diff --git a/ssh-agent-client/src/lib.rs b/ssh-agent-client/src/lib.rs
index a76ea4c..7d85dcd 100644
--- a/ssh-agent-client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ssh-agent-client/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ use tracing::{debug, trace};
 
 /// A message to send to the byte stream.
 pub enum Request {
+    AddIdentity {
+        key_type: String,
+        key_contents: Vec<u8>,
+        key_comment: String,
+    },
     RemoveAllIdentities,
     ListIdentities,
     Sign {
@@ -33,6 +38,16 @@ impl Request {
     pub fn to_bytes(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
         let mut p = Writer::new();
         match self {
+            Self::AddIdentity {
+                key_type,
+                key_contents,
+                key_comment,
+            } => {
+                p.u8(numbers::SSH_AGENTC_ADD_IDENTITY);
+                p.string(key_type.as_bytes());
+                p.write(&key_contents);
+                p.string(key_comment.as_bytes());
+            }
             Self::RemoveAllIdentities => p.u8(numbers::SSH_AGENTC_REMOVE_ALL_IDENTITIES),
             Self::ListIdentities => p.u8(numbers::SSH_AGENTC_REQUEST_IDENTITIES),
             Self::Sign {
@@ -212,6 +227,21 @@ impl SocketAgentConnection {
         })
     }
 
+    pub async fn add_identitity(
+        &mut self,
+        key_type: &str,
+        key_contents: &[u8],
+        key_comment: &str,
+    ) -> eyre::Result<()> {
+        self.send(Request::AddIdentity {
+            key_type: key_type.to_owned(),
+            key_contents: key_contents.to_owned(),
+            key_comment: key_comment.to_owned(),
+        })
+        .await?;
+        self.generic_response().await
+    }
+
     pub async fn remove_all_identities(&mut self) -> eyre::Result<()> {
         self.send(Request::RemoveAllIdentities).await?;
         self.generic_response().await
diff --git a/ssh-agentctl/here b/ssh-agentctl/here
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f32710..0000000
--- a/ssh-agentctl/here
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
------BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
-b3BlbnNzaC1rZXktdjEAAAAABG5vbmUAAAAEbm9uZQAAAAAAAAABAAAAMwAAAAtzc2gtZW
-QyNTUxOQAAACDpK6HZbsijDttnop9lQyLLGXZi7lS5Hb3bY7DKMDC1vAAAAIhd37wfXd+8
-HwAAAAtzc2gtZWQyNTUxOQAAACDpK6HZbsijDttnop9lQyLLGXZi7lS5Hb3bY7DKMDC1vA
-AAAEBCev7X+rchYbMmzYfiyBzZhV/RaZZhYh+MR4/Ktcu0l+krodluyKMO22ein2VDIssZ
-dmLuVLkdvdtjsMowMLW8AAAAA3V3dQEC
------END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
diff --git a/ssh-agentctl/here.pub b/ssh-agentctl/here.pub
deleted file mode 100644
index 63f938a..0000000
--- a/ssh-agentctl/here.pub
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIOkrodluyKMO22ein2VDIssZdmLuVLkdvdtjsMowMLW8 uwu
diff --git a/ssh-agentctl/src/main.rs b/ssh-agentctl/src/main.rs
index ce40f9a..68be4f6 100644
--- a/ssh-agentctl/src/main.rs
+++ b/ssh-agentctl/src/main.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ struct Args {
 
 #[derive(clap::Subcommand, Debug)]
 enum Subcommand {
+    /// Add a new identity to the agent, SSH_AGENTC_ADD_IDENTITY
+    AddIdentity {
+        /// The path to the private key file
+        identity: PathBuf,
+    },
     /// Remove all identities from the agent, SSH_AGENTC_REMOVE_ALL_IDENTITIES
     RemoveAllIdentities,
     /// List all identities in the agent, SSH_AGENTC_REQUEST_IDENTITIES
@@ -46,6 +51,12 @@ async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
     let mut agent = ssh_agent_client::SocketAgentConnection::from_env().await?;
 
     match args.command {
+        Subcommand::AddIdentity { identity } => {
+            let file = std::fs::read(&identity)
+                .wrap_err_with(|| format!("reading file {}", identity.display()))?;
+            let _ = file;
+            todo!("we need to parse and decrypt the key...")
+        }
         Subcommand::RemoveAllIdentities => {
             agent.remove_all_identities().await?;
             println!("Removed all identities from the agent");