diff --git a/tango/sweeps.py b/tango/sweeps.py
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+import itertools
+import json
+import subprocess
+from collections import OrderedDict
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+from tango.common import Params, Registrable
+
+
+class Sweeper(Registrable):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        main_config_path: str,
+        sweeps_config_path: str,
+        components: str,
+    ):
+        super(Registrable, self).__init__()
+        self.main_config_path = main_config_path
+        self.sweep_config = load_config(sweeps_config_path)
+        self.main_config_path = main_config_path
+        self.components = components
+
+    # returns all the combinations of hyperparameters in the form of a list of lists
+    def get_combinations(self) -> list:
+        hyperparams = self.sweep_config.config["config"]["hyperparameters"]
+        hyperparams_lsts = []
+        for val in hyperparams.values():
+            hyperparams_lsts.append(val)
+        hyperparam_combos = list(itertools.product(*hyperparams_lsts))
+        return hyperparam_combos
+
+    # loops through all combinations of hyperparameters and creates a run for each
+    def run_experiments(self):
+        hyperparam_combos = self.get_combinations()
+        for combination in hyperparam_combos:
+            # main_config = self.override_hyperparameters(combination)
+            overrides = self.override_hyperparameters(combination)
+            # TODO: need to figure where & how to store results / way to track runs
+            # specify what workspace to use
+            subprocess.call(
+                [
+                    "tango",
+                    "run",
+                    self.main_config_path,
+                    "--include-package",
+                    self.components,
+                    "--overrides",
+                    json.dumps(overrides),
+                ]
+            )
+
+    # function to override all the hyperparameters in the current experiment_config
+    def override_hyperparameters(self, experiment_tuple: tuple) -> dict:
+        overrides = {}
+        for (i, key) in enumerate(self.sweep_config.config["config"]["hyperparameters"].keys()):
+            overrides[key] = experiment_tuple[i]
+        return overrides
+
+
+# function that loads the config from a specified yaml or jasonnet file
+def load_config(sweeps_config_path: str):
+    return SweepConfig.from_file(sweeps_config_path)
+
+
+# data class that loads the parameters
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class SweepConfig(Params):
+    config: OrderedDict
diff --git a/test_fixtures/sweeps/basic_test/basic_arithmetic.py b/test_fixtures/sweeps/basic_test/basic_arithmetic.py
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+from typing import Union
+
+from tango import Step
+
+IntOrFloat = Union[int, float]
+
+@Step.register("addition")
+class AdditionStep(Step):
+    def run(self, num1: int, num2: int) -> int:
+        return num1 + num2
+
+@Step.register("scale_up")
+class ScaleUp(Step):
+    def run(self, num1: int, factor: int) -> int:
+        return num1 * factor
+
+@Step.register("scale_down")
+class ScaleDown(Step):
+    def run(self, num1: int, factor: int) -> IntOrFloat:
+        return num1 / factor
+
+@Step.register("print")
+class Print(Step):
+    def run(self, num: IntOrFloat) -> None:
+        print(num)
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diff --git a/test_fixtures/sweeps/basic_test/config.jsonnet b/test_fixtures/sweeps/basic_test/config.jsonnet
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+{
+    "steps": {
+        "add_numbers": {
+            "type": "addition",
+            "num1": 34,
+            "num2": 8
+        },
+        "multiply_result": {
+            "type": "scale_up",
+            "num1": {"type": "ref", "ref": "add_numbers"},
+            "factor": 10,
+        },
+        "divide_result": {
+            "type": "scale_down",
+            "num1": {"type": "ref", "ref": "multiply_result"},
+            "factor": 5,
+        },
+        "add_x": {
+            "type": "addition",
+            "num1": {"type": "ref", "ref": "divide_result"},
+            "num2": 1,
+        },
+        "print": {
+            "type": "print",
+            "num": {"type": "ref", "ref": "add_x"},
+        },
+    },
+}
diff --git a/test_fixtures/sweeps/basic_test/sweeps-config.jsonnet b/test_fixtures/sweeps/basic_test/sweeps-config.jsonnet
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+++ b/test_fixtures/sweeps/basic_test/sweeps-config.jsonnet
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+{
+    "config": {
+        "sweeper": "default",
+        "n_proc": 1,
+        "hyperparameters": {
+            "steps.add_numbers.num1": [8, 16],
+            "steps.add_numbers.num2": [2, 4],
+            "steps.multiply_result.factor": [1, 10],
+            "steps.divide_result.factor": [5, 10],
+            "steps.add_x.num2": [1, 2],
+        },
+    },
+}
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diff --git a/test_fixtures/sweeps/basic_test/sweeps-config.yaml b/test_fixtures/sweeps/basic_test/sweeps-config.yaml
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diff --git a/test_fixtures/sweeps/cv_example_test/sweep-config.jsonnet b/test_fixtures/sweeps/cv_example_test/sweep-config.jsonnet
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+{
+    sweeper: "default",
+    n_proc: 1,
+    hyperparameters: {
+        batch_size: [16, 32, 64],
+        lr: [0.01, 0.001],
+    },
+}
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diff --git a/test_fixtures/sweeps/cv_example_test/sweep-config.yaml b/test_fixtures/sweeps/cv_example_test/sweep-config.yaml
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+++ b/test_fixtures/sweeps/cv_example_test/sweep-config.yaml
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+sweeper: "default"
+n_proc: 1
+hyperparameters:
+  batc_size:
+    - 16
+    - 32
+    - 64
+  lr:
+    - 0.001
+    - 0.0001
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