diff --git a/.tool-versions b/.tool-versions
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+++ b/.tool-versions
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+golang 1.24.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmds/main.go b/cmds/main.go
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+++ b/cmds/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"pass-coding-interview/internal/outbound/argocd"
+	"pass-coding-interview/internal/outbound/datadog"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	applicationFlag := "test"
+	// check if the file
+	scheduleId, err := datadog.CreateSchedule(applicationFlag)
+	if err != nil {
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	// check if there is an application currently sync
+	err = argocd.SyncArgoCDApp(applicationFlag)
+	if err != nil {
+		os.Exit(2)
+	}
+	err = datadog.CancelSchedule(scheduleId)
+	if err != nil {
+		os.Exit(3)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
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+++ b/go.mod
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+module pass-coding-interview
+
+go 1.24.1
diff --git a/internal/outbound/argocd/argocd.go b/internal/outbound/argocd/argocd.go
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+++ b/internal/outbound/argocd/argocd.go
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+package argocd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+)
+
+func SyncArgoCDApp(applicationName string) error {
+	requestURL := fmt.Sprintf("https://cd.apps.argoproj.io/api/v1/applications/%s/sync", applicationName)
+	//req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, requestURL, bodyReader)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("an error occured in the SyncArgoCDApp method: %s", err)
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/outbound/datadog/datadog.go b/internal/outbound/datadog/datadog.go
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+++ b/internal/outbound/datadog/datadog.go
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+package datadog
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type ScheduleDowntime struct {
+	Attributes *ScheduleDowntimeAttributes `json:"attributes"`
+	Type       string                      `json:"type"`
+}
+
+type ScheduleDowntimeAttributes struct {
+	Schedule *ScheduleDowntimeSchedule `json:"schedule"`
+	Scope    string                    `json:"scope"`
+}
+
+type ScheduleDowntimeSchedule struct {
+	Start string `json:"start"`
+}
+
+func CreateSchedule(applicationName string) (string, error) {
+
+	jsonBody, err := json.Marshal(ScheduleDowntime{
+		Attributes: &ScheduleDowntimeAttributes{
+			Schedule: &ScheduleDowntimeSchedule{
+				Start: time.Now().UTC().String(),
+			},
+			Scope: applicationName,
+		},
+	})
+	// bodyReader := bytes.NewReader(jsonBody)
+
+	//requestUrl := "https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/downtime"
+	//req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, requestURL, bodyReader)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("an error occured in the CreateSchedule method: %s", err)
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return "hardcoded-id", nil
+}
+
+func CreateSchedule(applicationName string) (string, error) {
+	jsonBody, err := json.Marshal(ScheduleDowntime{
+		Attributes: &ScheduleDowntimeAttributes{
+			Schedule: &ScheduleDowntimeSchedule{
+				Start: time.Now().UTC().String(),
+			},
+			Scope: applicationName,
+		},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("an error occured in the CreateSchedule method: %s", err)
+		return "", err
+	}
+	// bodyReader := bytes.NewReader(jsonBody)
+
+	//requestUrl := "https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/downtime"
+	//req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, requestURL, bodyReader)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("an error occured in the CreateSchedule method: %s", err)
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return "hardcoded-id", nil
+}
+
+func CancelSchedule(id string) error {
+	requestURL := fmt.Sprintf("https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/downtime/%s", id)
+	//req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodDelete, requestURL, bodyReader)"
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("an error occured in the CreateSchedule method: %s", err)
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return nil
+}