diff --git a/backend/capellacollab/cli/__init__.py b/backend/capellacollab/cli/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..677cdfe33a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/capellacollab/cli/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright DB Netz AG and the capella-collab-manager contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/backend/capellacollab/cli/__main__.py b/backend/capellacollab/cli/__main__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b6f443650
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/capellacollab/cli/__main__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright DB Netz AG and the capella-collab-manager contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import typer
+
+import capellacollab.cli.ws
+
+app = typer.Typer()
+app.add_typer(capellacollab.cli.ws.app, name="ws")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    app()
diff --git a/backend/capellacollab/cli/ws.py b/backend/capellacollab/cli/ws.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca90243371
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/capellacollab/cli/ws.py
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright DB Netz AG and the capella-collab-manager contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import typer
+from kubernetes import client, config
+
+app = typer.Typer()
+
+
+@app.command()
+def list(namespace: str = None):
+    config.load_kube_config()
+    core_api = client.CoreV1Api()
+
+    for item in core_api.list_namespaced_persistent_volume_claim(
+        namespace=namespace or get_current_namespace(), watch=False
+    ).items:
+        print(item.metadata.name)
+
+
+@app.command()
+def download(volume_name: str, namespace: str = None):
+    config.load_kube_config()
+    pod = create_temporary_pod(volume_name, namespace)
+    print(pod)
+
+
+def create_temporary_pod(volume_name: str, namespace: str):
+    name = f"download-{volume_name}"
+
+    containers = [
+        client.V1Container(
+            name=name,
+            image="alpine:latest",
+            command=["sleep", "infinity"],
+            volume_mounts=[
+                client.V1VolumeMount(
+                    name=volume_name,
+                    mount_path="/mnt",
+                    read_only=True,
+                )
+            ],
+            image_pull_policy="Always",
+        )
+    ]
+
+    volumes = [
+        client.V1Volume(
+            name=volume_name,
+            persistent_volume_claim=client.V1PersistentVolumeClaimVolumeSource(
+                claim_name=volume_name
+            ),
+        )
+    ]
+
+    pod = client.V1Pod(
+        kind="Pod",
+        api_version="v1",
+        metadata=client.V1ObjectMeta(name=name),
+        spec=client.V1PodSpec(
+            # security_context=pod_security_context,
+            containers=containers,
+            volumes=volumes,
+            restart_policy="Never",
+        ),
+    )
+
+    return client.CoreV1Api().create_namespaced_pod(namespace, pod)
+
+
+def get_current_namespace():
+    try:
+        _, active_context = config.list_kube_config_contexts()
+        return active_context["context"]["namespace"]
+    except KeyError:
+        return "default"
diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index f165432c89..e62c7e2e52 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "starlette-prometheus",
   "fastapi-pagination>=0.12.5",
   "aiohttp",
+  "typer",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]