diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fae664a..17aab5d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 module github.com/anthdm/slick
 
-go 1.21.0
+go 1.21
 
 require (
 	github.com/a-h/templ v0.2.476
 	github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.3.0
+	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
+	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 )
 
-require github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1a163ab..642ebf6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
 github.com/a-h/templ v0.2.476 h1:+H4hP4CwK4kfJwXsE6kHeFWMGtcVOVoOm/I64uzARBk=
 github.com/a-h/templ v0.2.476/go.mod h1:zQ95mSyadNTGHv6k5Fm+wQU8zkBMMbHCHg7eAvUZKNM=
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.3/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
+github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
+github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 h1:7eLL/+HRGLY0ldzfGMeQkb7vMd0as4CfYvUVzLqw0N0=
 github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1/go.mod h1:f4LDr5Voq0i2e/R5DDNOoa2zzDfwtkZa6DnEwAbqwq4=
 github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.3.0 h1:U0609e9tgbseu3rBINet9P48AI/D3oJs4dN7jwJOQ1U=
 github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.3.0/go.mod h1:JR6WtHb+2LUe8TCKY3cZOxFyyO8IZAc4RVcycCCAKdM=
+github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0 h1:7aJaZx1B85qltLMc546zn58BxxfZdR/W22ej9CFoEf0=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0/go.mod h1:WXLWApfZ71AjXPya3WOlMsY9yMs7YeiHhFVlvLyhcho=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/slick/cmd.go b/slick/cmd.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..194e03e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slick/cmd.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+type commandFunc func() *cobra.Command
+
+type cli struct {
+	cmds []commandFunc
+}
+
+func NewCommand() *cli {
+	return &cli{
+		cmds: make([]commandFunc, 0),
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *cli) Register(cmds ...commandFunc) {
+	c.cmds = append(c.cmds, cmds...)
+}
+
+func (c *cli) Execute() {
+	rootCmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "slick",
+		Short: "Slick CLI",
+		Long:  "Slick web framework",
+	}
+
+	for _, command := range c.cmds {
+		rootCmd.AddCommand(command())
+	}
+
+	rootCmd.Execute()
+}
diff --git a/slick/main.go b/slick/main.go
index 2c8ff83..d4b2b38 100644
--- a/slick/main.go
+++ b/slick/main.go
@@ -6,111 +6,167 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-func usage() {
-	fmt.Println("help....")
-	os.Exit(0)
+func main() {
+	cmd := NewCommand()
+	cmd.Register(
+		runProject,
+		installProject,
+		generateProject,
+		generateModel,
+		generateView,
+		generateHandler,
+	)
+
+	cmd.Execute()
 }
 
-func main() {
-	args := os.Args
-	if len(args) < 2 {
-		usage()
-	}
-	cmd := os.Args[1]
-
-	switch cmd {
-	case "run":
-		if _, err := os.Stat("cmd/main.go"); err != nil {
-			fmt.Println("not in slick app root: cmd/main.go not found")
-			os.Exit(1)
-		}
-		if err := exec.Command("templ", "generate").Run(); err != nil {
-			fmt.Println(err)
-			os.Exit(1)
-		}
-		exec.Command("go", "run", "cmd/main.go").Run()
-	case "install":
-		if err := installProject(); err != nil {
-			fmt.Println(err)
-		}
-	case "new":
-		if len(os.Args) != 3 {
-			usage()
-		}
-		name := os.Args[2]
-		if err := generateProject(name); err != nil {
-			fmt.Println(err)
-		}
+func runProject() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "run",
+		Example: "slick run",
+		Short:   "Run slick development server",
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			if _, err := os.Stat("cmd/main.go"); err != nil {
+				fmt.Println("not in slick app root: cmd/main.go not found")
+				return
+			}
+			if err := exec.Command("templ", "generate").Run(); err != nil {
+				fmt.Println(err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			if err := exec.Command("go", "run", "cmd/main.go").Run(); err != nil {
+				fmt.Println(err)
+			}
+		},
 	}
 }
 
-func generateProject(name string) error {
-	fmt.Println("creating new slick project:", name)
-	if err := os.Mkdir(name, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
-		return err
+func installProject() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "install",
+		Aliases: []string{"i"},
+		Example: "slick install",
+		Short:   "Install project's dependency",
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			start := time.Now()
+			fmt.Println("installing project...")
+			if err := exec.Command("go", "get", "github.com/anthdm/slick@latest").Run(); err != nil {
+				fmt.Println(err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			if err := exec.Command("go", "get", "github.com/a-h/templ").Run(); err != nil {
+				fmt.Println(err)
+				return
+			}
+			if err := exec.Command("templ", "generate").Run(); err != nil {
+				fmt.Println(err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			fmt.Printf("done installing project in %v\n", time.Since(start))
+		},
 	}
+}
 
-	folders := []string{"model", "handler", "view", "cmd", "public"}
-
-	for _, folder := range folders {
-		if err := os.Mkdir(name+"/"+folder, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+func generateProject() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "new",
+		Example: "slick new hello-world",
+		Short:   "Create new slick project",
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			name := args[0]
+
+			fmt.Println("creating new slick project:", name)
+			if err := os.Mkdir(name, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+				fmt.Println(err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			folders := []string{"model", "handler", "view", "cmd", "public"}
+
+			for _, folder := range folders {
+				if err := os.Mkdir(name+"/"+folder, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+					fmt.Println(err)
+				}
+			}
+
+			// TODO: imrpove this error handling
+			if err := os.WriteFile(name+"/go.mod", writeGoModContents(name), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+				fmt.Println(err)
+			}
+			if err := os.WriteFile(name+"/.air.toml", writeAirTomlContents(), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+				fmt.Println(err)
+			}
+			if err := os.WriteFile(name+"/.env", writeEnvFileContents(), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+				fmt.Println(err)
+			}
+			if err := os.WriteFile(name+"/.gitignore", writeGitignore(), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+				fmt.Println(err)
+			}
+			if err := os.WriteFile(name+"/public/app.css", []byte(""), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+				fmt.Println(err)
+			}
+			if err := os.WriteFile(name+"/cmd/main.go", writeMainContents(name), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+				fmt.Println(err)
+			}
+			if err := os.WriteFile(name+"/handler/hello.go", writeHandlerContent(name), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+				fmt.Println(err)
+			}
+			if err := os.Mkdir(name+"/view/hello", os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+				fmt.Println(err)
+			}
+			if err := os.Mkdir(name+"/view/layout", os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+				fmt.Println(err)
+			}
+			if err := os.WriteFile(name+"/view/layout/base.templ", writeBaseLayoutContent(), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+				fmt.Println(err)
+			}
+			if err := os.WriteFile(name+"/view/hello/hello.templ", writeViewContent(name), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+				fmt.Println(err)
+			}
+		},
 	}
+}
 
-	if err := os.WriteFile(name+"/go.mod", writeGoModContents(name), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := os.WriteFile(name+"/.air.toml", writeAirTomlContents(), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := os.WriteFile(name+"/.env", writeEnvFileContents(), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := os.WriteFile(name+"/.gitignore", writeGitignore(), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := os.WriteFile(name+"/public/app.css", []byte(""), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := os.WriteFile(name+"/cmd/main.go", writeMainContents(name), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
-		return err
+func generateModel() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "model",
+		Example: "slick model user",
+		Short:   "Generate new model",
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			// TODO:
+		},
 	}
-	if err := os.WriteFile(name+"/handler/hello.go", writeHandlerContent(name), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := os.Mkdir(name+"/view/hello", os.ModePerm); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := os.Mkdir(name+"/view/layout", os.ModePerm); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := os.WriteFile(name+"/view/layout/base.templ", writeBaseLayoutContent(), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := os.WriteFile(name+"/view/hello/hello.templ", writeViewContent(name), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
 }
 
-func installProject() error {
-	start := time.Now()
-	fmt.Println("installing project...")
-	if err := exec.Command("go", "get", "github.com/anthdm/slick@latest").Run(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := exec.Command("go", "get", "github.com/a-h/templ").Run(); err != nil {
-		return err
+func generateView() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "view",
+		Example: "slick view user",
+		Short:   "Generate new view",
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			// TODO:
+
+		},
 	}
-	if err := exec.Command("templ", "generate").Run(); err != nil {
-		return err
+}
+
+func generateHandler() *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "handler",
+		Example: "slick handler home",
+		Short:   "Generate new handler",
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			// TODO:
+
+		},
 	}
-	fmt.Printf("done installing project in %v\n", time.Since(start))
-	return nil
 }
 
 func writeEnvFileContents() []byte {
@@ -130,6 +186,7 @@ func writeMainContents(mod string) []byte {
 package main
 
 import (
+	"log"
 	"github.com/anthdm/slick"
 	"%s/handler"
 )