diff --git a/cmd/zog/main.go b/cmd/zog/main.go
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+++ b/cmd/zog/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/Oudwins/zog/cmd/zog/ssg"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	switch os.Args[1] {
+	case "ssg":
+		ssg.Run(os.Args[2:])
+	default:
+		fmt.Println("Unknown command")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/zog/ssg/generator.go b/cmd/zog/ssg/generator.go
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+++ b/cmd/zog/ssg/generator.go
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+// package ssg provides the functionality for the ssg (aka: schema struct generation) command.
+package ssg
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"go/ast"
+	"go/parser"
+	"go/token"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"text/template"
+)
+
+const (
+	defaultGenFileSuffix   = "_gen.go"
+	defaultGenStructSuffix = "Schema"
+)
+
+type GeneratorOutput struct {
+	PackageName string
+	StructName  string
+	Fields      []Field
+}
+
+type Field struct {
+	Name string
+	Type string
+	Tags *string
+}
+
+func Run(osArgs []string) {
+	gofile := os.Getenv("GOFILE")
+	if gofile == "" {
+		log.Fatal("GOFILE environment variable is not set")
+	}
+
+	filename := filepath.Base(gofile)
+	ext := filepath.Ext(gofile)
+	filenameWithoutExt := strings.TrimSuffix(filename, ext)
+
+	fs := flag.NewFlagSet("ssg", flag.ContinueOnError)
+	outputFilename := fs.String("output", filenameWithoutExt+defaultGenFileSuffix, "output file")
+	if err := fs.Parse(osArgs); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("could not parse command: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	fset := token.NewFileSet()
+	node, err := parser.ParseFile(fset, gofile, nil, parser.ParseComments)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	genLine, err := strconv.Atoi(os.Getenv("GOLINE"))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("couldn't parse $GOLINE:", err)
+	}
+
+	var targetType string
+	ast.Inspect(node, func(n ast.Node) bool {
+		switch x := n.(type) {
+		case *ast.GenDecl:
+			if x.Tok != token.TYPE {
+				return true
+			}
+			if fset.Position(x.Pos()).Line != genLine+1 {
+				return true
+			}
+			for _, spec := range x.Specs {
+				if ts, ok := spec.(*ast.TypeSpec); ok {
+					if _, ok := ts.Type.(*ast.StructType); !ok {
+						log.Fatalf("%s is not a struct type", ts.Name.Name)
+					}
+					targetType = ts.Name.Name
+					return false
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return true
+	})
+
+	if targetType == "" {
+		log.Fatal("no struct type found after //go:generate directive")
+	}
+
+	metadata, err := aggregateMetadata(node, targetType)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("couldn't aggregate metadata:", err)
+	}
+	metadata.StructName += defaultGenStructSuffix
+	metadata.Fields = convertFieldTypes(metadata.Fields)
+
+	outputDir := filepath.Dir(*outputFilename)
+	if outputDir != "." {
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(outputDir, 0o755); err != nil {
+			log.Fatal("failed to create output directory:", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	of, err := os.Create(*outputFilename)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("failed to create output file:", err)
+	}
+	defer of.Close()
+
+	t, err := template.New("gen").Parse(`// Code generated by zog ssg; DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package {{.PackageName}}
+
+import (
+	"github.com/Oudwins/zog"
+)
+
+type {{.StructName}} struct {
+	{{- range $field := .Fields}}
+	{{$field.Name}} {{$field.Type}}{{if $field.Tags}} {{$field.Tags}}{{end}}
+	{{- end}}
+}
+`)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("failed to parse template:", err)
+	}
+
+	err = t.Execute(of, metadata)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("failed to execute template:", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func aggregateMetadata(node *ast.File, targetType string) (*GeneratorOutput, error) {
+	var res *GeneratorOutput
+
+	ast.Inspect(node, func(n ast.Node) bool {
+		switch x := n.(type) {
+		case *ast.TypeSpec:
+			if x.Name.Name == targetType {
+				if st, ok := x.Type.(*ast.StructType); ok {
+					o := GeneratorOutput{
+						PackageName: node.Name.Name,
+						StructName:  targetType,
+						Fields:      []Field{},
+					}
+
+					for _, field := range st.Fields.List {
+						typeExpr := exprToString(field.Type)
+
+						for _, name := range field.Names {
+							f := Field{
+								Name: name.Name,
+								Type: typeExpr,
+							}
+
+							if field.Tag != nil {
+								f.Tags = &field.Tag.Value
+							}
+
+							o.Fields = append(o.Fields, f)
+						}
+					}
+					res = &o
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return true
+	})
+
+	if res == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not aggregate metadata")
+	}
+
+	return res, nil
+}
+
+func exprToString(expr ast.Expr) string {
+	switch t := expr.(type) {
+	case *ast.Ident:
+		return t.Name
+	case *ast.SelectorExpr:
+		return exprToString(t.X) + "." + t.Sel.Name
+	case *ast.StarExpr:
+		return "*" + exprToString(t.X)
+	case *ast.ArrayType:
+		if t.Len == nil {
+			return "[]" + exprToString(t.Elt)
+		}
+		return fmt.Sprintf("[%s]%s", exprToString(t.Len), exprToString(t.Elt))
+	case *ast.MapType:
+		return fmt.Sprintf("map[%s]%s", exprToString(t.Key), exprToString(t.Value))
+	default:
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%#v", expr)
+	}
+}
+
+func convertFieldTypes(fields []Field) []Field {
+	converted := make([]Field, len(fields))
+	for i, field := range fields {
+		switch field.Type {
+		// todo: this is where types should be mapped to the most narrowly corresponding schema types
+		//
+		// case "string":
+		// 	fields[i].Type = "string"
+		// case "int":
+		// 	fields[i].Type = "int"
+		// case "float64":
+		// 	fields[i].Type = "float64"
+		default:
+			field.Type = "zog.ZogSchema"
+			converted[i] = field
+		}
+	}
+
+	return converted
+}
diff --git a/ssgtest/some_test.go b/ssgtest/some_test.go
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/ssgtest/some_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package main
+
+// example with most basic usage
+//
+//go:generate go run github.com/Oudwins/zog/cmd/zog ssg
+type MyType struct {
+	Field1 string `json:"field1"`
+	Field2 int
+}
+
+// example with custom output path
+//
+//go:generate go run github.com/Oudwins/zog/cmd/zog ssg -output=./schema/generated.go
+type MyOtherType struct {
+	Field1 string
+	Field2 int
+}