diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.swp
+pal
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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index 0000000..b17906b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
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+SHELL := /bin/bash
+
+build:
+	go build -v -o pal ./cmd
+
+run:
+	go run ./cmd/
diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
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index 0000000..d8fa929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func main() {
+	fmt.Println("hello")
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
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index 0000000..bc8c058
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+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module github.com/mobyvb/pull-pal
+
+go 1.20
diff --git a/pullpal/common.go b/pullpal/common.go
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index 0000000..9209c4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pullpal/common.go
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+package pullpal
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"strings"
+	"text/template"
+)
+
+// PullPal is the service responsible for:
+//  * Interacting with git server (e.g. reading issues and making PRs on Github)
+//  * Generating LLM prompts
+//  * Parsing LLM responses
+//  * Interacting with LLM (e.g. with GPT via OpenAI API)
+type PullPal struct {
+}
+
+// File represents a file in a git repository.
+type File struct {
+	Path     string
+	Contents string
+}
+
+// CodeChangeRequest contains all necessary information for generating a prompt for a LLM.
+type CodeChangeRequest struct {
+	Files   []File
+	Subject string
+	Body    string
+}
+
+// String is the string representation of a CodeChangeRequest. Functionally, it contains the LLM prompt.
+func (req CodeChangeRequest) String() string {
+	prompt := req.MustGetPrompt()
+	return "START OF PROMPT\n" + prompt + "\nEND OF PROMPT"
+}
+
+// MustGetPrompt only returns the prompt, but panics if the data in the request cannot populate the template.
+func (req CodeChangeRequest) MustGetPrompt() string {
+	prompt, err := req.GetPrompt()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return prompt
+}
+
+// GetPrompt converts the information in the request to a prompt for an LLM.
+func (req CodeChangeRequest) GetPrompt() (string, error) {
+	tmpl, err := template.ParseFiles("../template/code-change-request.tmpl")
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	var result bytes.Buffer
+	err = tmpl.Execute(&result, req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return result.String(), nil
+}
+
+// CodeChangeResponse contains data derived from an LLM response to a prompt generated via a CodeChangeRequest.
+type CodeChangeResponse struct {
+	Files []File
+	Notes string
+}
+
+// String is a string representation of CodeChangeResponse.
+func (res CodeChangeResponse) String() string {
+	out := "Notes:\n"
+	out += res.Notes + "\n\n"
+	out += "Files:\n"
+	for _, f := range res.Files {
+		out += f.Path + ":\n```\n"
+		out += f.Contents + "\n```\n"
+	}
+
+	return out
+}
+
+// ParseCodeChangeResponse parses the LLM's response to CodeChangeRequest (string) into a CodeChangeResponse.
+func ParseCodeChangeResponse(llmResponse string) CodeChangeResponse {
+	sections := strings.Split(llmResponse, "Notes:")
+
+	filesSection := sections[0]
+	notes := strings.TrimSpace(sections[1])
+
+	files := parseFiles(filesSection)
+
+	return CodeChangeResponse{
+		Files: files,
+		Notes: notes,
+	}
+}
+
+// parseFiles process the "files" subsection of the LLM's response. It is a helper for GetCodeChangeResponse.
+func parseFiles(filesSection string) []File {
+	fileStringList := strings.Split(filesSection, "name:")
+	// first item in the list is just gonna be "Files:"
+	fileStringList = fileStringList[1:]
+
+	fileList := make([]File, len(fileStringList))
+	for i, f := range fileStringList {
+		fileParts := strings.Split(f, "contents:")
+		path := strings.TrimSpace(fileParts[0])
+		contents := strings.TrimSpace(fileParts[1])
+		contents = strings.Trim(contents, "```")
+
+		fileList[i] = File{
+			Path:     path,
+			Contents: contents,
+		}
+	}
+
+	return fileList
+}
diff --git a/template/code-change-request.tmpl b/template/code-change-request.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9648bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/code-change-request.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Files:
+{{ range $index, $file := .Files }}
+  - name: {{ $file.Path }}:
+    contents:
+    ```
+{{ $file.Contents }}
+    ```
+{{ end }}
+
+Modify the files above to accomplish the following task:
+Subject: {{ .Subject }}
+Body:
+{{ .Body }}
+
+Respond in the exact format:
+Files:
+{{ range $index, $file := .Files }}
+  - name: {{ $file.Path }}
+    contents:
+    ```
+    [new {{ $file.Path }} contents]
+    ```
+{{ end }}
+
+Notes:
+[additional context about your changes]