diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 31fc9dd..9d29875 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ version = "2.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "512761e0bb2578dd7380c6baaa0f4ce03e84f95e960231d1dec8bf4d7d6e2627"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e60d3430d3a69478ad0993f19238d2df97c507009a52b3c10addcd7f6bcb916"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "0.6.18"
@@ -100,6 +109,21 @@ version = "0.22.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "72b3254f16251a8381aa12e40e3c4d2f0199f8c6508fbecb9d91f575e0fbb8c6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bincode"
+version = "1.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b1f45e9417d87227c7a56d22e471c6206462cba514c7590c09aff4cf6d1ddcad"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bitflags"
+version = "1.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "2.8.0"
@@ -115,12 +139,31 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bstr"
+version = "1.11.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "531a9155a481e2ee699d4f98f43c0ca4ff8ee1bfd55c31e9e98fb29d2b176fe0"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
 version = "1.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f61dac84819c6588b558454b194026eb1f09c293b9036ae9b159e74e73ab6cf9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cc"
+version = "1.2.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0c3d1b2e905a3a7b00a6141adb0e4c0bb941d11caf55349d863942a1cc44e3c9"
+dependencies = [
+ "shlex",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -182,6 +225,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crc32fast"
+version = "1.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a97769d94ddab943e4510d138150169a2758b5ef3eb191a9ee688de3e23ef7b3"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crypto-common"
 version = "0.1.6"
@@ -229,6 +281,28 @@ version = "0.15.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1aaf95b3e5c8f23aa320147307562d361db0ae0d51242340f558153b4eb2439b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "equivalent"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "877a4ace8713b0bcf2a4e7eec82529c029f1d0619886d18145fea96c3ffe5c0f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "flate2"
+version = "1.0.35"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c936bfdafb507ebbf50b8074c54fa31c5be9a1e7e5f467dd659697041407d07c"
+dependencies = [
+ "crc32fast",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fnv"
+version = "1.0.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "forest"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -241,6 +315,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "minijinja",
  "rusty-s3",
  "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "syntect",
+ "syntect-assets",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
@@ -292,6 +369,25 @@ version = "0.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a8d1add55171497b4705a648c6b583acafb01d58050a51727785f0b2c8e0a2b2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "globset"
+version = "0.4.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "15f1ce686646e7f1e19bf7d5533fe443a45dbfb990e00629110797578b42fb19"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "bstr",
+ "log",
+ "regex-automata",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.15.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bf151400ff0baff5465007dd2f3e717f3fe502074ca563069ce3a6629d07b289"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -446,6 +542,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "icu_properties",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indexmap"
+version = "2.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8c9c992b02b5b4c94ea26e32fe5bccb7aa7d9f390ab5c1221ff895bc7ea8b652"
+dependencies = [
+ "equivalent",
+ "hashbrown",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
 version = "1.70.1"
@@ -482,6 +588,12 @@ version = "0.2.169"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b5aba8db14291edd000dfcc4d620c7ebfb122c613afb886ca8803fa4e128a20a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "linked-hash-map"
+version = "0.5.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0717cef1bc8b636c6e1c1bbdefc09e6322da8a9321966e8928ef80d20f7f770f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "litemap"
 version = "0.7.4"
@@ -676,6 +788,28 @@ version = "1.20.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "945462a4b81e43c4e3ba96bd7b49d834c6f61198356aa858733bc4acf3cbe62e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "onig"
+version = "6.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8c4b31c8722ad9171c6d77d3557db078cab2bd50afcc9d09c8b315c59df8ca4f"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "onig_sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "onig_sys"
+version = "69.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7b829e3d7e9cc74c7e315ee8edb185bf4190da5acde74afd7fc59c35b1f086e7"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "overload"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -717,6 +851,25 @@ version = "0.2.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3b3cff922bd51709b605d9ead9aa71031d81447142d828eb4a6eba76fe619f9b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pkg-config"
+version = "0.3.31"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "953ec861398dccce10c670dfeaf3ec4911ca479e9c02154b3a215178c5f566f2"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "plist"
+version = "1.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "42cf17e9a1800f5f396bc67d193dc9411b59012a5876445ef450d449881e1016"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64",
+ "indexmap",
+ "quick-xml 0.32.0",
+ "serde",
+ "time",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "powerfmt"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -732,6 +885,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "quick-xml"
+version = "0.32.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1d3a6e5838b60e0e8fa7a43f22ade549a37d61f8bdbe636d0d7816191de969c2"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quick-xml"
 version = "0.37.2"
@@ -757,9 +919,26 @@ version = "0.5.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "03a862b389f93e68874fbf580b9de08dd02facb9a788ebadaf4a3fd33cf58834"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.4.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "809e8dc61f6de73b46c85f4c96486310fe304c434cfa43669d7b40f711150908"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.8.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b15c43186be67a4fd63bee50d0303afffcef381492ebe2c5d87f324e1b8815c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.24"
@@ -776,7 +955,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hmac",
  "md-5",
  "percent-encoding",
- "quick-xml",
+ "quick-xml 0.37.2",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2",
@@ -806,6 +985,12 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "94143f37725109f92c262ed2cf5e59bce7498c01bcc1502d7b9afe439a4e9f49"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "semver"
+version = "1.0.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f79dfe2d285b0488816f30e700a7438c5a73d816b5b7d3ac72fbc48b0d185e03"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.217"
@@ -838,6 +1023,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_yaml"
+version = "0.9.34+deprecated"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6a8b1a1a2ebf674015cc02edccce75287f1a0130d394307b36743c2f5d504b47"
+dependencies = [
+ "indexmap",
+ "itoa",
+ "ryu",
+ "serde",
+ "unsafe-libyaml",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sha2"
 version = "0.10.8"
@@ -858,6 +1056,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "shlex"
+version = "1.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0fda2ff0d084019ba4d7c6f371c95d8fd75ce3524c3cb8fb653a3023f6323e64"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook-registry"
 version = "1.4.2"
@@ -923,6 +1127,46 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syntect"
+version = "5.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "874dcfa363995604333cf947ae9f751ca3af4522c60886774c4963943b4746b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "bincode",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "flate2",
+ "fnv",
+ "once_cell",
+ "onig",
+ "plist",
+ "regex-syntax",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror",
+ "walkdir",
+ "yaml-rust",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "syntect-assets"
+version = "0.23.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d9555fce7f4031d83b10a9ca0e9c2fe8eba1542c06e2182b7a342e0f2ec2a38e"
+dependencies = [
+ "bincode",
+ "flate2",
+ "globset",
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "semver",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_yaml",
+ "syntect",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.69"
@@ -1099,6 +1343,12 @@ version = "0.1.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7dd6e30e90baa6f72411720665d41d89b9a3d039dc45b8faea1ddd07f617f6af"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unsafe-libyaml"
+version = "0.2.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "673aac59facbab8a9007c7f6108d11f63b603f7cabff99fabf650fea5c32b861"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
 version = "2.5.4"
@@ -1302,7 +1552,7 @@ version = "0.33.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3268f3d866458b787f390cf61f4bbb563b922d091359f9608842999eaee3943c"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1317,6 +1567,15 @@ version = "0.5.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1e9df38ee2d2c3c5948ea468a8406ff0db0b29ae1ffde1bcf20ef305bcc95c51"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "yaml-rust"
+version = "0.4.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "56c1936c4cc7a1c9ab21a1ebb602eb942ba868cbd44a99cb7cdc5892335e1c85"
+dependencies = [
+ "linked-hash-map",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "yoke"
 version = "0.7.5"
diff --git a/crates/forest/Cargo.toml b/crates/forest/Cargo.toml
index 2e1f121..8e61916 100644
--- a/crates/forest/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/forest/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@ kdl = "6.3.3"
 walkdir = "2.5.0"
 minijinja = "2.7.0"
 glob = "0.3.2"
+serde_json = "1.0.138"
+syntect = "5.2.0"
+syntect-assets = "0.23.6"
diff --git a/crates/forest/src/cli.rs b/crates/forest/src/cli.rs
index 95f5be6..a7b9a2e 100644
--- a/crates/forest/src/cli.rs
+++ b/crates/forest/src/cli.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ use std::{net::SocketAddr, path::PathBuf};
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use kdl::KdlDocument;
 use rusty_s3::{Bucket, Credentials, S3Action};
+use syntect::{
+    easy::HighlightLines,
+    highlighting::{Style, ThemeSet},
+    parsing::SyntaxSet,
+    util::{as_24_bit_terminal_escaped, LinesWithEndings},
+};
+use syntect_assets::assets::HighlightingAssets;
 use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
 
 use crate::{
@@ -31,6 +38,8 @@ enum Commands {
 
     Template {},
 
+    Info {},
+
     Serve {
         #[arg(env = "FOREST_HOST", long, default_value = "127.0.0.1:3000")]
         host: SocketAddr,
@@ -93,6 +102,23 @@ pub async fn execute() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             tracing::trace!("found context: {:?}", context);
         }
 
+        Commands::Info {} => {
+            let output = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&context)?;
+            let assets = HighlightingAssets::from_binary();
+            let theme = assets.get_theme("OneHalfDark");
+
+            let ss = SyntaxSet::load_defaults_nonewlines();
+
+            let syntax = ss.find_syntax_by_extension("json").unwrap();
+            let mut h = HighlightLines::new(syntax, theme);
+
+            for line in LinesWithEndings::from(&output) {
+                let ranges: Vec<(Style, &str)> = h.highlight_line(line, &ss).unwrap();
+                print!("{}", as_24_bit_terminal_escaped(&ranges[..], true));
+            }
+            println!()
+        }
+
         Commands::Template {} => {
             tracing::info!("templating");
 
diff --git a/crates/forest/src/model.rs b/crates/forest/src/model.rs
index fca559b..3d1eb29 100644
--- a/crates/forest/src/model.rs
+++ b/crates/forest/src/model.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 use std::{collections::BTreeMap, fmt::Debug, path::PathBuf};
 
 use kdl::{KdlDocument, KdlEntry, KdlNode, KdlValue};
+use serde::Serialize;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
 pub struct Context {
     pub project: Project,
     pub plan: Option<Plan>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
 pub struct Plan {
     pub name: String,
 }
@@ -38,7 +39,8 @@ impl TryFrom<KdlDocument> for Plan {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
+#[serde(untagged)]
 pub enum ProjectPlan {
     Local { path: PathBuf },
     NoPlan,
@@ -66,7 +68,8 @@ impl TryFrom<&KdlNode> for ProjectPlan {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
+#[serde(untagged)]
 pub enum GlobalVariable {
     Map(BTreeMap<String, GlobalVariable>),
     String(String),
@@ -125,7 +128,7 @@ impl TryFrom<&KdlValue> for GlobalVariable {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Default)]
 pub struct Global {
     items: BTreeMap<String, GlobalVariable>,
 }
@@ -153,14 +156,15 @@ impl TryFrom<&KdlNode> for Global {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Default)]
 pub enum TemplateType {
     #[default]
     Jinja2,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
 pub struct Templates {
+    #[serde(rename = "type")]
     pub ty: TemplateType,
     pub path: String,
     pub output: PathBuf,
@@ -219,13 +223,50 @@ impl TryFrom<&KdlNode> for Templates {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
+pub struct Action {}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
+pub struct Scripts {
+    pub path: PathBuf,
+    pub actions: BTreeMap<String, Action>,
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<&KdlNode> for Scripts {
+    type Error = anyhow::Error;
+
+    fn try_from(value: &KdlNode) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        let val = Self {
+            path: value
+                .get("path")
+                .and_then(|p| p.as_string())
+                .map(PathBuf::from)
+                .unwrap_or(PathBuf::from("scripts/")),
+            actions: value
+                .children()
+                .and_then(|c| c.get("actions"))
+                .and_then(|a| a.children())
+                .map(|d| {
+                    d.nodes()
+                        .iter()
+                        .map(|n| (n.name().value().to_string(), Action {}))
+                        .collect::<BTreeMap<String, Action>>()
+                })
+                .unwrap_or_default(),
+        };
+
+        Ok(val)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
 pub struct Project {
     pub name: String,
     pub description: Option<String>,
     pub plan: Option<ProjectPlan>,
     pub global: Global,
     pub templates: Option<Templates>,
+    pub scripts: Option<Scripts>,
 }
 
 impl TryFrom<KdlDocument> for Project {
@@ -274,6 +315,10 @@ impl TryFrom<KdlDocument> for Project {
                 .get("templates")
                 .map(|t| t.try_into())
                 .transpose()?,
+            scripts: project_children
+                .get("scripts")
+                .map(|m| m.try_into())
+                .transpose()?,
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/examples/project/forest.kdl b/examples/project/forest.kdl
index ca69701..fc8a035 100644
--- a/examples/project/forest.kdl
+++ b/examples/project/forest.kdl
@@ -25,5 +25,12 @@ project {
 		path "templates/*.jinja2"
 		output "output/"
 	}
+
+	scripts type=shell {
+		path "scripts/"
+		actions {
+			build
+		}
+	}
 }
 
diff --git a/todos/hyperlog/graph.json b/todos/hyperlog/graph.json
index 3298afe..02243cf 100644
--- a/todos/hyperlog/graph.json
+++ b/todos/hyperlog/graph.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
           "type": "item",
           "title": "should be able to template from a remote plan",
           "description": "",
-          "state": "not-done"
+          "state": "done"
         },
         "should be able to use scripts from a remote plan": {
           "type": "item",
diff --git a/todos/hyperlog/graph.lock b/todos/hyperlog/graph.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index 016d04c..0000000
--- a/todos/hyperlog/graph.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-hyperlog-lock
\ No newline at end of file