diff --git a/cmd/check.go b/cmd/check.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2f9fa68f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/check.go
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+	"text/tabwriter"
+
+	"github.com/coreos/go-semver/semver"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(checkCmd)
+}
+
+type requirement struct {
+	name       string
+	command    string
+	args       []string
+	minVersion string
+	regexStr   string
+	docsURL    string
+}
+
+type versionError struct {
+	errorText string
+}
+
+type commandError struct {
+	Command    string
+	ErrorText  string
+	Suggestion string
+}
+
+func (e *versionError) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s", e.errorText)
+}
+
+func (e *commandError) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s", e.ErrorText)
+}
+
+func printErrors(errors []commandError) {
+	// initialize tabwriter
+	w := new(tabwriter.Writer)
+
+	// minwidth, tabwidth, padding, padchar, flags
+	w.Init(os.Stdout, 10, 12, 2, ' ', 0)
+
+	defer w.Flush()
+
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "\n %s\t%s\t%s\t", "Command", "Error", "Info")
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "\n %s\t%s\t%s\t", "---------", "---------", "---------")
+
+	for _, e := range errors {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\n%s\t%s\t%s\t", e.Command, e.ErrorText, e.Suggestion)
+	}
+}
+
+// getSemver uses the regular expression from the requirement to parse the
+// output of a command and extract the version from it. Returns the version
+// or an error if the version string could not be parsed.
+func getSemver(req requirement, out []byte) (*semver.Version, error) {
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(req.regexStr)
+	v := re.FindStringSubmatch(string(out))
+	if len(v) < 4 {
+		return nil, &commandError{
+			req.command,
+			"Could not find version number in output",
+			fmt.Sprintf("Try running %s %s locally and checking it works.", req.command, strings.Join(req.args, " ")),
+		}
+	}
+	versionString := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s.%s", v[1], v[2], v[3])
+	version, err := semver.NewVersion(versionString)
+	if err != nil {
+		return version, err
+	}
+	return version, nil
+}
+
+// checkSemver validates that the version of a tool meets the minimum required
+// version listed in your requirement. Returns a boolean.
+// For more information on parsing semver, see semver.org
+// If your tool doesn't do full semver then you may need to add custom logic
+// to support it.
+func checkSemver(req requirement, actualVersion *semver.Version) bool {
+	requiredVersion := semver.New(req.minVersion)
+	return actualVersion.LessThan(*requiredVersion)
+}
+
+var checkCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "check",
+	Short: "Print the check number of commit0",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		// Add any new requirements to this slice.
+		required := []requirement{
+			{
+				name:       "AWS CLI\t\t",
+				command:    "aws",
+				args:       []string{"--version"},
+				regexStr:   `aws-cli\/(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)`,
+				minVersion: "1.16.0",
+				docsURL:    "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-install.html",
+			},
+			{
+				name:       "Kubectl\t\t",
+				command:    "kubectl",
+				args:       []string{"version", "--client=true", "--short"},
+				regexStr:   `Client Version: v(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)`,
+				minVersion: "1.15.2",
+				docsURL:    "https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/",
+			},
+			{
+				name:       "Terraform\t",
+				command:    "terraform",
+				args:       []string{"version"},
+				regexStr:   `Terraform v(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)`,
+				minVersion: "0.12.0",
+				docsURL:    "https://www.terraform.io/downloads.html",
+			},
+			{
+				name:       "jq\t\t",
+				command:    "jq",
+				args:       []string{"--version"},
+				regexStr:   `jq-(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)-(0|[1-9]\d*)`,
+				minVersion: "1.5.0",
+				docsURL:    "https://stedolan.github.io/jq/download/",
+			},
+			{
+				name:       "Git\t\t",
+				command:    "git",
+				args:       []string{"version"},
+				regexStr:   `^git version (0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)`,
+				minVersion: "2.17.1",
+				docsURL:    "https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git",
+			},
+		}
+
+		// Store and errors from the commands we run.
+		errors := []commandError{}
+
+		fmt.Println("Checking Zero Requirements...")
+		for _, r := range required {
+			fmt.Printf("%s", r.name)
+			// In future we could parse the stderr and stdout separately, but for now it's nice to see
+			// the full output on a failure.
+			out, err := exec.Command(r.command, r.args...).CombinedOutput()
+			if err != nil {
+				cerr := commandError{
+					fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", r.command, strings.Join(r.args, " ")),
+					err.Error(),
+					r.docsURL,
+				}
+				errors = append(errors, cerr)
+				fmt.Printf("\033[0;31mFAIL\033[0m\t\t%s\n", "-")
+				continue
+			}
+			version, err := getSemver(r, out)
+			if err != nil {
+				cerr := commandError{
+					r.command,
+					err.Error(),
+					r.docsURL,
+				}
+				errors = append(errors, cerr)
+				fmt.Printf("\033[0;31mFAIL\033[0m\t\t%s\n", version)
+				continue
+			}
+			if checkSemver(r, version) {
+				cerr := commandError{
+					r.command,
+					fmt.Sprintf("Version does not meet required. Want: %s; Got: %s", r.minVersion, version),
+					r.docsURL,
+				}
+				errors = append(errors, cerr)
+				fmt.Printf("\033[0;31mFAIL\033[0m\t\t%s\n", version)
+			} else {
+				fmt.Printf("\033[0;32mPASS\033[0m\t\t%s\n", version)
+			}
+		}
+
+		if len(errors) > 0 {
+			printErrors(errors)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+
+		fmt.Println()
+	},
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cec0ce412..dc96bf4f2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/chzyer/logex v1.1.10 // indirect
 	github.com/chzyer/readline v0.0.0-20180603132655-2972be24d48e // indirect
 	github.com/chzyer/test v0.0.0-20180213035817-a1ea475d72b1 // indirect
+	github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.2.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1
 	github.com/gorilla/handlers v1.4.2
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f4ee86ea4..dc0a80f90 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ github.com/chzyer/test v0.0.0-20180213035817-a1ea475d72b1/go.mod h1:Q3SI9o4m/ZMn
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
 github.com/coreos/etcd v3.3.10+incompatible/go.mod h1:uF7uidLiAD3TWHmW31ZFd/JWoc32PjwdhPthX9715RE=
 github.com/coreos/go-etcd v2.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:Jez6KQU2B/sWsbdaef3ED8NzMklzPG4d5KIOhIy30Tk=
+github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.2.0 h1:3Jm3tLmsgAYcjC+4Up7hJrFBPr+n7rAqYeSw/SZazuY=
 github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.2.0/go.mod h1:nnelYz7RCh+5ahJtPPxZlU+153eP4D4r3EedlOD2RNk=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man v1.0.10/go.mod h1:SmD6nW6nTyfqj6ABTjUi3V3JVMnlJmwcJI5acqYI6dE=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=