diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d0496d2b4..966efd56b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1986,6 +1986,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "extism",
  "log",
+ "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2418,9 +2419,9 @@ checksum = "61697e0a1c7e512e84a621326239844a24d8207b4669b41bc18b32ea5cbf988b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.205"
+version = "1.0.209"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e33aedb1a7135da52b7c21791455563facbbcc43d0f0f66165b42c21b3dfb150"
+checksum = "99fce0ffe7310761ca6bf9faf5115afbc19688edd00171d81b1bb1b116c63e09"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
@@ -2436,9 +2437,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.205"
+version = "1.0.209"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "692d6f5ac90220161d6774db30c662202721e64aed9058d2c394f451261420c1"
+checksum = "a5831b979fd7b5439637af1752d535ff49f4860c0f341d1baeb6faf0f4242170"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index abca231fe..c66e5dd1e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ tokio = { version = "1.39.2", features = ["net", "macros", "rt-multi-thread", "f
 rayon = "1.10.0"
 uuid = { version = "1.10.0", features = ["serde", "v3"] }
 derive_more = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["full"] }
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/pumpkin-core/Cargo.toml b/pumpkin-core/Cargo.toml
index 8d7ae3900..ce34c98b4 100644
--- a/pumpkin-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pumpkin-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+serde.workspace = true
 fastnbt = { git = "https://github.com/owengage/fastnbt.git" }
 uuid.workspace = true
 colored = "2"
diff --git a/pumpkin-plugin/Cargo.toml b/pumpkin-plugin/Cargo.toml
index a3d6bea27..558ce3b4c 100644
--- a/pumpkin-plugin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pumpkin-plugin/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ edition.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 extism = "1.5.0"
-log.workspace = true
\ No newline at end of file
+log.workspace = true
+serde.workspace = true
diff --git a/pumpkin-plugin/src/api/identifer.rs b/pumpkin-plugin/src/api/identifer.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..886282bad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pumpkin-plugin/src/api/identifer.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+use extism::{convert::Msgpack, host_fn, FromBytes, ToBytes};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+/// Used to keep track of things created by plugins.
+/// This can include things like events, commands, etc.
+#[derive(Hash, PartialEq, Eq, ToBytes, FromBytes, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[encoding(Msgpack)] // TODO: Switch to protocal buffers for smaller size
+struct Identifier {
+    namespace: String,
+    path: String,
+}
+
+host_fn!(new(namespace: String, path: String) -> Result<Identifier, _> {
+    Ok(Identifier { namespace, path })
+});
diff --git a/pumpkin-plugin/src/api/mod.rs b/pumpkin-plugin/src/api/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9cb03788
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pumpkin-plugin/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mod identifer;
diff --git a/pumpkin-plugin/src/lib.rs b/pumpkin-plugin/src/lib.rs
index 3ac56bf6f..66865e2c0 100644
--- a/pumpkin-plugin/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pumpkin-plugin/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+mod api;
+
 use std::path::Path;
 
 use extism::{Manifest, Plugin, Wasm};
diff --git a/pumpkin-protocol/Cargo.toml b/pumpkin-protocol/Cargo.toml
index e87e51557..b9d59e16f 100644
--- a/pumpkin-protocol/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pumpkin-protocol/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ bytes = "1.7"
 
 uuid.workspace = true
 
-serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+serde.workspace = true
 # to parse strings to json responses
 serde_json = "1.0"
 
diff --git a/pumpkin-registry/Cargo.toml b/pumpkin-registry/Cargo.toml
index f1e53cba3..8ba0b9457 100644
--- a/pumpkin-registry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pumpkin-registry/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ pumpkin-core = { path = "../pumpkin-core"}
 fastnbt = { git = "https://github.com/owengage/fastnbt.git" }
 fastsnbt = "0.2"
 
-serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+serde.workspace = true
diff --git a/pumpkin-world/Cargo.toml b/pumpkin-world/Cargo.toml
index 2bc06f7f1..0cf6e622e 100644
--- a/pumpkin-world/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pumpkin-world/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ itertools = "0.13.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.63"
 futures = "0.3.30"
 flate2 = "1.0.33"
-serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+serde.workspace = true
 serde_json = "1.0"
 static_assertions = "1.1.0"
 log.workspace = true
diff --git a/pumpkin/Cargo.toml b/pumpkin/Cargo.toml
index 804506fd3..3cdd834e3 100644
--- a/pumpkin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pumpkin/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pumpkin-protocol = { path = "../pumpkin-protocol"}
 pumpkin-registry = { path = "../pumpkin-registry"}
 
 # config
-serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+serde.workspace = true
 serde_json = "1.0"
 toml = "0.8.19"