diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4dc3e7c4..67db120c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ Keep it human-readable, your future self will thank you!
 
 ## [Unreleased](https://github.com/ecmwf/anemoi-datasets/compare/0.5.0...HEAD)
 
+### Added
+
+- Adding the user recipe in the dataset PR #59.
+
 ### Changed
 
 - Bug fix in create/rename
diff --git a/src/anemoi/datasets/commands/publish.py b/src/anemoi/datasets/commands/publish.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff407c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/anemoi/datasets/commands/publish.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import logging
+
+from . import Command
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class Publish(Command):
+    """Publish a dataset."""
+
+    # This is a command that is used to publish a dataset.
+    # it is a class, inheriting from Command.
+
+    internal = True
+    timestamp = True
+
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument("path", help="Path of the dataset to publish.")
+
+    def run(self, args):
+        try:
+            from anemoi.registry import publish_dataset
+        except ImportError:
+            LOG.error("anemoi-registry is not installed. Please install it to use this command.")
+            return
+
+        publish_dataset(args.path)
+
+
+command = Publish
diff --git a/src/anemoi/datasets/create/__init__.py b/src/anemoi/datasets/create/__init__.py
index 461aad73..d1026de3 100644
--- a/src/anemoi/datasets/create/__init__.py
+++ b/src/anemoi/datasets/create/__init__.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import time
 import uuid
 import warnings
+from copy import deepcopy
 from functools import cached_property
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -323,6 +324,43 @@ def build_input_(main_config, output_config):
     return builder
 
 
+def tidy_recipe(config: object):
+    """Remove potentially private information in the config"""
+    config = deepcopy(config)
+    if isinstance(config, (tuple, list)):
+        return [tidy_recipe(_) for _ in config]
+    if isinstance(config, (dict, DotDict)):
+        for k, v in config.items():
+            if k.startswith("_"):
+                config[k] = "*** REMOVED FOR SECURITY ***"
+            else:
+                config[k] = tidy_recipe(v)
+    if isinstance(config, str):
+        if config.startswith("_"):
+            return "*** REMOVED FOR SECURITY ***"
+        if config.startswith("s3://"):
+            return "*** REMOVED FOR SECURITY ***"
+        if config.startswith("gs://"):
+            return "*** REMOVED FOR SECURITY ***"
+        if config.startswith("http"):
+            return "*** REMOVED FOR SECURITY ***"
+        if config.startswith("ftp"):
+            return "*** REMOVED FOR SECURITY ***"
+        if config.startswith("file"):
+            return "*** REMOVED FOR SECURITY ***"
+        if config.startswith("ssh"):
+            return "*** REMOVED FOR SECURITY ***"
+        if config.startswith("scp"):
+            return "*** REMOVED FOR SECURITY ***"
+        if config.startswith("rsync"):
+            return "*** REMOVED FOR SECURITY ***"
+        if config.startswith("/"):
+            return "*** REMOVED FOR SECURITY ***"
+        if "@" in config:
+            return "*** REMOVED FOR SECURITY ***"
+    return config
+
+
 class Init(Actor, HasRegistryMixin, HasStatisticTempMixin, HasElementForDataMixin):
     dataset_class = NewDataset
     def __init__(self, path, config, check_name=False, overwrite=False, use_threads=False, statistics_temp_dir=None, progress=None, test=False, cache=None, **kwargs):  # fmt: skip
@@ -409,6 +447,7 @@ def _run(self):
         metadata.update(self.main_config.get("add_metadata", {}))
 
         metadata["_create_yaml_config"] = self.main_config.get_serialisable_dict()
+        metadata["recipe"] = tidy_recipe(self.main_config.get_serialisable_dict())
 
         metadata["description"] = self.main_config.description
         metadata["licence"] = self.main_config["licence"]