diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index da0b513..1a3fa60 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run ruff via nox
         run: |
-          uv run nox -s format
+          uv run nox -s format_check
 
   pyright:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -38,3 +38,25 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run pyright via nox
         run: |
           uv run nox -s pyright
+  sqlc:
+      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+      name: "Run sqlc verify via nox"
+      steps:
+          - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+          - name: Install uv
+            uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
+            with:
+              version: "0.6.9"
+              python-version: "3.13"
+
+          - name: Install sqlc
+            uses: sqlc-dev/setup-sqlc@v4
+            with:
+              sqlc-version: '1.28.0'
+
+          - name: Run sqlc verify via nox
+            run: |
+                  uv run nox -s sqlc_verify
+
+
+
diff --git a/db/query.sql b/db/query.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..212a226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/query.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+-- name: GetAuthor :one
+SELECT * FROM authors
+WHERE id = ? LIMIT 1;
+
+-- name: ListAuthors :many
+SELECT * FROM authors
+ORDER BY name;
+
+-- name: CreateAuthor :one
+INSERT INTO authors (
+  name, bio
+) VALUES (
+  ?, ?
+)
+RETURNING *;
+
+-- name: UpdateAuthor :exec
+UPDATE authors
+set name = ?,
+bio = ?
+WHERE id = ?;
+
+-- name: DeleteAuthor :exec
+DELETE FROM authors
+WHERE id = ?;
diff --git a/db/schema.sql b/db/schema.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d2770b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/schema.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+CREATE TABLE authors (
+  id   INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
+  name text    NOT NULL,
+  bio  text
+);
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 7932517..122d4ce 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
 
 PATH_TO_PROJECT = os.path.join(".", "src")
 SCRIPT_PATHS = [PATH_TO_PROJECT, "noxfile.py"]
+SQLC_CONFIG = "sqlc.yaml"
 
 options.default_venv_backend = "uv"
-options.sessions = ["format_fix", "pyright"]
+options.sessions = ["format", "pyright"]
 
 
 # uv_sync taken from: https://github.com/hikari-py/hikari/blob/master/pipelines/nox.py#L48
@@ -45,14 +46,14 @@ def uv_sync(
 
 
 @nox.session()
-def format_fix(session: nox.Session) -> None:
+def format(session: nox.Session) -> None:
     uv_sync(session, groups=["dev"])
     session.run("python", "-m", "ruff", "format", *SCRIPT_PATHS)
     session.run("python", "-m", "ruff", "check", *SCRIPT_PATHS, "--fix")
 
 
 @nox.session()
-def format(session: nox.Session) -> None:
+def format_check(session: nox.Session) -> None:
     uv_sync(session, groups=["dev"])
     session.run("python", "-m", "ruff", "format", *SCRIPT_PATHS, "--check")
     session.run("python", "-m", "ruff", "check", *SCRIPT_PATHS)
@@ -62,3 +63,17 @@ def format(session: nox.Session) -> None:
 def pyright(session: nox.Session) -> None:
     uv_sync(session, include_self=True, groups=["dev"])
     session.run("pyright", *SCRIPT_PATHS)
+
+
+@nox.session()
+def sqlc(session: nox.Session) -> None:
+    # note: this required sqlc to be installed on the system.
+    # https://docs.sqlc.dev/en/latest/overview/install.html
+    session.run("sqlc", "generate", "-f", SQLC_CONFIG, external=True)
+
+
+@nox.session()
+def sqlc_verify(session: nox.Session) -> None:
+    # note: this required sqlc to be installed on the system.
+    # https://docs.sqlc.dev/en/latest/overview/install.html
+    session.run("sqlc", "diff", "-f", SQLC_CONFIG, external=True)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 237948a..1cc2bd1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "hikari-arc>=2.0.0",
     "hikari[speedups]>=2.2.0",
     "python-dotenv>=1.0.1",
+    "sqlc-asyncpg-compat",
 ]
 
 [dependency-groups]
@@ -78,6 +79,9 @@ ignore_errors = true
 [tool.uv]
 required-version = "~=0.6"
 
+[tool.uv.sources]
+sqlc-asyncpg-compat = { git = "https://github.com/tandemdude/sqlc-asyncpg-compat" }
+
 [tool.pyright]
 pythonVersion = "3.13"
 typeCheckingMode = "strict"
diff --git a/sqlc.yaml b/sqlc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7cd6c56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sqlc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+version: "2"
+plugins:
+- name: py
+  wasm:
+    url: "https://downloads.sqlc.dev/plugin/sqlc-gen-python_1.3.0.wasm"
+    sha256: "fbedae96b5ecae2380a70fb5b925fd4bff58a6cfb1f3140375d098fbab7b3a3c"
+sql:
+  - engine: "sqlite"
+    queries: "db/query.sql"
+    schema: "db/schema.sql"
+    codegen:
+      - out: "src/db"
+        plugin: py
+        options:
+          package: "src.db"
+          emit_sync_querier: false
+          emit_async_querier: true
+          emit_str_enum: true
diff --git a/src/db/__init__.py b/src/db/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/db/models.py b/src/db/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bdf0ce5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Code generated by sqlc. DO NOT EDIT.
+# versions:
+#   sqlc v1.28.0
+import dataclasses
+from typing import Any, Optional
+
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass()
+class Author:
+    id: Any
+    name: Any
+    bio: Optional[Any]
diff --git a/src/db/query.py b/src/db/query.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1da6c1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/query.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# Code generated by sqlc. DO NOT EDIT.
+# versions:
+#   sqlc v1.28.0
+# source: query.sql
+from typing import Any, AsyncIterator, Optional
+
+import sqlalchemy
+import sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio
+
+from src.db import models
+
+CREATE_AUTHOR = """-- name: create_author \\:one
+INSERT INTO authors (
+  name, bio
+) VALUES (
+  ?, ?
+)
+RETURNING id, name, bio
+"""
+
+
+DELETE_AUTHOR = """-- name: delete_author \\:exec
+DELETE FROM authors
+WHERE id = ?
+"""
+
+
+GET_AUTHOR = """-- name: get_author \\:one
+SELECT id, name, bio FROM authors
+WHERE id = ? LIMIT 1
+"""
+
+
+LIST_AUTHORS = """-- name: list_authors \\:many
+SELECT id, name, bio FROM authors
+ORDER BY name
+"""
+
+
+UPDATE_AUTHOR = """-- name: update_author \\:exec
+UPDATE authors
+set name = ?,
+bio = ?
+WHERE id = ?
+"""
+
+
+class AsyncQuerier:
+    def __init__(self, conn: sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio.AsyncConnection):
+        self._conn = conn
+
+    async def create_author(self, *, name: Any, bio: Optional[Any]) -> Optional[models.Author]:
+        row = (await self._conn.execute(sqlalchemy.text(CREATE_AUTHOR), {"p1": name, "p2": bio})).first()
+        if row is None:
+            return None
+        return models.Author(id=row[0], name=row[1], bio=row[2])
+
+    async def delete_author(self, *, id: Any) -> None:
+        await self._conn.execute(sqlalchemy.text(DELETE_AUTHOR), {"p1": id})
+
+    async def get_author(self, *, id: Any) -> Optional[models.Author]:
+        row = (await self._conn.execute(sqlalchemy.text(GET_AUTHOR), {"p1": id})).first()
+        if row is None:
+            return None
+        return models.Author(id=row[0], name=row[1], bio=row[2])
+
+    async def list_authors(self) -> AsyncIterator[models.Author]:
+        result = await self._conn.stream(sqlalchemy.text(LIST_AUTHORS))
+        async for row in result:
+            yield models.Author(id=row[0], name=row[1], bio=row[2])
+
+    async def update_author(self, *, name: Any, bio: Optional[Any], id: Any) -> None:
+        await self._conn.execute(sqlalchemy.text(UPDATE_AUTHOR), {"p1": name, "p2": bio, "p3": id})
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 105aa44..b931cc0 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -96,6 +96,22 @@ wheels = [
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "asyncpg"
+version = "0.30.0"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/2f/4c/7c991e080e106d854809030d8584e15b2e996e26f16aee6d757e387bc17d/asyncpg-0.30.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c551e9928ab6707602f44811817f82ba3c446e018bfe1d3abecc8ba5f3eac851", size = 957746 }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/3a/22/e20602e1218dc07692acf70d5b902be820168d6282e69ef0d3cb920dc36f/asyncpg-0.30.0-cp313-cp313-macosx_10_13_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:05b185ebb8083c8568ea8a40e896d5f7af4b8554b64d7719c0eaa1eb5a5c3a70", size = 670373 },
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+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/8e/6d/a4f31bf358ce8491d2a31bfe0d7bcf25269e80481e49de4d8616c4295a34/asyncpg-0.30.0-cp313-cp313-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:9b6fde867a74e8c76c71e2f64f80c64c0f3163e687f1763cfaf21633ec24ec33", size = 3512103 },
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+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/67/e4/ab3ca38f628f53f0fd28d3ff20edff1c975dd1cb22482e0061916b4b9a74/asyncpg-0.30.0-cp313-cp313-musllinux_1_2_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:9110df111cabc2ed81aad2f35394a00cadf4f2e0635603db6ebbd0fc896f46a4", size = 3496253 },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ef/5f/0bf65511d4eeac3a1f41c54034a492515a707c6edbc642174ae79034d3ba/asyncpg-0.30.0-cp313-cp313-musllinux_1_2_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:04ff0785ae7eed6cc138e73fc67b8e51d54ee7a3ce9b63666ce55a0bf095f7ba", size = 3662720 },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e7/31/1513d5a6412b98052c3ed9158d783b1e09d0910f51fbe0e05f56cc370bc4/asyncpg-0.30.0-cp313-cp313-win32.whl", hash = "sha256:ae374585f51c2b444510cdf3595b97ece4f233fde739aa14b50e0d64e8a7a590", size = 560404 },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c8/a4/cec76b3389c4c5ff66301cd100fe88c318563ec8a520e0b2e792b5b84972/asyncpg-0.30.0-cp313-cp313-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:f59b430b8e27557c3fb9869222559f7417ced18688375825f8f12302c34e915e", size = 621623 },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "attrs"
 version = "25.3.0"
@@ -289,6 +305,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "hikari", extra = ["speedups"] },
     { name = "hikari-arc" },
     { name = "python-dotenv" },
+    { name = "sqlc-asyncpg-compat" },
 ]
 
 [package.dev-dependencies]
@@ -306,6 +323,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "hikari", extras = ["speedups"], specifier = ">=2.2.0" },
     { name = "hikari-arc", specifier = ">=2.0.0" },
     { name = "python-dotenv", specifier = ">=1.0.1" },
+    { name = "sqlc-asyncpg-compat", git = "https://github.com/tandemdude/sqlc-asyncpg-compat" },
 ]
 
 [package.metadata.requires-dev]
@@ -551,6 +569,15 @@ wheels = [
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+[[package]]
+name = "sqlc-asyncpg-compat"
+version = "0.0.1"
+source = { git = "https://github.com/tandemdude/sqlc-asyncpg-compat#f2018a95a80e4e0e3e771355061da7bee4d34232" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "asyncpg" },
+    { name = "typing-extensions" },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typing-extensions"
 version = "4.12.2"