diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2015 Ben Kolera
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
+
diff --git a/Opaleye/Classy.hs b/Opaleye/Classy.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE ConstraintKinds       #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts      #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes            #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell       #-}
+module Opaleye.Classy
+  ( DbEnv(DbEnv,_dbEnvConn)
+  , dbEnvConn
+  , DbError(DbSqlError,DbQueryError,DbResultError)
+  , _DbSqlError, _DbQueryError, _DbResultError
+  , CanDb
+  , liftQueryFirst
+  , liftQuery
+  , liftInsert
+  , liftInsertReturning
+  , liftDelete
+  , liftUpdate
+  , closeEnv
+  , derivePGField
+  ) where
+
+import Control.Applicative                  (Applicative)
+import Control.Lens
+import Control.Monad.Except                 (MonadError)
+import Control.Monad.Reader                 (MonadReader)
+import Control.Monad.Trans                  (MonadIO, liftIO)
+import Data.ByteString                      (ByteString)
+import Data.Int                             (Int64)
+import Data.Profunctor.Product.Default      (Default)
+import Database.PostgreSQL.Simple           (Connection, QueryError, ResultError, SqlError, close)
+import Database.PostgreSQL.Simple.FromField (Conversion, Field, FromField (fromField))
+import Opaleye
+  ( Column, PGBool, Query, QueryRunner, Table, Unpackspec, runDelete, runInsert
+  , runInsertReturning, runQuery, runUpdate
+  )
+
+data DbEnv = DbEnv
+  { _dbEnvConn :: Connection }
+makeClassy ''DbEnv
+
+data DbError
+  = DbSqlError SqlError
+  | DbQueryError QueryError
+  | DbResultError ResultError
+  deriving Show
+makeClassyPrisms ''DbError
+
+type CanDb m c e =
+  ( MonadReader c m
+  , MonadError e m
+  , MonadIO m
+  , Applicative m
+  , AsDbError e
+  , HasDbEnv c
+  )
+
+liftQueryFirst
+  :: ( CanDb m c e
+    , Default QueryRunner a b
+    , Applicative m
+    )
+  => Query a
+ -> m (Maybe b)
+liftQueryFirst = fmap (^? _head) . liftQuery
+
+liftQuery
+  :: ( CanDb m c e
+    , Default QueryRunner a b
+    )
+  => Query a
+  -> m [b]
+liftQuery q = withConn (`runQuery` q)
+
+liftInsert
+  :: CanDb m c e
+  => Table colW colR
+  -> colW
+  -> m Int64
+liftInsert t w = withConn $ \conn -> runInsert conn t w
+
+liftInsertReturning
+  :: ( CanDb m c e
+    , Default QueryRunner ret hask
+    , Default Unpackspec ret ret
+    )
+  => Table colW colR
+  -> (colR -> ret)
+  -> colW
+  -> m [hask]
+liftInsertReturning t f c = withConn $ \conn -> runInsertReturning conn t c f
+
+liftUpdate
+  :: CanDb m c e
+  => Table colW colR
+  -> (colR -> colW)
+  -> (colR -> Column PGBool)
+  -> m Int64
+liftUpdate t u p = withConn $ \conn -> runUpdate conn t u p
+
+liftDelete
+  :: CanDb m c e
+  => Table colW colR
+  -> (colR -> Column PGBool)
+  -> m Int64
+liftDelete t p = withConn $ \conn -> runDelete conn t p
+
+withConn :: CanDb m c e => (Connection -> IO a) -> m a
+withConn f = view dbEnvConn >>= flip withGivenConn f
+
+withGivenConn :: CanDb m c e => Connection -> (Connection -> IO a) -> m a
+withGivenConn c f = liftIO $ f c
+
+closeEnv :: DbEnv -> IO ()
+closeEnv = close . (^.dbEnvConn)
+
+derivePGField
+  :: forall a b. FromField a
+  => (a -> b)
+  -> Field
+  -> Maybe ByteString
+  -> Conversion b
+derivePGField c f = fmap c . fromField f
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# opaleye-classy
+
+Classy MTL extension of the lovely Opaleye library, which simply just wraps things up in a MonadReader , MonadError context where the config/error are constrained by Classy Lenses/Prisms rather than by concrete non-extensible types.
+
+More info on this pattern can be found in George Wilson's BFPG talk:
+
+http://talks.bfpg.org/talks/2015-06-09.next_level_mtl.html
+
+Note: This API may not be complete. If you need other functions exported then let me know or drop in a PR.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/opaleye-classy.cabal b/opaleye-classy.cabal
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+-- Initial opaleye-classy.cabal generated by cabal init.  For further 
+-- documentation, see http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
+
+name:                opaleye-classy
+version:             0.1.0.0
+synopsis:            Opaleye wrapped up in classy MTL attire.
+description:         
+  Classy MTL extension of the lovely Opaleye library, which simply just wraps things up in a MonadReader , MonadError context where the config/error are constrained by Classy Lenses/Prisms rather than by concrete non-extensible types.
+
+  More info on this pattern can be found in George Wilson's BFPG talk:
+                     
+  http://talks.bfpg.org/talks/2015-06-09.next_level_mtl.html
+
+  Note: This API may not be complete. If you need other functions exported then let me know or drop in a PR.
+license:             MIT
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Ben Kolera
+maintainer:          ben.kolera@gmail.com
+homepage:            https://github.com/benkolera/opaleye-classy/tree/master
+category:            Database
+build-type:          Simple
+extra-source-files:  README.md
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+
+source-repository head
+  type: git
+  location: git@github.com:benkolera/opaleye-classy
+
+library
+  exposed-modules:     Opaleye.Classy
+  -- other-modules:       
+  build-depends:      base                == 4.*
+                    , bytestring          >= 0.10
+                    , lens                >= 4.0
+                    , mtl                 >= 2.2
+                    , postgresql-simple   >= 0.4.8.0 && < 0.5
+                    , product-profunctors >= 0.6.2 && < 0.7
+                    , transformers        >= 0.4
+                    , opaleye             >= 0.4
+  default-language:    Haskell2010