diff --git a/src/components/list-field/Docs.mdx b/src/components/list-field/Docs.mdx
index 095727d..7a94116 100644
--- a/src/components/list-field/Docs.mdx
+++ b/src/components/list-field/Docs.mdx
@@ -22,27 +22,32 @@ import { ListField } from "@form-atoms/field";
 <Canvas sourceState="none" of={ListFieldStories.Primary} />
 
 ```tsx
-import { formAtom, fieldAtom } from "form-atoms";
-import { ListField } from "@form-atoms/field";
+import { formAtom } from "form-atoms";
+import { ListField, textField, listFieldBuilder } from "@form-atoms/field";
+
+// listFieldBulder creates a builder which helps initialize form fields for you
+// the callback item shape is based on the callback form fields returned from it!
+const envVarsBuilder = listFieldBuilder((item: { variable; value }) => ({
+  variable: textField({ name: "variable", value: variable }),
+  value: textField({ name: "value", value: value }),
+  // Uncommenting the following line will make item.owner property available!
+  // owner: textField({ name: "owner" }),
+}));
 
 const envForm = formAtom({
-  envVars: [
-    {
-      name: fieldAtom({ value: "API_KEY" }),
-      value: fieldAtom({ value: "ff52d09a" }),
-    },
-  ],
+  // call the builder with your data, when initializing the form
+  envVars: envVarsBuilder([
+    { variable: "GITHUB_TOKEN", value: "ff52d09a" },
+    { variable: "NPM_TOKEN", value: "deepsecret" },
+  ]),
 });
 
 const Example = () => (
   <ListField
     form={envForm}
     path={["envVars"]}
-    keyFrom="name"
-    builder={() => ({
-      name: fieldAtom({ value: "" }),
-      value: fieldAtom({ value: "" }),
-    })}
+    keyFrom="variable"
+    builder={envVarsBuilder}
     AddItemButton={({ add }) => (
       <button type="button" className="outline" onClick={add}>
         Add environment variable
@@ -63,12 +68,12 @@ const Example = () => (
         }}
       >
         <InputField
-          atom={fields.name}
-          render={(props) => <input {...props} placeholder="Name" />}
+          atom={fields.variable}
+          render={(props) => <input {...props} placeholder="Variable Name" />}
         />
         <InputField
           atom={fields.value}
-          render={(props) => <input {...props} placeholder="Value" />}
+          render={(props) => <input {...props} placeholder="Variable Value" />}
         />
         <RemoveItemButton />
       </div>
diff --git a/src/components/list-field/ListField.stories.tsx b/src/components/list-field/ListField.stories.tsx
index 6845e97..77faa52 100644
--- a/src/components/list-field/ListField.stories.tsx
+++ b/src/components/list-field/ListField.stories.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import {
   ListField,
   RemoveItemButtonProps,
 } from "./ListField";
+import { listFieldBuilder } from "./listFieldBuilder";
+import { textField } from "../../fields";
 import { checkboxField } from "../../fields/checkbox-field";
 import { formStory, meta } from "../../scenarios/StoryForm";
 import { FieldLabel } from "../field-label";
@@ -15,33 +17,33 @@ export default {
   title: "components/ListField",
 };
 
+const envVarsBuilder = listFieldBuilder(({ variable, value }) => ({
+  variable: textField({ name: "variable", value: variable }),
+  value: textField({ name: "value", value: value }),
+}));
+
 export const Primary = formStory({
   parameters: {
     docs: {
       description: {
         story:
-          "The array field enables you to capture list of items with the same attributes. It offers `add` and `remove` callbacks to append new item or drop existing one.",
+          "The array field enables you to capture list of items with the same attributes. It offers `add` and `remove` callbacks to append new item or drop an existing one.",
       },
     },
   },
   args: {
     fields: {
-      envVars: [
-        {
-          name: fieldAtom({ value: "API_KEY" }),
-          value: fieldAtom({ value: "ff52d09a" }),
-        },
-      ],
+      envVars: envVarsBuilder([
+        { variable: "GITHUB_TOKEN", value: "ff52d09a" },
+        { variable: "NPM_TOKEN", value: "deepsecret" },
+      ]),
     },
     children: ({ form }) => (
       <ListField
         form={form}
         path={["envVars"]}
-        keyFrom="name"
-        builder={() => ({
-          name: fieldAtom({ value: "" }),
-          value: fieldAtom({ value: "" }),
-        })}
+        keyFrom="variable"
+        builder={envVarsBuilder}
         AddItemButton={({ add }) => (
           <button type="button" className="outline" onClick={add}>
             Add environment variable
@@ -58,12 +60,16 @@ export const Primary = formStory({
             }}
           >
             <InputField
-              atom={fields.name}
-              render={(props) => <input {...props} placeholder="Name" />}
+              atom={fields.variable}
+              render={(props) => (
+                <input {...props} placeholder="Variable Name" />
+              )}
             />
             <InputField
               atom={fields.value}
-              render={(props) => <input {...props} placeholder="Value" />}
+              render={(props) => (
+                <input {...props} placeholder="Variable Value" />
+              )}
             />
             <RemoveItemButton />
           </div>
diff --git a/src/components/list-field/index.ts b/src/components/list-field/index.ts
index eef7a83..8d282ab 100644
--- a/src/components/list-field/index.ts
+++ b/src/components/list-field/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export * from "./ListField";
 export * from "./useListFieldActions";
+export * from "./listFieldBuilder";
diff --git a/src/components/list-field/listFieldBuilder.test-d.ts b/src/components/list-field/listFieldBuilder.test-d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83fc105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/list-field/listFieldBuilder.test-d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { expectTypeOf, test } from "vitest";
+
+import { listFieldBuilder } from "./listFieldBuilder";
+import { textField } from "../../fields";
+
+test("listFieldBuilder - cannot build with random data", () => {
+  const addressBuilder = listFieldBuilder(({ street }) => ({
+    street: textField({ name: "street", value: street }),
+  }));
+
+  expectTypeOf(addressBuilder).toBeCallableWith([{ street: "foo" }]);
+
+  // Doesnt work for no-argument (due to function overload)
+  // https://github.com/mmkal/expect-type/issues/30
+  // expectTypeOf(addressBuilder).toBeCallableWith();
+
+  // TODO: expect-type issue
+  // expectTypeOf(addressBuilder).not.toBeCallableWith([{ notStreet: "foo" }]);
+});
diff --git a/src/components/list-field/listFieldBuilder.test.ts b/src/components/list-field/listFieldBuilder.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a790c03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/list-field/listFieldBuilder.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { renderHook } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { formAtom, useFormValues } from "form-atoms";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { listFieldBuilder } from "./listFieldBuilder";
+import { textField } from "../../fields";
+
+describe("listFieldBuilder()", () => {
+  describe("building plain atoms", () => {
+    const builder = listFieldBuilder((value) =>
+      textField({ name: "street", value }),
+    );
+
+    it("initializes empty atom when called without argument", async () => {
+      const field = builder();
+
+      const form = formAtom({ test: field });
+      const { result } = renderHook(() => useFormValues(form));
+
+      expect(result.current).toEqual({ test: "" });
+    });
+
+    it("initialized multiple items", async () => {
+      const streets = builder(["foo", "bar"]);
+
+      const form = formAtom({ streets });
+      const { result } = renderHook(() => useFormValues(form));
+
+      expect(result.current).toEqual({ streets: ["foo", "bar"] });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("building form fields object", () => {
+    const addressBuilder = listFieldBuilder(({ street, city }) => ({
+      street: textField({ name: "street", value: street }),
+      city: textField({ name: "city", value: city }),
+    }));
+
+    it("initializes empty form fields when called without argument", async () => {
+      const fields = addressBuilder();
+
+      const form = formAtom(fields);
+      const { result } = renderHook(() => useFormValues(form));
+
+      expect(result.current).toEqual({ street: "", city: "" });
+    });
+
+    it("initialized multiple items", async () => {
+      const addresses = addressBuilder([
+        { city: "Kosice", street: "Hlavna" },
+        { city: "Bratislava", street: "Hrad" },
+      ]);
+
+      const form = formAtom({ addresses });
+      const { result } = renderHook(() => useFormValues(form));
+
+      expect(result.current).toEqual({
+        addresses: [
+          { city: "Kosice", street: "Hlavna" },
+          { city: "Bratislava", street: "Hrad" },
+        ],
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/list-field/listFieldBuilder.ts b/src/components/list-field/listFieldBuilder.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..057e6ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/list-field/listFieldBuilder.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { FieldAtom, FormFieldValues, FormFields } from "form-atoms";
+import { ExtractAtomValue } from "jotai";
+
+type FieldAtomValue<T extends FieldAtom<any>> = ExtractAtomValue<
+  ExtractAtomValue<T>["value"]
+>;
+
+type ListFieldItems = FieldAtom<any> | FormFields;
+
+type ListFieldValue<T extends ListFieldItems> = T extends FieldAtom<any>
+  ? FieldAtomValue<T>
+  : T extends FormFields
+    ? FormFieldValues<T>
+    : never;
+
+// actual type must be one of overloads, as this one is ignored
+export function listFieldBuilder<
+  Fields extends ListFieldItems,
+  Value = ListFieldValue<Fields>,
+>(builder: (value: Value) => Fields) {
+  let emptyValue: undefined | Value = undefined;
+  try {
+    // test if builder is 'atomBuilder', e.g. returns plain atom
+    // @ts-expect-error this is a test call
+    builder(undefined);
+  } catch {
+    // builder is 'fieldsBuilder', e.g. it returns Record<string, fieldAtom>
+    emptyValue = {} as Value;
+  }
+
+  function buildFields(): Fields;
+  function buildFields(data: ListFieldValue<Fields>[]): Fields[];
+  function buildFields(data?: ListFieldValue<Fields>[]) {
+    if (data) {
+      return data.map(builder);
+    } else {
+      // @ts-expect-error empty call
+      return builder(emptyValue);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return buildFields;
+}