diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dacdfdbb..75f742cc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4173,6 +4173,7 @@ name = "xtask"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "clap 3.2.25",
  "xtaskops",
 ]
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 670e7729..f968b793 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ Example format:
 
 # Providers
 
-You can get a list of the providers and their described configuration values [in the documentation](https://docs.rs/teller).
+You can get a list of the providers and their described configuration values [in the documentation](https://docs.rs/teller-providers/latest/teller_providers/providers/index.html).
 
 ### Testing check list:
 
diff --git a/release.toml b/release.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..19f7e046
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+tag-name = "v{{version}}"
diff --git a/xtask/Cargo.toml b/xtask/Cargo.toml
index 0010a3a6..34efab01 100644
--- a/xtask/Cargo.toml
+++ b/xtask/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 
+clap = "3"
 xtaskops = "^0.4.1"
 anyhow = "1"
diff --git a/xtask/src/main.rs b/xtask/src/main.rs
index f8985b59..b380faf4 100644
--- a/xtask/src/main.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,67 @@
-fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
-    xtaskops::tasks::main()
+use anyhow::{self, Context};
+/// main
+///
+/// # Errors
+///
+/// This function will return an error
+pub fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    use clap::{AppSettings, Arg, Command};
+    let cli = Command::new("xtask")
+        .setting(AppSettings::SubcommandRequiredElseHelp)
+        .subcommand(
+            Command::new("coverage").arg(
+                Arg::new("dev")
+                    .short('d')
+                    .long("dev")
+                    .help("generate an html report")
+                    .takes_value(false),
+            ),
+        )
+        .subcommand(Command::new("vars"))
+        .subcommand(Command::new("ci"))
+        .subcommand(Command::new("powerset"))
+        .subcommand(
+            Command::new("bloat-deps").arg(
+                Arg::new("package")
+                    .short('p')
+                    .long("package")
+                    .help("package to build")
+                    .required(true)
+                    .takes_value(true),
+            ),
+        )
+        .subcommand(
+            Command::new("bloat-time").arg(
+                Arg::new("package")
+                    .short('p')
+                    .long("package")
+                    .help("package to build")
+                    .required(true)
+                    .takes_value(true),
+            ),
+        )
+        .subcommand(Command::new("docs"));
+    let matches = cli.get_matches();
+
+    let root = xtaskops::ops::root_dir();
+    let res = match matches.subcommand() {
+        Some(("coverage", sm)) => xtaskops::tasks::coverage(sm.is_present("dev")),
+        Some(("vars", _)) => {
+            println!("root: {root:?}");
+            Ok(())
+        }
+        Some(("ci", _)) => xtaskops::tasks::ci(),
+        Some(("docs", _)) => xtaskops::tasks::docs(),
+        Some(("powerset", _)) => xtaskops::tasks::powerset(),
+        Some(("bloat-deps", sm)) => xtaskops::tasks::bloat_deps(
+            sm.get_one::<String>("package")
+                .context("please provide a package with -p")?,
+        ),
+        Some(("bloat-time", sm)) => xtaskops::tasks::bloat_time(
+            sm.get_one::<String>("package")
+                .context("please provide a package with -p")?,
+        ),
+        _ => unreachable!("unreachable branch"),
+    };
+    res
 }