diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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index 0000000000..8ab3ebbb91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.PHONY: all proto
+
+all: proto
+
+proto:
+	protoc --go_out=plugins=grpc:../../../ -I. proto/*.proto
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e69de29bb2..4603c5dc8e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Tilt
+
+## Prereqs
+- `make`
+- **[go 1.10](https://golang.org/dl/)**
+- **protobuf 3.2**: `brew install protobuf` or install `protoc-3.2.0-[your_OS]` [from Github](https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases?after=v3.2.1)
+
+## Developing
+Run `make` from the root of the repo to generate all protobuf files.
diff --git a/proto/daemon.pb.go b/proto/daemon.pb.go
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index 0000000000..2360cdffef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proto/daemon.pb.go
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+// Code generated by protoc-gen-go. DO NOT EDIT.
+// source: proto/daemon.proto
+
+/*
+Package proto is a generated protocol buffer package.
+
+It is generated from these files:
+	proto/daemon.proto
+
+It has these top-level messages:
+	Service
+	CreateServiceReply
+*/
+package proto
+
+import proto1 "github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+import fmt "fmt"
+import math "math"
+
+import (
+	context "golang.org/x/net/context"
+	grpc "google.golang.org/grpc"
+)
+
+// Reference imports to suppress errors if they are not otherwise used.
+var _ = proto1.Marshal
+var _ = fmt.Errorf
+var _ = math.Inf
+
+// This is a compile-time assertion to ensure that this generated file
+// is compatible with the proto package it is being compiled against.
+// A compilation error at this line likely means your copy of the
+// proto package needs to be updated.
+const _ = proto1.ProtoPackageIsVersion2 // please upgrade the proto package
+
+// Q: Is this sufficient?
+// Q: How will we uniquely identify a service?
+// ie, what's a service's "name"?
+type Service struct {
+	K8SYaml string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=k8s_yaml,json=k8sYaml" json:"k8s_yaml,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (m *Service) Reset()                    { *m = Service{} }
+func (m *Service) String() string            { return proto1.CompactTextString(m) }
+func (*Service) ProtoMessage()               {}
+func (*Service) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptor0, []int{0} }
+
+func (m *Service) GetK8SYaml() string {
+	if m != nil {
+		return m.K8SYaml
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+type CreateServiceReply struct {
+}
+
+func (m *CreateServiceReply) Reset()                    { *m = CreateServiceReply{} }
+func (m *CreateServiceReply) String() string            { return proto1.CompactTextString(m) }
+func (*CreateServiceReply) ProtoMessage()               {}
+func (*CreateServiceReply) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptor0, []int{1} }
+
+func init() {
+	proto1.RegisterType((*Service)(nil), "daemon.Service")
+	proto1.RegisterType((*CreateServiceReply)(nil), "daemon.CreateServiceReply")
+}
+
+// Reference imports to suppress errors if they are not otherwise used.
+var _ context.Context
+var _ grpc.ClientConn
+
+// This is a compile-time assertion to ensure that this generated file
+// is compatible with the grpc package it is being compiled against.
+const _ = grpc.SupportPackageIsVersion4
+
+// Client API for Daemon service
+
+type DaemonClient interface {
+	CreateService(ctx context.Context, in *Service, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*CreateServiceReply, error)
+}
+
+type daemonClient struct {
+	cc *grpc.ClientConn
+}
+
+func NewDaemonClient(cc *grpc.ClientConn) DaemonClient {
+	return &daemonClient{cc}
+}
+
+func (c *daemonClient) CreateService(ctx context.Context, in *Service, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*CreateServiceReply, error) {
+	out := new(CreateServiceReply)
+	err := grpc.Invoke(ctx, "/daemon.Daemon/CreateService", in, out, c.cc, opts...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+// Server API for Daemon service
+
+type DaemonServer interface {
+	CreateService(context.Context, *Service) (*CreateServiceReply, error)
+}
+
+func RegisterDaemonServer(s *grpc.Server, srv DaemonServer) {
+	s.RegisterService(&_Daemon_serviceDesc, srv)
+}
+
+func _Daemon_CreateService_Handler(srv interface{}, ctx context.Context, dec func(interface{}) error, interceptor grpc.UnaryServerInterceptor) (interface{}, error) {
+	in := new(Service)
+	if err := dec(in); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if interceptor == nil {
+		return srv.(DaemonServer).CreateService(ctx, in)
+	}
+	info := &grpc.UnaryServerInfo{
+		Server:     srv,
+		FullMethod: "/daemon.Daemon/CreateService",
+	}
+	handler := func(ctx context.Context, req interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+		return srv.(DaemonServer).CreateService(ctx, req.(*Service))
+	}
+	return interceptor(ctx, in, info, handler)
+}
+
+var _Daemon_serviceDesc = grpc.ServiceDesc{
+	ServiceName: "daemon.Daemon",
+	HandlerType: (*DaemonServer)(nil),
+	Methods: []grpc.MethodDesc{
+		{
+			MethodName: "CreateService",
+			Handler:    _Daemon_CreateService_Handler,
+		},
+	},
+	Streams:  []grpc.StreamDesc{},
+	Metadata: "proto/daemon.proto",
+}
+
+func init() { proto1.RegisterFile("proto/daemon.proto", fileDescriptor0) }
+
+var fileDescriptor0 = []byte{
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