diff --git a/types/teddy/index.d.ts b/types/teddy/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for teddy 0.4
+// Project: https://github.com/rooseveltframework/teddy
+// Definitions by: Benjamin Lannon <https://github.com/lannonbr>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 2.2
+
+// compiles a template
+export function compile(template: string): string;
+
+// parses a template
+export function render(template: string, model: object): string;
+
+// mutator method to set template root param; must be a string
+export function setTemplateRoot(path: string): void;
+
+// mutator method to set verbosity param. takes human-readable string argument and converts it to an integer for more efficient checks against the setting
+export function setVerbosity(n: number | string): void;
+
+// turn on or off the setting to cache template renders
+export function cacheRenders(b: boolean): void;
+
+// mutator method to set default caches param: the number of cached versions of each templates to store by default if cacheRenders is enabled
+export function setDefaultCaches(n: number): void;
+
+// mutator method to set max caches for a given registered template
+export function setMaxCaches(template: string, n: number): void;
+
+// mutator method to set a whitelist of templates to cache, e.g. { "myTemplate.html": maxCaches} where maxCaches is an integer
+export function setCacheWhitelist(o: object): void;
+
+// mutator method to set a blacklist of templates not to cache as an array
+export function setCacheBlacklist(templateArray: ReadonlyArray<string>): void;
+
+// sets all params to their default values
+export function setDefaultParams(): void;
+
+// invalidates cache of a given template and model combination
+// if no model is supplied, deletes all caches of the given template
+export function flushCache(template: string, model?: object): void;
+
+// mutator method to set max passes param: the number of times the parser can iterate over the template
+export function setMaxPasses(n: number): void;
+
+// turn on or off the setting to compile templates at every render
+export function compileAtEveryRender(b: boolean): void;
+
+// turn on or off the setting to minify templates using teddy's internal minifier
+export function minify(b: boolean): void;
+
+// default values for parameters sent to teddy
+export let params: object;
+
+// compiled templates are stored as object collections, e.g. { "myTemplate.html": "<p>some markup</p>"}
+export let templates: object;
+
+// cache of fully rendered temmplates, e.g. { "myTemplate.html": "<p>some markup</p>"}
+export let renderedTemplates: object;
diff --git a/types/teddy/teddy-tests.ts b/types/teddy/teddy-tests.ts
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+import * as teddy from "teddy";
+
+teddy.compile("template.html");
+
+const markup = teddy.render("template.html", {});
+
+teddy.setTemplateRoot("~/");
+
+teddy.setVerbosity(3);
+
+teddy.cacheRenders(true);
+
+teddy.setDefaultCaches(2);
+
+teddy.setMaxCaches("template.html", 2);
+
+teddy.setCacheWhitelist({ "template.html": 5 });
+
+teddy.setCacheBlacklist(["template1.html", "template2.html"]);
+
+teddy.setDefaultParams();
+
+teddy.flushCache("template.html");
+teddy.flushCache("template.html", {});
+
+teddy.setMaxPasses(500);
+
+teddy.compileAtEveryRender(true);
+
+teddy.minify(false);
diff --git a/types/teddy/tsconfig.json b/types/teddy/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": ["es6"],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": ["../"],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": ["index.d.ts", "teddy-tests.ts"]
+}
diff --git a/types/teddy/tslint.json b/types/teddy/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }