diff --git a/kakrc.sample b/kakrc.sample
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef534bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kakrc.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+tree-always-highlight
+set-option global tree_highlight_style ",rgb:404040"
+declare-user-mode tree
+map global normal 't' ":enter-user-mode tree<ret>"
+map global normal 'T' ":enter-user-mode -lock tree<ret>"
+
+map -docstring "select node"          global tree 'n'  ":tree-select-node<ret>"
+map -docstring "select parent"        global tree 'k'  ":tree-select-parent-node<ret>"
+# map -docstring "select children"      global tree 'c'  ":tree-select-children<ret>"
+map -docstring "select children"      global tree 'C'  ":tree-select-children<ret>"
+map -docstring "select children of type"      global tree 'c'  ":enter-user-mode tree-children<ret>"
+map -docstring "select next node of type"      global tree 'l'  ":enter-user-mode tree-next<ret>"
+map -docstring "select previous node of type"      global tree 'h'  ":enter-user-mode tree-prev<ret>"
+map -docstring "show sexp"            global tree 's'  ":tree-node-sexp<ret>"
+map -docstring "enable highlighting"  global tree '"'  ":tree-always-highlight<ret>"
+map -docstring "disable highlighting" global tree '&'  ":tree-always-highlight-disable<ret>"
+
+declare-user-mode tree-children
+declare-user-mode tree-next
+declare-user-mode tree-prev
+
+evaluate-commands %sh{
+echo "i,identifier
+f,function
+d,declaration
+c,call
+a,arguments
+s,statement" |
+while IFS=, read -r cmd group ; do
+    echo "map -docstring '$group child' global tree-children '$cmd' ':tree-select-children $group<ret>'"
+    echo "map -docstring 'next $group' global tree-next '$cmd' ':tree-select-next-node $group<ret>'"
+    echo "map -docstring 'previous $group' global tree-prev '$cmd' ':tree-select-previous-node $group<ret>'"
+done
+}
diff --git a/start_test.sh b/start_test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4a1f7fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/start_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+set -e
+nix build .#kak-tree -o /tmp/kak-tree -L
+kak -n -E 'source /tmp/kak-tree/share/kak/autoload/plugins/kak-tree/tree.kak ; source kakrc.sample' src/main.rs -e 'set buffer filetype rust'