diff --git a/src/exe/wst-poc-cli/Main.hs b/src/exe/wst-poc-cli/Main.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7440fd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/exe/wst-poc-cli/Main.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+module Main where
+
+import Wst.Cli qualified
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = Wst.Cli.runMain
diff --git a/src/exe/wst-poc/Main.hs b/src/exe/wst-poc/Main.hs
deleted file mode 100644
index a1246b9..0000000
--- a/src/exe/wst-poc/Main.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-module Main where
-
-import qualified Wst.Cli
-
-main :: IO ()
-main = Wst.Cli.runMain
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lib/Wst/Cli.hs b/src/lib/Wst/Cli.hs
index dad94ab..a2a8629 100644
--- a/src/lib/Wst/Cli.hs
+++ b/src/lib/Wst/Cli.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
 module Wst.Cli(runMain) where
 
+import Options.Applicative (customExecParser, disambiguate, helper, idm, info,
+                            prefs, showHelpOnEmpty, showHelpOnError)
+import Wst.Cli.Command (Command, parseCommand)
+
 runMain :: IO ()
-runMain = putStrLn "Starting stablecoin POC server"
+runMain = do
+  customExecParser
+    (prefs $ disambiguate <> showHelpOnEmpty <> showHelpOnError)
+    (info (helper <*> parseCommand) idm)
+    >>= runCommand
+
+runCommand :: Command -> IO ()
+runCommand com = do
+  putStrLn "runCommand"
+  print com
diff --git a/src/lib/Wst/Cli/Command.hs b/src/lib/Wst/Cli/Command.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35ce3ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/Wst/Cli/Command.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+{-| The CLI commands and parsers
+-}
+module Wst.Cli.Command(
+  parseCommand,
+  Command(..),
+  ManageCommand(..)
+) where
+
+import Cardano.Api (TxIn (..), TxIx (..))
+import Control.Monad (when)
+import Data.String (IsString (..))
+import Options.Applicative (CommandFields, Mod, Parser, ReadM, argument,
+                            command, eitherReader, fullDesc, help, info, long,
+                            many, metavar, optional, progDesc, short, str,
+                            strOption, subparser, (<|>))
+import Text.Read (readMaybe)
+
+
+parseCommand :: Parser Command
+parseCommand =
+  subparser $
+    mconcat
+      [ parseDeploy
+      , parseManage
+      ]
+
+data Command =
+  Deploy
+  | Manage TxIn ManageCommand
+  deriving Show
+
+-- | Commands that require a deployed system
+data ManageCommand =
+  Status
+  deriving stock Show
+
+parseDeploy :: Mod CommandFields Command
+parseDeploy =
+  command "deploy" $
+    info (pure Deploy) (fullDesc <> progDesc "Deploy the directory and global params")
+
+parseManage :: Mod CommandFields Command
+parseManage =
+  command "manage" $
+    info (Manage <$> parseTxIn <*> parseManageCommand) (fullDesc <> progDesc "Manage a deployed system")
+
+parseManageCommand :: Parser ManageCommand
+parseManageCommand = subparser $ mconcat [parseStatus]
+
+parseStatus :: Mod CommandFields ManageCommand
+parseStatus =
+  command "status" $
+    info (pure Status) (fullDesc <> progDesc "Show the status of the programmable tokens")
+
+parseTxIn :: Parser TxIn
+parseTxIn =
+  argument
+    txInReader
+    (help "The TxIn that was selected when deploying the system. Format: <tx-id>.<index>" <> metavar "TX_IN")
+
+txInReader :: ReadM TxIn
+txInReader = eitherReader $ \str -> do
+  (txId, txIx) <- case break ((==) '.') str of
+    (txId, _:txIx) -> Right (txId, txIx)
+    _ -> Left "Expected <tx-id>.<index>"
+  -- 8c728a68fed42fe4893fb84ee2c6276a25e642d9892962af3234f952ea641993
+  when (length txId /= 64) $ Left "Expected tx ID with 64 characters"
+  ix <- case readMaybe @Word txIx of
+          Nothing -> Left "Expected tx index"
+          Just n -> Right (TxIx n)
+  return $ TxIn (fromString txId) ix
diff --git a/src/wst-poc.cabal b/src/wst-poc.cabal
index b2ba695..3607c1c 100644
--- a/src/wst-poc.cabal
+++ b/src/wst-poc.cabal
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ library
     SmartTokens.Types.PTokenDirectory
     Types.Constants
     Wst.Cli
+    Wst.Cli.Command
     Wst.Client
     Wst.Offchain
     Wst.Offchain.BuildTx.Blacklist
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ library
     , generics-sop
     , lens
     , mtl
+    , optparse-applicative
     , plutarch
     , plutarch-ledger-api
     , plutarch-onchain-lib
@@ -119,10 +121,10 @@ library
 
   hs-source-dirs:  lib
 
-executable wst-poc
+executable wst-poc-cli
   import:         lang
   main-is:        Main.hs
-  hs-source-dirs: exe/wst-poc
+  hs-source-dirs: exe/wst-poc-cli
   build-depends:
     , base
     , wst-poc