diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e45270
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Global directories
+__pycache__/
+
+# Global files
+*.py[cod]
+*.dll
+*.so
+*.log
+*.swp
+
+# Root directories
+/.benchmarks/
+/.cache/
+/.env/
+/.idea/
+/.mypy_cache/
+/.pytest_cache/
+/.ruff_cache/
+/.vscode/
+/backend/dist/
+/dist/
+/site/
+/venv/
+
+# Root files
+/.coverage*
+
diff --git a/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.gitignore
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index 0000000..13566b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Default ignored files
+/shelf/
+/workspace.xml
+# Editor-based HTTP Client requests
+/httpRequests/
+# Datasource local storage ignored files
+/dataSources/
+/dataSources.local.xml
diff --git a/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml b/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..105ce2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<component name="InspectionProjectProfileManager">
+  <settings>
+    <option name="USE_PROJECT_PROFILE" value="false" />
+    <version value="1.0" />
+  </settings>
+</component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98657d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="Black">
+    <option name="sdkName" value="Python 3.9 (voltdb-client-python)" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" project-jdk-name="Python 3.9" project-jdk-type="Python SDK" />
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90d48f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
+    <modules>
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/voltdb-client-python.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/voltdb-client-python.iml" />
+    </modules>
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35eb1dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="" vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/voltdb-client-python.iml b/.idea/voltdb-client-python.iml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7eb1baf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/voltdb-client-python.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="PYTHON_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager">
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/venv" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="jdk" jdkName="Python 3.9" jdkType="Python SDK" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+  </component>
+</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from LICENSE
rename to LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/README b/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from README
rename to README.md
diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/build/Jenkinsfile b/build/Jenkinsfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f328d97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/Jenkinsfile
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+pipeline {
+   agent {
+      label 'gcloud-build--rocky-linux-8--x64'
+    }
+    stages {
+        stage('Build') {
+            steps {
+                sh 'python3 --version;python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip; python3 -m pip install twine build; python3 -m build --verbose'
+            }
+        }
+        stage('Test') {
+            steps {
+                sh 'echo None'
+            }
+        }
+        stage('Deploy') {
+            steps {
+                sh 'echo Nothing'
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d14e08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[project]
+name = "voltdbclient"
+version = "1.0.0"
+authors = [
+  { name="Volt Active Data", email="support@voltactivedata.com" },
+]
+description = "VoltDB python client"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+classifiers = [
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+]
+
+[tool.hatch.publish.index]
+disable = true