diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index ed24d0ef2b..a4c3bfc171 100644
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ var ContextualListener = require('./app/editor/contextualListener')
 var ContextView = require('./app/editor/contextView')
 var BasicReadOnlyExplorer = require('./app/files/basicReadOnlyExplorer')
 var toolTip = require('./app/ui/tooltip')
+var CommandInterpreter = require('./lib/cmdInterpreter')
 
 var styleGuide = remixLib.ui.themeChooser
 var styles = styleGuide.chooser()
@@ -354,6 +355,71 @@ Please make a backup of your contracts and start using http://remix.ethereum.org
   })
 
   txlistener.startListening()
+
+  // ----------------- Command Interpreter -----------------
+  /*
+    this module basically listen on user input (from terminal && editor)
+    and interpret them as commands
+  */
+  var cmdInterpreter = new CommandInterpreter()
+  cmdInterpreter.event.register('debug', (hash, cb) => {
+    startdebugging(hash)
+    if (cb) cb()
+  })
+  cmdInterpreter.event.register('loadgist', (id, cb) => {
+    loadFromGist({gist: id})
+    if (cb) cb()
+  })
+  cmdInterpreter.event.register('loadurl', (url, cb) => {
+    importExternal(url, (err, content) => {
+      if (err) {
+        toolTip(`Unable to load ${url} from swarm: ${err}`)
+        if (cb) cb(err)
+      } else {
+        try {
+          content = JSON.parse(content)
+          async.eachOfSeries(content.sources, (value, file, callbackSource) => {
+            var url = value.urls[0] // @TODO retrieve all other contents ?
+            importExternal(url, (error, content) => {
+              if (error) {
+                toolTip(`Cannot retrieve the content of ${url}: ${error}`)
+              }
+              callbackSource()
+            })
+          }, (error) => {
+            if (cb) cb(error)
+          })
+        } catch (e) {}
+        if (cb) cb()
+      }
+    })
+  })
+  cmdInterpreter.event.register('setproviderurl', (url, cb) => {
+    executionContext.setProviderFromEndpoint(url, 'web3', (error) => {
+      if (error) toolTip(error)
+      if (cb) cb()
+    })
+  })
+  cmdInterpreter.event.register('batch', (url, cb) => {
+    var content = editor.get(editor.current())
+    if (!content) {
+      toolTip('no content to execute')
+      if (cb) cb()
+      return
+    }
+    var split = content.split('\n')
+    async.eachSeries(split, (value, cb) => {
+      if (!cmdInterpreter.interpret(value, (error) => {
+        error ? cb(`Cannot run ${value}. stopping`) : cb()
+      })) {
+        cb(`Cannot interpret ${value}. stopping`)
+      }
+    }, (error) => {
+      if (error) toolTip(error)
+      if (cb) cb()
+    })
+  })
+
   // ----------------- editor ----------------------------
   this._components.editor = new Editor({}) // @TODO: put into editorpanel
   var editor = self._components.editor // shortcut for the editor
@@ -439,6 +505,7 @@ Please make a backup of your contracts and start using http://remix.ethereum.org
   // ----------------- editor panel ----------------------
   this._components.editorpanel = new EditorPanel({
     api: {
+      cmdInterpreter: cmdInterpreter,
       editor: self._components.editor,
       config: self._api.config,
       txListener: txlistener,
@@ -506,23 +573,26 @@ Please make a backup of your contracts and start using http://remix.ethereum.org
   }
 
   // ------------------ gist load ----------------
-
-  var loadingFromGist = gistHandler.handleLoad(queryParams.get(), function (gistId) {
-    $.ajax({
-      url: 'https://api.github.com/gists/' + gistId,
-      jsonp: 'callback',
-      dataType: 'jsonp',
-      success: function (response) {
-        if (response.data) {
-          if (!response.data.files) {
-            modalDialogCustom.alert('Gist load error: ' + response.data.message)
-            return
+  function loadFromGist (gistId) {
+    return gistHandler.handleLoad(gistId, function (gistId) {
+      $.ajax({
+        url: 'https://api.github.com/gists/' + gistId,
+        jsonp: 'callback',
+        dataType: 'jsonp',
+        success: function (response) {
+          if (response.data) {
+            if (!response.data.files) {
+              modalDialogCustom.alert('Gist load error: ' + response.data.message)
+              return
+            }
+            loadFiles(response.data.files, 'gist')
           }
-          loadFiles(response.data.files, 'gist')
         }
-      }
+      })
     })
-  })
+  }
+
+  var loadingFromGist = loadFromGist(queryParams.get())
 
   // insert ballot contract if there are no files available
   if (!loadingFromGist) {
diff --git a/src/app/panels/editor-panel.js b/src/app/panels/editor-panel.js
index 9c7cb19ab1..ac93a5c0ab 100644
--- a/src/app/panels/editor-panel.js
+++ b/src/app/panels/editor-panel.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class EditorPanel {
       editor: opts.api.editor, // @TODO: instantiate in eventpanel instead of passing via `opts`
       terminal: new Terminal({
         api: {
+          cmdInterpreter: self._api.cmdInterpreter,
           getPosition (event) {
             var limitUp = 36
             var limitDown = 20
diff --git a/src/app/panels/terminal.js b/src/app/panels/terminal.js
index 0095b96704..304dc558a8 100644
--- a/src/app/panels/terminal.js
+++ b/src/app/panels/terminal.js
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ class Terminal {
     self.registerCommand('script', function execute (args, scopedCommands, append) {
       var script = String(args[0])
       scopedCommands.log(`> ${script}`)
+      if (self._api.cmdInterpreter && self._api.cmdInterpreter.interpret(script)) return
       self._shell(script, scopedCommands, function (error, output) {
         if (error) scopedCommands.error(error)
         else scopedCommands.log(output)
diff --git a/src/app/tabs/run-tab.js b/src/app/tabs/run-tab.js
index 28f73c5c40..5fff59d730 100644
--- a/src/app/tabs/run-tab.js
+++ b/src/app/tabs/run-tab.js
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ function runTab (container, appAPI, appEvents) {
     }, setFinalContext)
   })
   selectExEnv.value = executionContext.getProvider()
+  executionContext.event.register('contextChanged', (context, silent) => {
+    setFinalContext()
+  })
   fillAccountsList(appAPI, el)
   setInterval(() => {
     updateAccountBalances(container, appAPI)
diff --git a/src/lib/cmdInterpreter.js b/src/lib/cmdInterpreter.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c20baf07ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/cmdInterpreter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+'use strict'
+var remixLib = require('remix-lib')
+var EventManager = remixLib.EventManager
+
+class CmdInterpreter {
+  constructor () {
+    this.event = new EventManager()
+  }
+  interpret (cmd) {
+    if (!cmd) return false
+    var accept = commandsRegEx.exec(cmd)
+    if (accept) {
+      var param = accept[2]
+      if (param) param = param.trim()
+      this.event.trigger(accept[1], [param])
+      return accept[1]
+    }
+    return null
+  }
+}
+
+var commandsRegEx = /^remix:(debug|loadgist|setproviderurl|loadurl|batch)(.*)/
+
+module.exports = CmdInterpreter