new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commitindex/commitindex/api/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+
+def get():
+    """Return a redirect repsonse to the swagger-ui.
+
+    Requesting the '/' endpoint will redirect to the swagger-ui
+    so that the documentation can be found easily.
+    """
+    return None, 302, {'Location': '/ui/'}

new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commitindex/commitindex/api/iterations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+
+def search():
+    pass
+
+
+def post():
+    pass

new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commitindex/commitindex/commitindex.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+import click
+import connexion
+from connexion.resolver import RestyResolver
+
+app = connexion.App(__name__, specification_dir='spec/')
+app.add_api('swagger.yml', resolver=RestyResolver('commitindex.api'))
+
+
+@click.command()
+@click.option('--debug', envvar='DEBUG', is_flag=True)
+@click.option('--port', envvar='PORT', default=8888)
+def development_server(debug, port):
+    """Run the commitindex development server.
+
+    This server should not be used for production deployments. Instead
+    the commitindex should be served by an external webserver as a wsgi
+    app.
+    """
+    app.run(debug=debug, port=port, host='0.0.0.0')

--- a/commitindex/commitindex/spec/swagger.yml
+++ b/commitindex/commitindex/spec/swagger.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,26 @@
 swagger: '2.0'
 info:
   title: Commit Index
   description: Staging, Tracking, and Managing commits
   version: "0.1.0"
 produces:
   - application/json
 paths:
+  /:
+    get:
+      summary: Redirect to the API UI and documentation
+      responses:
+        302:
+          description: Redirect to the UI
+          headers:
+            Location:
+              description: Where to redirect to
+              type: string
   /iterations/:
     get:
       summary: Iterations of a Topic
       description: |
         The Iterations endpoint returns information about the iterations a
         Topic has gone through. Each iteration is a set of commits which
         represent a state of the work on the associated topic.
       responses:

--- a/commitindex/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/commitindex/docker-compose.yml
@@ -8,14 +8,17 @@ services:
     build:
       context: ./
       dockerfile: ./docker/commitindex/dockerfile-dev
     volumes:
       - ./:/app
     depends_on:
       - mountebank
     ports:
-      - "8888:80"
+      - "8888:8888"
+    environment:
+      - PORT=8888
+      - DEBUG=1
 
   mountebank:
     build:
       context: ../docker/mountebank/
     command: start --logfile /mb.log --debug --mock

--- a/commitindex/docker/commitindex/dockerfile-dev
+++ b/commitindex/docker/commitindex/dockerfile-dev
@@ -3,9 +3,14 @@ FROM python:3.5-alpine
 ADD requirements.txt /requirements.txt
 RUN pip install -r /requirements.txt
 ADD dev-requirements.txt /dev-requirements.txt
 RUN pip install -r /dev-requirements.txt
 
 ADD . /app
 WORKDIR /app
 
-CMD ["python"]
+# We install outside of the app directory to create the .egg-info in a
+# location that will not be mounted over. This means /app needs to be
+# added to PYTHONPATH though.
+ENV PYTHONPATH /app
+RUN cd / && python /app/setup.py develop
+CMD ["commitindex-dev"]

--- a/commitindex/setup.py
+++ b/commitindex/setup.py
@@ -28,10 +28,13 @@ setup(
         'License :: OSI Approved :: Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL 2.0)',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
     ],
     keywords='mozilla commits development conduit',
     packages=find_packages(exclude=['docs', 'tests']),
     install_requires=[],
     extras_require={},
-    entry_points={},
+    entry_points={
+        'console_scripts':
+        ['commitindex-dev = commitindex.commitindex:development_server']
+    },
 )