diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 91e354b..e3b4df3 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@
 - alembic
 - camelCase API
 - py.test (with coverage)
+- invoke (CLI)
 
 ## Usage
-Install requirements
+1. Install requirements
 
 ```
 virtualenv -p python3.6 venv
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ source venv/bin/activate
 pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```
 
-Adjust `settings.toml` with your `DATABASE_URL` on `common` and `test`.
+2. Adjust `settings.toml` with your `DATABASE_URL` on `common` and `test`.
 
 For now, `common` represents both production and dev.
 
@@ -35,9 +36,12 @@ alembic revision -m "New thing did" --autogenerate
 ```
 
 
-
 ### Dev
-`export ENVIRONMENT="common" &&  gunicorn --reload app:app`
+```
+$ invoke start
+```
 
 ### Test
-`export ENVIRONMENT="test" && pytest tests`    
+```
+$ invoke test --cov --verbose
+```
diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd57851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from invoke import task
+
+
+@task
+def test(c, cov=False, verbose=False):
+    c.run("export ENVIRONMENT=test")
+    pytest_command = 'pytest tests'
+    if cov:
+        pytest_command += ' --cov=api'
+    if verbose:
+        pytest_command += ' -s '
+    c.run(pytest_command)
+
+
+@task
+def start(c):
+    c.run("export ENVIRONMENT=common")
+    c.run('gunicorn --reload app:app')