diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/clan_uri.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/clan_uri.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f140474f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/clan_uri.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# Import the urllib.parse module
+import urllib.parse
+from enum import Enum
+
+from .errors import ClanError
+
+
+class ClanScheme(Enum):
+    HTTP = "http"
+    HTTPS = "https"
+    FILE = "file"
+
+
+# Define the ClanURI class
+class ClanURI:
+    # Initialize the class with a clan:// URI
+    def __init__(self, uri: str) -> None:
+        if uri.startswith("clan://"):
+            uri = uri[7:]
+        else:
+            raise ClanError("Invalid scheme: expected clan://, got {}".format(uri))
+
+        # Parse the URI into components
+        self.components = urllib.parse.urlparse(uri)
+
+        try:
+            self.scheme = ClanScheme(self.components.scheme)
+        except ValueError:
+            raise ClanError("Unsupported scheme: {}".format(self.components.scheme))
+
+    # Define a method to get the path of the URI
+    @property
+    def path(self) -> str:
+        return self.components.path
+
+    @property
+    def url(self) -> str:
+        return self.components.geturl()
+
+    # Define a method to check if the URI is a remote HTTP URL
+    def is_remote(self) -> bool:
+        match self.scheme:
+            case ClanScheme.HTTP | ClanScheme.HTTPS:
+                return True
+            case ClanScheme.FILE:
+                return False
+
+    # Define a method to check if the URI is a local path
+    def is_local(self) -> bool:
+        return not self.is_remote()
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/test_clan_uri.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/test_clan_uri.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72588b4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/test_clan_uri.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import pytest
+
+from clan_cli.clan_uri import ClanURI
+from clan_cli.errors import ClanError
+
+
+def test_local_uri() -> None:
+    # Create a ClanURI object from a local URI
+    uri = ClanURI("clan://file:///home/user/Downloads")
+    # Check that the URI is local
+    assert uri.is_local()
+    # Check that the URI is not remote
+    assert not uri.is_remote()
+    # Check that the URI path is correct
+    assert uri.path == "/home/user/Downloads"
+
+
+def test_unsupported_schema() -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(ClanError, match="Unsupported scheme: ftp"):
+        # Create a ClanURI object from an unsupported URI
+        ClanURI("clan://ftp://ftp.example.com")
+
+
+def test_is_remote() -> None:
+    # Create a ClanURI object from a remote URI
+    uri = ClanURI("clan://https://example.com")
+    # Check that the URI is remote
+    assert uri.is_remote()
+    # Check that the URI is not local
+    assert not uri.is_local()
+    # Check that the URI path is correct
+    assert uri.path == ""
+
+    assert uri.url == "https://example.com"