diff --git a/bake/Cargo.lock b/bake/Cargo.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bccd01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bake/Cargo.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 4
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bake"
+version = "0.0.1"
+dependencies = [
+ "eyre",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "eyre"
+version = "0.6.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7cd915d99f24784cdc19fd37ef22b97e3ff0ae756c7e492e9fbfe897d61e2aec"
+dependencies = [
+ "indenter",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "indenter"
+version = "0.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ce23b50ad8242c51a442f3ff322d56b02f08852c77e4c0b4d3fd684abc89c683"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "once_cell"
+version = "1.20.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1261fe7e33c73b354eab43b1273a57c8f967d0391e80353e51f764ac02cf6775"
diff --git a/bake/Cargo.toml b/bake/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf29202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bake/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[package]
+name = "bake"
+version = "0.0.1"
+edition = "2024"
+
+[lib]
+path = "lib/lib.rs"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "bake"
+path = "bin/main.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+eyre = "0.6.12"
diff --git a/bake/bin/main.rs b/bake/bin/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f752bb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bake/bin/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+use std::process::ExitCode;
+
+use eyre::Context;
+
+const USAGE: &str = r#"
+bake [target...] [-- [args-for-last-target...]]
+"#;
+
+fn print_usage() {
+	println!("{USAGE}");
+}
+
+fn go() -> eyre::Result<()> {
+	let contents = match std::fs::read_to_string("build.bake") {
+		Ok(v) => v,
+		Err(e) => match e.kind() {
+			std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => {
+				println!("build.bake not present in current directory");
+				return Ok(());
+			},
+			_ => {
+				return Err(e).wrap_err("Failed to read contents of build.bake")
+			},
+		},
+	};
+
+	let mut graph = bake::build_graph_from_str(&contents)?;
+	bake::execute_graph(&graph)?;
+
+	Ok(())
+}
+
+fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
+	go()
+}
diff --git a/bake/build.bake b/bake/build.bake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2ff4de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bake/build.bake
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+(-> :name run (phony) (phony) "cargo run")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bake/lib/lib.rs b/bake/lib/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b926c3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bake/lib/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+pub type Result<T> = core::result::Result<T, Error>;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Error;
+impl core::fmt::Display for Error {
+	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+		write!(f, "{self:?}")
+	}
+}
+
+impl std::error::Error for Error {
+}
+
+pub struct Graph;
+
+pub fn build_graph_from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Graph> {
+	todo!()
+}
+
+pub fn execute_graph(graph: &Graph) -> Result<()> {
+	todo!()
+}