diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cf4f3ae..0dc139f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Emacs backups
 *~
+# Typescript
+# emitted code
+obj
+
 # ---> Node
 # Logs
 logs
diff --git a/src/complex/type.ts b/src/complex/type.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d41c06b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/complex/type.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import {Specifications, joinTypes, typeOfDependency} from '../core/Dispatcher'
+
+export type Complex<T> = {re: T; im: T;}
+
+declare module 'Dispatcher' {
+   namespace Specifications {
+      export class ComplexSpecifications {}
+
+      namespace ComplexSpecifications {
+         export class Complex_type<T> {
+            static test = (testT: (z: unknown) => z is T) =>
+               (z: unknown): z is Complex<T> =>
+               typeof z === 'object'
+               && 're' in z && 'im' in z
+               && testT(z.re) && testT(z.im);
+            static infer = (dep: typeOfDependency) =>
+               (z: Complex<unknown>) =>
+               joinTypes(dep.typeOf(z.re), dep.typeOf(z.im));
+            static from = {
+               T: (dep: ImplementationType<'zero', [T]>) => (t: T) => 
+                  ({re: t, im: dep.zero(t)}),
+               Complex: <U>(convert: (from: U) => T) =>
+                  (z: Complex<U>) => ({re: convert(z.re), im: convert(z.im)})
+            };
+         }
+         export const complex_1 = <T>(dep: DependencyType<'zero', [T]>) =>
+            (t: T) => ({re: t, im: dep.zero(t)})
+         export const complex_2 = <T>(t: T, u: T) => ({re: t, im: u})
+      }
+   }
+}
+
+export {Specifications}
diff --git a/src/core/Config.ts b/src/core/Config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ae5e58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/Config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export type Config = {
+   predictable: boolean
+}
+
+export type ConfigDependency = {
+   config: Config
+}
diff --git a/src/core/Dispatcher.ts b/src/core/Dispatcher.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d05933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/Dispatcher.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/* A Dispatcher is a collection of operations that do run-time
+ * dispatch on the types of their arguments. Thus, every individual
+ * method is like a typed-function (from the library by that name),
+ * but they can depend on one another and on ona another's implementations
+ * for specific types (including their own).
+ */
+
+type TypeName = string
+type Parameter = TypeName
+type Signature = Parameter[]
+
+export class Specifications {}
+export type typeOfDependency = {typeOf: (x: unknown) => TypeName}
+
+//dummy implementation for now
+export function joinTypes(a: TypeName, b: TypeName) {
+   if (a === b) return a
+   return 'any'
+}
+
+// Will need to build this up. Need to start with looping through the keys of
+// values of keys, and filtering ones that start with Name, then add in
+// checking the types.
+
+// Some relevant stuff that worked in the playground:
+// type KeysMatching<T, N, V> = {[K in keyof T]-?: T[K] extends V ? K extends `${string}${N}${string}` ? K : never : never}[keyof T];
+// type ValuesMatching<T, V> = {[K in keyof T]: T[K] extends V ? T[K] : never}[keyof T]
+
+// type SubKeysMatching<T, N, V> = {[K in keyof T]: KeysMatching<T[K], N, V>}[keyof T]
+// type SubValuesMatching<T, V> = {[K in keyof T]: ValuesMatching<T[K], V>}[keyof T]
+
+
+// let trial: SubKeysMatching<typeof Bar, 'ng', number | boolean> = 'strange'
+// let valtrial: SubValuesMatching<typeof Bar, number> = 3
+
+// type MyFunc = (...args: [string, number]) => any
+
+// Selecting the proper key for arguments [string, number] is working
+// let key: KeysMatching<typeof Foo, 'a', MyFunc > = 'bar' // OK, and 'baz' here does fail, as desired
+
+// The above should have all of the ingredients.
+type DependenciesType = Record<String, Function>
+
+type FinalShape<FuncType> =
+   FuncType extends (arg: DependenciesType) => Function
+   ? ReturnType<FuncType> : FuncType
+
+type BeginsWith<Name> = `${Name}${string}`
+
+type ImmediateDependency<Ob, Name, ParamTuple> =
+   {[K in keyof Ob]: K extends BeginsWith<Name>
+    ? FinalShape<Ob[K]> extends (...args: ParamTuple) => any
+      ? FinalShape<Ob[K]>
+      : never
+    : never}[keyof Ob]
+
+type SpecType = typeof Specifications
+
+export type ImplementationDependency<Name, ParamTuple> =
+   {[S in keyof SpecType]:
+    ImmediateDependency<SpecType[S], Name, ParamTuple>}[keyof SpecType] 
+
+type TypeSpecification = {
+   before?: TypeName[],
+   test: ((x: unknown) => boolean)
+      | ((d: DependenciesType) => (x: unknown) => boolean),
+   from: Record<Typename, Function>,
+   infer?: (d: DependenciesType) => (z: unknown) => TypeName
+}
+
+type SpecObject = Record<string, Function | TypeSpecification>
+export type SpecifcationsGroup = Record<string, SpecObject>
+
+export class Dispatcher {
+   installSpecification(
+      name: string,
+      signature: Signature,
+      returns: Type,
+      dependencies: Record<string, Signature>,
+      behavior: Function // possible todo: constrain this type based
+      // on the signature, return type, and dependencies. Not sure if
+      // that's really possible, though.
+   ) {
+      console.log('Pretending to install', name, signature, '=>', returns)
+      //TODO: implement me
+   }
+   installType(name: TypeName, typespec: TypeSpecification) {
+      console.log('Pretending to install type', name, typespec)
+      //TODO: implement me
+   }
+   constructor(collection: SpecificationsGroup) { 
+      for (key in collection) {
+         console.log('Working on', key)
+         for (identifier in collection[key]) {
+            console.log('Handling', key, ':', identifier)
+            const parts = identifier.split('_')
+            if (parts[parts.length - 1] === 'type') {
+               parts.pop()
+               const name = parts.join('_')
+               installType(name, collection[key][identifier])
+            } else {
+               const name = parts[0]
+               installSpecification(
+                  name, ['dunno'], 'unsure', {}, collection[key][identifier])
+            }
+         }
+      }
+   }
+}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3df603f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import Dispatcher from 'core/Dispatcher'
+import Complex from 'complex/type'
+import Specifications from 'number/arithmetic'
+
+export default new Dispatcher(Specifications)
diff --git a/src/number/arithmetic.ts b/src/number/arithmetic.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90fe70e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/number/arithmetic.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import Specifications from './type'
+import configDependency from '../core/Config'
+/// <reference path="../complex/type.ts">
+
+declare module 'Dispatcher' {
+   namespace Specifications {
+      namespace NumberSpecifications {
+         export const add = (a: number, b: number) => a + b
+         export const unaryMinus = (a: number) => -a
+         export const subtract = (a: number, b: number) => a - b
+         export const multiply = (a: number, b: number) => a * b
+         export const divide = (a: number, b: number) => a / b
+         export const sqrt =
+            (dep: configDependency
+                  & ImplementationDependency<'complex', [number,number]>) => {
+                if (dep.config.predictable || !dep.complex) {
+                   return (a: number) => isNaN(n) ? NaN : Math.sqrt(n)
+                }
+                return (a: number) => {
+                   if (isNaN(n)) return NaN
+                   if (n >= 0) return Math.sqrt(n)
+                   return dep.complex(0, Math.sqrt(unaryMinus(n)))
+                }
+             }
+      }
+   }
+}
+
+export {Specifications}
diff --git a/src/number/type.ts b/src/number/type.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f775fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/number/type.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import Specifications from '../core/Dispatcher'
+
+declare module 'Dispatcher' {
+   namespace Specifications {
+      export class NumberSpecifications {}
+      namespace NumberSpecifications {
+         export const number_type = {
+            before: ['Complex'],
+            test: (n: unknown): n is number => typeof n === 'number',
+            from: {string: s => +s}
+         }
+         export const zero = (a: number) => 0
+      }
+   }
+}
+
+export {Specifications}
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aae3a94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "target": "ES2022",
+        "rootDir": "./src",
+        "outDir": "./obj"
+    }
+}