The present disclosure relates to computer systems and computer-implemented methods for automatically enabling natural language rules in a structured rule engine. In one example, the method includes receiving an input identifying an unstructured query corresponding to a particular application associated with a rules framework associated with a pre-defined query structure format, analyzing the received input based on a first set of design time artifacts associated with the particular application and a second set of design time artifacts associated with the rules framework, the first set of artifacts uniquely associated with the particular application and the second set of artifacts generically associated with the rules framework, wherein the second set of design time artifacts are applied commonly to a plurality of different applications. A structured query for the particular application is generated in the pre-defined query structure format of the rules framework based on the first and second set of artifacts.