diff --git a/lib/custom_wizard/guardian.rb b/lib/custom_wizard/guardian.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c453f509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/custom_wizard/guardian.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+class CustomWizard::Guardian
+  def initialize(user)
+    @user = user
+  end
+
+  def can_edit_topic?(topic)
+    creating_wizard = topic.wizard_created.presence
+    return false unless creating_wizard
+
+    wizard_builder = CustomWizard::Builder.new(creating_wizard, @user)
+    wizard = wizard_builder.build
+    wizard_actions = wizard.actions
+    return false if wizard_actions.empty?
+
+    create_topic_action = wizard_actions.find do |action|
+      action['type'] === 'create_topic'
+    end
+
+    return wizard_can_create_topic_on_category?(action, topic)
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def wizard_can_create_topic_on_category?(action, topic)
+    return false unless topic.category.present?
+
+    category = CustomWizard::Mapper.new(
+      inputs: action['category'],
+      data: 
+    )
+  end
+end
diff --git a/plugin.rb b/plugin.rb
index 7e8c50e9..d412c76b 100644
--- a/plugin.rb
+++ b/plugin.rb
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ after_initialize do
     ../lib/custom_wizard/submission.rb
     ../lib/custom_wizard/template.rb
     ../lib/custom_wizard/wizard.rb
+    ../lib/custom_wizard/guardian.rb
     ../lib/custom_wizard/api/api.rb
     ../lib/custom_wizard/api/authorization.rb
     ../lib/custom_wizard/api/endpoint.rb
diff --git a/spec/components/custom_wizard/guardian_spec.rb b/spec/components/custom_wizard/guardian_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb7578d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/components/custom_wizard/guardian_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+require_relative '../../plugin_helper'
+
+describe CustomWizard::Guardian do
+  
+end