diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 190b7c5..94b4eb5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -52,3 +52,4 @@ db/citadel-seed/*
 services/installed.json
 services/installed.yml
 
+events/karen
diff --git a/karen-client.js b/karen-client.js
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c691213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/karen-client.js
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const net = require("net");
+
+let connection;
+
+function initConnection() {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    connection = net.createConnection("events/karen", () => resolve());
+  });
+}
+
+async function runCommand(command) {
+  await initConnection();
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const errorListener = (error) => {
+      reject(error);
+    };
+    connection.on("error", errorListener);
+
+    connection.write(command, () => {
+      connection.off("error", errorListener);
+      resolve();
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+const readline = require("readline/promises");
+const { stdin, stdout } = require("process");
+
+async function main() {
+  const rl = readline.createInterface({ input: stdin, output: stdout });
+  while (true) {
+    const userInput = await rl.question("> ");
+    if (userInput === "exit" || userInput === "quit") {
+      rl.close();
+      break;
+    } else if (userInput === "help") {
+      console.log(`Available commands:
+trigger: Execute a certain trigger
+
+help: Print this message
+quit: Exit this client
+exit: Same as quit`);
+    }
+    await runCommand(userInput);
+    console.log("Command executed");
+  }
+}
+
+main();
diff --git a/karen-v2 b/karen-v2
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..72b41d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/karen-v2
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import socket
+import os
+import time
+from collections import deque
+
+rootDir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+os.chdir(rootDir)
+
+if os.path.exists("events/karen"):
+  os.remove("events/karen")
+
+server = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+server.bind("events/karen")
+
+while True:
+  server.listen(1)
+  conn, addr = server.accept()
+  datagram = conn.recv(1024)
+  if datagram:
+    instructions = datagram.decode("utf-8").strip().split()
+    cmd = instructions[0]
+    if(cmd == "trigger"):
+        trigger = instructions[1]
+        instructions.pop(0)
+        instructions.pop(0)
+        print("Executing trigger {} with arguments {}".format(trigger, " ".join(instructions)))
+        os.system("events/triggers/{} {}".format(trigger, " ".join(instructions)))
+    conn.close()