diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0f6c07d..b671051 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,20 +2,22 @@ module asciigoat.org/core
 
 go 1.19
 
-require github.com/mgechev/revive v1.3.3
+require (
+	github.com/fatih/structtag v1.2.0
+	github.com/mgechev/revive v1.3.3
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
+)
 
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/chavacava/garif v0.0.0-20230608123814-4bd63c2919ab // indirect
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0 // indirect
-	github.com/fatih/structtag v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.17 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9 // indirect
 	github.com/mgechev/dots v0.0.0-20210922191527-e955255bf517 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5 // indirect
-	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.12.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/reflection/reflect_help.go b/reflection/reflect_help.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e61da22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reflection/reflect_help.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package reflection
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+)
+
+func structFieldName(sf reflect.StructField) string {
+	if sf.Anonymous {
+		idx := sf.Index[len(sf.Index)-1]
+
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s-%v", "anonymous", idx)
+	}
+
+	return sf.Name
+}
diff --git a/reflection/reflection.go b/reflection/reflection.go
index 990b3b3..2f1a83e 100644
--- a/reflection/reflection.go
+++ b/reflection/reflection.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 // of a value
 type Reflection struct {
 	v reflect.Value
+
+	types map[reflect.Type]TypeInfo
 }
 
 // Value returns the object it reflects
@@ -26,7 +28,8 @@ func New(v any) (*Reflection, error) {
 	}
 
 	r := &Reflection{
-		v: rv,
+		v:     rv,
+		types: make(map[reflect.Type]TypeInfo),
 	}
 
 	if err := r.scan(); err != nil {
diff --git a/reflection/scan.go b/reflection/scan.go
index 60d84b6..8d2bf3e 100644
--- a/reflection/scan.go
+++ b/reflection/scan.go
@@ -1,5 +1,37 @@
 package reflection
 
-func (*Reflection) scan() error {
+import (
+	"reflect"
+)
+
+func (r *Reflection) scanType(rt reflect.Type) error {
+	switch rt.Kind() {
+	case reflect.Pointer, reflect.Slice:
+		rt = rt.Elem()
+	}
+
+	if _, ok := r.types[rt]; ok {
+		// cached
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	ti, err := NewTypeInfo(rt)
+	if err != nil {
+		return &UnmarshalTypeError{Type: rt, Err: err}
+	}
+
+	r.types[rt] = ti
+
+	for i := range ti.fields {
+		err := r.scanType(ti.fields[i].sf.Type)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (r *Reflection) scan() error {
+	return r.scanType(r.v.Type())
+}
diff --git a/reflection/typeinfo.go b/reflection/typeinfo.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..500461e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reflection/typeinfo.go
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+package reflection
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"reflect"
+
+	"github.com/fatih/structtag"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+// TypeInfo ...
+type TypeInfo struct {
+	rt reflect.Type
+
+	fields []TypeInfoField
+}
+
+// Type ...
+func (ti *TypeInfo) Type() reflect.Type {
+	return ti.rt
+}
+
+// Kind ...
+func (ti *TypeInfo) Kind() reflect.Kind {
+	return ti.rt.Kind()
+}
+
+// TypeInfoField ...
+type TypeInfoField struct {
+	sf   reflect.StructField
+	tags *structtag.Tags
+
+	Name string
+}
+
+// Type ...
+func (tif *TypeInfoField) Type() reflect.Type {
+	return tif.sf.Type
+}
+
+// Kind ...
+func (tif *TypeInfoField) Kind() reflect.Kind {
+	return tif.sf.Type.Kind()
+}
+
+// Tag ...
+func (tif *TypeInfoField) Tag(key string) (*structtag.Tag, bool) {
+	if tif.tags != nil {
+		tag, _ := tif.tags.Get(key)
+		if tag != nil {
+			return tag, true
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, false
+}
+
+// NewTypeInfo ...
+func NewTypeInfo(rt reflect.Type) (TypeInfo, error) {
+	log.Printf("%s.%s: %s (%s)", "reflection", "NewTypeInfo", rt, rt.Kind())
+
+	ti := TypeInfo{
+		rt: rt,
+	}
+
+	err := ti.init()
+	return ti, err
+}
+
+func (ti *TypeInfo) init() error {
+	switch ti.Kind() {
+	case reflect.Struct:
+		return ti.initStruct()
+	default:
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func (ti *TypeInfo) initStruct() error {
+	// load fields
+	n := ti.rt.NumField()
+	fields := make([]TypeInfoField, 0, n)
+	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+		sf := ti.rt.Field(i)
+		tags, err := structtag.Parse(string(sf.Tag))
+
+		if err != nil {
+			// tag parse error
+			err = &UnmarshalTypeError{
+				Type: ti.rt,
+				Err:  errors.Wrap(err, structFieldName(sf)),
+			}
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if sf.IsExported() {
+			log.Printf("%s.%s:   [%v]: %q %s (%s)",
+				"reflection", "NewTypeInfo",
+				i, structFieldName(sf), sf.Type, sf.Type.Kind())
+
+			fields = append(fields, TypeInfoField{
+				sf:   sf,
+				tags: tags,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	ti.fields = fields
+	return nil
+}