diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 936cbaa..0d1d26f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 name = "chessfriend"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "chessfriend_core",
+ "chessfriend_moves",
+ "chessfriend_position",
+ "clap",
+ "shlex",
+ "thiserror",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/chessfriend/Cargo.toml b/chessfriend/Cargo.toml
index 25bc79e..e696120 100644
--- a/chessfriend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/chessfriend/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,3 +3,10 @@ name = "chessfriend"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 
+[dependencies]
+chessfriend_core = { path = "../core" }
+chessfriend_moves = { path = "../moves" }
+chessfriend_position = { path = "../position" }
+clap = { version = "4.4.12", features = ["derive"] }
+shlex = "1.2.0"
+thiserror = "2"
diff --git a/chessfriend/src/chessfriend.rs b/chessfriend/src/chessfriend.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..127e05e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chessfriend/src/chessfriend.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+// Eryn Wells <eryn@erynwells.me>
+
+use crate::{
+    core::{Piece, Square},
+    position::{MakeMoveError, Move, ValidateMove},
+    threadpool::ThreadPool,
+};
+use chessfriend_core::random::RandomNumberGenerator;
+use chessfriend_position::{
+    PlacePieceError, PlacePieceStrategy, Position, ZobristState, fen::FromFenStr,
+};
+use std::{num::NonZero, sync::Arc};
+
+pub struct ChessFriend {
+    /// A pool of worker threads over which tasks may be distributed.
+    thread_pool: ThreadPool,
+
+    zobrist_state: Arc<ZobristState>,
+
+    /// A global Position for the engine.
+    position: Position,
+}
+
+impl ChessFriend {
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn new(options: Options) -> Self {
+        let mut rng = RandomNumberGenerator::default();
+
+        let zobrist_state = Arc::new(ZobristState::new(&mut rng));
+
+        let position = match options.initial_position {
+            InitialPosition::Empty => Position::empty(Some(zobrist_state.clone())),
+            InitialPosition::Starting => Position::starting(Some(zobrist_state.clone())),
+            InitialPosition::Fen(fen) => {
+                let mut position = Position::from_fen_str(fen).unwrap_or_default();
+                position.set_zobrist_state(zobrist_state.clone());
+                position
+            }
+        };
+
+        let thread_pool = ThreadPool::new(options.threading.0);
+
+        Self {
+            thread_pool,
+            zobrist_state,
+            position,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl ChessFriend {}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Default, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub struct Options<'a> {
+    initial_position: InitialPosition<'a>,
+    threading: Threading,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Default, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub enum InitialPosition<'a> {
+    Empty,
+    #[default]
+    Starting,
+    Fen(&'a str),
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub struct Threading(NonZero<usize>);
+
+impl Threading {
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn new(n: NonZero<usize>) -> Self {
+        Self(n)
+    }
+
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn new_with_available_parallelism() -> Self {
+        const ONE: NonZero<usize> = NonZero::new(1).unwrap();
+        Self(std::thread::available_parallelism().unwrap_or(ONE))
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for Threading {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new_with_available_parallelism()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/chessfriend/src/lib.rs b/chessfriend/src/lib.rs
index 4e01ba5..a73019b 100644
--- a/chessfriend/src/lib.rs
+++ b/chessfriend/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,19 @@
 // Eryn Wells <eryn@erynwells.me>
 
+mod chessfriend;
+mod threadpool;
+mod uci;
+
+pub use crate::chessfriend::ChessFriend;
+
+pub mod options {
+    pub use crate::chessfriend::{InitialPosition, Options, Threading};
+}
+
+pub mod core {
+    pub use chessfriend_core::{Color, Piece, Shape, Square};
+}
+
+pub mod position {
+    pub use chessfriend_moves::{MakeMoveError, Move, ValidateMove};
+}
diff --git a/chessfriend/src/threadpool.rs b/chessfriend/src/threadpool.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00584c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chessfriend/src/threadpool.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+// Eryn Wells <eryn@erynwells.me>
+
+use std::{
+    num::NonZero,
+    panic,
+    sync::{Arc, Mutex, mpsc},
+    thread,
+};
+
+pub(crate) trait Job: FnOnce() + Send + 'static {}
+
+pub(crate) struct ThreadPool {
+    workers: Vec<Worker>,
+    sender: Option<mpsc::Sender<Box<dyn Job>>>,
+}
+
+impl ThreadPool {
+    pub fn new(threads_count: NonZero<usize>) -> Self {
+        let (sender, receiver) = mpsc::channel();
+
+        let receiver = Arc::new(Mutex::new(receiver));
+        let workers: Vec<_> = (0..threads_count.into())
+            .map(|i| Worker::new(i, receiver.clone()))
+            .collect();
+
+        Self {
+            workers,
+            sender: Some(sender),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for ThreadPool {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        drop(self.sender.take());
+        self.workers.drain(..).for_each(Worker::join);
+    }
+}
+
+struct Worker {
+    id: usize,
+    handle: thread::JoinHandle<()>,
+}
+
+impl Worker {
+    fn new(id: usize, receiver: Arc<Mutex<mpsc::Receiver<Box<dyn Job>>>>) -> Self {
+        // TODO: A note from the Rust Programming Language
+        //
+        // Note: If the operating system can’t create a thread because there
+        // aren’t enough system resources, thread::spawn will panic. That will
+        // cause our whole server to panic, even though the creation of some
+        // threads might succeed. For simplicity’s sake, this behavior is fine,
+        // but in a production thread pool implementation, you’d likely want to
+        // use std::thread::Builder and its spawn method that returns Result
+        // instead.
+
+        let handle = thread::spawn(move || {
+            loop {
+                let job = {
+                    let receiver = receiver.lock().unwrap();
+                    receiver.recv().unwrap()
+                };
+
+                job();
+            }
+        });
+
+        Self { id, handle }
+    }
+
+    fn join(self) {
+        match self.handle.join() {
+            Ok(()) => {}
+            Err(error) => panic::resume_unwind(error),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/chessfriend/src/uci.rs b/chessfriend/src/uci.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64cc311
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chessfriend/src/uci.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+// Eryn Wells <eryn@erynwells.me>
+
+use clap::{Error as ClapError, Parser, Subcommand, ValueEnum};
+use std::{
+    fmt::Display,
+    io::{BufRead, Write},
+};
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+#[derive(Parser, Debug)]
+#[command(multicall = true)]
+pub struct Uci {
+    #[command(subcommand)]
+    command: Command,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Subcommand)]
+enum Command {
+    /// Establish UCI (Universal Chess Interface) as the channel's exchange protocol.
+    Uci,
+
+    /// Toggle debug state on or off.
+    Debug { state: DebugState },
+
+    /// Synchronize the engine with the client. Can also be used as a 'ping'.
+    IsReady,
+
+    /// Stop calculating as soon as possible.
+    Stop,
+
+    /// Stop all processing and quit the program.
+    Quit,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, ValueEnum)]
+enum DebugState {
+    On,
+    Off,
+}
+
+pub enum Response<'a> {
+    /// Declares one aspect of the engine's identity.
+    Id(IdValue<'a>),
+
+    /// Declares that communicating in UCI is acceptable.
+    UciOk,
+
+    /// Declares that the engine is ready to receive commands from the client.
+    ReadyOk,
+}
+
+impl Display for Response<'_> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Response::Id(value) => write!(f, "id {value}"),
+            Response::UciOk => write!(f, "uciok"),
+            Response::ReadyOk => write!(f, "readyok"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub enum IdValue<'a> {
+    Name(&'a str),
+    Author(&'a str),
+}
+
+impl Display for IdValue<'_> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            IdValue::Name(name) => write!(f, "name {name}"),
+            IdValue::Author(author) => write!(f, "author {author}"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum Error {
+    #[error("unable to parse command")]
+    LexError,
+
+    #[error("{0}")]
+    ClapError(#[from] ClapError),
+}
+
+impl Uci {
+    /// Respond to a command.
+    ///
+    /// ## Errors
+    ///
+    /// Returns an error if parsing the command string fails, otherwise returns an array of
+    /// responses.
+    ///
+    pub fn respond(line: &str) -> Result<Vec<Response>, Error> {
+        let arguments = shlex::split(line).ok_or(Error::LexError)?;
+
+        let interface = Self::try_parse_from(arguments)?;
+
+        match interface.command {
+            Command::Uci => {
+                const IDENTITIES: [Response; 2] = [
+                    Response::Id(IdValue::Name("ChessFriend")),
+                    Response::Id(IdValue::Author("Eryn Wells")),
+                ];
+
+                let options: Vec<Response> = vec![];
+
+                Ok(IDENTITIES.into_iter().chain(options).collect())
+            }
+            Command::Debug { state: _ } => Ok(vec![]),
+            Command::IsReady => Ok(vec![Response::ReadyOk]),
+            Command::Stop => Ok(vec![]),
+            Command::Quit => Ok(vec![]),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct UciInterface {}
+
+impl UciInterface {
+    pub fn read_until_quit(
+        &self,
+        input: impl BufRead,
+        output: &mut impl Write,
+    ) -> Result<(), UciInterfaceError> {
+        for line in input.lines() {
+            let line = line?;
+
+            let responses = Uci::respond(line.as_str())?;
+
+            // TODO: Dispatch command to background processing thread.
+
+            for r in responses {
+                write!(output, "{r}")?;
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum UciInterfaceError {
+    #[error("io error: {0}")]
+    IoError(#[from] std::io::Error),
+
+    #[error("uci error: {0}")]
+    UciError(#[from] Error),
+}
diff --git a/position/src/lib.rs b/position/src/lib.rs
index d0a1ec5..8bd4d49 100644
--- a/position/src/lib.rs
+++ b/position/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ mod position;
 #[macro_use]
 mod macros;
 
-pub use chessfriend_board::{fen, PlacePieceError, PlacePieceStrategy};
-pub use chessfriend_moves::{GeneratedMove, ValidateMove};
+pub use chessfriend_board::{fen, PlacePieceError, PlacePieceStrategy, ZobristState};
+pub use chessfriend_moves::{GeneratedMove, Move, ValidateMove};
 pub use position::Position;
 
 pub mod perft;