diff --git a/github-deploy/bin/deployment-get-payload b/github-deploy/bin/deployment-get-payload
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..38c8d86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github-deploy/bin/deployment-get-payload
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+if [ -z "$1" ] ; then
+  echo "Payload argument  must be set. Usage: deployment-get-payload <payload>"
+  exit 64
+fi
+
+BASEDIR=$(dirname "$0")
+_payload_field=$1
+
+"${BASEDIR}"/JSON.sh < "${GITHUB_EVENT_PATH}" | grep "\[\"deployment\",\"payload\",\"config\",\"${_payload_field}\"]" | cut -f2 | sed -e 's/^"//' -e 's/"$//'
diff --git a/github-deploy/bin/deployment-get-task b/github-deploy/bin/deployment-get-task
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..57622f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github-deploy/bin/deployment-get-task
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+BASEDIR=$(dirname "$0")
+"${BASEDIR}"/JSON.sh < "${GITHUB_EVENT_PATH}" | grep "\[\"deployment\",\"task\"]" | cut -f2 | sed -e 's/^"//' -e 's/"$//'