diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7f6c916..8746a97 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module courgette
 go 1.23.1
 
 require (
+	forge.karnov.club/marc/http-api-kit v0.0.1
 	github.com/gofrs/uuid v4.4.0+incompatible
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 08446c9..2bda50b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+forge.karnov.club/marc/http-api-kit v0.0.1 h1:evYR9T7TZU64fDGN/ZsfohXyO8zS2yHrUN6fGmsJVFQ=
+forge.karnov.club/marc/http-api-kit v0.0.1/go.mod h1:AbIDCaC8ksKUlXkKegB3JLR2VNgTuIEUNBoKpa5Ck2g=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/gofrs/uuid v4.4.0+incompatible h1:3qXRTX8/NbyulANqlc0lchS1gqAVxRgsuW1YrTJupqA=
 github.com/gofrs/uuid v4.4.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:b2aQJv3Z4Fp6yNu3cdSllBxTCLRxnplIgP/c0N/04lM=
diff --git a/internal/daemon/api.go b/internal/daemon/api.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f4b8b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/daemon/api.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package daemon
+
+import (
+	httpKit "forge.karnov.club/marc/http-api-kit"
+)
+
+// Representation of the daemon process that services the runner's
+// Rest API.
+type Daemon struct {
+	Addr string
+	Api  *httpKit.App
+}
+
+func NewDaemon() *Daemon {
+	api := httpKit.NewApp()
+
+	return &Daemon{Api: api}
+}
+
+// Starts listening for requests at the given address for
+// daemon traffic.
+func (d Daemon) Start(addr string) {
+	d.Api.Start(addr)
+}
diff --git a/internal/daemon/api_test.go b/internal/daemon/api_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c78ab79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/daemon/api_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package daemon
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func Test_Daemon_Api_NewDaemonReturnsDaemonInstance(t *testing.T) {
+	d := NewDaemon()
+
+	if d == nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected Daemon instance, got something else: %+v", d)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 0744059..4a2480e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	commands "courgette/internal/commands"
+	daemon "courgette/internal/daemon"
 	logger "courgette/internal/logging"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"os"
@@ -59,9 +60,20 @@ var validate = &cobra.Command{
 	},
 }
 
+var daemonCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "daemon",
+	Short: "Starts the daemon process",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		// FIXME: Sample daemon setup.
+		d := daemon.NewDaemon()
+		d.Start(":8080")
+	},
+}
+
 var knownCommands = []*cobra.Command{
 	execute,
 	validate,
+	daemonCmd,
 }
 
 func main() {