diff --git a/cmd/signald-cli/cmd/listGroups.go b/cmd/signald-cli/cmd/listGroups.go
index d0c8e5f..c40bf49 100644
--- a/cmd/signald-cli/cmd/listGroups.go
+++ b/cmd/signald-cli/cmd/listGroups.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright © 2018 Finn Herzfeld <finn@janky.solutions>
+// Copyright © 2020 Finn Herzfeld <finn@janky.solutions>
 //
 // This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 // it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/cmd/signald-cli/cmd/register.go b/cmd/signald-cli/cmd/register.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af2f8c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/signald-cli/cmd/register.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// Copyright © 2020 Finn Herzfeld <finn@janky.solutions>
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"math/rand"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/signald/client-protocol/v0"
+)
+
+// registerCmd represents the register command
+var registerCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "register",
+	Short: "Register a new account.",
+	Long:  `Register a new signal account, generating new keys if the number was previously registered.`,
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		requestID := fmt.Sprint("signald-cli-", rand.Intn(1000))
+		err := s.RawRequest(v0.LegacyRequest{
+			Type:     "register",
+			Username: username,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal("error sending request: ", err)
+		}
+		go s.Listen(nil)
+
+		r := <-s.GetResponseListener(requestID)
+		account, err := r.Data.MarshalJSON()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal("error rendering response:", err)
+		}
+		fmt.Println("validation code requested. submit the code using signald-cli verify", string(account))
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	RootCmd.AddCommand(registerCmd)
+
+	registerCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&username, "username", "u", "", "The phone number of the new account to register)")
+	must(registerCmd.MarkFlagRequired("username"))
+}
diff --git a/cmd/signald-cli/cmd/verify.go b/cmd/signald-cli/cmd/verify.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..984fbc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/signald-cli/cmd/verify.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+// Copyright © 2020 Finn Herzfeld <finn@janky.solutions>
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"math/rand"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/signald/client-protocol/v0"
+)
+
+var (
+	code string
+)
+
+// verify represents the verify command
+var verify = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "verify",
+	Short: "Verify an account confirmation code and complete account setup",
+	Long:  `Verify the phone number on a new account by submitting a verification code, completing the account registration process.`,
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		requestID := fmt.Sprint("signald-cli-", rand.Intn(1000))
+		err := s.RawRequest(v0.LegacyRequest{
+			Type:     "verify",
+			Username: username,
+			Code:     code,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal("error sending request: ", err)
+		}
+		go s.Listen(nil)
+
+		r := <-s.GetResponseListener(requestID)
+		account, err := r.Data.MarshalJSON()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal("error rendering response:", err)
+		}
+		fmt.Println("account created:", string(account))
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	RootCmd.AddCommand(verify)
+
+	verify.Flags().StringVarP(&username, "username", "u", "", "The phone number the verification code was sent to")
+	must(verify.MarkFlagRequired("username"))
+
+	verify.Flags().StringVarP(&code, "code", "c", "", "The verification code")
+	must(verify.MarkFlagRequired("code"))
+}