diff --git a/src/state/contacts.ts b/src/state/contacts.ts
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+export type TagItem = TextItem | ContactItem;
+
+export type TextItem = {
+    id: string;
+    kind: "text";
+    name: string;
+}
+
+export type ContactItem = {
+    id: string;
+    kind: "contact";
+    name: string;
+    npub?: string;
+    color: Color;
+}
+
+export type Color = "blue" | "green" | "red" | "gray"
+
+export const createUniqueId = () => Math.random().toString(36).substr(2, 9);
+
+export async function listContacts(): Promise<ContactItem[]> {
+    // get contacts from localstorage
+    const contacts: ContactItem[] = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("contacts") || "[]");
+    return contacts;
+}
+
+export async function listTexts(): Promise<TextItem[]> {
+    // get texts from localstorage
+    const texts: TextItem[] = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("texts") || "[]");
+    return texts;
+}
+
+export async function listTags(): Promise<TagItem[]> {
+    const contacts = await listContacts();
+    const texts = await listTexts();
+    return [...contacts, ...texts];
+}
+
+export async function addContact(contact: ContactItem): Promise<void> {
+    const contacts = await listContacts();
+    contacts.push(contact);
+    localStorage.setItem("contacts", JSON.stringify(contacts));
+}
+
+export async function addTextTag(text: TextItem): Promise<void> {
+    const texts = await listTexts();
+    texts.push(text);
+    localStorage.setItem("texts", JSON.stringify(texts));
+}
+
+