diff --git a/kinode/packages/contacts/Cargo.lock b/kinode/packages/contacts/Cargo.lock
index 9df40bfb..accb072b 100644
--- a/kinode/packages/contacts/Cargo.lock
+++ b/kinode/packages/contacts/Cargo.lock
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ checksum = "c2459377285ad874054d797f3ccebf984978aa39129f6eafde5cdc8315b612f8"
 name = "contacts"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "kinode_process_lib",
+ "kinode_process_lib 0.9.4",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "wit-bindgen",
@@ -1161,6 +1161,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "get-names"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "kinode_process_lib 0.9.3",
+ "process_macros",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "wit-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.2.15"
@@ -1460,6 +1472,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha3-asm",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "kinode_process_lib"
+version = "0.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7722aef4bff0625445fafda89a02f82ce0e16c7def6024e1317ae55a632ad331"
+dependencies = [
+ "alloy",
+ "alloy-primitives",
+ "alloy-sol-macro",
+ "alloy-sol-types",
+ "anyhow",
+ "bincode",
+ "http",
+ "mime_guess",
+ "rand",
+ "rmp-serde",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror",
+ "url",
+ "wit-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "kinode_process_lib"
 version = "0.9.4"
@@ -1887,6 +1922,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "process_macros"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/kinode-dao/process_macros?rev=626e501#626e501d351e3365480ec6f770d474ed4ae339bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.79",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proptest"
 version = "1.5.0"
diff --git a/kinode/packages/contacts/Cargo.toml b/kinode/packages/contacts/Cargo.toml
index 43e1d296..e69e3bbb 100644
--- a/kinode/packages/contacts/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kinode/packages/contacts/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 resolver = "2"
 members = [
     "contacts",
+    "get_names",
 ]
 
 [profile.release]
diff --git a/kinode/packages/contacts/get_names/Cargo.toml b/kinode/packages/contacts/get_names/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da056b75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kinode/packages/contacts/get_names/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[package]
+name = "get-names"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+publish = false
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0"
+kinode_process_lib = "0.9.2"
+process_macros = { git = "https://github.com/kinode-dao/process_macros", rev = "626e501" }
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0"
+wit-bindgen = "0.24.0"
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["cdylib"]
+
+[package.metadata.component]
+package = "kinode:process"
diff --git a/kinode/packages/contacts/get_names/src/lib.rs b/kinode/packages/contacts/get_names/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5ca50a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kinode/packages/contacts/get_names/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+use crate::kinode::process::contacts::{Capabilities as ContactsCapability, Request as ContactsRequest, Response as ContactsResponse};
+use kinode_process_lib::{call_init, println, Address, Capability, Request};
+
+wit_bindgen::generate!({
+    path: "target/wit",
+    world: "contacts-sys-v0",
+    generate_unused_types: true,
+    additional_derives: [serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize, process_macros::SerdeJsonInto],
+});
+
+call_init!(init);
+fn init(our: Address) {
+    let contacts_process = Address::from((our.node(), ("contacts", "contacts", "sys")));
+
+    let read_names_cap = Capability::new(
+        &contacts_process,
+        serde_json::to_string(&ContactsCapability::ReadNameOnly).unwrap()
+    );
+
+    let Ok(Ok(response)) = Request::to(&contacts_process)
+        .body(ContactsRequest::GetNames)
+        .capabilities(vec![read_names_cap])
+        .send_and_await_response(5) else
+    {
+        println!("did not receive expected Response from contacts:contacts:sys");
+        return;
+    };
+
+    let Ok(ContactsResponse::GetNames(names)) = response.body().try_into() else {
+        println!("did not receive GetNames resposne from contacts:contacts:sys");
+        return;
+    };
+
+    println!("{names:?}");
+}
diff --git a/kinode/packages/contacts/pkg/scripts.json b/kinode/packages/contacts/pkg/scripts.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80b2db1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kinode/packages/contacts/pkg/scripts.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+    "get_names.wasm": {
+        "root": false,
+        "public": false,
+        "request_networking": false,
+        "request_capabilities": [
+            "contacts:contacts:sys",
+            {
+                "process": "contacts:contacts:sys",
+                "params": "ReadNameOnly"
+            }
+        ],
+        "grant_capabilities": [
+            "contacts:contacts:sys"
+        ],
+        "wit_version": 0
+    }
+}