diff --git a/.git-blame-ignore-revs b/.git-blame-ignore-revs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..520a813a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.git-blame-ignore-revs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# This file lists commits that can be helpful to ignore when running git-blame.
+# See: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-blame#Documentation/git-blame.txt---ignore-revs-fileltfilegt
+#
+# You can tell blame to always use this file with:
+#
+#     git config blame.ignoreRevsFile .git-blame-ignore-revs
+#
+# GitHub also picks it up automatically:
+# https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/working-with-files/using-files/viewing-and-understanding-files#ignore-commits-in-the-blame-view
+
+# Format with fourmolu
+c06b1b1b68d039ab853e8fd18b5d0f24bd911d1b
diff --git a/hoff.cabal b/hoff.cabal
index 549d477f..b5bad9bb 100644
--- a/hoff.cabal
+++ b/hoff.cabal
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ library
     Metrics.Server
     MonadLoggerEffect
     Parser
+    Parser2
     Project
     Server
     Time
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ library
     , containers
     , cryptonite
     , directory
+    , Earley
     , effectful
     , extra
     , file-embed
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ library
     , megaparsec
     , memory
     , monad-logger
+    , parser-combinators
     , process
     , process-extras
     , prometheus-client
diff --git a/hoff.nix b/hoff.nix
index 37a094df..c0bb6f4f 100644
--- a/hoff.nix
+++ b/hoff.nix
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ pkgs, mkDerivation
 
 # Haskell packages
 , QuickCheck, aeson, aeson-pretty, blaze-html, blaze-markup, bytestring
-, containers, cryptonite, directory, effectful, extra, file-embed, filepath
+, containers, cryptonite, directory, Earley, effectful, extra, file-embed, filepath
 , generic-arbitrary, github, hspec, hspec-core, http-client, http-conduit
-, http-types, megaparsec, memory, monad-logger, optparse-applicative, process
-, process-extras, prometheus, prometheus-metrics-ghc, quickcheck-instances
+, http-types, megaparsec, memory, monad-logger, optparse-applicative, parser-combinators
+, process, process-extras, prometheus, prometheus-metrics-ghc, quickcheck-instances
 , scotty, stm, text, text-format, time, uuid, vector, wai
 , wai-middleware-prometheus, warp, warp-tls }:
 mkDerivation {
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ mkDerivation {
     containers
     cryptonite
     directory
+    Earley
     effectful
     extra
     file-embed
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ mkDerivation {
     memory
     monad-logger
     optparse-applicative
+    parser-combinators
     process
     process-extras
     prometheus
diff --git a/src/Parser2.hs b/src/Parser2.hs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4d892b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Parser2.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RecursiveDo #-}
+
+module Parser2 (
+  parseComment,
+  Comment(..),
+  Command(..),
+) where
+
+import Data.Functor (($>))
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import Text.Earley (Grammar, list, rule, terminal, fullParses, (<?>), namedToken, satisfy)
+import Text.Earley qualified as Earley
+import qualified Data.Text as Text
+import qualified Data.List as List
+import Control.Applicative.Combinators ((<|>))
+
+import Project (ApprovedFor (..), DeployEnvironment (..), DeploySubprojects (..), MergeCommand (..), MergeWindow (..), Priority (..))
+
+data Comment
+  = Skippable
+  | HasCommand Command
+  deriving Show
+
+data Command
+  = Command MergeCommand MergeWindow Priority
+  deriving Show
+
+parseComment :: Text -> Either (Earley.Report Token [Token]) Comment
+parseComment = parse commentGrammar
+
+parse :: (forall r. Grammar r (Prod r a)) -> Text -> Either (Earley.Report Token [Token]) a
+parse grammar input =
+  let
+    parser = Earley.parser grammar
+    tokens = tokenize input
+  in case fullParses parser tokens of
+    ([], report) -> Left report
+    (c : _, _) -> Right c
+
+tokenize :: Text -> [Token]
+tokenize =
+  -- WIP(daan): deal with commas
+  Text.words
+
+type Token = Text
+
+type Prod r a = Earley.Prod r Token Token a
+
+commentGrammar :: Grammar r (Prod r Comment)
+commentGrammar =
+  -- WIP(daan): parse skippable
+  -- WIP(daan): parse prefix, trigger word, and suffix
+  fmap HasCommand <$> commandGrammar
+
+commandGrammar :: Grammar r (Prod r Command)
+commandGrammar = do
+  mergeCommand <- mergeCommandGrammar
+
+  pure $ Command
+    <$> mergeCommand
+    <*> mergeWindow
+    <*> priority
+
+mergeCommandGrammar :: Grammar r (Prod r MergeCommand)
+mergeCommandGrammar = do
+  approvedFor <- approvedForGrammar
+
+  pure $
+    Approve <$> approvedFor <|> "retry" $> Retry
+
+approvedForGrammar :: Grammar r (Prod r ApprovedFor)
+approvedForGrammar = do
+  deploySubprojects <- deploySubprojectsGrammar
+
+  let mergeAndDeploy =
+        MergeAndDeploy <$> deploySubprojects <*> deployEnvironment
+
+  pure $
+    "merge"
+      *> ( pure Merge
+            <|> "and" *> ( "deploy" *> mergeAndDeploy <|> "tag" $> MergeAndTag )
+        )
+
+deploySubprojectsGrammar :: Grammar r (Prod r DeploySubprojects)
+deploySubprojectsGrammar = do
+  onlySubprojects <- sepBy1 (namedToken ",") subprojectName
+
+  pure $
+    pure EntireProject
+      <|> OnlySubprojects <$> onlySubprojects
+
+subprojectName :: Prod r Text
+subprojectName = identifier <?> "subproject name"
+
+deployEnvironment :: Prod r DeployEnvironment
+deployEnvironment =
+  pure (DeployEnvironment "")
+    <|> "to"
+    *> (DeployEnvironment <$> identifier <?> "environment name")
+
+identifier :: Prod r Token
+identifier =
+  satisfy $ \tok ->
+    not (Text.null tok) && not (Text.any (== ',') tok)
+
+mergeWindow :: Prod r MergeWindow
+mergeWindow =
+  pure AnyDay
+    <|> list ["on", "friday"] $> OnFriday
+    <|> list ["as", "hotfix"] $> DuringFeatureFreeze
+
+priority :: Prod r Priority
+priority =
+  pure Normal
+    <|> list ["with", "priority"] $> High
+
+sepBy1 :: Earley.Prod r e t sep -> Earley.Prod r e t a -> Grammar r (Earley.Prod r e t [a])
+sepBy1 sep item = do
+  rec
+    prod <- rule $
+      (List.singleton <$> item)
+        <|> ((:) <$> item <*> (sep *> prod))
+
+  pure prod