diff --git a/src/snowcli/app/commands_registration/builtin_plugins.py b/src/snowcli/app/commands_registration/builtin_plugins.py
index 720865427b..f77fd56def 100644
--- a/src/snowcli/app/commands_registration/builtin_plugins.py
+++ b/src/snowcli/app/commands_registration/builtin_plugins.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from snowcli.cli.connection import plugin_spec as connection_plugin_spec
 from snowcli.cli.containers import plugin_spec as containers_plugin_spec
 from snowcli.cli.nativeapp import plugin_spec as nativeapp_plugin_spec
+from snowcli.cli.appify import plugin_spec as appify_plugin_spec
 from snowcli.cli.object import plugin_spec as object_plugin_spec
 from snowcli.cli.registry import plugin_spec as registry_plugins_spec
 from snowcli.cli.render import plugin_spec as render_plugin_spec
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
     "connection": connection_plugin_spec,
     "containers": containers_plugin_spec,
     "nativeapp": nativeapp_plugin_spec,
+    "appify": appify_plugin_spec,
     "object": object_plugin_spec,
     "registry": registry_plugins_spec,
     "render": render_plugin_spec,
diff --git a/src/snowcli/cli/appify/__init__.py b/src/snowcli/cli/appify/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/src/snowcli/cli/appify/commands.py b/src/snowcli/cli/appify/commands.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..443e5b2066
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/snowcli/cli/appify/commands.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import logging
+from typing import Optional
+
+import typer
+from snowcli.cli.common.decorators import (
+    global_options,
+    global_options_with_connection,
+)
+from snowcli.cli.common.flags import DEFAULT_CONTEXT_SETTINGS
+from snowcli.cli.nativeapp.init import nativeapp_init
+from snowcli.output.decorators import with_output
+from snowcli.output.types import CommandResult, MessageResult
+
+from snowcli.cli.appify.metadata import MetadataDumper
+
+# from snowcli.cli.appify.generate import ...
+
+app = typer.Typer(
+    context_settings=DEFAULT_CONTEXT_SETTINGS,
+    name="appify",
+    help="Generate a Native Application project from an existing database",
+)
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+@app.command()
+@with_output
+@global_options_with_connection
+def appify(
+    db: str = typer.Argument(
+        ...,
+        help="The database to extract metadata from and turn into an app.",
+    ),
+    name: str = typer.Option(
+        None,
+        help=f"""The name of the native application project to include in snowflake.yml. When not specified, it is
+        generated from the name of the database. Names are assumed to be unquoted identifiers whenever possible, but
+        can be forced to be quoted by including the surrounding quote characters in the provided value.""",
+    ),
+    **options,
+) -> CommandResult:
+    """
+    Initializes a Native Apps project from a database.
+    """
+    return MessageResult(f"Creating from {db}.")
+
+    # project = nativeapp_init(path=db, name=name)
+    # metadata_path = project.path / "metadata"
+    # dumper = MetadataDumper(db, metadata_path)
+
+    # for stage in dumper.stages:
+    #     pass
diff --git a/src/snowcli/cli/appify/generate.py b/src/snowcli/cli/appify/generate.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/src/snowcli/cli/appify/metadata.py b/src/snowcli/cli/appify/metadata.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..845093a037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/snowcli/cli/appify/metadata.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+from functools import cached_property
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Callable, List, Literal, Optional
+
+from click.exceptions import ClickException
+from snowcli.cli.common.sql_execution import SqlExecutionMixin
+from snowcli.cli.object.stage.manager import StageManager
+from snowcli.cli.project.definition_manager import DefinitionManager
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+REFERENCES_BY_NAME_JSON = "references_by_name.json"
+REFERENCES_OBJECT_TYPES = ["function", "table", "view"]
+
+
+class MetadataDumper(SqlExecutionMixin):
+    """
+    Dumps a Snowflake database as folders and files in a local filesystem.
+    Schemas become directories, and other objects become sql files with their DDL.
+    Dependencies between objects that use the reference framework are stored in a JSON file.
+    Stages are dumped in entirety and become directories.
+    """
+
+    database: str
+    target_path: DefinitionManager
+
+    def __init__(self, database: str, target_path: Path):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.database = database
+        self.target_path = target_path
diff --git a/src/snowcli/cli/appify/plugin_spec.py b/src/snowcli/cli/appify/plugin_spec.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e822659e6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/snowcli/cli/appify/plugin_spec.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from snowcli.api.plugin.command import (
+    SNOWCLI_ROOT_COMMAND_PATH,
+    CommandSpec,
+    CommandType,
+    plugin_hook_impl,
+)
+from snowcli.cli.appify import commands
+
+
+@plugin_hook_impl
+def command_spec():
+    return CommandSpec(
+        parent_command_path=SNOWCLI_ROOT_COMMAND_PATH,
+        command_type=CommandType.SINGLE_COMMAND,
+        typer_instance=commands.app,
+    )