diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a6c95b6..822eff1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -564,3 +564,8 @@ MIT
 
 * If you want to learn more about processing streams of data, refer to the documentation of
   the underlying [react/stream](https://github.com/reactphp/stream) component.
+* If you build an interactive CLI tool that reads a command line from STDIN, you
+  may want to use [clue/arguments](https://github.com/clue/php-arguments) in
+  order to split this string up into its individual arguments and then use
+  [clue/commander](https://github.com/clue/php-commander) to route to registered
+  commands and their required arguments.
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index aeb69d3..f4200ef 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -22,5 +22,9 @@
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": { "Clue\\React\\Stdio\\": "src/" }
+    },
+    "require-dev": {
+        "clue/commander": "^1.2",
+        "clue/arguments": "^2.0"
     }
 }
diff --git a/examples/01-periodic.php b/examples/01-periodic.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dee02a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/01-periodic.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+use Clue\React\Stdio\Stdio;
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+$loop = React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
+
+$stdio = new Stdio($loop);
+
+$stdio->writeln('Will print periodic messages until you submit anything');
+
+// add some periodic noise
+$timer = $loop->addPeriodicTimer(0.5, function () use ($stdio) {
+    $stdio->writeln(date('Y-m-d H:i:s') . ' hello');
+});
+
+// react to commands the user entered
+$stdio->on('line', function ($line) use ($stdio, $timer) {
+    $stdio->writeln('you just said: ' . $line . ' (' . strlen($line) . ')');
+
+    $timer->cancel();
+    $stdio->end();
+});
+
+$loop->run();
diff --git a/examples/periodic.php b/examples/02-interactive.php
similarity index 79%
rename from examples/periodic.php
rename to examples/02-interactive.php
index efbd8ab..1a95b89 100644
--- a/examples/periodic.php
+++ b/examples/02-interactive.php
@@ -36,20 +36,15 @@
     return $offset > 1 ? array() : array('exit', 'quit', 'help', 'echo', 'print', 'printf');
 });
 
-$stdio->writeln('Will print periodic messages until you type "quit" or "exit"');
+$stdio->writeln('Welcome to this interactive demo');
 
-$stdio->on('line', function ($line) use ($stdio, $loop, &$timer) {
+// react to commands the user entered
+$stdio->on('line', function ($line) use ($stdio) {
     $stdio->writeln('you just said: ' . $line . ' (' . strlen($line) . ')');
 
     if (in_array(trim($line), array('quit', 'exit'))) {
-        $timer->cancel();
         $stdio->end();
     }
 });
 
-// add some periodic noise
-$timer = $loop->addPeriodicTimer(2.0, function () use ($stdio) {
-    $stdio->writeln('hello');
-});
-
 $loop->run();
diff --git a/examples/03-commander.php b/examples/03-commander.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73673dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/03-commander.php
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?php
+
+use Clue\React\Stdio\Stdio;
+use Clue\Arguments;
+use Clue\Commander\Router;
+use Clue\Commander\NoRouteFoundException;
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+$loop = React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
+
+$stdio = new Stdio($loop);
+$readline = $stdio->getReadline();
+$readline->setPrompt('> ');
+
+// limit history to HISTSIZE env
+$limit = getenv('HISTSIZE');
+if ($limit === '' || $limit < 0) {
+    // empty string or negative value means unlimited
+    $readline->limitHistory(null);
+} elseif ($limit !== false) {
+    // apply any other value if given
+    $readline->limitHistory($limit);
+}
+
+// register all available commands and their arguments
+$router = new Router();
+$router->add('exit | quit', function() use ($stdio) {
+    $stdio->end();
+});
+$router->add('help', function () use ($stdio) {
+    $stdio->writeln('Use TAB-completion or use "exit"');
+});
+$router->add('(echo | print) <words>...', function (array $args) use ($stdio) {
+    $stdio->writeln(implode(' ', $args['words']));
+});
+$router->add('printf <format> <args>...', function (array $args) use ($stdio) {
+    $stdio->writeln(vsprintf($args['format'],$args['args']));
+});
+
+// autocomplete the following commands (at offset=0/1 only)
+$readline->setAutocomplete(function ($_, $offset) {
+    return $offset > 1 ? array() : array('exit', 'quit', 'help', 'echo', 'print', 'printf');
+});
+
+$stdio->writeln('Welcome to this interactive demo');
+
+// react to commands the user entered
+$stdio->on('line', function ($line) use ($router, $stdio, $readline) {
+    // add all lines from input to history
+    // skip empty line and duplicate of previous line
+    $all = $readline->listHistory();
+    if (trim($line) !== '' && $line !== end($all)) {
+        $readline->addHistory($line);
+    }
+
+    try {
+        $args = Arguments\split($line);
+    } catch (Arguments\UnclosedQuotesException $e) {
+        $stdio->writeln('Error: Invalid command syntax (unclosed quotes)');
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // skip empty lines
+    if (!$args) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    try {
+        $router->handleArgs($args);
+    } catch (NoRouteFoundException $e) {
+        $stdio->writeln('Error: Invalid command usage');
+    }
+});
+
+$loop->run();
diff --git a/examples/login.php b/examples/11-login.php
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/login.php
rename to examples/11-login.php