diff --git a/bpb.json b/bpb.json
index b2e4748..a90697c 100644
--- a/bpb.json
+++ b/bpb.json
@@ -2,14 +2,18 @@
   "name": "bndd",
   "version": "1.0",
   "description": "The boundaries daemon",
-  "build": "go build -o package/bndd .",
+  "build": "go build -o package/bndd . && go build -o package/bnd-send-command ./send-command/main.go",
   "dependencies": {
     "build_commands": ["go"]
   },
   "json_file": {
     "command": {
-      "run": "./bndd"
+      "run": "./bndd",
+      "raw-command": "./bnd-send-command"
     },
-    "bin": "bndd"
+    "bin": {
+      "run": "bndd",
+      "raw-command": "bnd-send-cmd"
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/send-command/main.go b/send-command/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90965b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/send-command/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/fs"
+	"log"
+	"net"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	var cmd string
+	switch len(os.Args) {
+	case 2:
+		cmd = os.Args[1]
+	case 3:
+		cmd = os.Args[2]
+	default:
+		fmt.Println("send a raw message to bndd.")
+		fmt.Println("usage: [instance-path] <command>.")
+		fmt.Println("note: quotes must be escaped.")
+		fmt.Println("note: this program should not be executed from the shell. Use a CLI wrapper instead.")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	instance_path, err := get_instance_path()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	ln, err := net.Dial("unix", instance_path+"/boundaries.sock")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	ln.Write([]byte(cmd))
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			buffer := make([]byte, 1024)
+			n, err := os.Stdin.Read(buffer)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			ln.Write(buffer[:n])
+		}
+	}()
+	func() {
+		for {
+			buffer := make([]byte, 1024)
+			n, err := ln.Read(buffer)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			os.Stdout.Write(buffer[:n])
+		}
+	}()
+}
+
+func path_exists(path string) (bool, error) {
+	_, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err == nil {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+	if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+	return false, err
+}
+
+func get_instance_path() (string, error) {
+	if len(os.Args) == 3 {
+		return filepath.Abs(os.Args[1])
+	}
+
+	// When send-command has been started by boundaries, this can be used to get the instance it used
+	app_dir, has := os.LookupEnv("APP_DIR")
+	if has {
+		return filepath.Abs(filepath.Join(app_dir, "..", ".."))
+	}
+
+	// Fallback to the user-path
+	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	home_instance_path, err := filepath.Abs(filepath.Join(home, "boundaries"))
+	if exists, err := path_exists(home_instance_path); exists && err == nil {
+		return home_instance_path, nil
+	}
+
+	return "", errors.New("no suitable instance path found")
+}