diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
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+++ b/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/mpittkin/go-todo/output"
+	"github.com/mpittkin/go-todo/todo"
+	"io/fs"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+type config struct {
+	RootPath        string
+	OutputType      string
+	SlackWebhookURL string
+	RepoTitle       string
+}
+
+const (
+	outTypeConsole      = "console"
+	outTypeSlackWebhook = "slack-webhook"
+)
+
+const (
+	defaultRootPath        = "."
+	defaultOutputType      = "console"
+	defaultSlackWebhookURL = ""
+)
+
+func main() {
+	cfg := config{
+		RootPath:        defaultRootPath,
+		OutputType:      defaultOutputType,
+		SlackWebhookURL: defaultSlackWebhookURL,
+	}
+	if r := os.Getenv("GOTODO_ROOT_PATH"); r != "" {
+		cfg.RootPath = r
+	}
+	if o := os.Getenv("GOTODO_OUTPUT_TYPE"); o != "" {
+		cfg.OutputType = o
+	}
+	if u := os.Getenv("GOTODO_SLACK_URL"); u != "" {
+		cfg.SlackWebhookURL = u
+	}
+	cfg.RepoTitle = os.Getenv("GOTODO_REPO_TITLE")
+
+	pathFlag := flag.String("root-path", "", "the root path from which directories will be traversed looking for files to parse")
+	outputFlag := flag.String("output-type", "", "the output type (console, json, or slack-webhook")
+	webhookFlag := flag.String("slack-webhook-url", "", "when output type is set to 'slack-webhook' defines the url to send the POST request")
+	titleFlag := flag.String("repo-title", "", "when output type is set to slack-webhook, this is included in the report to indicate to the reader the source of the todos")
+
+	flag.Parse()
+	if *pathFlag != "" {
+		cfg.RootPath = *pathFlag
+	}
+	if *outputFlag != "" {
+		cfg.OutputType = *outputFlag
+	}
+	if *webhookFlag != "" {
+		cfg.SlackWebhookURL = *webhookFlag
+	}
+	if *titleFlag != "" {
+		cfg.SlackWebhookURL = *titleFlag
+	}
+
+	rootPath := "."
+	if len(os.Args) > 1 {
+		rootPath = os.Args[1]
+		if err := os.Chdir(rootPath); err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("Unable to change directory to %s\n", rootPath)
+		}
+	}
+
+	absPath, err := filepath.Abs(rootPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Unable to convert path '%s' to absolute path: %s", rootPath, err)
+	}
+	fmt.Println("Starting at " + absPath)
+
+	var result []todo.Todo
+
+	// Walk through the files and process all .go files
+	err = fs.WalkDir(os.DirFS(absPath), ".", func(path string, d fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
+		// Skip walking .git because it contains so many small files it slows down the program substantially
+		if d.IsDir() {
+			if d.Name() == ".git" {
+				return fs.SkipDir
+			}
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		ext := filepath.Ext(path)
+		if ext != ".go" {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		todos, err := todo.ParseGo(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("parse %s: %s", path, err)
+		}
+
+		result = append(result, todos...)
+
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("walk path %s: %s", absPath, err)
+	}
+
+	switch cfg.OutputType {
+	case outTypeConsole:
+		output.ToConsole(result)
+	case outTypeSlackWebhook:
+		if err := output.ToSlackWebhook(result, cfg.SlackWebhookURL, cfg.RepoTitle); err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("error posting result to slack webhook: %s", err)
+		}
+		fmt.Println("Todo report sent successfully to Slack")
+	default:
+		log.Printf("invalid output type %s\n", cfg.OutputType)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/output/console.go b/output/console.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a7c27d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/output/console.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package output
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/mpittkin/go-todo/todo"
+)
+
+func ToConsole(todos []todo.Todo) {
+	for _, todo := range todos {
+		fmt.Println(todo)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("Found %d todos\n", len(todos))
+}
diff --git a/output/slack.go b/output/slack.go
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index 0000000..1fd8279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/output/slack.go
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+package output
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/mpittkin/go-todo/todo"
+	"io"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type AuthorTodos struct {
+	AuthorMail string
+	Todos      []todo.Todo
+}
+
+func ToSlackWebhook(todos []todo.Todo, webhookUrl string, repo string) error {
+	byAuthor := make(map[string][]todo.Todo)
+	for _, td := range todos {
+		authorTodos := byAuthor[td.Mail]
+		authorTodos = append(authorTodos, td)
+		byAuthor[td.Mail] = authorTodos
+	}
+
+	var byAuthorSl []AuthorTodos
+	for authorMail, authorTodos := range byAuthor {
+		byAuthorSl = append(byAuthorSl, AuthorTodos{
+			AuthorMail: authorMail,
+			Todos:      authorTodos,
+		})
+	}
+
+	sort.Slice(byAuthorSl, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return byAuthorSl[i].AuthorMail < byAuthorSl[j].AuthorMail
+	})
+
+	message := fmt.Sprintf(`
+Todo Report: %s
+Total Todos: %d\n
+`, repo, len(todos))
+
+	for _, auth := range byAuthorSl {
+		authorBlock := fmt.Sprintf(`
+*%s*
+`, auth.AuthorMail)
+		for _, td := range auth.Todos {
+
+			authorBlock += fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d (%v) `%s`\\n\n", td.Path, td.Line, td.Time.Format("2006-01-02"), td.Text)
+		}
+
+		message += authorBlock
+	}
+
+	body := fmt.Sprintf(`{ "text": "%s"}`, message)
+
+	if err := PostToWebhook(webhookUrl, strings.NewReader(body)); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("post to slack webhook %s: %w", webhookUrl, err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func PostToWebhook(url string, body io.Reader) error {
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, url, body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		err := resp.Body.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("close response body: %s", err)
+		}
+	}()
+	if resp.StatusCode < 200 || resp.StatusCode >= 300 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("http response error %s", resp.Status)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/todo/git.go b/todo/git.go
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index 0000000..63762cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/todo/git.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package todo
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+const (
+	pfxAuthorName = "author "
+	pfxAuthorMail = "author-mail "
+	pfxTime       = "author-time "
+)
+
+func Blame(path string, lineNo int) (BlameInfo, error) {
+	var blameInfo BlameInfo
+	lineArg := fmt.Sprintf("-L %d,%d", lineNo, lineNo)
+	args := []string{
+		"blame",
+		"--porcelain",
+		"--incremental",
+		lineArg,
+		path,
+	}
+
+	cmd := exec.Command("git", args...)
+
+	stdOut, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		return blameInfo, err
+	}
+	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		return blameInfo, err
+	}
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(bufio.NewReader(stdOut))
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := scanner.Text()
+		switch {
+		case strings.HasPrefix(line, pfxAuthorMail):
+			value := strings.TrimPrefix(line, pfxAuthorMail)
+			blameInfo.Mail = strings.Trim(value, "<>")
+		case strings.HasPrefix(line, pfxAuthorName):
+			blameInfo.Name = strings.TrimPrefix(line, pfxAuthorName)
+		case strings.HasPrefix(line, pfxTime):
+			value := strings.TrimPrefix(line, pfxTime)
+			unixTime, err := strconv.ParseInt(value, 10, 64)
+			if err != nil {
+				return blameInfo, err
+			}
+			blameInfo.Time = time.Unix(unixTime, 0)
+		}
+	}
+	return blameInfo, nil
+}
diff --git a/todo/model.go b/todo/model.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd144f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/todo/model.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package todo
+
+import "time"
+
+type Todo struct {
+	Path string
+	Line int
+	Text string
+	BlameInfo
+}
+
+type BlameInfo struct {
+	Name string
+	Mail string
+	Time time.Time
+}
diff --git a/todo/parse-go.go b/todo/parse-go.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19b19b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/todo/parse-go.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package todo
+
+import (
+	"go/parser"
+	"go/token"
+	"log"
+)
+
+func ParseGo(path string) ([]Todo, error) {
+	fset := token.NewFileSet()
+	f, err := parser.ParseFile(fset, path, nil, parser.ParseComments)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var todos []Todo
+	for _, c := range f.Comments {
+		for _, sc := range c.List {
+			isTodo := todoLineMatcher.MatchString(sc.Text)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			if isTodo {
+				pos := fset.Position(sc.Pos())
+				todos = append(todos, Todo{
+					Path: path,
+					Line: pos.Line,
+					Text: sc.Text,
+				})
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < len(todos); i++ {
+		blame, err := Blame(path, todos[i].Line)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		todos[i].BlameInfo = blame
+	}
+
+	return todos, nil
+}
diff --git a/todo/regex.go b/todo/regex.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aef5ecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/todo/regex.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package todo
+
+import "regexp"
+
+//Match any line that contains the word t-o-d-o, case-insensitive
+
+const todoLineRegex = "(?i)\\btodo\\b"
+
+var todoLineMatcher = regexp.MustCompile(todoLineRegex)
diff --git a/todo/regex_test.go b/todo/regex_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fef417
--- /dev/null
+++ b/todo/regex_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package todo
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestMatch(t *testing.T) {
+	var isTodo = regexp.MustCompile(todoLineRegex)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		str       string
+		wantMatch bool
+	}{
+		{"todo: do stuff", true},
+		{"TODO: do stuff", true},
+		{"ToDo - do stuff", true},
+		{"we should todo later", true},
+		{"look at the rest of our todos", false},
+		{"regular old normal comment line", false},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		gotMatch := isTodo.MatchString(tt.str)
+		if gotMatch != tt.wantMatch {
+			t.Errorf("\"%s\" wanted match %t got %t", tt.str, tt.wantMatch, gotMatch)
+		}
+	}
+}