diff --git a/app/app.ts b/app/app.ts
index 187b077..e85fe0b 100644
--- a/app/app.ts
+++ b/app/app.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { documentCommands } from "@commands/document";
 import { createCommandRegistry } from "@commands/registry";
 import { selectionCommands } from "@commands/selection";
 import { viewportCommands } from "@commands/viewport";
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ import { createAppStore } from "@editor/store";
 export type ImageStudioApp = ReturnType<typeof createImageStudioApp>;
 
 export function createImageStudioApp(options?: { documentName?: string }) {
-  const registry = createCommandRegistry([...viewportCommands, ...selectionCommands]);
+  const registry = createCommandRegistry([...viewportCommands, ...selectionCommands, ...documentCommands]);
   const store = createAppStore(createInitialAppState(options?.documentName), registry);
 
   return {
diff --git a/commands/document.test.ts b/commands/document.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2da946d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/document.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { createInitialAppState } from "@editor/initial-state";
+import { documentAddArtboardCommand } from "./document";
+
+describe("document commands", () => {
+  test("adds transparent artboard", () => {
+    const next = documentAddArtboardCommand.execute(
+      { state: createInitialAppState("Test") },
+      { id: "a1", name: "Artboard 1", bounds: { x: 0, y: 0, w: 320, h: 240 } },
+    );
+
+    expect(next.document.artboards).toEqual([
+      {
+        id: "a1",
+        name: "Artboard 1",
+        bounds: { x: 0, y: 0, w: 320, h: 240 },
+        backgroundColor: "transparent",
+        layers: [],
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/commands/document.ts b/commands/document.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..698cedf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/document.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import type { Rect } from "@core/geometry";
+import type { ArtboardId } from "@core/id";
+import type { Command } from "./command";
+
+export type DocumentAddArtboardPayload = {
+  id: ArtboardId;
+  name: string;
+  bounds: Rect;
+};
+
+export const documentAddArtboardCommand: Command<DocumentAddArtboardPayload> = {
+  id: "document.addArtboard",
+  name: "Add artboard",
+  execute({ state }, payload) {
+    return {
+      ...state,
+      document: {
+        ...state.document,
+        artboards: [
+          ...state.document.artboards,
+          {
+            id: payload.id,
+            name: payload.name,
+            bounds: payload.bounds,
+            backgroundColor: "transparent",
+            layers: [],
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    };
+  },
+};
+
+export const documentCommands = [documentAddArtboardCommand] satisfies Command<unknown>[];
diff --git a/commands/index.ts b/commands/index.ts
index b3853e5..c105f56 100644
--- a/commands/index.ts
+++ b/commands/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 export type { Command, CommandContext } from "./command";
+export { documentAddArtboardCommand, documentCommands } from "./document";
+export type { DocumentAddArtboardPayload } from "./document";
 export type { CommandDispatcher, Dispatch } from "./dispatcher";
 export type { CommandId, CommandPayloads } from "./payloads";
 export { createCommandDispatcher } from "./dispatcher";
diff --git a/commands/payloads.ts b/commands/payloads.ts
index abefd3c..4244b13 100644
--- a/commands/payloads.ts
+++ b/commands/payloads.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { DocumentAddArtboardPayload } from "./document";
 import type { SelectionAddLayerPayload, SelectionSetPayload } from "./selection";
 import type {
   ViewportPanPayload,
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ import type {
 } from "./viewport";
 
 export type CommandPayloads = {
+  "document.addArtboard": DocumentAddArtboardPayload;
   "selection.set": SelectionSetPayload;
   "selection.clear": void;
   "selection.addLayer": SelectionAddLayerPayload;