diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ebd70c9..3d419fc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
 module git.hashlag.net/lezzercringe/grok
 
 go 1.25.3
+
+require (
+	github.com/go-telegram-bot-api/telegram-bot-api/v5 v5.5.1
+	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
+	github.com/openai/openai-go/v3 v3.17.0
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.18.0 // indirect
+	github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.1 // indirect
+	github.com/tidwall/sjson v1.2.5 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..487127b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+github.com/go-telegram-bot-api/telegram-bot-api/v5 v5.5.1 h1:wG8n/XJQ07TmjbITcGiUaOtXxdrINDz1b0J1w0SzqDc=
+github.com/go-telegram-bot-api/telegram-bot-api/v5 v5.5.1/go.mod h1:A2S0CWkNylc2phvKXWBBdD3K0iGnDBGbzRpISP2zBl8=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 h1:7eLL/+HRGLY0ldzfGMeQkb7vMd0as4CfYvUVzLqw0N0=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1/go.mod h1:f4LDr5Voq0i2e/R5DDNOoa2zzDfwtkZa6DnEwAbqwq4=
+github.com/openai/openai-go/v3 v3.17.0 h1:CfTkmQoItolSyW+bHOUF190KuX5+1Zv6MC0Gb4wAwy8=
+github.com/openai/openai-go/v3 v3.17.0/go.mod h1:cdufnVK14cWcT9qA1rRtrXx4FTRsgbDPW7Ia7SS5cZo=
+github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.14.2/go.mod h1:/wbyibRr2FHMks5tjHJ5F8dMZh3AcwJEMf5vlfC0lxk=
+github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.18.0 h1:FIDeeyB800efLX89e5a8Y0BNH+LOngJyGrIWxG2FKQY=
+github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.18.0/go.mod h1:/wbyibRr2FHMks5tjHJ5F8dMZh3AcwJEMf5vlfC0lxk=
+github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1 h1:+Ho715JplO36QYgwN9PGYNhgZvoUSc9X2c80KVTi+GA=
+github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1/go.mod h1:eRSPERbgtNPcGhD8UCthc6PmLEQXEWd3PRB5JTxsfmM=
+github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.0/go.mod h1:ITEVvHYasfjBbM0u2Pg8T2nJnzm8xPwvNhhsoaGGjNU=
+github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.1 h1:qjsOFOWWQl+N3RsoF5/ssm1pHmJJwhjlSbZ51I6wMl4=
+github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.1/go.mod h1:ITEVvHYasfjBbM0u2Pg8T2nJnzm8xPwvNhhsoaGGjNU=
+github.com/tidwall/sjson v1.2.5 h1:kLy8mja+1c9jlljvWTlSazM7cKDRfJuR/bOJhcY5NcY=
+github.com/tidwall/sjson v1.2.5/go.mod h1:Fvgq9kS/6ociJEDnK0Fk1cpYF4FIW6ZF7LAe+6jwd28=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e69de29..ed7b6c8 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	tgbotapi "github.com/go-telegram-bot-api/telegram-bot-api/v5"
+	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
+	"github.com/openai/openai-go/v3"
+	"github.com/openai/openai-go/v3/option"
+	"github.com/openai/openai-go/v3/responses"
+)
+
+type OpenAIPrompter struct {
+	cli openai.Client
+	cfg *Config
+}
+
+func (p *OpenAIPrompter) Prompt(ctx context.Context, question string) (*HighlyTrustedResponse, error) {
+	resp, err := p.cli.Responses.New(ctx, responses.ResponseNewParams{
+		Input: responses.ResponseNewParamsInputUnion{
+			OfString: openai.String(question),
+		},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &HighlyTrustedResponse{
+		Text: resp.OutputText(),
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func NewOpenAIProoooompter(cfg *Config) *OpenAIPrompter {
+	return &OpenAIPrompter{
+		cli: openai.NewClient(
+			option.WithBaseURL(cfg.OpenAIBaseURL),
+		),
+	}
+}
+
+type HighlyTrustedResponse struct {
+	Text string
+}
+
+type Proompter interface {
+	Prompt(ctx context.Context, question string) (*HighlyTrustedResponse, error)
+}
+
+type App struct {
+	log       *slog.Logger
+	bot       *tgbotapi.BotAPI
+	proompter Proompter
+	sema      chan struct{}
+	config    *Config
+}
+
+func (a *App) handleMessage(ctx context.Context, msg *tgbotapi.Message) error {
+	if msg.Chat != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	chatID := msg.Chat.ID
+	if chatID != a.config.ChatID || !strings.HasPrefix(msg.Text, "@grok") {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	select {
+	case a.sema <- struct{}{}:
+	default:
+		a.log.Info("concurrency limit hit", "msg", msg)
+		return nil
+	}
+	defer func() { <-a.sema }()
+
+	a.log.Info("message passed all guards", "text", msg.Text)
+
+	response, err := a.proompter.Prompt(ctx, msg.Text)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("prompting: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	_, err = a.bot.Send(tgbotapi.NewMessage(chatID, response.Text))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("responding: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (a *App) HandleUpdates(ctx context.Context) error {
+	upds := a.bot.GetUpdatesChan(tgbotapi.UpdateConfig{})
+	for {
+		select {
+		case upd, ok := <-upds:
+			if !ok {
+				return errors.New("channel closed")
+			}
+
+			if upd.Message != nil {
+				go func() {
+					if err := a.handleMessage(ctx, upd.Message); err != nil {
+						a.log.Error("handling message", "msg", upd.Message, "err", err)
+					}
+				}()
+			}
+
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return ctx.Err()
+		}
+	}
+
+}
+
+func NewApp(cfg *Config, prompter Proompter) (*App, error) {
+	var app App
+	var err error
+
+	app.proompter = prompter
+
+	app.log = slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(os.Stdout, &slog.HandlerOptions{}))
+
+	app.bot, err = tgbotapi.NewBotAPI(cfg.BotToken)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if cfg.MaxConcurrentRequests == 0 {
+		return nil, errors.New("concurrency limit not set")
+	}
+	app.sema = make(chan struct{}, cfg.MaxConcurrentRequests)
+
+	app.config = cfg
+
+	return &app, nil
+}
+
+type Config struct {
+	OpenAIBaseURL         string
+	BotToken              string
+	MaxConcurrentRequests uint
+	ChatID                int64
+}
+
+func LoadConfig(cfg *Config) error {
+	if err := godotenv.Load(".env"); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	cfg.OpenAIBaseURL = os.Getenv("OPENAI_BASE_URL")
+	if cfg.OpenAIBaseURL == "" {
+		return errors.New("openai base url not set")
+	}
+
+	cfg.BotToken = os.Getenv("BOT_TOKEN")
+	mcg, err := strconv.ParseUint(
+		os.Getenv("MAX_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS"),
+		10, 64,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	cfg.MaxConcurrentRequests = uint(mcg)
+	chatID, err := strconv.ParseInt(os.Getenv("CHAT_ID"), 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if chatID == 0 {
+		return errors.New("non-zero chat id is unsafe")
+	}
+
+	cfg.ChatID = chatID
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func main() {
+	ctx, cancel := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), os.Interrupt)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	log := slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(os.Stdout, &slog.HandlerOptions{}))
+	log.Info("Starting GROK")
+
+	var cfg Config
+	if err := LoadConfig(&cfg); err != nil {
+		log.Error("loading config", "err", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	prompter := NewOpenAIProoooompter(&cfg)
+
+	app, err := NewApp(&cfg, prompter)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("initializing app", "err", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	go func() {
+		if err := app.HandleUpdates(ctx); err != nil {
+			log.Error("handleUpdates exited", "err", err)
+		}
+		cancel()
+	}()
+
+	<-ctx.Done()
+}