diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 92c1843..10fc84c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+0.7.0 2024-09-13: Imperative commands install, uninstall, track and forget
 0.6.0 2024-09-03: File management with the tree strategy
 									File backups
                   Extract authorization command to top level
diff --git a/src/package/package_manager.sh b/src/package/package_manager.sh
index 4303ce8..7cc3423 100644
--- a/src/package/package_manager.sh
+++ b/src/package/package_manager.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ package_manager() {
   if [ "$OS" = "FreeBSD" ]; then
     manager="pkg"
     args__get_manually_installed='query -e "%a = 0" "%n"'
+    args__get_status='' # TODO
     args__install='install'
     args__uninstall='delete'
     args__update='update'
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ package_manager() {
   # shellcheck disable=SC2086
   if [ "$command" = 'get_manually_installed' ]; then
     eval $manager "$args__get_manually_installed"
+  elif [ "$command" = 'get_status' ]; then
+    echo unimplemented: eval $manager "$args__get_status" # TODO
   elif [ "$command" = 'install' ]; then
     $AUTHORIZE_COMMAND $manager $args__install $args__user_args
   elif [ "$command" = 'uninstall' ]; then
diff --git a/src/utility.sh b/src/utility.sh
index 78b6de3..e99e066 100644
--- a/src/utility.sh
+++ b/src/utility.sh
@@ -149,9 +149,13 @@ prepare_directories() {
 }
 
 print_help() {
-  printf "\n  tori: configuration managent and system replication tool\n"
+  printf "\n  tori: configuration management and system replication tool\n"
   printf "\n    Options:\n\n"
   printf "\tcheck\t\tcompare configuration to system state\n"
+  printf "\tinstall\t\tinstall packages\n"
+  printf "\tuninstall\tuninstall packages\n"
+  printf "\ttrack\t\tadd a file to your configuration\n"
+  printf "\tforget\t\tremove a file from your configuration\n"
   printf "\tcache\t\trefresh the local package cache\n"
   printf "\n"
   printf "\tversion\t\tprint current version with release date\n"
diff --git a/tori b/tori
index 2d0e2b5..38e8226 100755
--- a/tori
+++ b/tori
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 main() {
   # paths
-  VERSION="0.6.0 2024-09-03"
+  VERSION="0.7.0 2024-09-13"
   TORI_ROOT="$HOME/.local/share/tori"
   CONFIG_ROOT="$HOME/.config/tori"
   BACKUP_ROOT="$HOME/.local/state/tori/backup"
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ main() {
   DEBUG_DISABLED_WARNING=
 
   ## user input
-  argument="$1"
-  parameter="$2"
+  command="$1"
+  argument="$2"
 
   # import source
   check_core_paths
@@ -38,13 +38,33 @@ main() {
 
   # entry point
 
-  if [ "$argument" = check ]; then
+  if [ "$command" = check ] || [ "$command" = c ]; then
     check
-  elif [ "$argument" = cache ]; then
+  elif [ "$command" = install ] || [ "$command" = i ]; then
+      if package_manager install "$argument"; then
+        track_packages "$argument"
+      else
+        log warn "Package installation failed for $argument, no action taken"
+      fi
+  elif [ "$command" = uninstall ] || [ "$command" = u ]; then
+      if package_manager uninstall "$argument"; then
+        if package_manager; then
+          log warn "Package uninstallation failed for $argument, no action taken"
+        else
+          untrack_packages "$argument"
+        fi
+      else
+        log warn "Package uninstallation failed for $argument, no action taken"
+      fi
+  elif [ "$command" = track ] || [ "$command" = t ]; then
+    echo unimplemented: track "$argument" # TODO
+  elif [ "$command" = forget ] || [ "$command" = f ]; then
+    echo unimplemented: untrack "$argument" # TODO
+  elif [ "$command" = cache ]; then
     update_package_cache --force
-  elif [ "$argument" = version ] || [ "$argument" = -v ] || [ "$argument" = --version ]; then
+  elif [ "$command" = version ] || [ "$command" = -v ] || [ "$command" = --version ]; then
     echo "$VERSION"
-  elif [ "$argument" = help ] || [ "$argument" = -h ] || [ "$argument" = --help ]; then
+  elif [ "$command" = help ] || [ "$command" = -h ] || [ "$command" = --help ]; then
     print_help
   else
     echo "Use 'tori help' for usage instructions"