diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 105fd95..d530300 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ Cargo.lock
 example/target/
 *.so
 *.a
+src/gen.rs
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0506791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[submodule "example/telegraf-plugin-go-glue"]
+	path = example/telegraf-plugin-go-glue
+	url = https://github.com/StarryInternet/telegraf-plugin-go-glue
+[submodule "telegraf-plugin-go-glue"]
+	path = telegraf-plugin-go-glue
+	url = https://github.com/StarryInternet/telegraf-plugin-go-glue
diff --git a/.rustfmt.toml b/.rustfmt.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2227519
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rustfmt.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# line length
+error_on_line_overflow = true
+max_width = 100
+
+# comments
+comment_width = 100
+wrap_comments = false # rustfmt is broken currently and doesn't softwrap
+normalize_comments = true
+
+# commas
+trailing_comma = "Never"
+match_block_trailing_comma = true
+
+# code
+use_try_shorthand = true
+binop_separator = "Back"
+format_strings = false # rustfmt string handling is horribly busted
+
+# imports
+reorder_imports = true
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2793fdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[package]
+name = "telegraf-plugin"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Timidger <pcarpenter@starry.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+build = "build.rs"
+
+[lib]
+proc-macro = true
+
+[build-dependencies]
+bindgen = "0.49.*"
+
+[dependencies]
+chrono = "0.4"
+libc = "0.2"
+syn = { version = "0.15", features = ["full", "fold"] }
+quote = "0.6"
+proc-macro2 = "0.4"
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c124584
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Copyright 2019. Starry, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+fn main() {
+    let builder = bindgen::builder()
+        .derive_debug(true)
+        .derive_default(true)
+        .derive_copy(true)
+        .generate_comments(true)
+        .blacklist_function("sample_config")
+        .blacklist_function("description")
+        .blacklist_function("gather")
+        .header("telegraf-plugin-go-glue/c_api.h")
+        .ctypes_prefix("libc");
+    let generated = builder.generate().unwrap();
+    generated.write_to_file("src/gen.rs").unwrap();
+}
diff --git a/example/Cargo.toml b/example/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2a3f49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "telegraf-plugin-example"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Timidger <pcarpenter@starry.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+[lib]
+crate_type = ["staticlib"]
+
+[dependencies]
+libc = "0.2"
+telegraf-plugin = { path = "../" }
diff --git a/example/makefile-template.toml b/example/makefile-template.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f48ed9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/makefile-template.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+[tasks.rust_build]
+command = "cargo"
+args = ["build"]
+
+[tasks.copy_go_files]
+script = [
+'''
+cp target/debug/libtelegraf_plugin_example.a ./plugin.a
+cp telegraf-plugin-go-glue/lib.go ./
+cp telegraf-plugin-go-glue/c_api.h ./
+'''
+]
+
+[tasks.go_build]
+command = "go"
+args = ["build", "-buildmode=plugin", "-o=plugin.so"]
+dependencies = ["rust_build", "copy_go_files"]
+
+[tasks.cleanup]
+script = [
+'''
+rm plugin.a
+rm lib.go
+rm c_api.h
+if [ -f plugin.so ]; then
+    chmod a+x plugin.so
+fi
+'''
+]
+
+# This must run after the Rust build,
+# so that it can link the Rust artifact to it.
+[tasks.build]
+dependencies = [
+    "rust_build",
+	"go_build",
+	"cleanup"
+]
+
+[config]
+on_error_task = "cleanup"
diff --git a/example/src/lib.rs b/example/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a64c4c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright 2019. Starry, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+use telegraf_plugin::link_to_go;
+
+macro_rules! map(
+    { $($key:expr => $value:expr),* } => {
+        {
+            #[allow(unused_mut)]
+            let mut m = ::std::collections::HashMap::new();
+            $(
+                m.insert($key, $value);
+            )*
+                m
+        }
+    };
+);
+
+#[link_to_go("Description of the plugin", "<sample_config>")]
+fn collect_metric() {
+    AddField(
+        "rust-metric".into(),
+        map! {"rust_key".into() => "rust_value".into()},
+        map! {"rust_field".into() => 100000000.into()},
+        None
+    )
+}
diff --git a/example/telegraf-plugin-go-glue b/example/telegraf-plugin-go-glue
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..f5fe791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/telegraf-plugin-go-glue
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../telegraf-plugin-go-glue/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..705a55b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+// Copyright 2019. Starry, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+#![recursion_limit = "264"]
+
+extern crate proc_macro;
+
+use std::ffi::CString;
+
+use proc_macro::TokenStream;
+use proc_macro2::Span;
+use quote::quote;
+use syn::{
+    parse::{self, Parse, ParseStream},
+    parse_macro_input, parse_quote,
+    punctuated::Punctuated,
+    Expr, ExprBlock, ItemFn, LitByteStr, LitStr, Token
+};
+
+#[allow(
+    non_camel_case_types,
+    non_snake_case,
+    non_upper_case_globals,
+    unused_variables,
+    unused_imports,
+    dead_code
+)]
+
+struct Args {
+    description: CString,
+    sample_config: CString
+}
+
+impl Parse for Args {
+    fn parse(input: ParseStream) -> parse::Result<Self> {
+        let mut vars = Punctuated::<LitStr, Token![,]>::parse_terminated(input)?.into_iter();
+        let description = vars
+            .next()
+            .map(|v| CString::new(v.value()).expect("Invalid CString"))
+            .expect("Need two arguments: description and sample_config");
+        let sample_config = vars
+            .next()
+            .as_ref()
+            .map(|v| CString::new(v.value()).expect("Invalid CString"))
+            .expect("Need two arguments: description and sample_config");
+        Ok(Args {
+            description,
+            sample_config
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+#[proc_macro_attribute]
+pub fn link_to_go(args: TokenStream, input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
+    let fn_gather_user = parse_macro_input!(input as ItemFn);
+    let args = parse_macro_input!(args as Args);
+
+    let description_string =
+        LitByteStr::new(args.description.as_bytes_with_nul(), Span::call_site());
+    let fn_description: ItemFn = parse_quote! {
+        #[no_mangle]
+        unsafe extern "C" fn description() -> *const libc::c_char {
+            #description_string as *const _ as *const libc::c_char
+        }
+    };
+
+    let sample_config_string =
+        LitByteStr::new(args.sample_config.as_bytes_with_nul(), Span::call_site());
+    let fn_sample_config: ItemFn = parse_quote! {
+        #[no_mangle]
+        unsafe extern "C" fn sample_config() -> *const libc::c_char {
+            #sample_config_string as *const _ as *const libc::c_char
+        }
+    };
+
+    let call_user_code = Expr::Block(ExprBlock {
+        attrs: vec![],
+        label: None,
+        block: (*fn_gather_user.block).clone()
+    });
+    let fn_gather: ItemFn = parse_quote! {
+        #[no_mangle]
+        extern "C" fn gather() {
+            #call_user_code
+        }
+    };
+
+    // TODO(timidger): This should all be generated automatically
+    let telegraf_api_decl: proc_macro2::TokenStream = parse_quote! {
+        #[repr(C)]
+        enum Type {
+            TYPE_INT = 0
+        }
+
+        #[repr(C)]
+        union Value {
+            int_: libc::c_int
+        }
+
+        impl From<i32> for go_value {
+            fn from(num: i32) -> Self {
+                go_value {
+                    type_: go_value_TYPE_INT,
+                    value: go_value__bindgen_ty_2 {
+                        int_: i32::from(num)
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        fn AddField(
+            management: String,
+            tags: std::collections::HashMap<String, String>,
+            fields: std::collections::HashMap<String, go_value>,
+            timestamp: Option<std::time::SystemTime>
+        ) {
+            let management = std::ffi::CString::new(management).unwrap();
+
+            let tags = tags
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|(k, v)| {
+                    (
+                        std::ffi::CString::new(k).expect("Not a C string"),
+                        std::ffi::CString::new(v).expect("Not a C string")
+                    )
+                })
+                .collect::<std::collections::HashMap<std::ffi::CString, std::ffi::CString>>();
+            let mut tags_list = Vec::with_capacity(tags.len());
+            for (key, value) in tags.iter() {
+                tags_list.push(tag {
+                    key: key.as_ptr() as *mut _,
+                    value: value.as_ptr() as *mut _
+                })
+            }
+
+            let fields = fields
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|(k, v)| (std::ffi::CString::new(k).expect("Not a C string"), v))
+                .collect::<std::collections::HashMap<std::ffi::CString, go_value>>();
+            let mut fields_list = Vec::with_capacity(fields.len());
+            for (key, &value) in fields.iter() {
+                fields_list.push(field {
+                    key: key.as_ptr() as *mut _,
+                    value
+                })
+            }
+
+            let unix_time = timestamp
+                .map(|timestamp| timestamp.duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)
+                     .expect("Time went backwards"))
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| std::time::Duration::new(0, 0));
+
+            unsafe {
+                add_field(
+                    management.as_ptr() as *mut _,
+                    tags_list.as_mut_ptr(),
+                    tags_list.len() as i32,
+                    fields_list.as_mut_ptr(),
+                    fields_list.len() as i32,
+                    unix_time.as_secs() as i64,
+                    unix_time.as_nanos() as i64
+                )
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    let c_prelude: proc_macro2::TokenStream = syn::parse_str(include_str!("gen.rs")).unwrap();
+
+    TokenStream::from(quote! {
+        #c_prelude
+        #fn_gather
+        #telegraf_api_decl
+        #fn_description
+        #fn_sample_config
+    })
+}
diff --git a/telegraf-plugin-go-glue b/telegraf-plugin-go-glue
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..11ece80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/telegraf-plugin-go-glue
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 11ece802906f38819b265bc00b8d02bc31f196a3