diff --git a/examples/file.yaml b/examples/file.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..336327a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/file.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+resources:
+- type: file
+  attributes:
+    path: /tmp/foo.txt
+    owner: nobody
+    group: nobody
+    mode: 0644
+    state: present
diff --git a/examples/user.yaml b/examples/user.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14e3a42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/user.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+resources:
+- type: user
+  attributes:
+    name: "testuser"
+    uid: "12001"
+    home: "/home/testuser"
+    state: present
diff --git a/internal/resource/exec.go b/internal/resource/exec.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9148719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/resource/exec.go
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// Copyright 2024 Matthew Rich <matthewrich.conf@gmail.com>. All rights reserved.
+
+//
+package resource
+
+import (
+  "context"
+  "fmt"
+_ "os"
+  "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+_ "os/exec"
+_ "strings"
+_ "log"
+  "net/url"
+)
+
+type Exec struct {
+  loader YamlLoader
+  Id string `yaml:"id"`
+  // create command
+  // read command
+  // update command
+  // delete command
+
+  // state attributes
+  State string `yaml:"state"`
+}
+
+func init() {
+  ResourceTypes.Register("exec", func(u *url.URL) Resource {
+    x := NewExec()
+    return x
+  })
+}
+
+func NewExec() *Exec {
+  return &Exec { loader: YamlLoadDecl }
+}
+
+func (x *Exec) URI() string {
+  return fmt.Sprintf("exec://%s", x.Id)
+}
+
+func (x *Exec) SetURI(uri string) error {
+  return nil
+}
+
+func (x *Exec) ResolveId(ctx context.Context) string {
+  return ""
+}
+
+func (x *Exec) Apply() error {
+  return nil
+}
+
+func (x *Exec) LoadDecl(yamlFileResourceDeclaration string) error {
+  return x.loader(yamlFileResourceDeclaration, x)
+}
+
+func (x *Exec) Type() string { return "exec" }
+
+func (x *Exec) Read(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
+  return yaml.Marshal(x)
+}
+
diff --git a/internal/resource/exec_text.go b/internal/resource/exec_text.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1a7026
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/resource/exec_text.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// Copyright 2024 Matthew Rich <matthewrich.conf@gmail.com>. All rights reserved
+package resource
+
+import (
+	_ "context"
+	_ "encoding/json"
+	_ "fmt"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	_ "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	_ "io"
+	_ "log"
+	_ "net/http"
+	_ "net/http/httptest"
+	_ "net/url"
+	_ "os"
+	_ "strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestNewExecResource(t *testing.T) {
+	x := NewExec()
+	assert.NotEqual(t, nil, x)
+}
+
+func TestExecApplyResourceTransformation(t *testing.T) {
+	x := NewExec()
+	assert.NotEqual(t, nil, x)
+
+	//e := f.Apply()
+	//assert.Equal(t, nil, e)
+}
+
+func TestReadExec(t *testing.T) {
+
+}
+
+func TestReadExecError(t *testing.T) {
+}
+
+func TestCreateExec(t *testing.T) {
+}
+
+func TestExecSetURI(t *testing.T) {
+  x := NewExec()
+  assert.NotNil(t, x)
+  x.SetURI("exec://" + "12345_key")
+  assert.Equal(t, "exec", x.Type())
+  assert.Equal(t, "12345_key", x.Id)
+}
diff --git a/internal/resource/file_test.go b/internal/resource/file_test.go
index 7d1294c..b1169fe 100644
--- a/internal/resource/file_test.go
+++ b/internal/resource/file_test.go
@@ -179,3 +179,12 @@ func TestFileTimes(t *testing.T) {
   assert.Equal(t, "nobody", f.Owner)
   assert.True(t, f.Mtime.Equal(expectedTime))
 }
+
+func TestFileSetURI(t *testing.T) {
+  file, _ := filepath.Abs(filepath.Join(TempDir, "testuri.txt"))
+  f := NewFile()
+  assert.NotNil(t, f)
+  f.SetURI("file://" + file)
+  assert.Equal(t, "file", f.Type())
+  assert.Equal(t, file, f.Path)
+}