diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+.idea
+
+SessionZero.SzfCli/bin
+SessionZero.SzfCli/obj
+
+SessionZero.SzfLib/bin
+SessionZero.SzfLib/obj
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diff --git a/SessionZero.SzfCli/Program.cs b/SessionZero.SzfCli/Program.cs
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+++ b/SessionZero.SzfCli/Program.cs
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+// See https://aka.ms/new-console-template for more information
+
+using Spectre.Console;
+
+AnsiConsole.MarkupLine("[deepskyblue4_1]\n\n" +
+                       "  █████████  ███████████ ███████████      █████████  █████       █████\n" +
+                       " ███░░░░░███░█░░░░░░███ ░░███░░░░░░█     ███░░░░░███░░███       ░░███ \n" +
+                       "░███    ░░░ ░     ███░   ░███   █ ░     ███     ░░░  ░███        ░███ \n" +
+                       "░░█████████      ███     ░███████      ░███          ░███        ░███ \n" +
+                       " ░░░░░░░░███    ███      ░███░░░█      ░███          ░███        ░███ \n" +
+                       " ███    ░███  ████     █ ░███  ░       ░░███     ███ ░███      █ ░███ \n" +
+                       "░░█████████  ███████████ █████          ░░█████████  ███████████ █████\n" +
+                       " ░░░░░░░░░  ░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░░            ░░░░░░░░░  ░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░░ \n\n[/]"
+                       );
+                       
+
+AnsiConsole.MarkupLine("[deepskyblue4_2]A tool for testing the SessionZero SZF Parser[/]");
+AnsiConsole.MarkupLine("See [blue][link]https://sessionzero.app/szf-docs.html[/][/] for SZF documentation.");
+
+struct SZColors
+{
+    public static readonly Color BackgroundColor = Color.Grey19;        
+    public static readonly Color PrimaryColor = Color.SteelBlue;         
+    public static readonly Color PrimaryColorLight = Color.SlateBlue1;  
+    public static readonly Color SecondaryColor = Color.NavyBlue;       
+    public static readonly Color AccentColor = Color.DeepSkyBlue4_2;     
+    public static readonly Color TextColor = Color.White; 
+    public static readonly Color HeadingColor = Color.LightSteelBlue;
+}
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diff --git a/SessionZero.SzfCli/SessionZero.SzfCli.csproj b/SessionZero.SzfCli/SessionZero.SzfCli.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a67ca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SessionZero.SzfCli/SessionZero.SzfCli.csproj
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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+    <PropertyGroup>
+        <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
+        <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+        <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <ProjectReference Include="..\SessionZero.SzfLib\SessionZero.SzfLib.csproj" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <PackageReference Include="Spectre.Console" Version="0.50.0" />
+      <PackageReference Include="Spectre.Console.Cli" Version="0.50.0" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/SessionZero.SzfLib/Objects/ISzfObject.cs b/SessionZero.SzfLib/Objects/ISzfObject.cs
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index 0000000..8ed9db5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SessionZero.SzfLib/Objects/ISzfObject.cs
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+namespace SessionZero.SzfLib.Objects;
+
+public interface ISzfObject
+{
+    
+}
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diff --git a/SessionZero.SzfLib/Objects/SzfObject.cs b/SessionZero.SzfLib/Objects/SzfObject.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e0071d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SessionZero.SzfLib/Objects/SzfObject.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+namespace SessionZero.SzfLib.Objects;
+
+public class SzfObject : ISzfObject
+{
+    
+}
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diff --git a/SessionZero.SzfLib/SessionZero.SzfLib.csproj b/SessionZero.SzfLib/SessionZero.SzfLib.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..059b212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SessionZero.SzfLib/SessionZero.SzfLib.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+    <PropertyGroup>
+        <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
+        <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+        <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <Folder Include="File\" />
+      <Folder Include="Generator\" />
+      <Folder Include="Parser\" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/SessionZero.SzfLib/SzfObjectAttribute.cs b/SessionZero.SzfLib/SzfObjectAttribute.cs
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index 0000000..0569238
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+++ b/SessionZero.SzfLib/SzfObjectAttribute.cs
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+namespace SessionZero.SzfLib;
+
+[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class, Inherited = false, AllowMultiple = false)]
+public class SzfObjectAttribute : Attribute
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The unique identifier for the SzfObject type (e.g., "dataset", "character_template", "character").
+    /// This is used in the `!tpye` header of the SZF file to identify the type of SzfObject.
+    /// </summary>
+    public required string TypeIdentifier { get; set; }
+    
+    public SzfObjectAttribute(string typeIdentifier)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(typeIdentifier))
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException("Type identifier cannot be null or whitespace.", nameof(typeIdentifier));
+        }
+        
+        TypeIdentifier = typeIdentifier;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/SessionZero.SzfToolkit.sln b/SessionZero.SzfToolkit.sln
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db1c95b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SessionZero.SzfToolkit.sln
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+
+Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "SessionZero.SzfLib", "SessionZero.SzfLib\SessionZero.SzfLib.csproj", "{5BBC117D-F751-41AE-BA6D-4F99A9D2459D}"
+EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "SessionZero.SzfCli", "SessionZero.SzfCli\SessionZero.SzfCli.csproj", "{8540219D-5605-4E8A-83A5-7E38245458A5}"
+EndProject
+Global
+	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
+		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
+		Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
+		{5BBC117D-F751-41AE-BA6D-4F99A9D2459D}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{5BBC117D-F751-41AE-BA6D-4F99A9D2459D}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{5BBC117D-F751-41AE-BA6D-4F99A9D2459D}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{5BBC117D-F751-41AE-BA6D-4F99A9D2459D}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{8540219D-5605-4E8A-83A5-7E38245458A5}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{8540219D-5605-4E8A-83A5-7E38245458A5}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{8540219D-5605-4E8A-83A5-7E38245458A5}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{8540219D-5605-4E8A-83A5-7E38245458A5}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
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