diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bbe1a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/node_modules
+/coverage
diff --git a/.jscsfilter b/.jscsfilter
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5c4af4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jscsfilter
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var _ = require('lodash');
+
+module.exports = function(e) {
+  var report = true;
+  var isTestFile = _.startsWith(e.filename, './test/');
+  if (isTestFile && e.message === 'jsdoc definition required') {
+    report = false;
+  }
+  return report;
+};
diff --git a/.jscsrc b/.jscsrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6795bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jscsrc
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+  "preset": "airbnb",
+  "excludeFiles": ["node_modules/**", "coverage/**"],
+  "errorFilter": "./.jscsfilter",
+  "disallowEmptyBlocks": null,
+  "disallowFunctionDeclarations": true,
+  "disallowKeywordsOnNewLine": null,
+  "disallowMultipleLineBreaks": null,
+  "disallowMultipleVarDecl": "exceptUndefined",
+  "disallowSpacesInAnonymousFunctionExpression":  {
+    "beforeOpeningRoundBrace": true
+  },
+  "disallowSpacesInFunctionExpression": {
+    "beforeOpeningRoundBrace": true
+  },
+  "disallowTrailingComma": null,
+  "maximumLineLength": 80,
+  "maximumNumberOfLines": 1000,
+  "requireBlocksOnNewline": 2,
+  "requireKeywordsOnNewLine": ["else"],
+  "requirePaddingNewLinesAfterBlocks": null,
+  "requirePaddingNewLinesAfterUseStrict": true,
+  "requirePaddingNewLinesBeforeExport": true,
+  "requireSemicolons": true,
+  "requireSpaceAfterLineComment": true,
+  "requireSpacesInsideObjectBrackets": "all",
+  "requireTrailingComma": {
+    "ignoreSingleLine": true
+  },
+  "safeContextKeyword": "self",
+  "plugins": [
+    "jscs-jsdoc"
+  ],
+  "jsDoc": {
+    "checkAnnotations": {
+      "preset": "jsdoc3",
+      "extra": {
+        "scope": "some"
+      }
+    },
+    "checkReturnTypes": true,
+    "checkTypes": "capitalizedNativeCase",
+    "enforceExistence": true,
+    "requireNewlineAfterDescription": true,
+    "requireParamTypes": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.jshintignore b/.jshintignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bbe1a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jshintignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/node_modules
+/coverage
diff --git a/.jshintrc b/.jshintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fba9f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jshintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "node": true,
+  "bitwise": true,
+  "camelcase": true,
+  "curly": true,
+  "eqeqeq": true,
+  "immed": true,
+  "indent": 2,
+  "latedef": true,
+  "newcap": true,
+  "noarg": true,
+  "quotmark": "single",
+  "regexp": true,
+  "undef": true,
+  "unused": true,
+  "strict": true,
+  "trailing": true,
+  "smarttabs": true,
+  "globals": {
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5beb98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+node_js:
+- '0.10'
+- '0.12'
+sudo: false
+language: node_js
+script: npm run-script test-travis
+after_script: npm install coveralls@2 && cat ./coverage/lcov.info | coveralls
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2015 Whitney Young
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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index 0000000..0a9ec82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Azul Chai
+
+[![NPM version][npm-image]][npm-url] [![Build status][travis-image]][travis-url] [![Code Climate][codeclimate-image]][codeclimate-url] [![Coverage Status][coverage-image]][coverage-url] [![Dependencies][david-image]][david-url] [![devDependencies][david-dev-image]][david-dev-url]
+
+Chai assertions & test helpers for [Azul.js][azul].
+
+```js
+chai.use(require('azul-chai'));
+
+item.should.be.a.model('article').with.json({ id: 5, title: 'Azul.js' });
+```
+
+
+## License
+
+This project is distributed under the MIT license.
+
+
+[azul]: https://github.com/wbyoung/azul
+
+[travis-image]: http://img.shields.io/travis/wbyoung/azul-chai.svg?style=flat
+[travis-url]: http://travis-ci.org/wbyoung/azul-chai
+[npm-image]: http://img.shields.io/npm/v/azul-chai.svg?style=flat
+[npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/azul-chai
+[codeclimate-image]: http://img.shields.io/codeclimate/github/wbyoung/azul-chai.svg?style=flat
+[codeclimate-url]: https://codeclimate.com/github/wbyoung/azul-chai
+[coverage-image]: http://img.shields.io/coveralls/wbyoung/azul-chai.svg?style=flat
+[coverage-url]: https://coveralls.io/r/wbyoung/azul-chai
+[david-image]: http://img.shields.io/david/wbyoung/azul-chai.svg?style=flat
+[david-url]: https://david-dm.org/wbyoung/azul-chai
+[david-dev-image]: http://img.shields.io/david/dev/wbyoung/azul-chai.svg?style=flat
+[david-dev-url]: https://david-dm.org/wbyoung/azul-chai#info=devDependencies
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..288ce9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+'use strict';
+
+module.exports = require('./lib');
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39a26a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+'use strict';
+
+module.exports = require('./plugin');
diff --git a/lib/plugin.js b/lib/plugin.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22727e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/plugin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var _ = require('lodash');
+
+/**
+ * This is the main chai plugin.
+ *
+ * @public
+ * @function plugin
+ * @param {Object} chai
+ * @param {Object} utils
+ */
+module.exports = function(chai, utils) {
+
+  var Assertion = chai.Assertion;
+  var addMethod = Assertion.addMethod.bind(Assertion);
+
+  /**
+   * Overwrite a method, but throw if super is called when there wasn't really
+   * anything to override.
+   *
+   * We should be able to remove this when the following is addressed:
+   * https://github.com/chaijs/chai/issues/467
+   *
+   * @private
+   * @function
+   */
+  var overwriteMethod = function(name, fn) {
+    if (typeof Assertion.prototype[name] === 'function') {
+      Assertion.overwriteMethod(name, fn);
+    }
+    else {
+      /** local */
+      var _super = function() {
+        throw new Error('Method \'' +  name +
+          '\' cannot be used in this context');
+      };
+      Assertion.addMethod(name, fn(_super));
+    }
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Check that a model is a specific type.
+   *
+   *   .should.be.a.model('person')
+   *   .should.be.a.model(Person)
+   *
+   * @public
+   * @function json
+   * @param {Object} json
+   */
+  addMethod('model', function(model) {
+    new Assertion(this._obj).to.have.deep.property('__identity__.db');
+    if (_.isString(model)) {
+      model = this._obj.__identity__.db.model(model);
+    }
+
+    this.assert(this._obj instanceof model.__class__,
+      'expected #{this} to be a #{exp} model but was #{act}',
+      'expected #{this} to not be a #{act}',
+      model.__name__, this._obj.__identity__.__name__);
+
+    utils.flag(this, 'azul.model', true);
+  });
+
+
+  /**
+   * Check that a model's JSON matches an expected value.
+   *
+   *   .should.be.a.model('person')
+   *   .with.json({ username: 'wbyoung' })
+   *
+   * @public
+   * @function json
+   * @param {Object} json
+   */
+  overwriteMethod('json', function(_super) {
+    /** local */
+    return function assertJSON(json) {
+      if (utils.flag(this, 'azul.model')) {
+        new Assertion(this._obj).to.have.property('json');
+        this.assert(utils.eql(json, this._obj.json),
+          'expected #{this} to have JSON #{exp} but got #{act}',
+          'expected #{this} to not have JSON of #{act}',
+          json, this._obj.json, true);
+      }
+      else {
+        _super.apply(this, arguments);
+      }
+    };
+  });
+
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f0d293
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{
+  "name": "azul-chai",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "description": "Simple database queries for Node.js",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/wbyoung/azul-chai",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/wbyoung/azul-chai/issues"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "jshint . && jscs . && istanbul cover node_modules/.bin/_mocha --report html --",
+    "test-travis": "jshint . && jscs . && istanbul cover node_modules/.bin/_mocha --report lcovonly --"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "index.js",
+    "lib",
+    "LICENSE"
+  ],
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/wbyoung/azul-chai.git"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "postgres",
+    "mysql",
+    "sqlite",
+    "pg",
+    "database",
+    "chai",
+    "sql"
+  ],
+  "author": "Whitney Young",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "lodash": "^3.9.3"
+  },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "azul": "^0.0.1-alpha.14",
+    "chai": ">= 2.3.0 < 4"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "azul": "^0.0.1-alpha.14",
+    "bluebird": "^2.9.27",
+    "chai": "^3.0.0",
+    "istanbul": "^0.3.14",
+    "jscs": "^1.13.1",
+    "jscs-jsdoc": "^1.0.1",
+    "jshint": "^2.8.0",
+    "mocha": "^2.2.5"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/.jshintrc b/test/.jshintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6220dd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/.jshintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../.jshintrc",
+  "globals": {
+    "describe": true,
+    "it": true,
+    "before": true,
+    "beforeEach": true,
+    "after": true,
+    "afterEach": true,
+    "chai": true,
+    "expect": true,
+    "should": true,
+    "sinon": true,
+    "__db": true
+  },
+  "expr": true
+}
diff --git a/test/_helpers.js b/test/_helpers.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..623d15b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/_helpers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var _ = require('lodash');
+var chai = require('chai');
+var azul = require('azul');
+var Promise = require('bluebird');
+
+var Adapter = azul.Adapter.extend({
+  _connect: Promise.method(function() { return 1; }),
+  _disconnect: Promise.method(function() { }),
+  _execute: Promise.method(function() { }),
+});
+
+// reset chai.Assertion's prototype. this is required to support mocha
+// re-running the test suite in watch mode.
+var prototype = chai.Assertion.prototype;
+var initial = chai.hold = chai.hold || _.clone(Object.keys(prototype));
+_.difference(Object.keys(prototype), initial).forEach(function(key) {
+  delete prototype[key];
+});
+
+chai.use(require('..'));
+
+global.chai = chai;
+global.expect = chai.expect;
+global.should = chai.should();
+
+global.__db = function(fn) {
+  return function() {
+    beforeEach(function() {
+      global.db = azul({ adapter: Adapter.create() });
+    });
+    fn.call(this);
+  };
+};
diff --git a/test/assertion_tests.js b/test/assertion_tests.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96247da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/assertion_tests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+'use strict';
+
+require('./_helpers');
+
+var _ = require('lodash');
+
+describe('assertions', __db(function() {
+  /* global db */
+
+  beforeEach(require('./common').models);
+
+  it('can validate a model', function() {
+    db.model('article').create({ title: 'Azul Chai' })
+    .should.be.a.model('article')
+    .with.json({ id: undefined, title: 'Azul Chai' });
+  });
+
+  it('can validate a model with the class', function() {
+    db.model('article').create({ title: 'Azul Chai' })
+    .should.be.a.model(db.model('article'));
+  });
+
+  it('produces an error for mistyped model', function() {
+    expect(function() {
+      db.model('article').create({ title: '' }).should.be.a.model('post');
+    })
+    .to.throw(/expected.*Article.*to be.*Post.*but was.*Article/);
+  });
+
+  it('produces an error for mismatched json', function() {
+    expect(function() {
+      db.model('article').create({ title: '' })
+      .should.be.a.model('article')
+      .with.json({ id: undefined, title: 'Azul Chai' });
+    })
+    .to.throw(/expected.*Article.*to have.*Azul Chai.*but got.*''/);
+  });
+
+  it('produces an error when json is used on non-model', function() {
+    expect(function() {
+      [].should.be.json({});
+    })
+    .to.throw(/method.*json.*cannot be used.*context/i);
+  });
+
+  it('would be compatible with other json methods', function() {
+    chai.use(function(chai) {
+      chai.Assertion.addMethod('json', function() {});
+    });
+    chai.use(_.partial(require('..'))); // install copy of azul-chai
+
+    expect(function() {
+      [].should.be.json({});
+    })
+    .to.not.throw();
+  });
+
+}));
diff --git a/test/common.js b/test/common.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7458dc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/common.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+'use strict';
+
+require('./_helpers');
+
+exports.models = function() {
+  /* global db */
+
+  var attr = db.attr;
+  var hasMany = db.hasMany;
+  var belongsTo = db.belongsTo;
+
+  db.model('article', {
+    title: attr(),
+    comments: hasMany(),
+  });
+  db.model('comment', {
+    body: attr(),
+    article: belongsTo('article'),
+  });
+
+};
diff --git a/test/mocha.opts b/test/mocha.opts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a52320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/mocha.opts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+--recursive