Can I Create An Auto Tone Plus Half Stop Preset?

In Lightroom 2+ I really love the new Auto Tone, it gets me much closer, much faster. However, I'm wondering if there is anyway to (probably with a text editor) create a preset like do Auto Tone and then add .25 exposure.
Should I be looking at a different feature? Can I somehow apply the history of one image to another?
Thanks!
Justin

Select all images in the grid, hit autotone, then hit the small right arrow in quick develop.

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