diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+# This file is autogenerated, do not edit; changes may be undone by the next 'dep ensure'.
+
+
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/davecgh/go-spew"
+  packages = ["spew"]
+  revision = "346938d642f2ec3594ed81d874461961cd0faa76"
+  version = "v1.1.0"
+
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/ghodss/yaml"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "0ca9ea5df5451ffdf184b4428c902747c2c11cd7"
+  version = "v1.0.0"
+
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/gogo/protobuf"
+  packages = ["proto","sortkeys"]
+  revision = "1adfc126b41513cc696b209667c8656ea7aac67c"
+  version = "v1.0.0"
+
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "github.com/golang/glog"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "23def4e6c14b4da8ac2ed8007337bc5eb5007998"
+
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "github.com/google/btree"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "e89373fe6b4a7413d7acd6da1725b83ef713e6e4"
+
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "github.com/google/gofuzz"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "24818f796faf91cd76ec7bddd72458fbced7a6c1"
+
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "github.com/gregjones/httpcache"
+  packages = [".","diskcache"]
+  revision = "2bcd89a1743fd4b373f7370ce8ddc14dfbd18229"
+
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru"
+  packages = [".","simplelru"]
+  revision = "0fb14efe8c47ae851c0034ed7a448854d3d34cf3"
+
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "76626ae9c91c4f2a10f34cad8ce83ea42c93bb75"
+  version = "v1.0"
+
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/json-iterator/go"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "28452fcdec4e44348d2af0d91d1e9e38da3a9e0a"
+  version = "1.0.5"
+
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/juju/ratelimit"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "59fac5042749a5afb9af70e813da1dd5474f0167"
+  version = "1.0.1"
+
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "github.com/petar/GoLLRB"
+  packages = ["llrb"]
+  revision = "53be0d36a84c2a886ca057d34b6aa4468df9ccb4"
+
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/peterbourgon/diskv"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "5f041e8faa004a95c88a202771f4cc3e991971e6"
+  version = "v2.0.1"
+
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "d682213848ed68c0a260ca37d6dd5ace8423f5ba"
+  version = "v1.0.4"
+
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/spf13/cobra"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "7b2c5ac9fc04fc5efafb60700713d4fa609b777b"
+  version = "v0.0.1"
+
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/spf13/pflag"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "e57e3eeb33f795204c1ca35f56c44f83227c6e66"
+  version = "v1.0.0"
+
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "golang.org/x/crypto"
+  packages = ["ssh/terminal"]
+  revision = "650f4a345ab4e5b245a3034b110ebc7299e68186"
+
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "golang.org/x/net"
+  packages = ["context","http2","http2/hpack","idna","lex/httplex"]
+  revision = "dc948dff8834a7fe1ca525f8d04e261c2b56e70d"
+
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "golang.org/x/sys"
+  packages = ["unix","windows"]
+  revision = "37707fdb30a5b38865cfb95e5aab41707daec7fd"
+
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "golang.org/x/text"
+  packages = ["collate","collate/build","internal/colltab","internal/gen","internal/tag","internal/triegen","internal/ucd","language","secure/bidirule","transform","unicode/bidi","unicode/cldr","unicode/norm","unicode/rangetable"]
+  revision = "4e4a3210bb54bb31f6ab2cdca2edcc0b50c420c1"
+
+[[projects]]
+  name = "gopkg.in/inf.v0"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "3887ee99ecf07df5b447e9b00d9c0b2adaa9f3e4"
+  version = "v0.9.0"
+
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "v2"
+  name = "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "d670f9405373e636a5a2765eea47fac0c9bc91a4"
+
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "k8s.io/api"
+  packages = ["core/v1"]
+  revision = "0d0b2f481328d8bae556061a08a02175054059f4"
+
+[[projects]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "k8s.io/apimachinery"
+  packages = ["pkg/api/errors","pkg/api/meta","pkg/api/resource","pkg/apis/meta/internalversion","pkg/apis/meta/v1","pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured","pkg/apis/meta/v1beta1","pkg/conversion","pkg/conversion/queryparams","pkg/fields","pkg/labels","pkg/runtime","pkg/runtime/schema","pkg/runtime/serializer","pkg/runtime/serializer/json","pkg/runtime/serializer/protobuf","pkg/runtime/serializer/recognizer","pkg/runtime/serializer/streaming","pkg/runtime/serializer/versioning","pkg/selection","pkg/types","pkg/util/cache","pkg/util/clock","pkg/util/diff","pkg/util/errors","pkg/util/framer","pkg/util/intstr","pkg/util/json","pkg/util/net","pkg/util/runtime","pkg/util/sets","pkg/util/validation","pkg/util/validation/field","pkg/util/wait","pkg/util/yaml","pkg/version","pkg/watch","third_party/forked/golang/reflect"]
+  revision = "da3b134bab57ebf23dedfec7e0004614dd4b5a24"
+
+[[projects]]
+  name = "k8s.io/client-go"
+  packages = ["pkg/version","rest","rest/watch","tools/cache","tools/clientcmd/api","tools/metrics","tools/pager","transport","util/buffer","util/cert","util/flowcontrol","util/integer","util/workqueue"]
+  revision = "78700dec6369ba22221b72770783300f143df150"
+  version = "v6.0.0"
+
+[solve-meta]
+  analyzer-name = "dep"
+  analyzer-version = 1
+  inputs-digest = "ea8e5405c04eb9033cac9e3b2c12053ea5a964d910643aef3ca430ab915c2231"
+  solver-name = "gps-cdcl"
+  solver-version = 1
diff --git a/Gopkg.toml b/Gopkg.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9317d28bf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gopkg.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[[constraint]]
+  name = "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+  version = "1.0.4"
+
+[[constraint]]
+  name = "github.com/spf13/cobra"
+  version = "0.0.1"
+
+[[constraint]]
+  branch = "master"
+  name = "k8s.io/apimachinery"
+
+[[constraint]]
+  name = "k8s.io/client-go"
+  version = "6.0.0"
diff --git a/cmd/operator-sdk/main.go b/cmd/operator-sdk/main.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 924b83c19d..0000000000
--- a/cmd/operator-sdk/main.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"github.com/coreos/operator-sdk/pkg/generator"
-)
-
-func main() {
-	g := &generator.Generator{}
-	err := g.Render()
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/commands/operator-sdk/cmd/error.go b/commands/operator-sdk/cmd/error.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d648ccacd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/operator-sdk/cmd/error.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+)
+
+const (
+	// ExitBadArgs is the exit error code for bad arguments.
+	ExitBadArgs = 128
+)
+
+// ExitWithError prints out an error code and an error string to stderr.
+func ExitWithError(code int, err error) {
+	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Error:", err)
+	os.Exit(code)
+}
diff --git a/commands/operator-sdk/cmd/new.go b/commands/operator-sdk/cmd/new.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f90a291d13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/operator-sdk/cmd/new.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+// newCmd represents the new command
+var newCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "new [options] <project-name>",
+	Short: "Creates a new operator application",
+	Long: `The operator-sdk new command creates a new operator application and 
+	generates a default directory layout based on the input <project-name>. 
+
+	If none of options are specified, the operator-sdk defaults 
+	Kubernetes api group to <project-name>.example.com/v1 
+	and Kubernetes resource kind to <project-name>Service.
+
+	For example,
+	$ mkdir $GOPATH/src/github.com/example.com/play
+	$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/example.com/play
+	$ operator-sdk new play
+	generates a skeletal play application in $GOPATH/src/github.com/example.com/play.
+`,
+	Run: newFunc,
+}
+
+var (
+	apiGroup string
+	kind     string
+)
+
+func init() {
+	RootCmd.AddCommand(newCmd)
+	newCmd.Flags().StringVar(&apiGroup, "api-group", "", "Kubernetes API Group. e.g play.example.com/v1")
+	newCmd.Flags().StringVar(&kind, "kind", "", "Kubernetes Resource Kind. e.g PlayService")
+}
+
+func newFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+	if len(args) != 1 {
+		ExitWithError(ExitBadArgs, fmt.Errorf("new command needs 1 arguments."))
+	}
+	parse(args)
+	// TODO: add generation logic.
+}
+
+func parse(args []string) {
+	// TODO: parse args.
+}
diff --git a/commands/operator-sdk/cmd/root.go b/commands/operator-sdk/cmd/root.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9c8c22f7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/operator-sdk/cmd/root.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package cmd
+
+import "github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+// This represents the base command when called without any subcommands
+var RootCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "operator-sdk",
+	Short: "A sdk for building operator with ease",
+}
diff --git a/commands/operator-sdk/main.go b/commands/operator-sdk/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42dfcfb37c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/operator-sdk/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/coreos/operator-sdk/commands/operator-sdk/cmd"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	if err := cmd.RootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
+		os.Exit(-1)
+	}
+}