62,3 +62,14 @@ TEST_CASE_METHOD(LexerTest, "Lexer_arrays")
   test_next("CSQUARE");
   test_end();
 }
+
+TEST_CASE_METHOD(LexerTest, "Lexer_generic")
+{
+  m_lexer.scan(" ^.o ^.cpp ^.tar.gz ");
+
+  test_next("GENERIC[.o]");
+  test_next("GENERIC[.cpp]");
+  test_next("GENERIC[.tar.gz]");
+
+  test_end();
+}
diff --git a/tests/Parser.cpp b/tests/Parser.cpp
index f0e3a10..744b8c4 100644
--- a/tests/Parser.cpp
+++ b/tests/Parser.cpp
@@ -216,3 +216,20 @@ TEST_CASE_METHOD(ParserTest, "Parser_replace_ext_index")
              ")))",
              ss.str());
 }
+
+TEST_CASE_METHOD(ParserTest, "Parser_generic")
+{
+  std::stringstream ss;
+  ss << " ^.o -> ^.c {" << std::endl;
+  ss << " g++ $IN -o $OUT " << std::endl;
+  ss << " }" << std::endl;
+
+  test_parse("DOC("
+             "RULE("
+             "TARGET(GENERIC[.o])"
+             ",DEPS(GENERIC[.c])"
+             ",BLOCK("
+             "CMD(IDENT[g++],VAR[IN],IDENT[-o],VAR[OUT])"
+             ")))",
+             ss.str());
+}