diff --git a/examples/chub/key.go b/examples/chub/key.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29ff1ec2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/chub/key.go
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package main
+
+import "github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+const (
+	flagPassword    = "password"
+	flagNewPassword = "new-password"
+	flagType        = "type"
+	flagSeed        = "seed"
+	flagDryRun      = "dry-run"
+)
+
+var (
+	listKeysCmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "list",
+		Short: "List all locally availably keys",
+		RunE:  todoNotImplemented,
+	}
+
+	showKeysCmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "show <name>",
+		Short: "Show key info for the given name",
+		RunE:  todoNotImplemented,
+	}
+)
+
+func keyCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "keys",
+		Short: "Add or view local private keys",
+		Run:   help,
+	}
+	cmd.AddCommand(
+		addKeyCommand(),
+		listKeysCmd,
+		showKeysCmd,
+		lineBreak,
+		deleteKeyCommand(),
+		updateKeyCommand(),
+	)
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func addKeyCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "add <name>",
+		Short: "Create a new key, or import from seed",
+		RunE:  todoNotImplemented,
+	}
+	cmd.Flags().StringP(flagPassword, "p", "", "password to encrypt private key")
+	cmd.Flags().StringP(flagType, "t", "ed25519", "type of private key (ed25519|secp256k1|ledger)")
+	cmd.Flags().StringP(flagSeed, "s", "", "Provide seed phrase to recover existing key instead of creating")
+	cmd.Flags().Bool(flagDryRun, false, "Perform action, but don't add key to local keystore")
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func updateKeyCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "update <name>",
+		Short: "Change the password used to protect private key",
+		RunE:  todoNotImplemented,
+	}
+	cmd.Flags().StringP(flagPassword, "p", "", "current password to decrypt key")
+	cmd.Flags().String(flagNewPassword, "", "new password to use to protect key")
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func deleteKeyCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "delete <name>",
+		Short: "Delete the given key",
+		RunE:  todoNotImplemented,
+	}
+	cmd.Flags().StringP(flagPassword, "p", "", "password of existing key to delete")
+	return cmd
+}
diff --git a/examples/chub/main.go b/examples/chub/main.go
index 761fe26f3..be08229f4 100644
--- a/examples/chub/main.go
+++ b/examples/chub/main.go
@@ -38,12 +38,11 @@ func main() {
 	var node app.App
 
 	// add commands
-	// prepareRestServerCommands()
 	// prepareClientCommands()
 
 	chubCmd.AddCommand(
 		nodeCommand(node),
-		// restServerCmd,
+		keyCommand(),
 		// clientCmd,
 
 		lineBreak,
diff --git a/examples/chub/node.go b/examples/chub/node.go
index 3befdc3c8..3e349738d 100644
--- a/examples/chub/node.go
+++ b/examples/chub/node.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	initNodeCmd = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "init",
+		Use:   "init <flags???>",
 		Short: "Initialize full node",
 		RunE:  todoNotImplemented,
 	}