diff --git a/pkg/sdk/api.go b/pkg/sdk/api.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb75a153eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/sdk/api.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package sdk
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/coreos/operator-sdk/pkg/sdk/dispatcher"
+	sdkInformer "github.com/coreos/operator-sdk/pkg/sdk/informer"
+	sdkTypes "github.com/coreos/operator-sdk/pkg/sdk/types"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
+)
+
+type SDK struct {
+	// informers is the set of all informers registered by the user
+	informers map[string]sdkInformer.Informer
+	handler   sdkTypes.Handler
+}
+
+// NewKubeInformer returns an Informer for the specified resourceType
+// - resourceName is the plural name of the resource kind, e.g: configmaps, secrets
+// - namespace is the namespace to watch for that resource
+// - objType is the runtime object to infer the type, e.g: &v1.ConfigMap{}
+// - resourceClient is the REST client used to list and watch the resource
+func NewKubeInformer(resourceName, namespace string, objType runtime.Object, resourceClient cache.Getter) sdkInformer.Informer {
+	return sdkInformer.New(resourceName, namespace, objType, resourceClient)
+}
+
+// RegisterInformer registers an SDK informer under the specified name
+func (sdk *SDK) RegisterInformer(informerName string, informer sdkInformer.Informer) error {
+	if _, ok := sdk.informers[informerName]; ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("informer (%v) is already registered", informerName)
+	}
+	sdk.informers[informerName] = informer
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (sdk *SDK) RegisterHandler(handler sdkTypes.Handler) {
+	sdk.handler = handler
+}
+
+func (sdk *SDK) Run(ctx context.Context) {
+	// Run all informers and get the event channels
+	var eventChans []<-chan *sdkTypes.Event
+	for _, informer := range sdk.informers {
+		evc, err := informer.Run(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic("TODO")
+		}
+		eventChans = append(eventChans, evc)
+	}
+
+	// Create a new dispatcher to pass events to the registered handler
+	dp := dispatcher.New(eventChans, sdk.handler)
+	dp.Run(ctx)
+}
+
+/*
+```main.go
+func main() {
+	sdk.RegisterInformer("play-informer", informer.NewKubeInformer(&Play{}))
+  	sdk.RegisterInformer("pod-informer", informer.NewKubeInformer(&Pod{}))
+
+  	sdk.RegisterActor("kube-apply", actor.KubeResourceApply)
+  	sdk.RegisterActor("kube-delete", actor.KubeResourceDelete)
+
+  	sdk.RegisterHandle(stub.NewHandler())
+	sdk.Run(ctx)
+}
+*/
diff --git a/pkg/sdk/dispatcher/dispatcher.go b/pkg/sdk/dispatcher/dispatcher.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3069daf4de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/sdk/dispatcher/dispatcher.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package dispatcher
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	sdkTypes "github.com/coreos/operator-sdk/pkg/sdk/types"
+)
+
+type Dispatcher interface {
+	Run(ctx context.Context) error
+}
+
+type dispatcher struct {
+	eventChans []<-chan *sdkTypes.Event
+}
+
+func New(eventChans []<-chan *sdkTypes.Event, handler sdkTypes.Handler) *dispatcher {
+	panic("TODO")
+}
+
+// Run runs the dispatcher which collects events from all the event channels and sends it to the handler
+func (d *dispatcher) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
+	panic("TODO")
+}
diff --git a/pkg/sdk/informer/informer.go b/pkg/sdk/informer/informer.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fcb59b8acb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/sdk/informer/informer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package informer
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"time"
+
+	sdkTypes "github.com/coreos/operator-sdk/pkg/sdk/types"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
+)
+
+type Informer interface {
+	Run(ctx context.Context) (<-chan *sdkTypes.Event, error)
+}
+
+type informer struct {
+	resourceName        string
+	sharedIndexInformer cache.SharedIndexInformer
+	queue               workqueue.RateLimitingInterface
+	kubeClient          kubernetes.Interface
+	namespace           string
+	eventChan           chan *sdkTypes.Event
+}
+
+func New(resourceName, namespace string, objType runtime.Object, resourceClient cache.Getter) Informer {
+	i := &informer{
+		resourceName: resourceName,
+		queue:        workqueue.NewNamedRateLimitingQueue(workqueue.DefaultControllerRateLimiter(), resourceName),
+		kubeClient:   nil,
+		namespace:    namespace,
+		eventChan:    make(chan *sdkTypes.Event, 100),
+	}
+
+	i.sharedIndexInformer = cache.NewSharedIndexInformer(
+		cache.NewListWatchFromClient(resourceClient, resourceName, namespace, fields.Everything()),
+		objType, 0, cache.Indexers{},
+	)
+	i.sharedIndexInformer.AddEventHandler(cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
+		AddFunc:    i.handleAddResourceEvent,
+		DeleteFunc: i.handleDeleteResourceEvent,
+		UpdateFunc: i.handleUpdateResourceEvent,
+	})
+	return i
+}
+
+func (i *informer) Run(ctx context.Context) (<-chan *sdkTypes.Event, error) {
+	defer i.queue.ShutDown()
+
+	logrus.Info("starting %s controller", i.resourceName)
+	go i.sharedIndexInformer.Run(ctx.Done())
+
+	if !cache.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done(), i.sharedIndexInformer.HasSynced) {
+		return nil, errors.New("Timed out waiting for caches to sync")
+
+	}
+
+	const numWorkers = 1
+	for n := 0; n < numWorkers; n++ {
+		go wait.Until(i.runWorker, time.Second, ctx.Done())
+	}
+
+	return i.eventChan, nil
+}
+
+func (i *informer) handleAddResourceEvent(obj interface{}) {
+	key, err := cache.MetaNamespaceKeyFunc(obj)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	i.queue.Add(key)
+}
+
+func (i *informer) handleDeleteResourceEvent(obj interface{}) {
+	// For deletes we have to use this key function
+	// to handle the DeletedFinalStateUnknown case for the object
+	key, err := cache.DeletionHandlingMetaNamespaceKeyFunc(obj)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	i.queue.Add(key)
+}
+
+func (i *informer) handleUpdateResourceEvent(oldObj, newObj interface{}) {
+	key, err := cache.MetaNamespaceKeyFunc(newObj)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	i.queue.Add(key)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/sdk/informer/sync.go b/pkg/sdk/informer/sync.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c2e62e74d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/sdk/informer/sync.go
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package informer
+
+import (
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
+	sdkTypes "github.com/coreos/operator-sdk/pkg/sdk/types"
+)
+
+const (
+	// Copy from deployment_controller.go:
+	// maxRetries is the number of times a Vault will be retried before it is dropped out of the queue.
+	// With the current rate-limiter in use (5ms*2^(maxRetries-1)) the following numbers represent the times
+	// a Vault is going to be requeued:
+	//
+	// 5ms, 10ms, 20ms, 40ms, 80ms, 160ms, 320ms, 640ms, 1.3s, 2.6s, 5.1s, 10.2s, 20.4s, 41s, 82s
+	maxRetries = 15
+)
+
+func (i *informer) runWorker() {
+	for i.processNextItem() {
+	}
+}
+
+func (i *informer) processNextItem() bool {
+	// Wait until there is a new item in the working queue
+	key, quit := i.queue.Get()
+	if quit {
+		return false
+	}
+	// Tell the queue that we are done with processing this key. This unblocks the key for other workers
+	// This allows safe parallel processing because two pods with the same key are never processed in
+	// parallel.
+	defer i.queue.Done(key)
+
+	// Invoke the method containing the business logic
+	err := i.sync(key.(string))
+
+	// Handle the error if something went wrong during the execution of the business logic
+	i.handleErr(err, key)
+	return true
+}
+
+// sync wraps the object into an event and sends it on the event channel for the controller
+func (i *informer) sync(key string) error {
+	obj, exists, err := i.sharedIndexInformer.GetIndexer().GetByKey(key)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	ev := &sdkTypes.Event{
+		Object:      obj,
+		ObjectExist: exists,
+	}
+	i.eventChan <- ev
+	return nil
+}
+
+// handleErr checks if an error happened and makes sure we will retry later.
+func (i *informer) handleErr(err error, key interface{}) {
+	if err == nil {
+		// Forget about the #AddRateLimited history of the key on every successful synchronization.
+		// This ensures that future processing of updates for this key is not delayed because of
+		// an outdated error history.
+		i.queue.Forget(key)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// This controller retries maxRetries times if something goes wrong. After that, it stops trying.
+	if i.queue.NumRequeues(key) < maxRetries {
+		logrus.Errorf("error syncing key (%v): %v", key, err)
+
+		// Re-enqueue the key rate limited. Based on the rate limiter on the
+		// queue and the re-enqueue history, the key will be processed later again.
+		i.queue.AddRateLimited(key)
+		return
+	}
+
+	i.queue.Forget(key)
+	// Report that, even after several retries, we could not successfully process this key
+	logrus.Infof("Dropping key (%v) out of the queue: %v", key, err)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/sdk/types/types.go b/pkg/sdk/types/types.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..808fde49dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/sdk/types/types.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package types
+
+import "context"
+
+type Object interface{}
+
+type Event struct {
+	Object      Object
+	ObjectExist bool
+}
+
+type Action struct {
+	Object Object
+	Actor  string
+}
+
+type Handler interface {
+	Handle(ctx context.Context, events []Event) []Action
+}
diff --git a/pkg/stub/handle.go b/pkg/stub/handle.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8f7c730a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/stub/handle.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package stub
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	sdkTypes "github.com/coreos/operator-sdk/pkg/sdk/types"
+)
+
+type handler struct {
+	// custom data structure
+}
+
+func (h *handler) Handle(ctx context.Context, events []sdkTypes.Event) []sdkTypes.Action {
+	// Filled out by user
+	return nil
+}