diff --git a/qqq-dev-tools/pom.xml b/qqq-dev-tools/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
+         http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+   <groupId>com.kingsrook.qqq</groupId>
+   <artifactId>qqq-dev-tools</artifactId>
+   <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+   <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+   <name>QQQ Dev Tools</name>
+   <description>Tools for developers of QQQ (is that the framework or applications or qbits or what?)</description>
+
+   <properties>
+      <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+      <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+      <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+      <junit.version>5.10.0</junit.version>
+   </properties>
+
+   <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+         <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+         <version>${junit.version}</version>
+         <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
+   </dependencies>
+
+   <build>
+      <plugins>
+         <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.11.0</version>
+            <configuration>
+               <source>17</source>
+               <target>17</target>
+            </configuration>
+         </plugin>
+         <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.1.2</version>
+         </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+   </build>
+</project>
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diff --git a/qqq-dev-tools/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/devtools/CreateNewQBit.java b/qqq-dev-tools/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/devtools/CreateNewQBit.java
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+package com.kingsrook.qqq.devtools;
+
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** todo picocli this project and class
+ *******************************************************************************/
+public class CreateNewQBit
+{
+   private String name;
+   private String root;
+
+   private static ExecutorService executorService = null;
+
+   private static String SED = "/opt/homebrew/bin/gsed";
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static void main(String[] args)
+   {
+      args = new String[] { "/Users/dkelkhoff/git/kingsrook/qbits", "webhooks" };
+
+      if(args.length < 2)
+      {
+         System.out.println("Usage: java CreateNewQBit root-dir qbit-name");
+         System.exit(1);
+      }
+
+      CreateNewQBit instance = new CreateNewQBit();
+      instance.root = args[0];
+      instance.name = args[1];
+      System.exit(instance.run());
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public int run()
+   {
+      try
+      {
+         String wordsName = makeWordsName(name);
+         wordsName = stripQBitPrefix(wordsName);
+         String dashName    = makeDashName(wordsName);
+         String packageName = makePackageName(wordsName);
+         String className   = makeClassName(wordsName);
+         String varName     = makeVarName(wordsName);
+
+         if(!new File(root).exists())
+         {
+            System.err.println("ERROR:  Root directory [" + root + "] does not exist.");
+            return (1);
+         }
+
+         File template = new File(root + File.separator + "TEMPLATE");
+         if(!template.exists())
+         {
+            System.err.println("ERROR:  Template directory [TEMPLATE] does not exist under [" + root + "].");
+            return (1);
+         }
+
+         File dir = new File(root + File.separator + "qbit-" + dashName);
+         if(dir.exists())
+         {
+            System.err.println("ERROR:  Directory [" + dashName + "] already exists under [" + root + "].");
+            return (1);
+         }
+
+         System.out.println("Creating qbit-" + dashName + ":");
+         System.out.printf("%13s %s\n", "packgaename:", packageName);
+         System.out.printf("%13s %s\n", "ClassName:", className);
+         System.out.printf("%13s %s\n", "varName:", varName);
+         System.out.println();
+
+         System.out.println("Copying template...");
+         ProcessResult cpResult = run(new ProcessBuilder("cp", "-rv", template.getAbsolutePath(), dir.getAbsolutePath()));
+         System.out.print(cpResult.stdout());
+         System.out.println();
+
+         System.out.println("Renaming files...");
+         renameFiles(dir, packageName, className);
+         System.out.println();
+
+         System.out.println("Updating file contents...");
+         replacePlaceholders(dir, dashName, packageName, className, varName);
+         System.out.println();
+
+         System.out.println("Init'ing git repo...");
+         run(new ProcessBuilder("git", "init").directory(dir));
+         System.out.println();
+
+         // git remote add origin https://github.com/Kingsrook/${name}.git ?
+         // echo https://app.circleci.com/projects/project-dashboard/github/Kingsrook after initial push
+      }
+      catch(Exception e)
+      {
+         e.printStackTrace();
+         return 1;
+      }
+      return 0;
+   }
+
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   void renameFiles(File dir, String packageName, String className) throws Exception
+   {
+      String srcPath     = dir.getAbsolutePath() + "/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits";
+      String packagePath = packageName.replace('.', '/');
+      System.out.print(run(new ProcessBuilder("mv", "-v", srcPath + "/todo/TodoQBitConfig.java", srcPath + "/todo/" + className + "QBitConfig.java")).stdout());
+      System.out.print(run(new ProcessBuilder("mv", "-v", srcPath + "/todo/TodoQBitProducer.java", srcPath + "/todo/" + className + "QBitProducer.java")).stdout());
+      System.out.print(run(new ProcessBuilder("mv", "-v", srcPath + "/todo", srcPath + "/" + packagePath)).stdout());
+   }
+
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   static void replacePlaceholders(File dir, String dashName, String packageName, String className, String varName) throws Exception
+   {
+      for(File file : dir.listFiles())
+      {
+         if(file.isDirectory())
+         {
+            replacePlaceholders(file, dashName, packageName, className, varName);
+            continue;
+         }
+
+         System.out.println("Replacing placeholders in: " + file.getAbsolutePath());
+         replaceOne("dashName", dashName, file);
+         replaceOne("packageName", packageName, file);
+         replaceOne("className", className, file);
+         replaceOne("varName", varName, file);
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   static void replaceOne(String from, String to, File file) throws Exception
+   {
+      run(new ProcessBuilder(SED, "s/\\${" + from + "}/" + to + "/g", "-i", file.getAbsolutePath()));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   public record ProcessResult(Integer exitCode, String stdout, String stderr)
+   {
+
+      /***************************************************************************
+       *
+       ***************************************************************************/
+      public boolean hasStdout()
+      {
+         return stdout != null && !stdout.isEmpty();
+      }
+
+
+
+      /***************************************************************************
+       *
+       ***************************************************************************/
+      public boolean hasStderr()
+      {
+         return stderr != null && !stderr.isEmpty();
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   public static ProcessResult run(ProcessBuilder builder) throws Exception
+   {
+      StringBuilder stdout = new StringBuilder();
+      StringBuilder stderr = new StringBuilder();
+
+      Process   process      = builder.start();
+      Future<?> stdoutFuture = getExecutorService().submit(new StreamGobbler(process.getInputStream(), stdout::append));
+      Future<?> stderrFuture = getExecutorService().submit(new StreamGobbler(process.getErrorStream(), stderr::append));
+
+      int exitCode = process.waitFor();
+      stdoutFuture.get();
+      stderrFuture.get();
+
+      return (new ProcessResult(exitCode, stdout.toString(), stderr.toString()));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   private static class StreamGobbler implements Runnable
+   {
+      private InputStream      inputStream;
+      private Consumer<String> consumer;
+
+
+
+      /***************************************************************************
+       **
+       ***************************************************************************/
+      public StreamGobbler(InputStream inputStream, Consumer<String> consumer)
+      {
+         this.inputStream = inputStream;
+         this.consumer = consumer;
+      }
+
+
+
+      /***************************************************************************
+       **
+       ***************************************************************************/
+      @Override
+      public void run()
+      {
+         new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream)).lines().forEach(s -> consumer.accept(s + System.lineSeparator()));
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   private static ExecutorService getExecutorService()
+   {
+      if(executorService == null)
+      {
+         executorService = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
+      }
+      return (executorService);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   private String makeWordsName(String s)
+   {
+      if(s.contains("-"))
+      {
+         return (s.toLowerCase().replace('-', ' '));
+      }
+
+      if(s.matches(".*[A-Z].*"))
+      {
+         return s.replaceAll("([A-Z])", "$1'").toLowerCase().trim();
+      }
+
+      return s;
+   }
+
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   static String stripQBitPrefix(String s)
+   {
+      return (s.replaceFirst("^qbit(s) ", ""));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   static String makeDashName(String s)
+   {
+      return (s.replace(' ', '-'));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   static String makePackageName(String s)
+   {
+      return (s.replace(" ", ""));
+   }
+
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   static String makeClassName(String s)
+   {
+      StringBuilder rs    = new StringBuilder();
+      String[]      words = s.split(" ");
+      for(String word : words)
+      {
+         rs.append(word.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase());
+         if(word.length() > 1)
+         {
+            rs.append(word.substring(1));
+         }
+      }
+      return rs.toString();
+   }
+
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   static String makeVarName(String s)
+   {
+      String className = makeClassName(s);
+      return className.substring(0, 1).toLowerCase() + (className.length() == 1 ? "" : className.substring(1));
+   }
+}