diff --git a/bread/bin/bread b/bread/bin/bread
index 79f2ea6..b9b5171 100755
--- a/bread/bin/bread
+++ b/bread/bin/bread
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
 #shellcheck disable=1091
 . /bread/site/lib.sh
 
+groupck()
+{
+	groups "$USER" | grep -q "$1" || {
+		echo "You're not in the $1 group!"
+		exit 3
+	}
+}
+
 usage()
 {
 	cat <<-ENDOFUSAGE
@@ -50,10 +58,7 @@ bread_news()
 				cmd="grep -R \"$OPTARG\" \"$BREADNEWS\" -l"
 				;;
 			w)
-				groups "$USER" | grep -q admin || {
-					echo "You're not an admin!"
-					exit 3
-				}
+				groupck admin
 				article="$BREADNEWS/$(date +%F)@$(date +%H:%M).md"
 				cat <<-ENDOFARTICLE >"$article"
 				title	
@@ -80,10 +85,18 @@ bread_news()
 
 bread_docs()
 {
-	while getopts hs:w opt; do
+	while getopts hs:ne: opt; do
 		case "$opt" in
 			h)
 				cat <<-ENDOFHELP
+				bread docs : read helpful documents
+				usage: bread docs [-s QUERY] [-n] [-e QUERY]
+
+				-s QUERY	search for QUERY in documents
+				-n		write a new document
+				:		if it has the same name as another,
+				:		it'll fail
+				-e QUERY	edit a document matching QUERY
 				ENDOFHELP
 				exit
 				;;
@@ -97,7 +110,37 @@ bread_docs()
 				echo " 🍞 🥖 🥐 "
 				return
 				;;
-			w)
+			n)
+				groupck bakers
+				doc="$(mktemp)"
+				cat <<-ENDOFDOC >"$doc"
+				title	
+				author	$USER
+				ENDOFDOC
+				$EDITOR "$doc"
+				fname="$BREADDOCS/$(M title "$doc"|slugify).md"
+				[[ "$fname" =~ */.md ]] && return
+				if [ -f "$fname" ]; then
+					echo "$fname already exists!"
+					echo "Your article is still at $doc."
+					exit 4
+				else
+					cp "$doc" "$fname"
+				fi
+				return
+				;;
+			e)
+				groupck bakers
+				matches=( $(grep -R "$OPTARG" "$BREADDOCS" -l) )
+				if [[ "${#matches[@]}" -eq 1 ]]; then
+					$EDITOR "${matches[0]}"
+					return
+				fi
+				select doc in "${matches[@]}"; do
+					[ "$REPLY" = q ] && return
+					$EDITOR "$doc"
+					return
+				done
 				;;
 			\?) return 2 ;;
 			*) return 2 ;;
@@ -105,6 +148,7 @@ bread_docs()
 	done
 
 	select doc in "$BREADDOCS"/*; do
+		[ "$REPLY" = q ] && return
 		echo " 🍞 🥖 🥐 "
 		printf '\033[34;1;4m%s\033[0m\n' "$(M title "$doc")"
 		printf '\033[34;1m%s\033[0m\n' "$(M date "$doc")"