diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..ea8c4bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/target
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
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index 0000000..93a6444
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 4
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anyhow"
+version = "1.0.100"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a23eb6b1614318a8071c9b2521f36b424b2c83db5eb3a0fead4a6c0809af6e61"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "apidoc"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "apidoc_parser",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "apidoc_parser"
+version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
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index 0000000..fdb0731
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[workspace]
+resolver = "3"
+members = ["src/apidoc", "src/apidoc_parser"]
+
+[workspace.package]
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2024"
+public = false
+
+[workspace.clippy]
+strict = "warn"
diff --git a/src/apidoc/Cargo.toml b/src/apidoc/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c26f42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/apidoc/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[package]
+name = "apidoc"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0.100"
+apidoc_parser = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../apidoc_parser" }
diff --git a/src/apidoc/src/main.rs b/src/apidoc/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a966bdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/apidoc/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+use std::{env::args, fs};
+
+use anyhow::Context;
+use apidoc_parser::parse;
+
+fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let mut args = args().skip(1);
+
+    let file = fs::read_to_string(args.next().context("expected a file path argument")?)
+        .context("opening file")?;
+
+    println!("{file}");
+
+    parse(file);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/apidoc_parser/Cargo.toml b/src/apidoc_parser/Cargo.toml
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index 0000000..1f962c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/apidoc_parser/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[package]
+name = "apidoc_parser"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+public.workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/src/apidoc_parser/src/comment.rs b/src/apidoc_parser/src/comment.rs
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index 0000000..dae010c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/apidoc_parser/src/comment.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct Span {
+    lo: usize,
+    hi: usize,
+}
+
+impl Span {
+    pub const fn new(range: std::ops::Range<usize>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            lo: range.start,
+            hi: range.end,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct Comment {
+    pub(crate) prefix: String,
+    pub(crate) span: Span,
+}
diff --git a/src/apidoc_parser/src/cursor.rs b/src/apidoc_parser/src/cursor.rs
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+++ b/src/apidoc_parser/src/cursor.rs
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+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub(crate) struct Cursor {
+    source: String,
+    offset: usize,
+    byte_offset: usize,
+}
+
+impl Cursor {
+    pub const fn new(source: String) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            source,
+            offset: 0,
+            byte_offset: 0,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn slice(&self) -> &'_ str {
+        self.source
+            .get(self.byte_offset..)
+            .expect("str should be built out of bounded chars")
+    }
+
+    pub fn bump(&mut self) -> &mut Self {
+        self.offset += 1;
+        self.byte_offset += self.slice().chars().next().map_or(0, char::len_utf8);
+
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn bump_newline(&mut self) -> bool {
+        while !self.slice().starts_with('\n') && !self.bump().is_finished() {}
+
+        if self.slice().starts_with('\n') {
+            self.bump();
+            return true;
+        }
+        false
+    }
+
+    pub fn skip(&mut self, chars: usize) {
+        let len: usize = self.slice().chars().take(chars).map(char::len_utf8).sum();
+
+        self.offset += chars;
+        self.byte_offset += len;
+    }
+
+    pub fn skip_whitespace(&mut self) {
+        let mut offset = 0;
+        let mut byte_offset = 0;
+
+        for char in self.slice().chars() {
+            if !char.is_ascii_whitespace() || char == '\n' {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            offset += 1;
+            byte_offset += char.len_utf8();
+        }
+
+        self.offset += offset;
+        self.byte_offset += byte_offset;
+    }
+
+    pub const fn is_finished(&self) -> bool {
+        self.byte_offset >= self.source.len()
+    }
+
+    pub const fn offset(&self) -> usize {
+        self.offset
+    }
+
+    pub fn fmt_offset(&self) -> String {
+        format!("{} (byte {})", self.offset, self.byte_offset)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/apidoc_parser/src/lib.rs b/src/apidoc_parser/src/lib.rs
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index 0000000..4f2c2b6
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+++ b/src/apidoc_parser/src/lib.rs
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+use crate::comment::{Comment, Span};
+
+pub mod comment;
+pub(crate) mod cursor;
+
+use cursor::Cursor;
+
+// TODO: (issue #3) Move these into some variable configuration
+const APIDOC_PRAGMA: &str = "@apidoc";
+const COMMENT_PREFIX: &str = "//";
+
+pub fn parse(source: String) -> Vec<Comment> {
+    let mut comments = Vec::new();
+
+    let mut cursor = Cursor::new(source);
+
+    while !cursor.bump().is_finished() {
+        let slice = cursor.slice();
+
+        if slice.starts_with(COMMENT_PREFIX) {
+            println!("comment: at offset {}", cursor.fmt_offset());
+
+            let start = cursor.offset();
+
+            cursor.skip(COMMENT_PREFIX.len());
+            cursor.skip_whitespace();
+            if !cursor.slice().starts_with(APIDOC_PRAGMA) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            let prefix = COMMENT_PREFIX;
+
+            println!(" pragma! {}", cursor.fmt_offset());
+
+            cursor.bump_newline();
+            let mut end = cursor.offset() - 1;
+
+            loop {
+                cursor.skip_whitespace();
+                if !cursor.slice().starts_with(prefix) {
+                    break;
+                }
+                cursor.bump_newline();
+                end = cursor.offset() - 1;
+            }
+
+            comments.push(dbg!(Comment {
+                prefix: COMMENT_PREFIX.to_owned(),
+                span: Span::new(start..end)
+            }));
+        }
+    }
+
+    comments
+}