diff --git a/sami-cli/cmd/deploy.go b/sami-cli/cmd/deploy.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d45f88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sami-cli/cmd/deploy.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+//NewDeployCommand create new cobra command for the init command
+func NewDeployCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	command := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "deploy -f <deployment_sami_file>",
+		Short: "deloy your service by given the deployment sami file",
+		Long: `deloy your service by given the deployment sami file
+
+		example: sami deploy -f <deploy-path>/<sami.yaml>
+`,
+		Args: cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			deployFolder := args[0]
+
+			if err := deployCommand(deployFolder); err != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("Error: %s\n", err)
+				return
+			}
+		},
+	}
+
+	return command
+}
+
+func deployCommand(deployFolder string) error {
+	// will add the deployment process here...
+	return errors.New("")
+}
diff --git a/sami-cli/cmd/sami.go b/sami-cli/cmd/sami.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07ec5a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sami-cli/cmd/sami.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+//NewCommand returns a new sami cobra command
+func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	var samiCommand = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "sami",
+		Short: "sami helps you deploy your services to any target machine",
+		Long:  `sami helps you deploy your services to any target machine`,
+	}
+
+	// deploy
+	// samiCommand.AddCommand(NewDeployCommand())
+
+	// logs
+	// samiCommand.AddCommand(NewLogsCommand())
+
+	// oob
+	// samiCommand.AddCommand(NewOobCommand())
+
+	// status
+	// samiCommand.AddCommand(NewStatusCommand())
+	return samiCommand
+}
diff --git a/sami-cli/fixtures/bad-sami.yml b/sami-cli/fixtures/bad-sami.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99264f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sami-cli/fixtures/bad-sami.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+
+service_name: "camerdevs"
+type: "swarm"
+
+files:
+ - ./stack.yaml
+
+oob:
+ - update-image:
+   file: "./stack.yaml"
+   zigzag: 1
diff --git a/sami-cli/fixtures/good-sami.yml b/sami-cli/fixtures/good-sami.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8212fa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sami-cli/fixtures/good-sami.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+version: v1beta
+
+
+service_name: "camerdevs"
+type: "swarm"
+files:
+ - ./stack.yaml
+
+oob:
+ - update-image:
+   file: "./stack.yaml"
+   path: ".services.frontend.image"
diff --git a/sami-cli/go.mod b/sami-cli/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48d1dd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sami-cli/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+module github.com/osscameroon/sami
+
+go 1.17
+
+require github.com/spf13/cobra v1.4.0
+
+require (
+	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/sami-cli/go.sum b/sami-cli/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dd8697
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sami-cli/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
+github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 h1:Z8tu5sraLXCXIcARxBp/8cbvlwVa7Z1NHg9XEKhtSvM=
+github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
+github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.4.0 h1:y+wJpx64xcgO1V+RcnwW0LEHxTKRi2ZDPSBjWnrg88Q=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.4.0/go.mod h1:Wo4iy3BUC+X2Fybo0PDqwJIv3dNRiZLHQymsfxlB84g=
+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.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
diff --git a/sami-cli/main.go b/sami-cli/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..287d431
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sami-cli/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/osscameroon/sami/sami-cli/cmd"
+)
+
+var version = "0.0.0+dev"
+
+func main() {
+	command := cmd.NewCommand()
+
+	err := command.Execute()
+	if err != nil {
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	os.Exit(0)
+}