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 # v-api (very small API)
 
-Boilerplate for building an API on top of [dropshot](https://github.com/oxidecomputer/dropshot).
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+Boilerplate for building an API on top of [dropshot](https://github.com/oxidecomputer/dropshot).
+
+### Why?
+
+Writing user and access code can be tedious. It would be nice if you could inject a batch of
+routes in to an existing [dropshot](https://github.com/oxidecomputer/dropshot) server and get an
+API for handling users and access groups out.
+
+### Integration
+
+The crate assumes that the hosting application is using a Postgres database or can provide a
+connection to one.
+
+The `v-model` crate contains [diesel](https://diesel.rs/) migrations for initializing the necessary
+tables in a database.
+
+To add the endpoints in to the hosting server:
+
+1. Implement a the `From` trait for converting between `v-api` permissions and your permissions. If
+you do not implement your own permission data, then the `ApiPermission` enum can be used directly.
+
+```rust
+pub enum MyPermission {
+  // ...
+}
+
+impl From<ApiPermission> for MyPermission {
+    fn from(value: ApiPermission) -> Self {
+        // ...
+    }
+}
+```
+
+2. Implement the `ApiContext` trait for your server context. This trait is how you communicate to
+`v-api` where your `VContext` struct can be located.
+
+```rust
+impl ApiContext for MyContext {
+    type AppPermissions = MyPermission;
+    fn v_ctx(&self) -> &VContext<Self::AppPermissions> {
+        &self.v_context
+    }
+}
+```
+
+3. Use the injection macros to register the `v-api` endpoints. Notable these must both be used with
+in the file.
+
+```rust
+use v_api::{inject_endpoints, v_system_endpoints};
+
+let context = MyContext::new();
+v_system_endpoints!(context);
+
+/// ...
+
+let mut api = ApiDescription::new().tag_config(/** ... **/);
+inject_endpoints!(api);
+```
+
+### Usage
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