diff --git a/src/cli_cms/cli_utils.clj b/src/cli_cms/cli_utils.clj
index 802db2f..f228159 100644
--- a/src/cli_cms/cli_utils.clj
+++ b/src/cli_cms/cli_utils.clj
@@ -4,8 +4,15 @@
    [clojure.pprint :refer [pprint]]
    [babashka.process :refer [shell]]))
 
-(defn select [l]
-  (str/trim (:out (apply shell {:out :string} (concat '("gum" "filter") l)))))
+(defn select
+  "Select from a list of options using gum filter.
+   Args:
+    l list of {:item any :value string}"
+  [l]
+  (let [values (map :value l)
+        selected-value (str/trim (:out (apply shell {:out :string} (concat '("gum" "filter") values))))
+        selected-item (:item (first (filter #(= (:value %) selected-value) l)))]
+    selected-item))
 
 ;; (defn print [text]
 ;;   (shell (format "gum style --foreground 212 %s" text)))
diff --git a/src/cli_cms/delete.clj b/src/cli_cms/delete.clj
index 218f5de..8793e78 100644
--- a/src/cli_cms/delete.clj
+++ b/src/cli_cms/delete.clj
@@ -14,7 +14,5 @@
   (http/delete (str (:backend-host config) "/api/snippet") {:query-params {"id" id}}))
 
 (defn run []
-  (let [snippets (fetch-snippets)
-        selected-slug (utils/select (map :slug snippets))
-        selected-snippet (first (filter #(= (:slug %) selected-slug) snippets))]
+  (let [selected-snippet (utils/select (map #(hash-map :value (:slug %) :item %) (fetch-snippets)))]
     (delete-snippet (:id selected-snippet))))
diff --git a/src/cli_cms/edit.clj b/src/cli_cms/edit.clj
index cab0a7b..0a1f074 100644
--- a/src/cli_cms/edit.clj
+++ b/src/cli_cms/edit.clj
@@ -1 +1,38 @@
-(ns cli-cms.edit)
+(ns cli-cms.edit
+  (:require
+   [babashka.http-client :as http]
+   [clojure.pprint :refer [pprint]]
+   [cli-cms.config :refer [config]]
+   [cheshire.core :as json]
+   [cli-cms.cli-utils :as utils]))
+
+(defn fetch-snippets []
+  (let [res (http/get (str (:backend-host config) "/api/snippets?limit=25"))]
+    (json/parse-string (:body res) true)))
+
+;; (defn fetch-snippet [id]
+;;   (let [res (http/get (str (:backend-host config) "/api/snippet") {:query-params {"id" id}})]
+;;     (json/parse-string (:body res) true)))
+(defn prompt-for-edit-type []
+  (utils/select '({:value "title" :item :title}
+                  {:value "markdown" :item :markdown}
+                  {:value "slug" :item :slug}
+                  {:value "tags" :item :tags}
+                  {:value "done" :item :done})))
+
+;; (defn send-patch [{:keys [title slug markdown tags]}]
+;;   (http/post (str (:backend-host config) "/api/snippet")
+;;              {:headers {:content-type "application/json"}
+;;               :body (json/encode {:title title :slug slug :markdown markdown :tags tags})}))
+
+(defn edit [snippet]
+  (case (prompt-for-edit-type)
+    :title (edit (assoc snippet :title (utils/prompt-for "title")))
+    :slug (edit (assoc snippet :slug (utils/prompt-for "slug")))
+    :tags (edit (assoc snippet :tags (utils/prompt-for-many "tags")))
+    :markdown (edit (assoc snippet :markdown (utils/prompt-for-long-form "markdown")))
+    :done snippet))
+
+(defn run []
+  (let [snippet-to-edit (utils/select (map #(hash-map :value (:slug %) :item %) (fetch-snippets)))]
+    (pprint (edit snippet-to-edit))))
diff --git a/src/cli_cms/main.clj b/src/cli_cms/main.clj
index b1eb2a5..d5f24fd 100644
--- a/src/cli_cms/main.clj
+++ b/src/cli_cms/main.clj
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 (ns cli-cms.main
   (:require
    [cli-cms.create :as create]
+   [cli-cms.edit :as edit]
    [cli-cms.delete :as delete]))
 
 (defn -main [& args]
   (case (first args)
     "create" (create/run)
     "delete" (delete/run)
-    "edit" (println "TODO: implment edit snippet")
+    "edit" (edit/run)
     (println "Missing command. Try create, edit, or delete.")))