diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d26b33d..62de81d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 working
+*.yml
+*.swp
+*.vim
diff --git a/source/common.rb b/source/common.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ad044b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/common.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+module Vrobot4
+   Version = '4.00'.freeze
+
+   @@debug = false
+   def self.debug= set; @@debug = !!set; end
+   def self.debug     ; @@debug;         end
+
+   def self.log lv, *text
+      if lv != :DEBUG || @@debug
+         puts "[" + lv.to_s.center(8) + "] " + text.join(" ")
+      end
+   end
+end
+
+## EOF
diff --git a/source/main.rb b/source/main.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26bab13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/main.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+require './common.rb'
+require './server.rb'
+require './module.rb'
+
+require 'yaml'
+
+module Vrobot4
+   def self.loadServer servinfo
+      name = servinfo["name"]
+      type = servinfo["type"]
+
+      log :INFO, "loadServer: loading configuration for", name
+
+      serv = Server::get_server_type(type).new(servinfo)
+
+      servinfo.has_key?("modules") && servinfo["modules"].each \
+         {|mod| serv.loadMod Module::get_module_type(mod).new}
+
+      serv
+   end
+
+   def self.loadBot botinfo
+      servers = []
+      log :INFO, "loadBot: loading configuration for", botinfo["name"]
+      botinfo["servers"].each {|servinfo| servers << loadServer(servinfo)}
+      servers
+   end
+
+   def self.main cfgname
+      cfg = nil
+
+      log :INFO, "vrobot version", Version
+
+      begin;  cfg = YAML.load IO.read(cfgname)
+      rescue; log :ERROR, "error reading bot config:", $!; exit; end
+
+      begin
+         bots  = []
+         thrds = []
+         cfg["loadmods"].each {|mod|     load mod, true}
+         cfg["bots"]    .each {|botinfo| bots << loadBot(botinfo)}
+         log :DEBUG, "bots:", bots.to_s
+         bots.each do |servs|
+            servs.each {|serv| thrds << Thread.new {serv.connect}}
+         end
+         thrds.each {|th| th.join}
+      rescue
+         log :ERROR, "error loading bot configuration:", $!
+         exit
+      end
+   end
+end
+
+Vrobot4.main "bot.yml"
+
+## EOF
diff --git a/source/mod_util.rb b/source/mod_util.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8da430b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/mod_util.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+class Mod_Util < Vrobot4::Module::Module
+   Vrobot4::Module.add_module_type self, "Utilities"
+
+   def initialize
+      super()
+      register :testf, "Test function."
+   end
+
+   def testf msg, argv
+      puts "test function run", msg, argv
+   end
+end
+
+## EOF
diff --git a/source/module.rb b/source/module.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..435f9ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/module.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+module Vrobot4::Module
+   class Command
+      attr_reader :help_str
+
+      def initialize fn, help
+         @function = fn
+         @help_str = help
+      end
+
+      def run msg, argv
+         @function.call(msg, argv)
+      end
+   end
+
+   class Module
+      def initialize
+         @commands = {}
+      end
+
+      def register fn, help
+         @commands[fn.to_s] = Command.new(self.method(fn), help)
+      end
+
+      def eachCmd
+         @commands.each {|cmd| yield cmd}
+      end
+
+      def onCommand msg, cmdname, argv
+         @commands[cmdname].run(msg, argv) if @commands.has_key? cmdname
+      end
+   end
+
+   @@module_types = {}
+
+   def self.add_module_type t, name
+      @@module_types[name] = t
+      Vrobot4.log :INFO, "added module type:", name
+   end
+
+   def self.get_module_type s
+      @@module_types[s]
+   end
+end
+
+## EOF
diff --git a/source/server.rb b/source/server.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94886c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/server.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+module Vrobot4::Server
+   class User
+   end
+
+   class Message
+      attr_reader :msg
+
+      def initialize msg
+         @msg = msg
+      end
+
+      def to_s
+         @msg
+      end
+   end
+
+   class Channel
+   end
+
+   class Server
+      def initialize
+         @modules = []
+      end
+
+      def loadMod mod
+         @modules << mod
+      end
+
+      def onMessage msg
+         if msg.start_with? '.'
+            onCommand msg, nil, nil
+         end
+         log :MSG, msg.to_s
+      end
+
+      def onCommand msg, cmdname, argv
+         @modules.each {|mod| mod.onCommand msg, cmdname, argv}
+      end
+   end
+
+   @@server_types = {}
+
+   def self.add_server_type t, name
+      @@server_types[name] = t
+      Vrobot4.log :INFO, "added server type:", name
+   end
+
+   def self.get_server_type s
+      @@server_types[s]
+   end
+end
+
+## EOF
diff --git a/source/sv_discord.rb b/source/sv_discord.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66afb25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/sv_discord.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+class Sv_Discord < Vrobot4::Server::Server
+   Vrobot4::Server.add_server_type self, "Discord"
+
+   def initialize info
+      super()
+      Vrobot4.log :INFO, "Sv_Discord:", info["serverid"]
+   end
+
+   def connect
+      puts "connected"
+   end
+end
+
+## EOF