diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 28835d9..536a0a8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -101,6 +101,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anyhow"
+version = "1.0.40"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "28b2cd92db5cbd74e8e5028f7e27dd7aa3090e89e4f2a197cc7c8dfb69c7063b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "arrayref"
 version = "0.3.6"
@@ -119,6 +125,27 @@ version = "1.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5f093eed78becd229346bf859eec0aa4dd7ddde0757287b2b4107a1f09c80002"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-stream"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "171374e7e3b2504e0e5236e3b59260560f9fe94bfe9ac39ba5e4e929c5590625"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-stream-impl",
+ "futures-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "async-stream-impl"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "648ed8c8d2ce5409ccd57453d9d1b214b342a0d69376a6feda1fd6cae3299308"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-trait"
 version = "0.1.50"
@@ -529,6 +556,12 @@ version = "0.1.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7360491ce676a36bf9bb3c56c1aa791658183a54d2744120f27285738d90465a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fixedbitset"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "37ab347416e802de484e4d03c7316c48f1ecb56574dfd4a46a80f173ce1de04d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fnv"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -991,6 +1024,15 @@ version = "2.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "47be2f14c678be2fdcab04ab1171db51b2762ce6f0a8ee87c8dd4a04ed216135"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itertools"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "284f18f85651fe11e8a991b2adb42cb078325c996ed026d994719efcfca1d54b"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
 version = "0.10.0"
@@ -1263,6 +1305,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "multimap"
+version = "0.8.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e5ce46fe64a9d73be07dcbe690a38ce1b293be448fd8ce1e6c1b8062c9f72c6a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "native-tls"
 version = "0.2.7"
@@ -1462,6 +1510,16 @@ version = "2.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d4fd5641d01c8f18a23da7b6fe29298ff4b55afcccdf78973b24cf3175fee32e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "petgraph"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "467d164a6de56270bd7c4d070df81d07beace25012d5103ced4e9ff08d6afdb7"
+dependencies = [
+ "fixedbitset",
+ "indexmap",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "phf"
 version = "0.8.0"
@@ -1618,6 +1676,57 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-xid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "prost"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9e6984d2f1a23009bd270b8bb56d0926810a3d483f59c987d77969e9d8e840b2"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "prost-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "prost-build"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "32d3ebd75ac2679c2af3a92246639f9fcc8a442ee420719cc4fe195b98dd5fa3"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "heck",
+ "itertools 0.9.0",
+ "log",
+ "multimap",
+ "petgraph",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-types",
+ "tempfile",
+ "which",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "prost-derive"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "169a15f3008ecb5160cba7d37bcd690a7601b6d30cfb87a117d45e59d52af5d4"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "itertools 0.9.0",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "prost-types"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b518d7cdd93dab1d1122cf07fa9a60771836c668dde9d9e2a139f957f0d9f1bb"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "prost",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.9"
@@ -2557,11 +2666,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "html2text",
  "indoc",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.0",
  "log",
  "matrix-sdk",
  "nom 5.1.2",
  "phf",
+ "prost",
  "rand 0.8.3",
  "refinery",
  "rust-argon2",
@@ -2569,13 +2679,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "sqlx",
  "substring",
  "tempfile",
+ "tenebrous-rpc",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "toml",
+ "tonic",
+ "tonic-build",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "url",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tenebrous-rpc"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "prost",
+ "tonic",
+ "tonic-build",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.24"
@@ -2743,6 +2865,73 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tonic"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2ac42cd97ac6bd2339af5bcabf105540e21e45636ec6fa6aae5e85d44db31be0"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-stream",
+ "async-trait",
+ "base64",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "h2",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "hyper",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-derive",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-stream",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-futures",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tonic-build"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c695de27302f4697191dda1c7178131a8cb805463dda02864acb80fe1322fdcf"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "prost-build",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower"
+version = "0.4.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f60422bc7fefa2f3ec70359b8ff1caff59d785877eb70595904605bcc412470f"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "indexmap",
+ "pin-project",
+ "rand 0.8.3",
+ "slab",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-stream",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-layer"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "343bc9466d3fe6b0f960ef45960509f84480bf4fd96f92901afe7ff3df9d3a62"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-service"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -2756,6 +2945,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "09adeb8c97449311ccd28a427f96fb563e7fd31aabf994189879d9da2394b89d"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
+ "log",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tracing-attributes",
  "tracing-core",
@@ -3055,6 +3245,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "which"
+version = "4.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b55551e42cbdf2ce2bedd2203d0cc08dba002c27510f86dab6d0ce304cba3dfe"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "whoami"
 version = "1.1.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 840c280..3c81cef 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,47 +1,6 @@
-[package]
-name = "tenebrous-dicebot"
-version = "0.10.0"
-authors = ["Taylor C. Richberger <taywee@gmx.com>", "projectmoon <projectmoon@agnos.is>"]
-edition = "2018"
-license = 'AGPL-3.0-or-later'
-description = 'An async Matrix dice bot for role-playing games'
-readme = 'README.md'
-repository = 'https://git.agnos.is/projectmoon/matrix-dicebot'
-keywords = ["games", "dice", "matrix", "bot"]
-categories = ["games"]
+[workspace]
 
-[dependencies]
-log = "0.4"
-tracing-subscriber = "0.2"
-toml = "0.5"
-nom = "5"
-rand = "0.8"
-rust-argon2 = "0.8"
-thiserror = "1.0"
-itertools = "0.10"
-async-trait = "0.1"
-url = "2.1"
-dirs = "3.0"
-indoc = "1.0"
-combine = "4.5"
-futures = "0.3"
-html2text = "0.2"
-phf = { version = "0.8", features = ["macros"] }
-matrix-sdk = { git = "https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk", branch = "master" }
-refinery = { version = "0.5", features = ["rusqlite"]}
-barrel = { version = "0.6", features = ["sqlite3"] }
-tempfile = "3"
-substring = "1.4"
-fuse-rust = "0.2"
-
-[dependencies.sqlx]
-version = "0.5"
-features = [ "offline", "sqlite", "runtime-tokio-native-tls" ]
-
-[dependencies.serde]
-version = "1"
-features = ['derive']
-
-[dependencies.tokio]
-version = "1"
-features = [ "full" ]
+members = [
+    "dicebot",
+    "rpc",
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dicebot/Cargo.toml b/dicebot/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..994b71c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dicebot/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+[package]
+name = "tenebrous-dicebot"
+version = "0.10.0"
+authors = ["Taylor C. Richberger <taywee@gmx.com>", "projectmoon <projectmoon@agnos.is>"]
+edition = "2018"
+license = 'AGPL-3.0-or-later'
+description = 'An async Matrix dice bot for role-playing games'
+readme = 'README.md'
+repository = 'https://git.agnos.is/projectmoon/matrix-dicebot'
+keywords = ["games", "dice", "matrix", "bot"]
+categories = ["games"]
+
+[build-dependencies]
+tonic-build = "0.4"
+
+[dependencies]
+log = "0.4"
+tracing-subscriber = "0.2"
+toml = "0.5"
+nom = "5"
+rand = "0.8"
+rust-argon2 = "0.8"
+thiserror = "1.0"
+itertools = "0.10"
+async-trait = "0.1"
+url = "2.1"
+dirs = "3.0"
+indoc = "1.0"
+combine = "4.5"
+futures = "0.3"
+html2text = "0.2"
+phf = { version = "0.8", features = ["macros"] }
+matrix-sdk = { git = "https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk", branch = "master" }
+refinery = { version = "0.5", features = ["rusqlite"]}
+barrel = { version = "0.6", features = ["sqlite3"] }
+tempfile = "3"
+substring = "1.4"
+fuse-rust = "0.2"
+tonic = "0.4"
+prost = "0.7"
+tenebrous-rpc = { path = "../rpc" }
+
+[dependencies.sqlx]
+version = "0.5"
+features = [ "offline", "sqlite", "runtime-tokio-native-tls" ]
+
+[dependencies.serde]
+version = "1"
+features = ['derive']
+
+[dependencies.tokio]
+version = "1"
+features = [ "full" ]
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/dicebot/Dockerfile
similarity index 100%
rename from Dockerfile
rename to dicebot/Dockerfile
diff --git a/LICENSE b/dicebot/LICENSE
similarity index 100%
rename from LICENSE
rename to dicebot/LICENSE
diff --git a/README.md b/dicebot/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from README.md
rename to dicebot/README.md
diff --git a/sqlx-data.json b/dicebot/sqlx-data.json
similarity index 100%
rename from sqlx-data.json
rename to dicebot/sqlx-data.json
diff --git a/src/basic/dice.rs b/dicebot/src/basic/dice.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/basic/dice.rs
rename to dicebot/src/basic/dice.rs
diff --git a/src/basic/mod.rs b/dicebot/src/basic/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/basic/mod.rs
rename to dicebot/src/basic/mod.rs
diff --git a/src/basic/parser.rs b/dicebot/src/basic/parser.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/basic/parser.rs
rename to dicebot/src/basic/parser.rs
diff --git a/src/basic/roll.rs b/dicebot/src/basic/roll.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/basic/roll.rs
rename to dicebot/src/basic/roll.rs
diff --git a/src/bin/dicebot-cmd.rs b/dicebot/src/bin/dicebot-cmd.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bin/dicebot-cmd.rs
rename to dicebot/src/bin/dicebot-cmd.rs
diff --git a/src/bin/dicebot.rs b/dicebot/src/bin/dicebot.rs
similarity index 56%
rename from src/bin/dicebot.rs
rename to dicebot/src/bin/dicebot.rs
index a5abbb1..d386ebd 100644
--- a/src/bin/dicebot.rs
+++ b/dicebot/src/bin/dicebot.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //Needed for nested Result handling from tokio. Probably can go away after 1.47.0.
 #![type_length_limit = "7605144"]
+use futures::try_join;
 use log::error;
 use std::env;
 use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
@@ -7,15 +8,27 @@ use tenebrous_dicebot::bot::DiceBot;
 use tenebrous_dicebot::config::*;
 use tenebrous_dicebot::db::sqlite::Database;
 use tenebrous_dicebot::error::BotError;
+use tenebrous_dicebot::rpc;
 use tenebrous_dicebot::state::DiceBotState;
 use tracing_subscriber::filter::EnvFilter;
 
+/// Attempt to create config object and ddatabase connection pool from
+/// the given config path. An error is returned if config creation or
+/// database pool creation fails for some reason.
+async fn init(config_path: &str) -> Result<(Arc<Config>, Database), BotError> {
+    let cfg = read_config(config_path)?;
+    let cfg = Arc::new(cfg);
+    let sqlite_path = format!("{}/dicebot.sqlite", cfg.database_path());
+    let db = Database::new(&sqlite_path).await?;
+    Ok((cfg, db))
+}
+
 #[tokio::main]
-async fn main() {
+async fn main() -> Result<(), BotError> {
     let filter = if env::var("RUST_LOG").is_ok() {
         EnvFilter::from_default_env()
     } else {
-        EnvFilter::new("tenebrous_dicebot=info,dicebot=info,refinery=info")
+        EnvFilter::new("tonic=info,tenebrous_dicebot=info,dicebot=info,refinery=info")
     };
 
     tracing_subscriber::fmt().with_env_filter(filter).init();
@@ -23,7 +36,9 @@ async fn main() {
     match run().await {
         Ok(_) => (),
         Err(e) => error!("Error: {}", e),
-    };
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
 }
 
 async fn run() -> Result<(), BotError> {
@@ -32,12 +47,22 @@ async fn run() -> Result<(), BotError> {
         .next()
         .expect("Need a config as an argument");
 
-    let cfg = Arc::new(read_config(config_path)?);
-    let sqlite_path = format!("{}/dicebot.sqlite", cfg.database_path());
-    let db = Database::new(&sqlite_path).await?;
+    let (cfg, db) = init(&config_path).await?;
+    let grpc = rpc::serve_grpc(&cfg, &db);
+    let bot = run_bot(&cfg, &db);
+
+    match try_join!(bot, grpc) {
+        Ok(_) => (),
+        Err(e) => error!("Error: {}", e),
+    };
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn run_bot(cfg: &Arc<Config>, db: &Database) -> Result<(), BotError> {
     let state = Arc::new(RwLock::new(DiceBotState::new(&cfg)));
 
-    match DiceBot::new(&cfg, &state, &db) {
+    match DiceBot::new(cfg, &state, db) {
         Ok(bot) => bot.run().await?,
         Err(e) => println!("Error connecting: {:?}", e),
     };
diff --git a/src/bin/dicebot_migrate.rs b/dicebot/src/bin/dicebot_migrate.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bin/dicebot_migrate.rs
rename to dicebot/src/bin/dicebot_migrate.rs
diff --git a/dicebot/src/bin/tonic_client.rs b/dicebot/src/bin/tonic_client.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bec6ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dicebot/src/bin/tonic_client.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+use tenebrous_rpc::protos::dicebot::dicebot_client::DicebotClient;
+use tenebrous_rpc::protos::dicebot::UserIdRequest;
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let mut client = DicebotClient::connect("http://0.0.0.0:9090").await?;
+
+    let request = tonic::Request::new(UserIdRequest {
+        user_id: "Tonic".into(),
+    });
+
+    let response = client.rooms_for_user(request).await?.into_inner();
+
+    println!("RESPONSE={:?}", response);
+    println!("User friendly response is: {:?}", response.room_ids);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/bot/command_execution.rs b/dicebot/src/bot/command_execution.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bot/command_execution.rs
rename to dicebot/src/bot/command_execution.rs
diff --git a/src/bot/event_handlers.rs b/dicebot/src/bot/event_handlers.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bot/event_handlers.rs
rename to dicebot/src/bot/event_handlers.rs
diff --git a/src/bot/mod.rs b/dicebot/src/bot/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/bot/mod.rs
rename to dicebot/src/bot/mod.rs
diff --git a/src/cofd/dice.rs b/dicebot/src/cofd/dice.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/cofd/dice.rs
rename to dicebot/src/cofd/dice.rs
diff --git a/src/cofd/mod.rs b/dicebot/src/cofd/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/cofd/mod.rs
rename to dicebot/src/cofd/mod.rs
diff --git a/src/cofd/parser.rs b/dicebot/src/cofd/parser.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/cofd/parser.rs
rename to dicebot/src/cofd/parser.rs
diff --git a/src/commands/basic_rolling.rs b/dicebot/src/commands/basic_rolling.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/commands/basic_rolling.rs
rename to dicebot/src/commands/basic_rolling.rs
diff --git a/src/commands/cofd.rs b/dicebot/src/commands/cofd.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/commands/cofd.rs
rename to dicebot/src/commands/cofd.rs
diff --git a/src/commands/cthulhu.rs b/dicebot/src/commands/cthulhu.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/commands/cthulhu.rs
rename to dicebot/src/commands/cthulhu.rs
diff --git a/src/commands/management.rs b/dicebot/src/commands/management.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/commands/management.rs
rename to dicebot/src/commands/management.rs
diff --git a/src/commands/misc.rs b/dicebot/src/commands/misc.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/commands/misc.rs
rename to dicebot/src/commands/misc.rs
diff --git a/src/commands/mod.rs b/dicebot/src/commands/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/commands/mod.rs
rename to dicebot/src/commands/mod.rs
diff --git a/src/commands/parser.rs b/dicebot/src/commands/parser.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/commands/parser.rs
rename to dicebot/src/commands/parser.rs
diff --git a/src/commands/rooms.rs b/dicebot/src/commands/rooms.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/commands/rooms.rs
rename to dicebot/src/commands/rooms.rs
diff --git a/src/commands/variables.rs b/dicebot/src/commands/variables.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/commands/variables.rs
rename to dicebot/src/commands/variables.rs
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/dicebot/src/config.rs
similarity index 95%
rename from src/config.rs
rename to dicebot/src/config.rs
index 22e9b91..5510557 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/dicebot/src/config.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ use std::fs;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
-/// Shortcut to defining db migration versions. Will probably
-/// eventually be moved to a config file.
-const MIGRATION_VERSION: u32 = 5;
-
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 pub enum ConfigError {
     #[error("i/o error: {0}")]
@@ -57,6 +53,10 @@ fn db_path_from_env() -> String {
 struct BotConfig {
     /// How far back from current time should we process a message?
     oldest_message_age: Option<u64>,
+
+    /// What address and port to run the RPC service on. If not
+    /// specified, RPC will not be enabled.
+    rpc_addr: Option<String>,
 }
 
 /// The "database" section of the config file.
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ impl BotConfig {
         self.oldest_message_age
             .unwrap_or(DEFAULT_OLDEST_MESSAGE_AGE)
     }
+
+    #[inline]
+    #[must_use]
+    fn rpc_addr(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        self.rpc_addr.clone()
+    }
 }
 
 /// Represents the toml config file for the dicebot. The sections of
@@ -128,15 +134,6 @@ impl Config {
             .unwrap_or_else(|| db_path_from_env())
     }
 
-    /// The current migration version we expect of the database. If
-    /// this number is higher than the one in the database, we will
-    /// execute migrations to update the data.
-    #[inline]
-    #[must_use]
-    pub fn migration_version(&self) -> u32 {
-        MIGRATION_VERSION
-    }
-
     /// Figure out the allowed oldest message age, in seconds. This will
     /// be the defined oldest message age in the bot config, if the bot
     /// configuration and associated "oldest_message_age" setting are
@@ -150,6 +147,12 @@ impl Config {
             .map(|bc| bc.oldest_message_age())
             .unwrap_or(DEFAULT_OLDEST_MESSAGE_AGE)
     }
+
+    #[inline]
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn rpc_addr(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        self.bot.as_ref().and_then(|bc| bc.rpc_addr())
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/src/context.rs b/dicebot/src/context.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/context.rs
rename to dicebot/src/context.rs
diff --git a/src/cthulhu/dice.rs b/dicebot/src/cthulhu/dice.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/cthulhu/dice.rs
rename to dicebot/src/cthulhu/dice.rs
diff --git a/src/cthulhu/mod.rs b/dicebot/src/cthulhu/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/cthulhu/mod.rs
rename to dicebot/src/cthulhu/mod.rs
diff --git a/src/cthulhu/parser.rs b/dicebot/src/cthulhu/parser.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/cthulhu/parser.rs
rename to dicebot/src/cthulhu/parser.rs
diff --git a/src/db/errors.rs b/dicebot/src/db/errors.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/db/errors.rs
rename to dicebot/src/db/errors.rs
diff --git a/src/db/mod.rs b/dicebot/src/db/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/db/mod.rs
rename to dicebot/src/db/mod.rs
diff --git a/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V1__variables.rs b/dicebot/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V1__variables.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V1__variables.rs
rename to dicebot/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V1__variables.rs
diff --git a/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V2__room_info.rs b/dicebot/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V2__room_info.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V2__room_info.rs
rename to dicebot/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V2__room_info.rs
diff --git a/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V3__dbstate.rs b/dicebot/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V3__dbstate.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V3__dbstate.rs
rename to dicebot/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V3__dbstate.rs
diff --git a/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V4__room_events.rs b/dicebot/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V4__room_events.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V4__room_events.rs
rename to dicebot/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V4__room_events.rs
diff --git a/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V5__room_users.rs b/dicebot/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V5__room_users.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V5__room_users.rs
rename to dicebot/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V5__room_users.rs
diff --git a/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V6__user_accounts.rs b/dicebot/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V6__user_accounts.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V6__user_accounts.rs
rename to dicebot/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V6__user_accounts.rs
diff --git a/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V7__no_more_room_state.rs b/dicebot/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V7__no_more_room_state.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V7__no_more_room_state.rs
rename to dicebot/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V7__no_more_room_state.rs
diff --git a/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V8__user_state.rs b/dicebot/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V8__user_state.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V8__user_state.rs
rename to dicebot/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V8__user_state.rs
diff --git a/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V9__nullable_password_and_account_status.rs b/dicebot/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V9__nullable_password_and_account_status.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V9__nullable_password_and_account_status.rs
rename to dicebot/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/V9__nullable_password_and_account_status.rs
diff --git a/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/mod.rs b/dicebot/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/mod.rs
rename to dicebot/src/db/sqlite/migrator/migrations/mod.rs
diff --git a/src/db/sqlite/migrator/mod.rs b/dicebot/src/db/sqlite/migrator/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/db/sqlite/migrator/mod.rs
rename to dicebot/src/db/sqlite/migrator/mod.rs
diff --git a/src/db/sqlite/mod.rs b/dicebot/src/db/sqlite/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/db/sqlite/mod.rs
rename to dicebot/src/db/sqlite/mod.rs
diff --git a/src/db/sqlite/rooms.rs b/dicebot/src/db/sqlite/rooms.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/db/sqlite/rooms.rs
rename to dicebot/src/db/sqlite/rooms.rs
diff --git a/src/db/sqlite/state.rs b/dicebot/src/db/sqlite/state.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/db/sqlite/state.rs
rename to dicebot/src/db/sqlite/state.rs
diff --git a/src/db/sqlite/users.rs b/dicebot/src/db/sqlite/users.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/db/sqlite/users.rs
rename to dicebot/src/db/sqlite/users.rs
diff --git a/src/db/sqlite/variables.rs b/dicebot/src/db/sqlite/variables.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/db/sqlite/variables.rs
rename to dicebot/src/db/sqlite/variables.rs
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/dicebot/src/error.rs
similarity index 93%
rename from src/error.rs
rename to dicebot/src/error.rs
index 8ad1914..aec2272 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/dicebot/src/error.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::net::AddrParseError;
+
 use crate::commands::CommandError;
 use crate::config::ConfigError;
 use crate::db::errors::DataError;
@@ -93,6 +95,12 @@ pub enum BotError {
 
     #[error("room name or id does not exist")]
     RoomDoesNotExist,
+
+    #[error("tonic transport error: {0}")]
+    TonicTransportError(#[from] tonic::transport::Error),
+
+    #[error("address parsing error: {0}")]
+    AddressParseError(#[from] AddrParseError),
 }
 
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
diff --git a/src/help.rs b/dicebot/src/help.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/help.rs
rename to dicebot/src/help.rs
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/dicebot/src/lib.rs
similarity index 94%
rename from src/lib.rs
rename to dicebot/src/lib.rs
index eb49213..08bb2f6 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/dicebot/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ pub mod logic;
 pub mod matrix;
 pub mod models;
 mod parser;
+pub mod rpc;
 pub mod state;
diff --git a/src/logic.rs b/dicebot/src/logic.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/logic.rs
rename to dicebot/src/logic.rs
diff --git a/src/matrix.rs b/dicebot/src/matrix.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/matrix.rs
rename to dicebot/src/matrix.rs
diff --git a/src/models.rs b/dicebot/src/models.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/models.rs
rename to dicebot/src/models.rs
diff --git a/src/parser/dice.rs b/dicebot/src/parser/dice.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/parser/dice.rs
rename to dicebot/src/parser/dice.rs
diff --git a/src/parser/mod.rs b/dicebot/src/parser/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/parser/mod.rs
rename to dicebot/src/parser/mod.rs
diff --git a/src/parser/variables.rs b/dicebot/src/parser/variables.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/parser/variables.rs
rename to dicebot/src/parser/variables.rs
diff --git a/dicebot/src/rpc.rs b/dicebot/src/rpc.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb59f9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dicebot/src/rpc.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use crate::error::BotError;
+use crate::{config::Config, db::sqlite::Database};
+use log::info;
+use tenebrous_rpc::protos::dicebot::{
+    dicebot_server::{Dicebot, DicebotServer},
+    GetAllVariablesReply, GetAllVariablesRequest, RoomsListReply, SetVariableReply,
+    SetVariableRequest, UserIdRequest,
+};
+use tenebrous_rpc::protos::dicebot::{GetVariableReply, GetVariableRequest};
+use tonic::{transport::Server, Request, Response, Status};
+
+pub struct DicebotRpcService {
+    config: Arc<Config>,
+    db: Database,
+}
+
+#[tonic::async_trait]
+impl Dicebot for DicebotRpcService {
+    async fn set_variable(
+        &self,
+        request: Request<SetVariableRequest>,
+    ) -> Result<Response<SetVariableReply>, Status> {
+        Ok(Response::new(SetVariableReply { success: true }))
+    }
+
+    async fn get_variable(
+        &self,
+        request: Request<GetVariableRequest>,
+    ) -> Result<Response<GetVariableReply>, Status> {
+        Ok(Response::new(GetVariableReply { value: 1 }))
+    }
+
+    async fn get_all_variables(
+        &self,
+        request: Request<GetAllVariablesRequest>,
+    ) -> Result<Response<GetAllVariablesReply>, Status> {
+        Ok(Response::new(GetAllVariablesReply {
+            variables: std::collections::HashMap::new(),
+        }))
+    }
+
+    async fn rooms_for_user(
+        &self,
+        request: Request<UserIdRequest>,
+    ) -> Result<Response<RoomsListReply>, Status> {
+        Ok(Response::new(RoomsListReply {
+            room_ids: Vec::new(),
+        }))
+    }
+}
+
+pub async fn serve_grpc(config: &Arc<Config>, db: &Database) -> Result<(), BotError> {
+    match config.rpc_addr() {
+        Some(addr) => {
+            let addr = addr.parse()?;
+            let rpc_service = DicebotRpcService {
+                db: db.clone(),
+                config: config.clone(),
+            };
+
+            info!("Serving Dicebot gRPC service on {}", addr);
+            Server::builder()
+                .add_service(DicebotServer::new(rpc_service))
+                .serve(addr)
+                .await
+                .map_err(|e| e.into())
+        }
+        _ => noop().await,
+    }
+}
+
+pub async fn noop() -> Result<(), BotError> {
+    info!("RPC address not specified. Not enabling gRPC.");
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/state.rs b/dicebot/src/state.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/state.rs
rename to dicebot/src/state.rs
diff --git a/rpc/Cargo.toml b/rpc/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f08a205
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[package]
+name = "tenebrous-rpc"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["projectmoon <projectmoon@agnos.is>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[build-dependencies]
+tonic-build = "0.4"
+
+[dependencies]
+tonic = "0.4"
+prost = "0.7"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rpc/build.rs b/rpc/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc2d5de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpc/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    tonic_build::compile_protos("protos/dicebot.proto")?;
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/rpc/protos/dicebot.proto b/rpc/protos/dicebot.proto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59f9959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpc/protos/dicebot.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+package dicebot;
+
+service Dicebot {
+  rpc GetVariable(GetVariableRequest) returns (GetVariableReply);
+  rpc GetAllVariables(GetAllVariablesRequest) returns (GetAllVariablesReply);
+  rpc SetVariable(SetVariableRequest) returns (SetVariableReply);
+  rpc RoomsForUser(UserIdRequest) returns (RoomsListReply);
+}
+
+message GetVariableRequest {
+  string user_id = 1;
+  string room_id = 2;
+  string variable_name = 3;
+}
+
+message GetVariableReply {
+  int32 value = 1;
+}
+
+message GetAllVariablesRequest {
+  string user_id = 1;
+  string room_id = 2;
+}
+
+message GetAllVariablesReply {
+  map<string, int32> variables = 1;
+}
+
+message SetVariableRequest {
+  string user_id = 1;
+  string room_id = 2;
+  string variable_name = 3;
+  int32 value = 4;
+}
+
+message SetVariableReply {
+  bool success = 1;
+}
+
+message UserIdRequest {
+  string user_id = 1;
+}
+
+message RoomsListReply {
+  repeated string room_ids = 1;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rpc/src/lib.rs b/rpc/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a1bff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpc/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pub mod protos {
+    pub mod dicebot {
+        tonic::include_proto!("dicebot");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rpc/src/main.rs b/rpc/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7a11a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpc/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    println!("Hello, world!");
+}