diff --git a/src/viv/viv.py b/src/viv/viv.py
index 5f082f8..c333696 100755
--- a/src/viv/viv.py
+++ b/src/viv/viv.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass
 from datetime import datetime
 from itertools import zip_longest
 from pathlib import Path
-from textwrap import dedent, wrap
+from textwrap import dedent, fill, wrap
 from types import TracebackType
 from typing import (
     Any,
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ from typing import (
 from urllib.error import HTTPError
 from urllib.request import urlopen
 
-__version__ = "23.5a1-3-g3a85fe4-dev"
+__version__ = "23.5a1-dev"
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -544,14 +544,15 @@ REL_SYS_PATH_TEMPLATE = (
 IMPORT_TEMPLATE = """__import__("viv").use({spec})  # noqa"""
 
 STANDALONE_TEMPLATE = r"""
-# <<<<< auto-generated by daylinmorgan/viv v{version}
+# <<<<< auto-generated by viv (v{version})
+# see `python3 <(curl -fsSL gh.dayl.in/viv/viv.py) --help`
 # fmt: off
-{use}
+{func}
 # fmt: on
 # >>>>> code golfed with <3
 """  # noqa
 
-STANDALONE_TEMPLATE_USE = r"""def _viv_use(*pkgs: str, track_exe: bool = False, name: str = "") -> None:
+STANDALONE_TEMPLATE_FUNC = r"""def _viv_use(*pkgs: str, track_exe: bool = False, name: str = "") -> None:
     i,s,m,e,spec=__import__,str,map,lambda x: True if x else False,[*pkgs]
     if not {{*m(type,pkgs)}}=={{s}}: raise ValueError(f"spec: {{pkgs}} is invalid")
     ge,sys,P,ew=i("os").getenv,i("sys"),i("pathlib").Path,i("sys").stderr.write
@@ -569,7 +570,7 @@ STANDALONE_TEMPLATE_USE = r"""def _viv_use(*pkgs: str, track_exe: bool = False,
         with (env/"viv-info.json").open("w") as f:
             i("json").dump({{"created":s(i("datetime").datetime.today()),"id":_id,"spec":spec,"exe":exe}},f)
     sys.path = [p for p in (*sys.path,s(*(env/"lib").glob("py*/si*"))) if p!=i("site").USER_SITE]
-_viv_use({spec})
+{use}
 """  # noqa
 
 SHOW_TEMPLATE = f"""
@@ -661,9 +662,15 @@ def generate_import(
         sys.stdout.write(
             STANDALONE_TEMPLATE.format(
                 version=__version__,
-                use=noqa(
-                    STANDALONE_TEMPLATE_USE.format(
-                        spec=", ".join(f'"{pkg}"' for pkg in resolved_spec.splitlines())
+                func=noqa(
+                    STANDALONE_TEMPLATE_FUNC.format(
+                        use="_viv_use("
+                        + fill(
+                            ", ".join(f'"{pkg}"' for pkg in resolved_spec.splitlines()),
+                            width=100,
+                            subsequent_indent="    ",
+                        )
+                        + ")"
                     )
                 ),
             )
@@ -1113,6 +1120,9 @@ class Viv:
                 ),
             ):
                 self._install_local_src(sha256, args.src, args.cli)
+    def shim(self, args):
+        """generate viv-powered cli apps"""
+        echo("not implemented.")
 
     def _get_subcmd_parser(
         self,
@@ -1274,6 +1284,11 @@ class Viv:
             "-p", "--pythonpath", help="show the path/to/install", action="store_true"
         )
 
+        self._get_subcmd_parser(
+            subparsers,
+            "shim",
+        ).set_defaults(func=self.shim, cmd="shim")
+
         args = parser.parse_args()
 
         args.func(args)