diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index e69de29..05e97bc 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-console */
+/* eslint-disable global-require */
+/* eslint-disable no-sync */
+
+const { argv } = require ('yargs');
+const path = require ('path');
+const fs = require ('fs-extra');
+
+const [
+  template,
+  ...args
+] = argv._;
+
+/**
+ * main function
+ */
+function main () {
+  if (typeof template !== 'string') {
+    console.log ('please specify a template');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (
+    !fs.existsSync (path.join (__dirname, 'snippets', template))
+    || !(/^[a-zA-Z]+$/u).test (template)
+  ) {
+    console.log ('template does not exist');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const snippet = require (`./snippets/${template}/index.js`);
+
+  if (!snippet.assert (process.cwd, args)) {
+    console.log ('snipped rejected arguments');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  snippet.run (process.cwd, args);
+}
+main ();
diff --git a/snippets/snippet/template/index.js b/snippets/snippet/template/index.js
index dfc628b..87556c2 100644
--- a/snippets/snippet/template/index.js
+++ b/snippets/snippet/template/index.js
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ const path = require ('path');
  * copies the full template to the current folder
  *
  * @param {string} folder folder to run in
- * @param {Array} args function arguments
  */
-function run (folder, args) {
+function run (folder) {
   const template = path.join (__dirname, 'template');
   fs.copy (template, folder);
 }
@@ -18,10 +17,9 @@ function run (folder, args) {
  * checks if the arguments meet the requirements
  *
  * @param {string} folder folder to run in
- * @param {Array} args function arguments
  * @returns {boolean} true if arguments match requirements
  */
-function assert (folder, args) {
+function assert (folder) {
   return (typeof folder === 'string')
   && (fs.existsSync (folder));
 }
diff --git a/snippets/vue/index.js b/snippets/vue/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e5f1294..0000000
--- a/snippets/vue/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-const fs = require ('fs');
-
-module.exports = async (folder) => {
-
-};