diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
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+[[package]]
+name = "click"
+version = "8.1.3"
+description = "Composable command line interface toolkit"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+colorama = {version = "*", markers = "platform_system == \"Windows\""}
+importlib-metadata = {version = "*", markers = "python_version < \"3.8\""}
+
+[[package]]
+name = "colorama"
+version = "0.4.5"
+description = "Cross-platform colored terminal text."
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "dill"
+version = "0.3.5.1"
+description = "serialize all of python"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*, !=3.5.*, !=3.6.*"
+
+[package.extras]
+graph = ["objgraph (>=1.7.2)"]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "importlib-metadata"
+version = "4.12.0"
+description = "Read metadata from Python packages"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+typing-extensions = {version = ">=3.6.4", markers = "python_version < \"3.8\""}
+zipp = ">=0.5"
+
+[package.extras]
+docs = ["sphinx", "jaraco.packaging (>=9)", "rst.linker (>=1.9)"]
+perf = ["ipython"]
+testing = ["pytest (>=6)", "pytest-checkdocs (>=2.4)", "pytest-flake8", "pytest-cov", "pytest-enabler (>=1.3)", "packaging", "pyfakefs", "flufl.flake8", "pytest-perf (>=0.9.2)", "pytest-black (>=0.3.7)", "pytest-mypy (>=0.9.1)", "importlib-resources (>=1.3)"]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "typing-extensions"
+version = "4.3.0"
+description = "Backported and Experimental Type Hints for Python 3.7+"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zipp"
+version = "3.8.1"
+description = "Backport of pathlib-compatible object wrapper for zip files"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+
+[package.extras]
+docs = ["sphinx", "jaraco.packaging (>=9)", "rst.linker (>=1.9)", "jaraco.tidelift (>=1.4)"]
+testing = ["pytest (>=6)", "pytest-checkdocs (>=2.4)", "pytest-flake8", "pytest-cov", "pytest-enabler (>=1.3)", "jaraco.itertools", "func-timeout", "pytest-black (>=0.3.7)", "pytest-mypy (>=0.9.1)"]
+
+[metadata]
+lock-version = "1.1"
+python-versions = "^3.7"
+content-hash = "730ff71baff980650f880d17563d44d1bc64053dd792588369bc368560028cd7"
+
+[metadata.files]
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+    {file = "click-8.1.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7682dc8afb30297001674575ea00d1814d808d6a36af415a82bd481d37ba7b8e"},
+]
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+    {file = "colorama-0.4.5.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e6c6b4334fc50988a639d9b98aa429a0b57da6e17b9a44f0451f930b6967b7a4"},
+]
+dill = [
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+    {file = "dill-0.3.5.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d75e41f3eff1eee599d738e76ba8f4ad98ea229db8b085318aa2b3333a208c86"},
+]
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+    {file = "importlib_metadata-4.12.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:637245b8bab2b6502fcbc752cc4b7a6f6243bb02b31c5c26156ad103d3d45670"},
+]
+typing-extensions = [
+    {file = "typing_extensions-4.3.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:25642c956049920a5aa49edcdd6ab1e06d7e5d467fc00e0506c44ac86fbfca02"},
+    {file = "typing_extensions-4.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e6d2677a32f47fc7eb2795db1dd15c1f34eff616bcaf2cfb5e997f854fa1c4a6"},
+]
+zipp = [
+    {file = "zipp-3.8.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:47c40d7fe183a6f21403a199b3e4192cca5774656965b0a4988ad2f8feb5f009"},
+    {file = "zipp-3.8.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:05b45f1ee8f807d0cc928485ca40a07cb491cf092ff587c0df9cb1fd154848d2"},
+]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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+[tool.poetry]
+name = "nancy"
+version = "0.0.1"
+description = "Composable tracking of scientific data provenance"
+authors = ["Jacob Hinkle <jacob.hinkle@jhink.org>"]
+
+[tool.poetry.dependencies]
+python = "^3.7"
+dill = "^0.3.5"
+click = "^8.1.3"
+
+[tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0"]
+build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"