diff --git a/src/commandmodel.cpp b/src/commandmodel.cpp
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+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Srevin Saju <srevinsaju@sugarlabs.org>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+#include <QDebug>
+
+#include "commandmodel.h"
+
+
+QVariantList CommandModel::filterModel(const QString &filter)
+{
+    QVariantList result;
+
+    for (const QVariant &e : matrix) {
+        auto command = qvariant_cast<Command>(e);
+        if (command.command.startsWith(filter)) {
+            result.append(e);
+            if (result.length() > 10) {
+                return result;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+
+// the help messages are taken from Element (web matrix client, app.element.io)
+const QVariantList CommandModel::matrix = {
+    QVariant::fromValue(Command{"/join", "Join a given room with address"}),
+    QVariant::fromValue(Command{"/me", "Displays action"}),
+
+};
diff --git a/src/commandmodel.h b/src/commandmodel.h
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+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Srevin Saju <srevinsaju@sugarlabs.org>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QSettings>
+#include <QVariant>
+#include <QVector>
+#include <utility>
+
+struct Command {
+    Command(QString u, QString s)
+        : command(std::move(std::move(u)))
+        , help(std::move(std::move(s)))
+    {
+    }
+    Command() = default;
+
+    friend QDataStream &operator<<(QDataStream &arch, const Command &object)
+    {
+        arch << object.command;
+        arch << object.help;
+        return arch;
+    }
+
+    friend QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &arch, Command &object)
+    {
+        arch >> object.command;
+        arch >> object.help;
+        return arch;
+    }
+
+    QString command;
+    QString help;
+
+Q_GADGET
+    Q_PROPERTY(QString command MEMBER command)
+    Q_PROPERTY(QString help MEMBER help)
+};
+
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(Command)
+
+class CommandModel : public QObject
+{
+Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+    explicit CommandModel(QObject *parent = nullptr)
+        : QObject(parent)
+    {
+    }
+
+    Q_INVOKABLE static QVariantList filterModel(const QString &filter);
+
+private:
+    static const QVariantList matrix;
+};