diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 95a1bab..3d8d19b 100755
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -87,9 +87,16 @@ dokku-ansible-deploy-post-extract() {
 dokku-ansible-deploy-pre-deploy() {
   # shellcheck disable=SC2034
   declare desc="run the pre-deploy hook to setup an app"
+
+  declare APP="$1"
+
+  # steps are as follows... all from a python script
+  # if deploy.d/config.yml exists, then yaml load that sucka up
+  # run the ansible-playbook command with all the options and vars passed in
 }
 
 dokku-ansible-deploy-post-deploy() {
   # shellcheck disable=SC2034
   declare desc="run the post-deploy hook to finish an app setup"
+  dokku_col_log_info1_quiet "TODO: Implement post-deploy..."
 }