diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3dbf4c07d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "cli"]
+	path = cli
+	url = git@github.com:codeflash-ai/codeflash.git
diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
index 35eb1ddfb..6eb5cc667 100644
--- a/.idea/vcs.xml
+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 <project version="4">
   <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
     <mapping directory="" vcs="Git" />
+    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$/cli" vcs="Git" />
   </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cli b/cli
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..5851ec2b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 5851ec2b84c6aa664378806d20093772546f2716