diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 66fd13c..14fdb8f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,5 +11,8 @@
 # Output of the go coverage tool, specifically when used with LiteIDE
 *.out
 
-# Dependency directories (remove the comment below to include it)
-# vendor/
+# Dependency directories
+vendor/
+
+#generated outputs
+internal/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.go-version b/.go-version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de646d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.go-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.16.6
diff --git a/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73f69e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Default ignored files
+/shelf/
+/workspace.xml
+# Datasource local storage ignored files
+/dataSources/
+/dataSources.local.xml
+# Editor-based HTTP Client requests
+/httpRequests/
diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22d364a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
+    <modules>
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/tfpdk.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/tfpdk.iml" />
+    </modules>
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/tfpdk.iml b/.idea/tfpdk.iml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e764c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/tfpdk.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="WEB_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="Go" enabled="true" />
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager">
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$" />
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+  </component>
+</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94a25f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$" vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cc2d6fb..c436c34 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,11 @@
 # tfpdk
 Terraform Provider Development Kit
+
+## TODO
+- [ ] untyped resource template
+- [ ] `go fmt` outputs
+- [ ] typed and untyped Data Sources
+- [ ] init a new provider - git clone [scaffold](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-scaffolding)?
+- [ ] optionally populate the Typed SDK into the init step? 
+- [ ] Dynamically read provider name for item generation
+- [ ] Populate `IDValidationFunc()` in template for IDs (Pandora)
diff --git a/commands/common.go b/commands/common.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..252e30d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/common.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package commands
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"text/template"
+
+	"github.com/iancoleman/strcase"
+	"github.com/jackofallops/tfpdk/helpers"
+)
+
+var TplFuncMap = template.FuncMap{
+	"ToLower": strings.ToLower,
+	"ToTitle": strings.Title,
+	"ToCamel": strcase.ToCamel,
+	"ToSnake": strcase.ToSnake,
+	"TfName":  helpers.TerraformResourceName,
+}
diff --git a/commands/initialise.go b/commands/initialise.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85bf852
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/initialise.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package commands
+
+type InitialiseCommand struct{}
+
+func (i InitialiseCommand) Run(args []string) int {
+	// TODO - Clone the scaffold project to path from `args`?
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (InitialiseCommand) Help() string {
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (InitialiseCommand) Synopsis() string {
+	return ""
+}
diff --git a/commands/resource.go b/commands/resource.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acc1371
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/resource.go
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+package commands
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"text/template"
+
+	"github.com/iancoleman/strcase"
+)
+
+type ResourceCommand struct {
+}
+
+type TypedResourceData struct {
+	Name           string
+	ServicePackage string
+	NoUpdate       bool
+	ProviderName   string
+	Typed          bool
+}
+
+func (r ResourceCommand) Run(args []string) int {
+	data := TypedResourceData{
+		ProviderName: "azurerm", // Defaulting for now, will need to eval from os.path later
+		Typed:        true,      //defaulting to true for now, since AzureRM is the prototype target
+	}
+	if len(args) == 0 {
+		fmt.Print(r.Help())
+		return 1
+	}
+	for _, v := range args {
+		arg := strings.Split(v, "=")
+		if len(arg) > 2 {
+			fmt.Printf("malformed argument %q", arg)
+			return 1
+		}
+
+		switch strings.ToLower(strings.TrimLeft(arg[0], "-")) {
+		case "name":
+			data.Name = arg[1]
+		case "no-update":
+			data.NoUpdate = true
+		case "servicepackage":
+			data.ServicePackage = arg[1]
+		case "typed":
+			data.Typed = true
+		default:
+			fmt.Printf("unrecognised option %q", arg[0])
+			return 1
+		}
+	}
+
+	tpl := template.Must(template.New("resource.gotpl").Funcs(TplFuncMap).ParseFS(Templatedir, "templates/resource.gotpl"))
+
+	// output file - Note we assume that the PATH to the file already exists, having been through init and, optionally, service package creation
+	outputPath := ""
+	if data.ServicePackage != "" {
+		outputPath = fmt.Sprintf("%s/internal/services/%s/%s_resource.go", strings.ToLower(data.ProviderName), strings.ToLower(strcase.ToCamel(data.ServicePackage)), strcase.ToSnake(data.Name))
+	} else {
+		outputPath = fmt.Sprintf("%s/internal/%s_resource.go", data.ProviderName, strcase.ToSnake(data.Name))
+	}
+
+	if _, err := os.Stat(outputPath); err == nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Error: A resource with this name already exists and will not be overwritten. Please remove this file if you wish to regenerate.")
+		return 1
+	}
+	f, err := os.Create(outputPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Error: failed opening output resource file for writing: %+v", err.Error())
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	err = tpl.Execute(f, data)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err.Error())
+		return 1
+	}
+	if err := f.Close(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Error: Writing to file: %+v", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (r ResourceCommand) Help() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+Usage: tfpdk resource [options]
+
+Generates a scaffolded resource, optionally under a service package for this provider
+
+Options:
+
+-name=string				(Required) the name of the new resource, can be in the form resource_name, ResourceName, or resource-name
+
+-servicepackage=string		(Optional) place the resource under the named service package
+
+-no-update					(Optional) Don't generate an update func. Use this for resources that cannot be updated in place. Note all schema properties must be 'ForceNew: true'
+
+-typed						(Optional) Generate a resource for use with the Typed Resource SDK
+
+`)
+}
+
+func (r ResourceCommand) Synopsis() string {
+	return ""
+}
diff --git a/commands/templatefs.go b/commands/templatefs.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df4b5a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/templatefs.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package commands
+
+import (
+	"embed"
+)
+
+//go:embed templates/*
+var Templatedir embed.FS
+
diff --git a/commands/templates/resource.gotpl b/commands/templates/resource.gotpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f7029b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/templates/resource.gotpl
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package {{if .Typed}} {{- ToLower .ServicePackage}}
+
+import (
+    "context"
+    "time"
+
+    "github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-azurerm/azurerm/internal/sdk"
+    "github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-azurerm/azurerm/internal/tf/pluginsdk"
+)
+
+type {{ToCamel .Name}}Resource struct{}
+
+type {{ToCamel .Name}}Model struct {
+    // TODO - Schema in Go Types format here
+}
+
+{{if .NoUpdate}}var _ sdk.Resource = {{else}}var _ sdk.ResourceWithUpdate = {{end}}{{ToCamel .Name}}Resource{}
+
+func (r {{ToCamel .Name}}Resource) ModelObject() interface{} {
+    return {{ToCamel .Name}}Model{}
+}
+
+func (r {{ToCamel .Name}}Resource) ResourceType() string {
+    return "{{- TfName .ProviderName .Name -}}"
+}
+
+func (r {{ToCamel .Name}}Resource) IDValidationFunc() pluginsdk.SchemaValidateFunc {
+    panic("Implement me") // TODO - Add Validation func return here
+}
+
+func (r {{ToCamel .Name}}Resource) Arguments() map[string]*pluginsdk.Schema {
+    return map[string]*pluginsdk.Schema{
+        /*
+            TODO - This sections is for configurable items, `Required: true` items first, followed by`Optional: true`,
+            both in alphabetical order
+        */
+    }
+}
+
+func (r {{ToCamel .Name}}Resource) Attributes() map[string]*pluginsdk.Schema {
+    return map[string]*pluginsdk.Schema{
+        /*
+            TODO - This section is for `Computed: true` only items, i.e. useful values that are returned by the resource
+            that can be used as outputs or passed programmatically to other resources or data sources.
+        */
+    }
+}
+
+func (r {{ToCamel .Name}}Resource) Create() sdk.ResourceFunc {
+    return sdk.ResourceFunc{
+        Timeout: 30 * time.Minute,
+        Func: func(ctx context.Context, metadata sdk.ResourceMetaData) error {
+            // TODO - Create Func
+            return nil
+        },
+    }
+}
+
+func (r {{ToCamel .Name}}Resource) Read() sdk.ResourceFunc {
+    return sdk.ResourceFunc{
+        Timeout: 5 * time.Minute,
+        Func: func(ctx context.Context, metadata sdk.ResourceMetaData) error {
+            // TODO - Read Func
+            return nil
+        },
+    }
+}
+
+func (r {{ToCamel .Name}}Resource) Delete() sdk.ResourceFunc {
+    return sdk.ResourceFunc{
+        Timeout: 5 * time.Minute,
+        Func: func(ctx context.Context, metadata sdk.ResourceMetaData) error {
+            // TODO - Delete Func
+            return nil
+        },
+    }
+}
+{{if not .NoUpdate}}
+func (r {{ToCamel .Name}}Resource) Update() sdk.ResourceFunc {
+    return sdk.ResourceFunc{
+        Timeout: 30 * time.Minute,
+        Func: func(ctx context.Context, metadata sdk.ResourceMetaData) error {
+            // TODO - Delete Func
+            return nil
+        },
+    }
+}
+{{end}}
+{{else}} {{- ToLower .ProviderName}} {{end}}
+{{/* TODO - Untyped resource */}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cfe692
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+module github.com/jackofallops/tfpdk
+
+go 1.16
+
+require (
+	github.com/iancoleman/strcase v0.2.0
+	github.com/mitchellh/cli v1.1.2
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..345183c
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
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diff --git a/helpers/formatters.go b/helpers/formatters.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbcd55c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/formatters.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package helpers
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/iancoleman/strcase"
+)
+
+func TerraformResourceName(provider, resourceName string) string {
+	fmtStr := "%s_%s"
+	return fmt.Sprintf(fmtStr, strings.ToLower(provider), strcase.ToSnake(resourceName))
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03e4553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/jackofallops/tfpdk/commands"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
+)
+
+var Commands map[string]cli.CommandFactory
+
+func main() {
+	args := os.Args[1:]
+	Commands = map[string]cli.CommandFactory{
+		"init": func() (cli.Command, error) {
+			return &commands.InitialiseCommand{}, nil
+		},
+		"resource": func() (cli.Command, error) {
+			return &commands.ResourceCommand{}, nil
+		},
+	}
+
+	tfpdk := cli.CLI{
+		Args:     args,
+		Commands: Commands,
+		Name:     "tfpdk",
+		Version:  "0.1.0",
+	}
+
+	exitStatus, err := tfpdk.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println(err)
+	}
+
+	os.Exit(exitStatus)
+}