diff --git a/drydock_provisioner/cli/__init__.py b/drydock_provisioner/cli/__init__.py
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+# Copyright 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property.  All other rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
diff --git a/drydock_provisioner/cli/commands.py b/drydock_provisioner/cli/commands.py
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+# Copyright 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property.  All other rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+import os
+
+import click
+
+@click.group()
+@click.option('--debug/--no-debug', default=False)
+@click.option('--token')
+@click.option('--url')
+@click.pass_context
+def drydock(ctx, debug, token, url):
+    ctx.obj['DEBUG'] = debug
+
+    if not token:
+        ctx.obj['TOKEN'] = os.environ['DD_TOKEN']
+    else:
+        ctx.obj['TOKEN'] = token
+
+    if not url:
+        ctx.obj['URL'] = os.environ['DD_URL']
+    else:
+        ctx.obj['URL'] = url
+
+@drydock.group()
+def create():
+    pass
+
+@drydock.group()
+def list()
+    pass
+
+@drydock.group()
+def show():
+    pass
+
+@create.command()
+def design
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diff --git a/drydock_provisioner/drydock_client/.client.py.swp b/drydock_provisioner/drydock_client/.client.py.swp
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diff --git a/drydock_provisioner/drydock_client/__init__.py b/drydock_provisioner/drydock_client/__init__.py
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diff --git a/drydock_provisioner/drydock_client/client.py b/drydock_provisioner/drydock_client/client.py
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+# Copyright 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property.  All other rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+import json
+import requests
+
+from .session import DrydockSession
+
+class DrydockClient(object):
+    """"
+    A client for the Drydock API
+
+    :param string host: Hostname or IP address of Drydock API
+    :param string port: Port number of Drydock API
+    :param string version: API version to access
+    :param string token: Authentication token to use
+    :param string marker: (optional) External marker to include with requests
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, host=None, port=9000, version='1.0', token=None, marker=None):
+        self.version = version
+        self.session = DrydockSession(token=token, ext_marker=marker)
+        self.base_url = "http://%s:%d/api/%s/" % (host, port, version)
+
+    def send_get(self, api_url, query=None):
+        """
+        Send a GET request to Drydock.
+
+        :param string api_url: The URL string following the hostname and API prefix
+        :param dict query: A dict of k, v pairs to add to the query string
+        :return: A requests.Response object
+        """
+        resp = requests.get(self.base_url + api_url, params=query)
+
+        return resp
+
+    def send_post(self, api_url, query=None, body=None, data=None):
+        """
+        Send a POST request to Drydock. If both body and data are specified,
+        body will will be used.
+
+        :param string api_url: The URL string following the hostname and API prefix
+        :param dict query: A dict of k, v parameters to add to the query string
+        :param string body: A string to use as the request body. Will be treated as raw
+        :param data: Something json.dumps(s) can serialize. Result will be used as the request body
+        :return: A requests.Response object
+        """
+
+        if body is not None:
+            resp = requests.post(self.base_url + api_url, params=query, data=body)
+        else:
+            resp = requests.post(self.base_url + api_url, params=query, json=data)
+
+        return resp
+
+    def get_designs(self):
+        """
+        Get list of Drydock design_ids
+
+        :return: A list of string design_ids
+        """
+
+    def get_design(self, design_id):
+
+    def create_design(self):
+
+    def get_parts(self, design_id):
+
+    def get_part(self, design_id, kind, key):
+
+    def load_parts(self, design_id, yaml_string=None):
+
+    def get_tasks(self):
+
+    def get_task(self, task_id):
+
+    def create_task(self, design_id, task_action, node_filter=None):
+
diff --git a/drydock_provisioner/drydock_client/session.py b/drydock_provisioner/drydock_client/session.py
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+# Copyright 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property.  All other rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+class DrydockSession(object)
+    """
+    A session to the Drydock API maintaining credentials and API options
+
+    :param string token: Auth token
+    :param string marker: (optional) external context marker
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, token=None, marker=None):
+        self.token = token
+        self.marker = marker
+