diff --git a/cli.go b/cli.go
index 9d477d2..ff06d75 100644
--- a/cli.go
+++ b/cli.go
@@ -48,7 +48,4 @@ type Command struct {
 	Flags       []Flag
 }
 
-type Context struct {
-}
-
 type Handler func(context Context)
diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9674d2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/context.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package cli
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+// Context is a type that is passed through to
+// each Handler action in a cli application. Context
+// can be used to retrieve context-specific Args and
+// parsed command-line options.
+type Context struct {
+	flagSet *flag.FlagSet
+}
+
+func NewContext(flagSet *flag.FlagSet) *Context {
+	return &Context{flagSet}
+}
+
+func (c *Context) IntFlag(name string) int {
+	flag := c.flagSet.Lookup(name)
+	if flag != nil {
+		val, err := strconv.Atoi(flag.Value.String())
+		if err != nil {
+      panic(err)
+		}
+		return val
+	} else {
+		return 0
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *Context) BoolFlag(name string) bool {
+	flag := c.flagSet.Lookup(name)
+	if flag != nil {
+		val, err := strconv.ParseBool(flag.Value.String())
+		if err != nil {
+      panic(err)
+		}
+		return val
+	} else {
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *Context) StringFlag(name string) string {
+	flag := c.flagSet.Lookup(name)
+	if flag != nil {
+		return flag.Value.String()
+	} else {
+    return ""
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *Context) Args() []string {
+  return c.flagSet.Args()
+}
diff --git a/context_test.go b/context_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ce6a35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/context_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package cli
+
+import (
+  "flag"
+  "reflect"
+  "testing"
+)
+
+func expect(t *testing.T, a interface{}, b interface{}) {
+	if a != b {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %v (type %v) - Got %v (type %v)", b, reflect.TypeOf(b), a, reflect.TypeOf(a))
+	}
+}
+
+func refute(t *testing.T, a interface{}, b interface{}) {
+	if a == b {
+		t.Errorf("Did not expect %v (type %v) - Got %v (type %v)", b, reflect.TypeOf(b), a, reflect.TypeOf(a))
+	}
+}
+
+func Test_IntFlag(t *testing.T) {
+  set := flag.NewFlagSet("test", 0)
+  set.Int("myflag", 12, "doc")
+  c := NewContext(set)
+  expect(t, c.IntFlag("myflag"), 12)
+}
+
+func Test_StringFlag(t *testing.T) {
+  set := flag.NewFlagSet("test", 0)
+  set.String("myflag", "hello world", "doc")
+  c := NewContext(set)
+  expect(t, c.StringFlag("myflag"), "hello world")
+}
+
+func Test_BoolFlag(t *testing.T) {
+  set := flag.NewFlagSet("test", 0)
+  set.Bool("myflag", false, "doc")
+  c := NewContext(set)
+  expect(t, c.BoolFlag("myflag"), false)
+}
+
+func Test_Args(t *testing.T) {
+  set := flag.NewFlagSet("test", 0)
+  set.Bool("myflag", false, "doc")
+  c := NewContext(set)
+  set.Parse([]string{"--myflag", "bat", "baz"})
+  expect(t, len(c.Args()), 2)
+  expect(t, c.BoolFlag("myflag"), true)
+}
diff --git a/options.go b/options.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 20ccce5..0000000
--- a/options.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-package cli
-
-type Options map[string] interface{}
-
-func (o Options) Int(key string) int {
-  val := o[key]
-  if val != nil {
-    return val.(int)
-  } else {
-    return 0
-  }
-}
-
-func (o Options) String(key string) string {
-  val := o[key]
-  if val != nil {
-    return val.(string)
-  } else {
-    return ""
-  }
-}
-
-func (o Options) Bool(key string) bool {
-  val := o[key]
-  if val != nil {
-    return val.(bool)
-  } else {
-    return false
-  }
-}
diff --git a/options_test.go b/options_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ac4167a..0000000
--- a/options_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-package cli
-
-import "testing"
-import "reflect"
-
-func expect(t *testing.T, a interface{}, b interface{}) {
-	if a != b {
-		t.Errorf("Expected %v (%v) - Got %v (%v)", b, reflect.TypeOf(b), a, reflect.TypeOf(a))
-	}
-}
-
-func refute(t *testing.T, a interface{}, b interface{}) {
-	if a == b {
-		t.Errorf("Did not expect %v (%v) - Got %v (%v)", b, reflect.TypeOf(b), a, reflect.TypeOf(a))
-	}
-}
-
-func Test_Int(t *testing.T) {
-	opts := Options{
-		"foo": 1,
-		"bar": 2,
-		"bat": 3,
-	}
-
-	expect(t, opts.Int("foo"), 1)
-	expect(t, opts.Int("bar"), 2)
-	expect(t, opts.Int("bat"), 3)
-	refute(t, opts.Int("foo"), "1")
-	expect(t, opts.Int("nope"), 0)
-}
-
-func Test_String(t *testing.T) {
-	opts := Options{
-		"foo": "bar",
-		"bat": "baz",
-	}
-
-	expect(t, opts.String("foo"), "bar")
-	expect(t, opts.String("bat"), "baz")
-	expect(t, opts.String("nope"), "")
-}
-
-func Test_Bool(t *testing.T) {
-	opts := Options{
-		"foo": false,
-		"bar": true,
-	}
-
-	expect(t, opts.Bool("foo"), false)
-	expect(t, opts.Bool("bar"), true)
-	expect(t, opts.Bool("nope"), false)
-}