diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e57a8f5..68dede1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-/verti/
\ No newline at end of file
+/verti/
+/AGENTS.md
+/build/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22fba82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.PHONY: build test
+
+BIN := build/miro
+
+build:
+	mkdir -p build
+	go build -o $(BIN) ./cmd/miro
+
+test:
+	go test ./...
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e69de29..0dc15e2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a lean cli e2e testing framework written in go
diff --git a/cmd/init.go b/cmd/init.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d605561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/init.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"miro/internal/miro"
+	"miro/internal/output"
+)
+
+func runInit(args []string) int {
+	if len(args) != 0 {
+		output.Printf("unknown init option: %s\n", strings.Join(args, " "))
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	if err := miro.Init(); err != nil {
+		output.Printf("%v\n", err)
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	output.Println("Done initialising...")
+	return 0
+}
diff --git a/cmd/miro/main.go b/cmd/miro/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60e8e42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/miro/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"miro/cmd"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	os.Exit(cmd.Run(os.Args[1:]))
+}
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbddbae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package cmd
+
+import "miro/internal/output"
+
+// Run parses top-level CLI args and returns a process exit code.
+func Run(args []string) int {
+	if len(args) == 0 {
+		output.Println("unknown command")
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	switch args[0] {
+	case "init":
+		return runInit(args[1:])
+	default:
+		output.Printf("unknown command: %s\n", args[0])
+		return 1
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/miro/init.go b/internal/miro/init.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2a7fcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/miro/init.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package miro
+
+// Init is the current no-op initializer placeholder.
+func Init() error {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/output/output.go b/internal/output/output.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a00bf33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/output/output.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package output
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+const (
+	bold     = "\x1b[1m"
+	italic   = "\x1b[3m"
+	wordmark = "\x1b[38;2;112;224;0m"
+	chevron  = "\x1b[38;2;29;211;176m"
+	reset    = "\x1b[0m"
+	prefix   = wordmark + bold + italic + "miro" + reset + " " + chevron + bold + italic + "›" + reset + " "
+)
+
+func Prefix() string {
+	return prefix
+}
+
+func Format(msg string) string {
+	body := strings.TrimRight(msg, "\n")
+	suffix := msg[len(body):]
+	return Prefix() + body + suffix
+}
+
+func Println(msg string) {
+	fmt.Println(Format(msg))
+}
+
+func Printf(format string, args ...any) {
+	fmt.Print(Format(fmt.Sprintf(format, args...)))
+}