diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2075da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+index.js
+release
+linux
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30a8d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#FROM golang:latest as build-env
+FROM scratch
+#COPY --from=build-env /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt /etc/ssl/certs/
+ARG TARGETOS
+ARG TARGETARCH
+ADD /${TARGETOS}/${TARGETARCH} /
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 82ee780..05e511a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1,100 @@
-# snippets
\ No newline at end of file
+# Snippets
+
+**Snippets** generates VSCode code snippets from snippets yam file.
+
+> Snippets is a small tool (without dependency)
+
+## Usage
+
+```bash
+snippets generate \
+  --input samples/js.yml \
+  --output ../.vscode/js.code-snippets 
+```
+
+### Input `yaml` file (example)
+
+```yaml
+snippet hello world:
+  prefix: "js-plugin-hello-world"
+  name: "hello world"
+  description: "This is the hello world plugin"
+  scope: "javascript"
+  body: |
+    function helloWorld() {
+      console.log("👋 hello world 🌍")
+    }
+
+snippet good morning:
+  prefix: "js-plugin-good-morning"
+  name: "good morning"
+  description: "this is the good morning plugin"
+  scope: "javascript"
+  body: |
+    function goodMorning(name) {
+      console.log("👋", name, "${1:message}")
+      console.log("${2:message}")
+    }
+
+```
+
+### Output `json` file (example)
+
+```json
+{
+  "good morning": {
+    "body": [
+      "function goodMorning(name) {",
+      "  console.log(\"👋\", name, \"${1:message}\")",
+      "  console.log(\"${2:message}\")",
+      "}",
+      ""
+    ],
+    "description": "this is the good morning plugin",
+    "prefix": "js-plugin-good-morning",
+    "scope": "javascript"
+  },
+  "hello world": {
+    "body": [
+      "function helloWorld() {",
+      "  console.log(\"👋 hello world 🌍\")",
+      "}",
+      ""
+    ],
+    "description": "This is the hello world plugin",
+    "prefix": "js-plugin-hello-world",
+    "scope": "javascript"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+## Install
+
+### Linux or MacOS
+
+```bash
+SNIPPETS_VERSION="0.0.0"
+SNIPPETS_OS="linux" # or darwin
+SNIPPETS_ARCH="arm64" # or amd64
+wget https://github.com/bots-garden/snippets/releases/download/v${SNIPPETS_VERSION}/minism-v${SNIPPETS_VERSION}-${SNIPPETS_OS}-${SNIPPETS_ARCH}
+cp snippets-v${SNIPPETS_VERSION}-${SNIPPETS_OS}-${SNIPPETS_ARCH} snippets
+chmod +x snippets
+rm snippets-v${SNIPPETS_VERSION}-${SNIPPETS_OS}-${SNIPPETS_ARCH}
+sudo cp ./snippets /usr/bin
+rm snippets
+# check the version
+snippets version
+```
+
+### Docker
+
+```bash
+docker run \
+    -v $(pwd)/samples:/samples \
+    --rm botsgarden/snippets:0.0.0  \
+    ./snippets generate \
+    --input samples/js.yml \
+    --output samples/js.code-snippets 
+```
+
+
diff --git a/build-release.sh b/build-release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f6e9a32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -o allexport; source release.env; set +o allexport
+
+echo -n "${APPLICATION_NAME} ${TAG} ${NICK_NAME}" > ./version.txt
+
+mkdir -p release
+
+env CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=darwin GOARCH=arm64 go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o ${APPLICATION_NAME}-${TAG}-darwin-arm64
+env CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o ${APPLICATION_NAME}-${TAG}-darwin-amd64
+env CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm64 go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o ${APPLICATION_NAME}-${TAG}-linux-arm64
+env CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o ${APPLICATION_NAME}-${TAG}-linux-amd64
+mv ${APPLICATION_NAME}-${TAG}-* ./release
diff --git a/create-release.sh b/create-release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ceb0370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/create-release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -o allexport; source release.env; set +o allexport
+echo "TAG: ${TAG}"
+echo "IMAGE_TAG: ${IMAGE_TAG}"
+echo "IMAGE_BASE_NAME: ${IMAGE_BASE_NAME}"
+
+echo "📦 Create release..."
+git add .
+git commit -m "📦 create release ${TAG}"
+git tag ${TAG}
+git push origin main ${TAG}
diff --git a/docker-build-image.sh b/docker-build-image.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9ae120d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-build-image.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -o allexport; source release.env; set +o allexport
+
+sudo chmod 666 /var/run/docker.sock
+ls -l /var/run/docker.sock
+sudo systemctl restart docker.service
+
+echo -n "${APPLICATION_NAME} ${TAG} ${NICK_NAME}" > ./version.txt
+#mkdir -p release
+
+env CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm64 go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o linux/arm64/${APPLICATION_NAME}
+env CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o linux/amd64/${APPLICATION_NAME}
+
+docker login -u ${DOCKER_USER} -p ${DOCKER_PWD}
+
+docker buildx create --use
+docker buildx build -t ${DOCKER_USER}/${IMAGE_BASE_NAME}:${IMAGE_TAG} --platform=linux/arm64,linux/amd64 . --push
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ec929c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module snippet
+
+go 1.21.1
diff --git a/help.md b/help.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2a0b17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/help.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Help on `snippets`
+
+This is a work in progress 🚧
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f2013d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	_ "embed"
+
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+)
+
+type YamlSnippet struct {
+	Name        string
+	Description string
+	Prefix      string
+	Scope       string
+	Body        string
+}
+
+//go:embed version.txt
+var version []byte
+
+//go:embed help.md
+var help []byte
+
+func readYamlFile(yamlFilePath string) (map[string]YamlSnippet, error) {
+
+	yamlFile, err := os.ReadFile(yamlFilePath)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	data := make(map[string]YamlSnippet)
+
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(yamlFile, &data)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return data, nil
+}
+
+func generateJsonSnippets(yamlSnippets map[string]YamlSnippet) ([]byte, error) {
+	VSCodeSnippets := make(map[string]interface{})
+
+	for _, snippet := range yamlSnippets {
+		body := strings.Split(snippet.Body, "\n")
+
+		VSCodeSnippets[snippet.Name] = map[string]interface{}{
+			"prefix":      snippet.Prefix,
+			"description": snippet.Description,
+			"scope":       snippet.Scope,
+			"body":        body,
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	bSnippets, err := json.MarshalIndent(VSCodeSnippets, "", "  ")
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return bSnippets, nil
+}
+
+func writeJsonFile(jsonFilePath string, jsonData []byte) error {
+
+	f, err := os.Create(jsonFilePath)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	_, err = f.WriteString(string(jsonData))
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func parse(command string, args []string) error {
+	switch command {
+
+	case "generate", "gen":
+
+		flagSet := flag.NewFlagSet("generate", flag.ExitOnError)
+
+		input := flagSet.String("input", "", "input yaml file path")
+		output := flagSet.String("output", "", "output json file path")
+
+		flagSet.Parse(args[0:])
+
+		yamlData, err := readYamlFile(*input)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("😡", err.Error())
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		jsonData, err := generateJsonSnippets(yamlData)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("😡", err.Error())
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+
+		err = writeJsonFile(*output, jsonData)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("😡", err.Error())
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		fmt.Println("🙂", *output, "generated")
+		//os.Exit(0)
+		return nil
+
+	case "version":
+		fmt.Println(string(version))
+		//os.Exit(0)
+		return nil
+
+	case "help":
+		fmt.Println(string(help))
+		//os.Exit(0)
+		return nil
+
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("🔴 invalid command")
+	}
+}
+
+func main() {
+
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if len(flag.Args()) < 1 {
+		fmt.Println("🔴 invalid command")
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+
+	command := flag.Args()[0]
+
+	parse(command, flag.Args()[1:])
+
+}
diff --git a/release.env b/release.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c50c93a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.env
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+APPLICATION_NAME="snippets"
+VERSION="0.0.0"
+NICK_NAME="🍉 [watermelon]"
+TAG="v${VERSION}" # for git
+IMAGE_TAG="${VERSION}"
+IMAGE_BASE_NAME="${APPLICATION_NAME}"
+DOCKER_USER="botsgarden"
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a994e58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+go run main.go generate --input samples/js.yml --output ../.vscode/js.code-snippets 
+go run main.go generate --input samples/js.yml --output samples/js.code-snippets 
+
diff --git a/samples/js.code-snippets b/samples/js.code-snippets
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f22a0a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/js.code-snippets
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "good morning": {
+    "body": [
+      "function goodMorning(name) {",
+      "  console.log(\"👋\", name, \"${1:message}\")",
+      "  console.log(\"${2:message}\")",
+      "}",
+      ""
+    ],
+    "description": "this is the good morning plugin",
+    "prefix": "js-plugin-good-morning",
+    "scope": "javascript"
+  },
+  "hello world": {
+    "body": [
+      "function helloWorld() {",
+      "  console.log(\"👋 hello world 🌍\")",
+      "}",
+      ""
+    ],
+    "description": "This is the hello world plugin",
+    "prefix": "js-plugin-hello-world",
+    "scope": "javascript"
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/js.yml b/samples/js.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b2f69b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/js.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+snippet hello world:
+  prefix: "js-plugin-hello-world"
+  name: "hello world"
+  description: "This is the hello world plugin"
+  scope: "javascript"
+  body: |
+    function helloWorld() {
+      console.log("👋 hello world 🌍")
+    }
+
+snippet good morning:
+  prefix: "js-plugin-good-morning"
+  name: "good morning"
+  description: "this is the good morning plugin"
+  scope: "javascript"
+  body: |
+    function goodMorning(name) {
+      console.log("👋", name, "${1:message}")
+      console.log("${2:message}")
+    }
diff --git a/test-container.sh b/test-container.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..deabf4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-container.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -o allexport; source release.env; set +o allexport
+
+docker rmi -f ${DOCKER_USER}/${IMAGE_BASE_NAME}:${IMAGE_TAG}
+
+docker run \
+    -v $(pwd)/samples:/samples \
+    --rm ${DOCKER_USER}/${IMAGE_BASE_NAME}:${IMAGE_TAG}  \
+    ./snippets generate \
+    --input samples/js.yml \
+    --output samples/js.code-snippets 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0ff80a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+snippets v0.0.0 🍉 [watermelon]
\ No newline at end of file