diff --git a/src/command.test.ts b/src/command.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd0322a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/command.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { autoConfig } from './index';
+import { mockArgv, setEnvKey } from './test/utils';
+
+import minimist from 'minimist';
+console.log('process.argv', process.argv);
+console.log('minimist', minimist(process.argv.slice(2)))
+
+describe('autoCommand CLI functionality', () => {
+  test('handles sub-commands', () => {
+    const resetEnv = setEnvKey('PORT', '8080');
+
+    const command = autoConfig({
+      port: {
+        help: 'The port to listen on.',
+        args: ['--port', 'PORT'],
+        type: 'number',
+        required: true,
+      },
+      debugMode: {
+        args: ['--debug', 'DEBUG', '--debugMode', 'DEBUG_MODE'],
+        type: 'boolean',
+        default: true,
+      },
+    });
+    resetEnv();
+    // expect(config.port).toBe(8080);
+    // expect(config.debugMode).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/command.ts b/src/command.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..811addf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/command.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import debug from 'debug';
+import { autoConfig } from 'src';
+import { CommandOption, CompleteConfig, OptionTypeConfig } from './types';
+
+type Commands<TInput> = {
+  [commandName: string]: CompleteConfig<TInput>;
+  // TODO: Add Commands
+};
+type OptionTypes = NonNullable<OptionTypeConfig['type']>;
+
+type AutoCommandOptions = {
+  cliArgs: string[];
+  envKeys: Record<string, string | undefined>;
+};
+
+const defaultOptions = {
+  cliArgs: process.argv.slice(2),
+  envKeys: process.env,
+} as const;
+
+export default function autoCommand<TInput extends object>(
+  commandConfig: Commands<TInput>,
+  {
+    cliArgs = process.argv.slice(2),
+    envKeys = process.env,
+  }: AutoCommandOptions = defaultOptions
+) {
+  const debugLog = debug('auto-command');
+  debugLog(`Starting Command Processor for args: ${cliArgs.join(', ')}`);
+  const availableCommands = Object.keys(commandConfig);
+  debugLog('availableCommands', availableCommands);
+  // TODO
+  // 1. check for sub-commands in argv
+  // 2. if sub-command found, split the argv, and use autoConfig on the following arguments
+  const baseCommand = cliArgs[0];
+  debugLog(`Looking for base command: ${baseCommand}`);
+  if (baseCommand && availableCommands.includes(baseCommand)) {
+    debugLog(`Found base command: ${baseCommand}`);
+    const subCommandConfig = commandConfig[baseCommand];
+    debugLog('subCommandConfig', subCommandConfig);
+    autoConfig(subCommandConfig, {
+      overrides: {cliArgs, envKeys}
+    })
+    // if (typeof subCommandConfig === 'object') {
+    //   return autoCommand(subCommandConfig);
+    // }
+  }
+  // const matchingCommand = process.argv.find(arg => availableCommands.includes(arg));
+}
diff --git a/src/index.test.ts b/src/index.test.ts
index 7845ff8..26487e4 100644
--- a/src/index.test.ts
+++ b/src/index.test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   processExitSpy.mockClear();
 });
 
-describe('core features', () => {
+describe.only('core features', () => {
   test('loads environment variables', () => {
     const resetPort = setEnvKey('PORT', '8080');
     const config = autoConfig({
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 3945059..8ee0786 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -12,19 +12,30 @@ import {
 } from './utils';
 import type {
   CommandOption,
+  CompleteConfig,
   ConfigInputsParsed,
+  ConfigInputsRaw,
   ConfigResults,
 } from './types';
 import { optionsHelp } from './render';
 
 export { easyConfig } from './easy-config';
 
+export const SupportedDataTypes = ['string', 'number', 'boolean', 'array', 'date'];
+
+interface InputOverrides {
+  overrides: ConfigInputsRaw;
+}
+
 export const autoConfig = function <
-  TInput extends { [K in keyof TInput]: CommandOption }
->(config: TInput) {
+  TInput extends CompleteConfig<TInput>
+>(config: TInput, {
+  overrides
+}: InputOverrides = { overrides: {} }) {
   const debugLog = debug('auto-config');
   debugLog('START: Loading runtime environment & command line arguments.');
-  let { cliArgs, envKeys } = getEnvAndArgs();
+  let { cliArgs, envKeys } = getEnvAndArgs({ ...overrides });
+  
   if (debugLog.enabled) {
     debugLog('runtime.cliArgs', JSON.stringify(cliArgs));
     debugLog('runtime.envKeys', JSON.stringify(envKeys));
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index c87f435..0d13d6f 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ export type OptionTypeConfig =
       max?: number;
     };
 
+
+export type CompleteConfig<TInput> = { [K in keyof TInput]: CommandOption };
+
 // type Flatten<Type> = Type extends Array<infer Item> ? Item : Type;
 // type GetEnumOption<TOption> = TOption extends { enum: Array<infer EnumItem> } ? EnumItem : never;
 export type PrimitiveTypes = string | number | boolean | Date | null;
@@ -74,8 +77,8 @@ export type ConfigInputsRaw = {
 };
 
 export type ConfigInputsParsed = {
-  cliArgs?: minimist.ParsedArgs;
-  envKeys?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
+  cliArgs: minimist.ParsedArgs;
+  envKeys: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
 };
 
 export type ConfigResults<
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index ae4111f..da201b4 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,18 @@ import type {
   OptionTypeConfig,
 } from './types';
 
+
 const debugLog = debug('auto-config:utils');
 
+/**
+ * ⚠️ **Warning:** Very permissive boolean coercion.
+ * 
+ * 1. Normalizes inputs to string, trim, and lower case.
+ * 2. Returns true if input matches any: `1`, `on`, `t`, `true`, `y`, and `yes`
+ * 
+ */
 export function toBoolean(value: any) {
-  value = value.toString().toLowerCase();
+  value = `${value}`.toString().trim().toLowerCase();
   return (
     value === 'true' ||
     value === 't' ||
@@ -21,9 +29,6 @@ export function toBoolean(value: any) {
     value === 'on'
   );
 }
-// export function isNestedObject(obj: unknown) {
-//   return isObject(obj) && !Array.isArray(obj) && keys(obj).length > 0;
-// }
 
 export function applyType(
   value: string,
@@ -57,16 +62,16 @@ export function cleanupStringList(
   return processed as string[];
 }
 
-export const stripDashes = (str: string = '') => str.replace(/^-+/gi, '');
+export const stripDashes = (str: string = '') => str.replace(/^(-|--)/gi, '');
 export const stripDashesSlashes = (str: string = '') =>
   str.replace(/^[-\/]+/g, '');
 
 export function getEnvAndArgs({
-  cliArgs = process.argv,
+  cliArgs = process.argv.slice(2),
   envKeys = process.env,
 }: ConfigInputsRaw = {}): ConfigInputsParsed {
   debugLog('extractEnvArgs.cliArgs', cliArgs);
-  debugLog('extractEnvArgs.envKeys', envKeys);
+  // debugLog('extractEnvArgs.envKeys', envKeys);
 
   let cliParsed: ReturnType<typeof minimist> | undefined = undefined;
 
@@ -75,7 +80,8 @@ export function getEnvAndArgs({
     //   path to node & the .js file we're executing.
     cliArgs = process.argv.filter((arg, i) => !(i < 2 && isAbsolute(arg)));
     cliParsed = minimist(cliArgs);
+    debugLog('cliParsed.minimist', cliArgs);
   }
 
-  return { cliArgs: cliParsed, envKeys };
+  return { cliArgs: cliParsed!, envKeys };
 }
diff --git a/test.mjs b/test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89cba37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import minimist from 'minimist';
+console.log('process.argv', process.argv);
+console.log('minimist', minimist(process.argv.slice(2)))
+
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 1a5c4a3..883873f 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@
 
   },
   "include": [
-    "examples/**/*.ts",
     "src/**/*.ts",
     "src/**/*.tsx",
-    "src/**/*.d.ts"
+    "src/**/*.d.ts",
+    "examples/**/*.ts",
     // "client/**/*.ts",
     // "client/**/*.tsx",
     // "client/**/*.d.ts",