diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b602b95..788a1ab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,62 @@
 # errx
 
-Simple custom error wrapper utility library for my Go projects.
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+Simple custom error wrapper utility library for my Go projects.
+
+`errx` records the **operation** where each error happened and chains those
+operations together as the error bubbles up. The result is a readable
+breadcrumb instead of a runtime stack trace:
+
+```
+users.Get: user=42: db.Query: connection refused
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+Each function declares its op and wraps errors as it returns them:
+
+```go
+import "git.juancwu.dev/juancwu/errx"
+
+func (s *Store) Get(id int) (*User, error) {
+    const op = "users.Get"
+
+    row, err := s.db.Query(id)
+    if err != nil {
+        return nil, errx.Wrapf(op, err, "user=%d", id)
+    }
+    if row == nil {
+        return nil, errx.New(op, "not found")
+    }
+    return row, nil
+}
+```
+
+The four constructors:
+
+```go
+errx.New(op, msg)                        // fresh error, static msg
+errx.Newf(op, format, args...)           // fresh error, formatted msg
+errx.Wrap(op, err)                       // wrap, no extra msg (nil-safe)
+errx.Wrapf(op, err, format, args...)     // wrap with formatted msg (nil-safe)
+```
+
+`Wrap` and `Wrapf` return `nil` when passed a `nil` error, so you can chain
+them without an extra guard:
+
+```go
+return errx.Wrap(op, s.commit())
+```
+
+## Interop
+
+`*errx.Error` implements `Unwrap`, so `errors.Is` and `errors.As` walk the
+chain as expected:
+
+```go
+if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) { ... }
+
+var e *errx.Error
+if errors.As(err, &e) {
+    log.Printf("op=%s", e.Op)
+}
+```
diff --git a/Taskfile.yml b/Taskfile.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a34a2fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Taskfile.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+version: '3'
+tasks:
+  test:
+    desc: Run tests
+    cmds:
+      - set -o pipefail && go test fmt -json | tparse -all
diff --git a/errx.go b/errx.go
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index 0000000..0ec7088
--- /dev/null
+++ b/errx.go
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+// Package errx provides a small error wrapper that records the operation
+// where each error occurred, producing a readable chain in place of a
+// runtime stack trace.
+//
+// Each function declares its own operation name and wraps the underlying
+// error with that op (and an optional message). The resulting error
+// formats top-down as a colon-joined breadcrumb:
+//
+//	users.Get: lookup failed: db.Query: connection refused
+//
+// errx is fully compatible with errors.Is and errors.As via Unwrap.
+//
+// Basic usage:
+//
+//	const op = "users.Get"
+//	row, err := db.Query(...)
+//	if err != nil {
+//	    return errx.Wrap(op, err)
+//	}
+package errx
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// Error is the concrete error type produced by this package. Op identifies
+// the operation that failed; Msg adds optional context; Err is the
+// underlying error being wrapped (may be nil).
+type Error struct {
+	// Op is the operation name, conventionally "package.Func" or
+	// "Receiver.Method".
+	Op string
+	// Msg is an optional context message describing what went wrong.
+	Msg string
+	// Err is the underlying error being wrapped. May be nil.
+	Err error
+}
+
+// Error returns the colon-joined chain of op, message, and wrapped error.
+// Empty pieces are omitted.
+func (e *Error) Error() string {
+	parts := make([]string, 0, 3)
+	if e.Op != "" {
+		parts = append(parts, e.Op)
+	}
+	if e.Msg != "" {
+		parts = append(parts, e.Msg)
+	}
+	if e.Err != nil {
+		parts = append(parts, e.Err.Error())
+	}
+	return strings.Join(parts, ": ")
+}
+
+// Unwrap returns the wrapped error, enabling errors.Is and errors.As.
+func (e *Error) Unwrap() error {
+	return e.Err
+}
+
+// New returns a new error tagged with op and the static message msg.
+func New(op, msg string) error {
+	return &Error{Op: op, Msg: msg}
+}
+
+// Newf returns a new error tagged with op and a message formatted per
+// fmt.Sprintf rules.
+func Newf(op, format string, args ...any) error {
+	return &Error{Op: op, Msg: fmt.Sprintf(format, args...)}
+}
+
+// Wrap returns an error tagged with op that wraps err. If err is nil,
+// Wrap returns nil so callers can write `return errx.Wrap(op, doThing())`
+// without a guard.
+func Wrap(op string, err error) error {
+	if err == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return &Error{Op: op, Err: err}
+}
+
+// Wrapf returns an error tagged with op that wraps err and adds a message
+// formatted per fmt.Sprintf rules. If err is nil, Wrapf returns nil.
+func Wrapf(op string, err error, format string, args ...any) error {
+	if err == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return &Error{Op: op, Msg: fmt.Sprintf(format, args...), Err: err}
+}
diff --git a/errx_test.go b/errx_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e241a04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/errx_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+package errx
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestError_Format(t *testing.T) {
+	plain := errors.New("connection refused")
+	nested := &Error{Op: "db.Query", Err: plain}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		err  *Error
+		want string
+	}{
+		{"op only", &Error{Op: "users.Get"}, "users.Get"},
+		{"op+msg", &Error{Op: "users.Get", Msg: "lookup failed"}, "users.Get: lookup failed"},
+		{"op+err", &Error{Op: "users.Get", Err: plain}, "users.Get: connection refused"},
+		{"op+msg+err", &Error{Op: "users.Get", Msg: "lookup failed", Err: plain}, "users.Get: lookup failed: connection refused"},
+		{"nested *Error", &Error{Op: "users.Get", Msg: "lookup failed", Err: nested}, "users.Get: lookup failed: db.Query: connection refused"},
+		{"empty fields", &Error{}, ""},
+		{"msg only", &Error{Msg: "boom"}, "boom"},
+		{"err only", &Error{Err: plain}, "connection refused"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := tt.err.Error(); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("Error() = %q, want %q", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNew(t *testing.T) {
+	err := New("users.Get", "boom").(*Error)
+	if err.Op != "users.Get" || err.Msg != "boom" || err.Err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected fields: %+v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewf(t *testing.T) {
+	err := Newf("users.Get", "user=%d", 42).(*Error)
+	if err.Op != "users.Get" || err.Msg != "user=42" || err.Err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected fields: %+v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWrap(t *testing.T) {
+	if got := Wrap("users.Get", nil); got != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Wrap(_, nil) = %v, want nil", got)
+	}
+
+	inner := errors.New("boom")
+	got := Wrap("users.Get", inner).(*Error)
+	if got.Op != "users.Get" || got.Msg != "" || got.Err != inner {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected fields: %+v", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWrapf(t *testing.T) {
+	if got := Wrapf("users.Get", nil, "user=%d", 42); got != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Wrapf(_, nil, ...) = %v, want nil", got)
+	}
+
+	inner := errors.New("boom")
+	got := Wrapf("users.Get", inner, "user=%d", 42).(*Error)
+	if got.Op != "users.Get" || got.Msg != "user=42" || got.Err != inner {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected fields: %+v", got)
+	}
+}
+
+var sentinel = errors.New("sentinel")
+
+func TestErrorsIs(t *testing.T) {
+	wrapped := Wrap("a.A", Wrap("b.B", Wrap("c.C", sentinel)))
+	if !errors.Is(wrapped, sentinel) {
+		t.Errorf("errors.Is did not find sentinel in chain: %v", wrapped)
+	}
+	if errors.Is(wrapped, io.EOF) {
+		t.Errorf("errors.Is matched unrelated sentinel")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestErrorsAs(t *testing.T) {
+	wrapped := Wrap("a.A", Wrap("b.B", Wrap("c.C", io.EOF)))
+	var target *Error
+	if !errors.As(wrapped, &target) {
+		t.Fatalf("errors.As did not find *Error in chain")
+	}
+	if target.Op != "a.A" {
+		t.Errorf("errors.As bound %q, want outermost %q", target.Op, "a.A")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNestedChainFormat(t *testing.T) {
+	err := Wrap("a.A", Wrap("b.B", Wrap("c.C", io.EOF)))
+	want := "a.A: b.B: c.C: EOF"
+	if got := err.Error(); got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Error() = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/example_test.go b/example_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c3b3e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package errx_test
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+
+	"git.juancwu.dev/juancwu/errx"
+)
+
+func ExampleNew() {
+	err := errx.New("users.Get", "user not found")
+	fmt.Println(err)
+	// Output: users.Get: user not found
+}
+
+func ExampleWrap() {
+	const op = "users.Get"
+	err := errx.Wrap(op, io.EOF)
+	fmt.Println(err)
+	// Output: users.Get: EOF
+}
+
+func ExampleWrapf() {
+	err := errx.Wrapf("users.Get", io.EOF, "user=%d", 42)
+	fmt.Println(err)
+	// Output: users.Get: user=42: EOF
+}
+
+func ExampleError_chain() {
+	fetch := func() error { return errx.Wrap("db.Query", io.EOF) }
+	get := func() error { return errx.Wrapf("users.Get", fetch(), "user=%d", 42) }
+
+	err := get()
+	fmt.Println(err)
+	fmt.Println(errors.Is(err, io.EOF))
+	// Output:
+	// users.Get: user=42: db.Query: EOF
+	// true
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88d71ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module git.juancwu.dev/juancwu/errx
+
+go 1.26.2