diff --git a/cmd/analyze.go b/cmd/analyze.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c2a531
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/analyze.go
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2024 Alessio Greggi
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/alegrey91/harpoon/internal/analyzer"
+	"github.com/alegrey91/harpoon/internal/executor"
+	"github.com/alegrey91/harpoon/internal/metadata"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var excludedPaths []string
+var exclude string
+var saveAnalysis bool
+
+// captureCmd represents the create args
+var analyzeCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "analyze",
+	Short: "Analyze infers the symbols of functions that are tested by unit-tests",
+	Long: `
+`,
+	Example: "  harpoon analyze --exclude vendor/ /path/to/repo/",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		if exclude != "" {
+			excludedPaths = strings.Split(exclude, ",")
+		}
+
+		file, err := os.Open("go.mod")
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("failed to open %s: %v\n", "go.mod", err)
+			return
+		}
+		defer file.Close()
+
+		moduleName, err := analyzer.GetModuleName(file)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("module name not found in go.mod")
+			return
+		}
+
+		symbolsList := metadata.NewSymbolsList()
+
+		// Walk the directory to find all _test.go files
+		err = filepath.Walk(".", func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("error walking filesystem: %v", err)
+			}
+			fmt.Printf("analyzing file: %s\n", path)
+
+			if shouldSkipPath(path) {
+				fmt.Println("file was skipped")
+				if info.IsDir() {
+					return filepath.SkipDir
+				}
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			if !info.IsDir() && strings.HasSuffix(info.Name(), "_test.go") {
+				fmt.Println("analyzing symbols")
+				symbolNames, err := analyzer.AnalyzeTestFile(moduleName, path)
+				if err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("unable to infer symbols from test file: %s", path)
+				}
+
+				fmt.Println("building test binary")
+				// build test binary
+				os.Mkdir(".harpoon", 0644)
+				pkgPath := getPackagePath(path)
+				testFile := filepath.Base(path)
+				testFile = strings.ReplaceAll(testFile, "_test.go", ".test")
+				_, err = executor.Build(pkgPath, ".harpoon/"+testFile)
+				if err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("failed to build test file: %v", err)
+				}
+
+				symbolsOrig := metadata.NewSymbolsOrigin(".harpoon/" + testFile)
+
+				fmt.Println("test: .harpoon/" + testFile)
+				for _, symbol := range symbolNames {
+					// retrieve tested function from symbol
+					parts := strings.Split(symbol, ".")
+					testedFunction := parts[len(parts)-1]
+
+					// retrieve source file from _test.go file
+					sourceFile := strings.ReplaceAll(path, "_test", "")
+					file, err := os.Open(sourceFile)
+					if err != nil {
+						return fmt.Errorf("failed to open %s: %v", sourceFile, err)
+					}
+					defer file.Close()
+
+					functionExists, err := analyzer.CheckFunctionExists(testedFunction, file)
+					if !functionExists {
+						fmt.Printf("function not found: %v\n", err)
+						continue
+					}
+					symbolsOrig.Add(symbol)
+				}
+				if !symbolsOrig.IsEmpty() {
+					symbolsList.Add(symbolsOrig)
+				}
+			}
+			return nil
+		})
+
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("error walking the path: %v\n", err)
+		}
+
+		// store to file
+		file, err = os.Create(".harpoon.yml")
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("failed to create symbols list file")
+			return
+		}
+		mw := io.Writer(file)
+		fmt.Fprintln(mw, symbolsList.String())
+		fmt.Println("file .harpoon.yml is ready")
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(analyzeCmd)
+
+	analyzeCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&exclude, "exclude", "e", "", "Skip directories specified in the comma separated list")
+	analyzeCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&saveAnalysis, "save", "s", false, "Save analysis in a file")
+}
+
+func shouldSkipPath(path string) bool {
+	for _, excludedPath := range excludedPaths {
+		if strings.Contains(path, excludedPath) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func getPackagePath(inputPath string) string {
+	// Normalize the path
+	normalizedPath := filepath.Clean(inputPath)
+
+	// Get the directory part of the path if it's a file path
+	dirPath := normalizedPath
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(inputPath, "/") {
+		dirPath = filepath.Dir(normalizedPath)
+	}
+
+	// Ensure the path starts with "./"
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(dirPath, ".") {
+		dirPath = "./" + dirPath
+	}
+
+	// Remove any leading "../" or "./" parts not relevant to the target directory structure
+	// Adjust this according to your specific requirements
+	dirPath = strings.TrimPrefix(dirPath, "../")
+	dirPath = strings.TrimPrefix(dirPath, "./")
+
+	// Add "./" at the start again if necessary
+	dirPath = "./" + dirPath
+
+	return dirPath
+}
diff --git a/internal/analyzer/analyze.go b/internal/analyzer/analyze.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ede4de8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/analyzer/analyze.go
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package analyzer
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"go/ast"
+	"go/parser"
+	"go/token"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func isTestFunction(name string) bool {
+	return strings.HasPrefix(name, "Test") || strings.HasPrefix(name, "Test_")
+}
+
+func getTestedFunctionName(testName string) string {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(testName, "Test_") {
+		return testName[5:] // Remove "Test_"
+	}
+	return testName[4:] // Remove "Test"
+}
+
+func AnalyzeTestFile(moduleName, path string) ([]string, error) {
+	fset := token.NewFileSet()
+	node, err := parser.ParseFile(fset, path, nil, parser.AllErrors)
+	if err != nil {
+		return []string{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse %s: %v", path, err)
+	}
+
+	// retrieve the last directory from the module name
+	lastDirectory := filepath.Base(filepath.Clean(moduleName))
+	// remove the file from the directory
+	dir, _ := filepath.Split(path)
+	// remove the / char from the end of the path
+	dir = strings.TrimSuffix(dir, "/")
+	// remove all the ../ from the path
+	dir = strings.ReplaceAll(dir, "../", "")
+	// remove the base directory since it is already present in the module name
+	dir = strings.TrimPrefix(dir, lastDirectory+"/")
+
+	var functionList []string
+	for _, decl := range node.Decls {
+		if fn, isFn := decl.(*ast.FuncDecl); isFn {
+			if isTestFunction(fn.Name.Name) {
+				testedFunction := getTestedFunctionName(fn.Name.Name)
+				functionList = append(functionList, fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s.%s", moduleName, dir, testedFunction))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return functionList, nil
+}
+
+func GetModuleName(goModFile *os.File) (string, error) {
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(goModFile)
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := scanner.Text()
+		if strings.HasPrefix(line, "module ") {
+			return strings.TrimSpace(strings.TrimPrefix(line, "module ")), nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("error reading %s: %v", goModFile.Name(), err)
+	}
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to find module in file: %s", goModFile.Name())
+}
+
+func CheckFunctionExists(functionName string, goFile *os.File) (bool, error) {
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(goFile)
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := scanner.Text()
+		if strings.Contains(line, "func "+functionName) {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("error reading %s: %v", goFile.Name(), err)
+	}
+	return false, fmt.Errorf("unable to find function \"%s\" in %s file", functionName, goFile.Name())
+}
diff --git a/internal/executor/exec.go b/internal/executor/exec.go
index f151812..1ff6fb1 100644
--- a/internal/executor/exec.go
+++ b/internal/executor/exec.go
@@ -23,3 +23,20 @@ func Run(cmd []string, cmdOutput bool, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 
 	command.Wait()
 }
+
+func Build(packagePath, outputFile string) (string, error) {
+	cmd := exec.Command(
+		"go",
+		"test",
+		"-gcflags", "-N -l", // disable optimization
+		"-c", packagePath, // build test binary
+		"-o", outputFile, // save it in a dedicated directory
+	)
+	stdout, err := cmd.Output()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to execute build command: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return string(stdout), nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/metadata/metadata.go b/internal/metadata/metadata.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a559603
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/metadata/metadata.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package metadata
+
+import "fmt"
+
+type SymbolsList struct {
+	SymbolsOrigins []SymbolsOrigin
+}
+
+func NewSymbolsList() *SymbolsList {
+	return &SymbolsList{}
+}
+
+func (sl *SymbolsList) Add(so *SymbolsOrigin) {
+	sl.SymbolsOrigins = append(sl.SymbolsOrigins, *so)
+}
+
+func (sl *SymbolsList) String() string {
+	output := "---\n"
+	output += "symbolsOrigins:\n"
+	for _, symbolsOrigin := range sl.SymbolsOrigins {
+		output += fmt.Sprintf("  - %s:\n", symbolsOrigin.TestBinaryPath)
+		output += "    symbols:\n"
+		for _, symbol := range symbolsOrigin.Symbols {
+			output += fmt.Sprintf("    - %s\n", symbol)
+		}
+	}
+	return output
+}
+
+type SymbolsOrigin struct {
+	TestBinaryPath string
+	Symbols        []string
+}
+
+func NewSymbolsOrigin(testBinPath string) *SymbolsOrigin {
+	return &SymbolsOrigin{
+		TestBinaryPath: testBinPath,
+	}
+}
+
+func (so *SymbolsOrigin) IsEmpty() bool {
+	return len(so.Symbols) == 0
+}
+
+func (so *SymbolsOrigin) Add(symbol string) {
+	so.Symbols = append(so.Symbols, symbol)
+}