diff --git a/src/cbor.cr b/src/cbor.cr
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+require "cbor"
+
+require "./ipc.cr"
+
+class IPC::CBOR
+	include ::CBOR::Serializable
+
+	@[::CBOR::Field(ignored: true)]
+	getter       type = -1
+	class_getter type = -1
+
+	property     id   : ::CBOR::Any?
+
+	macro message(id, type, &block)
+		class {{id}} < ::IPC::CBOR
+			include ::CBOR::Serializable
+
+			@@type = {{type}}
+			def type
+				@@type
+			end
+
+			{{yield}}
+		end
+	end
+end
+
+class IPC::Context
+	def send(fd : Int32, message : IPC::CBOR)
+		send fd, message.type.to_u8, message.to_cbor
+	end
+	def send_now(fd : Int32, message : IPC::CBOR)
+		send_now fd, message.type.to_u8, message.to_cbor
+	end
+end
+
+class IPC::Client
+	def send(message : IPC::CBOR)
+		send @server_fd.not_nil!, message.type.to_u8, message.to_cbor
+	end
+	def send_now(message : IPC::CBOR)
+		send_now @server_fd.not_nil!, message.type.to_u8, message.to_cbor
+	end
+end
+
+# CAUTION: Only use this method on an Array(IPC::CBOR.class)
+class Array(T)
+	def parse_ipc_cbor(message : IPC::Message) : IPC::CBOR?
+		message_type = find &.type.==(message.utype)
+
+		if message_type.nil?
+			raise "invalid message type (#{message.utype})"
+		end
+
+		message_type.from_cbor message.payload
+	end
+end
+