diff --git a/api.md b/api.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 78158a6..0000000
--- a/api.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# ssb-server replicate plugin
-
-Sync feeds between peers.
-
-
-## changes: source
-
-Listen to replicate events.
-
-```bash
-changes
-```
-
-```js
-changes()
-```
-
-Emits events of the following form:
-
-```
-{ type: 'progress', peerid:, total:, progress:, feeds:, sync: }
-```
-
-## upto: source
-
-returns {} of feeds to replicate, with sequences
-
-## request: sync
-
-request a given feed, either as request(id) to replicate that feed,
-or request(id, false) to disable replication.
-
-## block: sync
-
-call when `from` blocks `to`: `block(from, to, isBlocking)`.
diff --git a/help.js b/help.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fca3bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/help.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+
+module.exports = {
+  description: 'legacy replication & stub api for replication',
+  commands: {
+    request: {
+      type: 'sync',
+      description: 'request a specific feed to be replicated or not',
+      args: {
+        id: {
+          type: 'FeedId',
+          description: 'FeedId to enable or disable replication'
+        },
+        replicate: {
+          type: 'boolean',
+          description: 'wether to replicate this feed, defaults to true'
+        }
+      }
+
+    },
+    block: {
+      type: 'sync',
+      description: 'block or unblock replication of a feed',
+      args: {
+        from: {
+          type: 'FeedId',
+          description: 'feed id which created the block'
+        },
+        to: {
+          type: 'FeedId',
+          description: 'feed id which was blocked'
+        },
+        blocking: {
+          type: 'boolean',
+          description: 'wether this is a block or unblock, defaults to unblock (false)'
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    upto: {
+      type: 'source',
+      description: 'stream {id, sequence} tuples of the sequence you are up to for every feed',
+      args: {
+        live: {
+          type: 'boolean',
+          description: 'include real time changes to replication state, such as new feeds followed'
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    changes: {
+      type: 'source',
+      description: 'stream of replication change events, recommend polling sbot.progress instead',
+      args: {}
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 32b1024..49b62dd 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ var pull = require('pull-stream')
 module.exports = {
   name: 'replicate',
   version: '2.0.0',
-  manifest: mdm.manifest(fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'api.md'), 'utf8')),
+  manifest: require('./manifest.json'),
+//mdm.manifest(fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'api.md'), 'utf8')),
   //replicate: replicate,
   init: function (ssbServer, config) {
     var notify = Notify(), upto
@@ -28,8 +29,12 @@ module.exports = {
       return {
         request: function () {},
         block: function (from, to, blocking) {},
-        changes: function () { return function (abort, cb) { cb(true) } }
+        changes: function () { return function (abort, cb) { cb(true) } },
+        help: function () {
+          return require('./help')
+        }
       }
   }
 }
 
+
diff --git a/legacy.js b/legacy.js
index 43b7fd6..e3c7ef8 100644
--- a/legacy.js
+++ b/legacy.js
@@ -389,6 +389,11 @@ module.exports = function (ssbServer, notify, config) {
     upto: upto,
     changes: notify.listen,
     block: function (from, to, blocking) {
+      if(isObject(from)) {
+        to = from.to
+        blocking = from.blocking
+        from = from.from
+      }
       if(blocking) {
         blocks[from] = blocks[from] || {}
         blocks[from][to] = blocking
@@ -396,6 +401,9 @@ module.exports = function (ssbServer, notify, config) {
       else if (blocks[from]) {
         delete blocks[from][to]
       }
+    },
+    help: function () {
+      return require('./help')
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd04b17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+{
+  "changes": "source",
+  "upto": "source",
+  "request": "sync",
+  "block": "sync"
+}
+
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7c5acb9..14eed6f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "deep-equal": "^1.0.1",
-    "mdmanifest": "^1.0.8",
     "observ-debounce": "^1.1.1",
     "obv": "0.0.1",
     "pull-cat": "^1.1.11",
@@ -36,3 +35,4 @@
   "author": "Dominic Tarr <dominic.tarr@gmail.com> (http://dominictarr.com)",
   "license": "MIT"
 }
+