diff --git a/src/MarkdownGenerator.ts b/src/MarkdownGenerator.ts
index 48ccda4..398854b 100644
--- a/src/MarkdownGenerator.ts
+++ b/src/MarkdownGenerator.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { glob } from 'glob';
 import { isPreset, type PresetPrompt, prompts } from './prompts.ts';
 
 
-interface MarkdownGeneratorOptions {
+export interface MarkdownGeneratorOptions {
   dir?: string;
   outputFilePath?: string;
   fileTypeExclusions?: Set<string>;
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export class MarkdownGenerator {
       options.fileTypeExclusions || fileTypeExclusions,
     );
     this.fileExclusions = options.fileExclusions || [...fileExclusions];
+    // @ts-ignore - options.customPatterns signature is valid
     this.tokenCleaner = new TokenCleaner(options.customPatterns, options.customSecretPatterns);
     this.verbose = options.verbose !== undefined ? options.verbose : true;
     this.initialized = false;
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ export class MarkdownGenerator {
         if (this.verbose) {
           console.log('File not found, creating a new \'todo\' file.');
         }
-        await writeFile(todoPath, todoPrompt); // Create an empty 'todo' file
+        await writeFile(todoPath, ''); // Create an empty 'todo' file
         return await this.getTodo(); // Await the recursive call
       }
       if (this.verbose) {
@@ -281,7 +282,7 @@ export class MarkdownGenerator {
         console.log({ total_tokens: totalTokens });
       }
       return { success: true, tokenCount: llama3Tokenizer.encode(markdown).length };
-    } catch (error) {
+    } catch (error: any) {
       if (this.verbose) {
         console.error('Error writing markdown document:', error);
       }
diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index 4446bfb..8d519b4 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,35 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-console.log('RUNNING TOKENIZER');
-import { MarkdownGenerator } from './MarkdownGenerator.js';
+import type { PresetPrompt } from './prompts';
 
-const generator = new MarkdownGenerator();
+console.log('RUNNING TOKENIZER');
+import { MarkdownGenerator, type MarkdownGeneratorOptions } from './MarkdownGenerator';
+
+const args = process.argv.slice(2);
+const options: { prompt?: PresetPrompt; } & MarkdownGeneratorOptions = {
+
+};
+type ValidArg = keyof MarkdownGeneratorOptions;
+
+for (let i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
+  if (args[i] === '--help') {
+    console.log(`${Object.keys(options).map(item => "--" + item).join(', ')}`);
+  }
+  if (args[i] === '--prompt') {
+    options["todoPrompt"] = args[i + 1]
+    i++;
+  }
+  const arg = args[i].replace(/^--/, '');
+  if (arg as any satisfies ValidArg) {
+      // @ts-ignore - arg can't be used to index options
+    options[arg] = args[i + 1]
+    i++;
+  } else {
+    console.log(`Invalid argument specified: ${arg}`);
+    console.log(`Possible arguments: ${Object.keys(options).map(item => "--" + item).join(', ')}`);
+  }
+}
+
+const generator = new MarkdownGenerator(options);
 generator
   .createMarkdownDocument()
   .then((result: { success: boolean }) => {
diff --git a/src/prompts.ts b/src/prompts.ts
index 234ce43..8097938 100644
--- a/src/prompts.ts
+++ b/src/prompts.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
 const taskConditionsStandard_FixErrors = `
-TASK: Fix these errors.
-CONDITIONS: Output labeled and fully fixed files only, no diffs.
-STANDARD: Respond with the files, no examples or excessive explanations.
+## Task
+1. Fix these errors.
+## Conditions
+2. Output labeled and fully fixed files only, no diffs.
+## Standard
+3. Respond with the files, no examples or excessive explanations.
 
 ~~~console
-
+clean up your errors and put them here
 ~~~
 `;
 
 
+
+
+
+
 export const customPrompts: Record<string, string> = {
   "tcs:fix:errors": taskConditionsStandard_FixErrors,
 };
diff --git a/test/cli.test.ts b/test/cli.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2062ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cli.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+// test/cli.test.ts
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach, spyOn, mock } from 'bun:test';
+import { MarkdownGenerator, type MarkdownGeneratorOptions } from '../src/MarkdownGenerator';
+import type { PresetPrompt } from '../src/prompts';
+
+// Function to process CLI arguments similar to cli.ts
+function processArgs(args: string[]): { prompt?: PresetPrompt; } & MarkdownGeneratorOptions {
+  const options: { prompt?: PresetPrompt; } & MarkdownGeneratorOptions = {};
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
+    if (args[i] === '--help') {
+      console.log(`${Object.keys(options).map(item => "--" + item).join(', ')}`);
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (args[i] === '--prompt') {
+      options["todoPrompt"] = args[i + 1] as PresetPrompt;
+      i++;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const arg = args[i].replace(/^--/, '');
+    if (['dir', 'outputFilePath', 'verbose', 'todoPrompt', 'fileTypeExclusions', 'fileExclusions', 'customPatterns', 'customSecretPatterns'].includes(arg)) {
+      // @ts-ignore - dynamic property access
+      options[arg] = args[i + 1];
+      i++;
+    } else {
+      console.log(`Invalid argument specified: ${arg}`);
+      console.log(`Possible arguments: ${Object.keys(options).map(item => "--" + item).join(', ')}`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return options;
+}
+
+describe('CLI', () => {
+  describe('argument handling', () => {
+    it('should process --prompt argument correctly', () => {
+      // Set up test arguments
+      const args = ['--prompt', 'tcs:fix:errors'];
+
+      // Process arguments
+      const options = processArgs(args);
+
+      // Verify options
+      expect(options).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({
+        todoPrompt: 'tcs:fix:errors'
+      }));
+    });
+
+    it('should process other valid arguments correctly', () => {
+      // Set up test arguments
+      const args = ['--dir', './src', '--outputFilePath', './custom.md', '--verbose', 'false'];
+
+      // Process arguments
+      const options = processArgs(args);
+
+      // Verify options
+      expect(options).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({
+        dir: './src',
+        outputFilePath: './custom.md',
+        verbose: 'false'
+      }));
+    });
+
+    it('should handle invalid arguments', () => {
+      // Mock console.log to capture output
+      const consoleLogSpy = spyOn(console, 'log');
+
+      // Set up test arguments
+      const args = ['--invalidArg', 'value'];
+
+      // Process arguments
+      processArgs(args);
+
+      // Verify error message was logged
+      expect(consoleLogSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('Invalid argument specified: invalidArg'));
+
+      // Restore original function
+      consoleLogSpy.mockRestore();
+    });
+
+    it('should display help when --help argument is provided', () => {
+      // Mock console.log to capture output
+      const consoleLogSpy = spyOn(console, 'log');
+
+      // Set up test arguments
+      const args = ['--help'];
+
+      // Process arguments
+      processArgs(args);
+
+      // Verify help message was logged
+      // At this point, the options object is empty, so we just check that console.log was called
+      expect(consoleLogSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      // Restore original function
+      consoleLogSpy.mockRestore();
+    });
+  });
+});