diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e184fc6..c8087e4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 [![dependencies Status](https://david-dm.org/vinsonchuong/ava-patterns/status.svg)](https://david-dm.org/vinsonchuong/ava-patterns)
 [![devDependencies Status](https://david-dm.org/vinsonchuong/ava-patterns/dev-status.svg)](https://david-dm.org/vinsonchuong/ava-patterns?type=dev)
 
-An awesome package
+Some useful helpers for tests in AVA.
 
 ## Usage
 Install [ava-patterns](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ava-patterns)
@@ -13,3 +13,20 @@ by running:
 ```sh
 yarn add ava-patterns
 ```
+
+### `useTemporaryDirectory()`
+Create a temporary directory and delete it (and its contents) at the end of the
+test.
+
+```js
+import test from 'ava'
+import * as path from 'path'
+import {promises as fs} from 'fs'
+import {useTemporaryDirectory} from 'ava-patterns'
+
+test('writing files', async (t) => {
+  const directory = await useTemporaryDirectory(t)
+  await fs.writeFile(path.join(directory, 'file.txt'), 'Hello World!')
+  t.pass()
+})
+```
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 6016c47..da7a21e 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export default 'Hello World!'
+export {default as useTemporaryDirectory} from './use-temporary-directory/index.js'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 18fe69e..7aa97c0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "ava-patterns",
   "version": "0.0.0",
-  "description": "An awesome package",
+  "description": "Some useful helpers for tests in AVA",
   "keywords": [],
   "homepage": "https://github.com/vinsonchuong/ava-patterns",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/vinsonchuong/ava-patterns/issues",
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@
     "release": "semantic-release"
   },
   "type": "module",
-  "dependencies": {},
+  "dependencies": {
+    "fs-extra": "^9.0.1",
+    "tempy": "^0.6.0"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "ava": "^3.12.1",
     "semantic-release": "^17.1.1",
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 31549e6..0000000
--- a/test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import test from 'ava'
-import greeting from './index.js'
-
-test('exporting "Hello World!"', (t) => {
-  t.is(greeting, 'Hello World!')
-})
diff --git a/use-temporary-directory/index.js b/use-temporary-directory/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b09d71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/use-temporary-directory/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import fs from 'fs-extra'
+import tempy from 'tempy'
+
+export default async function (t) {
+  const directory = tempy.directory()
+  await fs.ensureDir(directory)
+  t.teardown(async () => {
+    await fs.remove(directory)
+  })
+  return directory
+}
diff --git a/use-temporary-directory/index.test.js b/use-temporary-directory/index.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2d1a73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/use-temporary-directory/index.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import test from 'ava'
+import {promises as fs} from 'fs'
+import {useTemporaryDirectory} from '../index.js'
+
+test.serial('creating a directory', async (t) => {
+  const directory = await useTemporaryDirectory(t)
+
+  const stats = await fs.stat(directory)
+  t.true(stats.isDirectory())
+
+  global.directory = directory
+})
+
+test.serial('cleaning up the directory', async (t) => {
+  await t.throwsAsync(fs.stat(global.directory))
+})
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a03e45d..456f9fb 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1893,7 +1893,7 @@ debug@^3.1.0:
   dependencies:
     ms "^2.1.1"
 
-debuglog@*, debuglog@^1.0.1:
+debuglog@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/debuglog/-/debuglog-1.0.1.tgz#aa24ffb9ac3df9a2351837cfb2d279360cd78492"
   integrity sha1-qiT/uaw9+aI1GDfPstJ5NgzXhJI=
@@ -2915,7 +2915,7 @@ from2@^2.1.0, from2@^2.3.0:
     inherits "^2.0.1"
     readable-stream "^2.0.0"
 
-fs-extra@^9.0.0:
+fs-extra@^9.0.0, fs-extra@^9.0.1:
   version "9.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-9.0.1.tgz#910da0062437ba4c39fedd863f1675ccfefcb9fc"
   integrity sha512-h2iAoN838FqAFJY2/qVpzFXy+EBxfVE220PalAqQLDVsFOHLJrZvut5puAbCdNv6WJk+B8ihI+k0c7JK5erwqQ==
@@ -3494,7 +3494,7 @@ import-modules@^2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/import-modules/-/import-modules-2.0.0.tgz#9c1e13b4e7a15682f70a6e3fa29534e4540cfc5d"
   integrity sha512-iczM/v9drffdNnABOKwj0f9G3cFDon99VcG1mxeBsdqnbd+vnQ5c2uAiCHNQITqFTOPaEvwg3VjoWCur0uHLEw==
 
-imurmurhash@*, imurmurhash@^0.1.4:
+imurmurhash@^0.1.4:
   version "0.1.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/imurmurhash/-/imurmurhash-0.1.4.tgz#9218b9b2b928a238b13dc4fb6b6d576f231453ea"
   integrity sha1-khi5srkoojixPcT7a21XbyMUU+o=
@@ -4387,11 +4387,6 @@ lockfile@^1.0.4:
   dependencies:
     signal-exit "^3.0.2"
 
-lodash._baseindexof@*:
-  version "3.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash._baseindexof/-/lodash._baseindexof-3.1.0.tgz#fe52b53a1c6761e42618d654e4a25789ed61822c"
-  integrity sha1-/lK1OhxnYeQmGNZU5KJXie1hgiw=
-
 lodash._baseuniq@~4.6.0:
   version "4.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash._baseuniq/-/lodash._baseuniq-4.6.0.tgz#0ebb44e456814af7905c6212fa2c9b2d51b841e8"
@@ -4400,33 +4395,11 @@ lodash._baseuniq@~4.6.0:
     lodash._createset "~4.0.0"
     lodash._root "~3.0.0"
 
-lodash._bindcallback@*:
-  version "3.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash._bindcallback/-/lodash._bindcallback-3.0.1.tgz#e531c27644cf8b57a99e17ed95b35c748789392e"
-  integrity sha1-5THCdkTPi1epnhftlbNcdIeJOS4=
-
-lodash._cacheindexof@*:
-  version "3.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash._cacheindexof/-/lodash._cacheindexof-3.0.2.tgz#3dc69ac82498d2ee5e3ce56091bafd2adc7bde92"
-  integrity sha1-PcaayCSY0u5ePOVgkbr9Ktx73pI=
-
-lodash._createcache@*:
-  version "3.1.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash._createcache/-/lodash._createcache-3.1.2.tgz#56d6a064017625e79ebca6b8018e17440bdcf093"
-  integrity sha1-VtagZAF2JeeevKa4AY4XRAvc8JM=
-  dependencies:
-    lodash._getnative "^3.0.0"
-
 lodash._createset@~4.0.0:
   version "4.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash._createset/-/lodash._createset-4.0.3.tgz#0f4659fbb09d75194fa9e2b88a6644d363c9fe26"
   integrity sha1-D0ZZ+7CddRlPqeK4imZE02PJ/iY=
 
-lodash._getnative@*, lodash._getnative@^3.0.0:
-  version "3.9.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash._getnative/-/lodash._getnative-3.9.1.tgz#570bc7dede46d61cdcde687d65d3eecbaa3aaff5"
-  integrity sha1-VwvH3t5G1hzc3mh9ZdPuy6o6r/U=
-
 lodash._root@~3.0.0:
   version "3.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash._root/-/lodash._root-3.0.1.tgz#fba1c4524c19ee9a5f8136b4609f017cf4ded692"
@@ -4467,11 +4440,6 @@ lodash.isstring@^4.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.isstring/-/lodash.isstring-4.0.1.tgz#d527dfb5456eca7cc9bb95d5daeaf88ba54a5451"
   integrity sha1-1SfftUVuynzJu5XV2ur4i6VKVFE=
 
-lodash.restparam@*:
-  version "3.6.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.restparam/-/lodash.restparam-3.6.1.tgz#936a4e309ef330a7645ed4145986c85ae5b20805"
-  integrity sha1-k2pOMJ7zMKdkXtQUWYbIWuWyCAU=
-
 lodash.toarray@^4.4.0:
   version "4.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.toarray/-/lodash.toarray-4.4.0.tgz#24c4bfcd6b2fba38bfd0594db1179d8e9b656561"
@@ -7108,6 +7076,16 @@ tempy@^0.5.0:
     type-fest "^0.12.0"
     unique-string "^2.0.0"
 
+tempy@^0.6.0:
+  version "0.6.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tempy/-/tempy-0.6.0.tgz#65e2c35abc06f1124a97f387b08303442bde59f3"
+  integrity sha512-G13vtMYPT/J8A4X2SjdtBTphZlrp1gKv6hZiOjw14RCWg6GbHuQBGtjlx75xLbYV/wEc0D7G5K4rxKP/cXk8Bw==
+  dependencies:
+    is-stream "^2.0.0"
+    temp-dir "^2.0.0"
+    type-fest "^0.16.0"
+    unique-string "^2.0.0"
+
 term-size@^1.2.0:
   version "1.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/term-size/-/term-size-1.2.0.tgz#458b83887f288fc56d6fffbfad262e26638efa69"
@@ -7312,6 +7290,11 @@ type-fest@^0.13.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/type-fest/-/type-fest-0.13.1.tgz#0172cb5bce80b0bd542ea348db50c7e21834d934"
   integrity sha512-34R7HTnG0XIJcBSn5XhDd7nNFPRcXYRZrBB2O2jdKqYODldSzBAqzsWoZYYvduky73toYS/ESqxPvkDf/F0XMg==
 
+type-fest@^0.16.0:
+  version "0.16.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/type-fest/-/type-fest-0.16.0.tgz#3240b891a78b0deae910dbeb86553e552a148860"
+  integrity sha512-eaBzG6MxNzEn9kiwvtre90cXaNLkmadMWa1zQMs3XORCXNbsH/OewwbxC5ia9dCxIxnTAsSxXJaa/p5y8DlvJg==
+
 type-fest@^0.3.0:
   version "0.3.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/type-fest/-/type-fest-0.3.1.tgz#63d00d204e059474fe5e1b7c011112bbd1dc29e1"