diff --git a/lib/rscons.rb b/lib/rscons.rb
index bfe4204..eba02c6 100644
--- a/lib/rscons.rb
+++ b/lib/rscons.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require_relative "rscons/ansi"
+require_relative "rscons/application"
 require_relative "rscons/build_target"
 require_relative "rscons/builder"
 require_relative "rscons/cache"
@@ -48,18 +49,13 @@ module Rscons
 
   class << self
 
-    # @return [Integer]
-    #   The number of threads to use when scheduling subprocesses.
-    attr_accessor :n_threads
-
-    # @return [Boolean]
-    #   Whether to output ANSI color escape sequences.
-    attr_accessor :do_ansi_color
-
-    # @since 1.16.0
-    # @return [VarSet]
-    #   Access any variables set on the rscons command-line.
-    attr_reader :vars
+    # Access the Application singleton.
+    #
+    # @return [Application]
+    #   The Application singleton.
+    def application
+      @application ||= Application.new
+    end
 
     # Remove all generated files.
     #
@@ -200,46 +196,8 @@ module Rscons
       end.sort
     end
 
-    private
-
-    # Determine the number of threads to use by default.
-    #
-    # @return [Integer]
-    #   The number of threads to use by default.
-    def determine_n_threads
-      # If the user specifies the number of threads in the environment, then
-      # respect that.
-      if ENV["RSCONS_NTHREADS"] =~ /^(\d+)$/
-        return $1.to_i
-      end
-
-      # Otherwise try to figure out how many threads are available on the
-      # host hardware.
-      begin
-        case RbConfig::CONFIG["host_os"]
-        when /linux/
-          return File.read("/proc/cpuinfo").scan(/^processor\s*:/).size
-        when /mswin|mingw/
-          if `wmic cpu get NumberOfLogicalProcessors /value` =~ /NumberOfLogicalProcessors=(\d+)/
-            return $1.to_i
-          end
-        when /darwin/
-          if `sysctl -n hw.ncpu` =~ /(\d+)/
-            return $1.to_i
-          end
-        end
-      rescue
-      end
-
-      # If we can't figure it out, default to 1.
-      1
-    end
-
   end
 
-  @n_threads = determine_n_threads
-  @vars = VarSet.new
-
 end
 
 # Unbuffer $stdout
diff --git a/lib/rscons/ansi.rb b/lib/rscons/ansi.rb
index 6952fd0..e9b84a2 100644
--- a/lib/rscons/ansi.rb
+++ b/lib/rscons/ansi.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module Rscons
       #
       # @return [void]
       def write(io, *message)
-        do_color = Rscons.do_ansi_color
+        do_color = Rscons.application.do_ansi_color
         if do_color.nil?
           do_color = do_ansi?(io)
         end
diff --git a/lib/rscons/application.rb b/lib/rscons/application.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f4caae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rscons/application.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+module Rscons
+
+  # Functionality for an instance of the rscons application invocation.
+  class Application
+
+    # @return [Boolean]
+    #   Whether to output ANSI color escape sequences.
+    attr_accessor :do_ansi_color
+
+    # @return [Integer]
+    #   The number of threads to use when scheduling subprocesses.
+    attr_accessor :n_threads
+
+    # @return [VarSet]
+    #   Access any variables set on the rscons command-line.
+    attr_reader :vars
+
+    def initialize
+      @vars = VarSet.new
+      @n_threads = determine_n_threads
+    end
+
+    # Run the specified operation.
+    #
+    # @param operation [String]
+    #   The operation to perform (e.g. "clean", "configure", "build", etc...)
+    #
+    # @return [Integer]
+    #   Process exit code (0 on success).
+    def run(operation)
+      # TODO
+      0
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    # Determine the number of threads to use by default.
+    #
+    # @return [Integer]
+    #   The number of threads to use by default.
+    def determine_n_threads
+      # If the user specifies the number of threads in the environment, then
+      # respect that.
+      if ENV["RSCONS_NTHREADS"] =~ /^(\d+)$/
+        return $1.to_i
+      end
+
+      # Otherwise try to figure out how many threads are available on the
+      # host hardware.
+      begin
+        case RbConfig::CONFIG["host_os"]
+        when /linux/
+          return File.read("/proc/cpuinfo").scan(/^processor\s*:/).size
+        when /mswin|mingw/
+          if `wmic cpu get NumberOfLogicalProcessors /value` =~ /NumberOfLogicalProcessors=(\d+)/
+            return $1.to_i
+          end
+        when /darwin/
+          if `sysctl -n hw.ncpu` =~ /(\d+)/
+            return $1.to_i
+          end
+        end
+      rescue
+      end
+
+      # If we can't figure it out, default to 1.
+      1
+    end
+
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/lib/rscons/cli.rb b/lib/rscons/cli.rb
index 090712a..cf1c8b5 100644
--- a/lib/rscons/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/rscons/cli.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Configure options:
   --prefix=PREFIX             Set installation prefix (default: /usr/local)
 
 Build options:
-  -j N, --nthreads=N          Set number of threads (local default: #{Rscons.n_threads})
+  -j N, --nthreads=N          Set number of threads (local default: #{Rscons.application.n_threads})
 
 EOF
 
@@ -44,56 +44,45 @@ module Rscons
       def run(argv)
         argv = argv.dup
         rsconsfile = nil
+        do_help = false
 
         OptionParser.new do |opts|
           opts.banner = "Usage: #{$0} [options]"
 
-          opts.on("-f FILE", "Execute FILE (default Rsconsfile)") do |f|
+          opts.on("-f FILE") do |f|
             rsconsfile = f
           end
 
-          opts.on("-j NTHREADS", "Use NTHREADS parallel jobs (local default #{Rscons.n_threads})") do |n_threads|
-            Rscons.n_threads = n_threads.to_i
+          opts.on("-j NTHREADS") do |n_threads|
+            Rscons.application.n_threads = n_threads.to_i
           end
 
-          opts.on("-r", "--color MODE", "Set color mode (off, auto, force)") do |color_mode|
+          opts.on("-r", "--color MODE") do |color_mode|
             case color_mode
             when "off"
-              Rscons.do_ansi_color = false
+              Rscons.application.do_ansi_color = false
             when "force"
-              Rscons.do_ansi_color = true
+              Rscons.application.do_ansi_color = true
             end
           end
 
-          opts.on("--version", "Show version") do
+          opts.on("--version") do
             puts "Rscons version #{Rscons::VERSION}"
             exit 0
           end
 
-          opts.on("-h", "--help", "Show this help.") do
-            puts USAGE
-            exit 0
+          opts.on("-h", "--help") do
+            do_help = true
           end
 
         end.order!(argv)
 
-        if argv.empty?
-          puts USAGE
-          exit 0
-        end
-
-        case argv.first
-        when "clean"
-          Rscons.clean
-          exit 0
-        when "configure"
-          # TODO
-          exit 0
-        end
+        # Retrieve the operation, or default to build.
+        operation = argv.shift || "build"
 
         argv.each do |arg|
           if arg =~ /^([^=]+)=(.*)$/
-            Rscons.vars[$1] = $2
+            Rscons.application.vars[$1] = $2
           end
         end
 
@@ -113,13 +102,15 @@ module Rscons
           end
         end
 
-        begin
-          load rsconsfile
-        rescue Rscons::BuildError => e
-          exit 1
-        end
+        script = Script.new
+        script.load(rsconsfile)
 
-        exit 0
+        if do_help
+          puts USAGE
+          exit 0
+        else
+          exit Rscons.application.run(operation)
+        end
       end
 
     end
diff --git a/lib/rscons/environment.rb b/lib/rscons/environment.rb
index c844ee8..4586f87 100644
--- a/lib/rscons/environment.rb
+++ b/lib/rscons/environment.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ module Rscons
 
     # @return [Integer]
     #   The number of threads to use for this Environment. If nil (the
-    #   default), the global Rscons.n_threads default value will be used.
+    #   default), the global Rscons.application.n_threads default value will be
+    #   used.
     attr_writer :n_threads
 
     # Set the build root.
@@ -871,7 +872,7 @@ module Rscons
     # @return [Integer]
     #   Number of threads to use for parallelized builds in this Environment.
     def n_threads
-      @n_threads || Rscons.n_threads
+      @n_threads || Rscons.application.n_threads
     end
 
     # Print the builder run message, depending on the Environment's echo mode.
diff --git a/lib/rscons/script.rb b/lib/rscons/script.rb
index 16f905f..046d3cd 100644
--- a/lib/rscons/script.rb
+++ b/lib/rscons/script.rb
@@ -4,22 +4,30 @@ module Rscons
   # the DSL for the build script to use.
   class Script
 
-    class << self
+    # @return [String, nil]
+    #   Project name.
+    attr_accessor :project_name
 
-      # Load a script from the specified file.
-      #
-      # @param path [String]
-      #   File name of the rscons script to load.
-      #
-      # @return [Script]
-      #   The loaded script state.
-      def load(path)
-        script_contents = File.read(path, mode: "rb")
-        script = Script.new
-        script.instance_eval(script_contents, path, 1)
-        script
-      end
+    # @return [Boolean]
+    #   Whether to autoconfigure if the user does not explicitly perform a
+    #   configure operation before building (default: true).
+    attr_accessor :autoconf
 
+    # Construct a Script.
+    def initialize
+      @project_name = nil
+      @autoconf = true
+    end
+
+    # Load a script from the specified file.
+    #
+    # @param path [String]
+    #   File name of the rscons script to load.
+    #
+    # @return [void]
+    def load(path)
+      script_contents = File.read(path, mode: "rb")
+      self.instance_eval(script_contents, path, 1)
     end
 
   end
diff --git a/spec/rscons/application_spec.rb b/spec/rscons/application_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab45b42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/rscons/application_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+module Rscons
+  describe Application do
+
+    describe ".determine_n_threads" do
+      context "when specified by environment variable" do
+        before(:each) do
+          expect(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("RSCONS_NTHREADS").and_return("3")
+        end
+        it "returns the user-specified number of threads to use" do
+          expect(Rscons.application.__send__(:determine_n_threads)).to eq(3)
+        end
+      end
+
+      context "when not specified by environment variable" do
+        before(:each) do
+          expect(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("RSCONS_NTHREADS").and_return(nil)
+        end
+
+        context "on Linux" do
+          before(:each) do
+            expect(RbConfig::CONFIG).to receive(:[]).with("host_os").and_return("linux")
+          end
+          it "returns the number of processors from /proc/cpuinfo" do
+            expect(File).to receive(:read).with("/proc/cpuinfo").and_return(<<EOF)
+processor : 0
+processor   : 1
+EOF
+            expect(Rscons.application.__send__(:determine_n_threads)).to eq(2)
+          end
+        end
+
+        context "on Windows" do
+          before(:each) do
+            expect(RbConfig::CONFIG).to receive(:[]).with("host_os").and_return("mingw")
+          end
+          it "returns the number of logical processors that wmic reports" do
+            expect(Rscons).to receive(:`).with("wmic cpu get NumberOfLogicalProcessors /value").and_return("NumberOfLogicalProcessors=7")
+            expect(Rscons.application.__send__(:determine_n_threads)).to eq(7)
+          end
+        end
+
+        context "on Darwin" do
+          before(:each) do
+            expect(RbConfig::CONFIG).to receive(:[]).with("host_os").and_return("darwin")
+          end
+          it "returns the number of threads that sysctl reports" do
+            expect(Rscons).to receive(:`).with("sysctl -n hw.ncpu").and_return("6")
+            expect(Rscons.application.__send__(:determine_n_threads)).to eq(6)
+          end
+        end
+
+        context "on an unknown platform" do
+          before(:each) do
+            expect(RbConfig::CONFIG).to receive(:[]).with("host_os").and_return("other")
+          end
+          it "returns 1" do
+            expect(Rscons.application.__send__(:determine_n_threads)).to eq(1)
+          end
+        end
+
+        context "when an error occurs" do
+          it "returns 1" do
+            expect(RbConfig::CONFIG).to receive(:[]).with("host_os").and_raise("foo")
+            expect(Rscons.application.__send__(:determine_n_threads)).to eq(1)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/rscons_spec.rb b/spec/rscons_spec.rb
index 7170e8d..767e3d5 100644
--- a/spec/rscons_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rscons_spec.rb
@@ -150,70 +150,4 @@ describe Rscons do
       end
     end
   end
-
-  describe ".determine_n_threads" do
-    context "when specified by environment variable" do
-      before(:each) do
-        expect(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("RSCONS_NTHREADS").and_return("3")
-      end
-      it "returns the user-specified number of threads to use" do
-        expect(Rscons.__send__(:determine_n_threads)).to eq(3)
-      end
-    end
-
-    context "when not specified by environment variable" do
-      before(:each) do
-        expect(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("RSCONS_NTHREADS").and_return(nil)
-      end
-
-      context "on Linux" do
-        before(:each) do
-          expect(RbConfig::CONFIG).to receive(:[]).with("host_os").and_return("linux")
-        end
-        it "returns the number of processors from /proc/cpuinfo" do
-          expect(File).to receive(:read).with("/proc/cpuinfo").and_return(<<EOF)
-processor : 0
-processor   : 1
-EOF
-          expect(Rscons.__send__(:determine_n_threads)).to eq(2)
-        end
-      end
-
-      context "on Windows" do
-        before(:each) do
-          expect(RbConfig::CONFIG).to receive(:[]).with("host_os").and_return("mingw")
-        end
-        it "returns the number of logical processors that wmic reports" do
-          expect(Rscons).to receive(:`).with("wmic cpu get NumberOfLogicalProcessors /value").and_return("NumberOfLogicalProcessors=7")
-          expect(Rscons.__send__(:determine_n_threads)).to eq(7)
-        end
-      end
-
-      context "on Darwin" do
-        before(:each) do
-          expect(RbConfig::CONFIG).to receive(:[]).with("host_os").and_return("darwin")
-        end
-        it "returns the number of threads that sysctl reports" do
-          expect(Rscons).to receive(:`).with("sysctl -n hw.ncpu").and_return("6")
-          expect(Rscons.__send__(:determine_n_threads)).to eq(6)
-        end
-      end
-
-      context "on an unknown platform" do
-        before(:each) do
-          expect(RbConfig::CONFIG).to receive(:[]).with("host_os").and_return("other")
-        end
-        it "returns 1" do
-          expect(Rscons.__send__(:determine_n_threads)).to eq(1)
-        end
-      end
-
-      context "when an error occurs" do
-        it "returns 1" do
-          expect(RbConfig::CONFIG).to receive(:[]).with("host_os").and_raise("foo")
-          expect(Rscons.__send__(:determine_n_threads)).to eq(1)
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
 end