diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cli/net/AddPointToPointIntentCommand.java b/cli/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cli/net/AddPointToPointIntentCommand.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15cf176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cli/net/AddPointToPointIntentCommand.java
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package org.onlab.onos.cli.net;
+
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Argument;
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Command;
+import org.onlab.onos.cli.AbstractShellCommand;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.ConnectPoint;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.PortNumber;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.flow.DefaultTrafficSelector;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.flow.DefaultTrafficTreatment;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.flow.TrafficSelector;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.flow.TrafficTreatment;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.intent.Intent;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.intent.IntentId;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.intent.IntentService;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.intent.PointToPointIntent;
+
+/**
+ * Installs point-to-point connectivity intents.
+ */
+@Command(scope = "onos", name = "add-point-intent",
+         description = "Installs point-to-point connectivity intent")
+public class AddPointToPointIntentCommand extends AbstractShellCommand {
+
+    @Argument(index = 0, name = "ingressDevice",
+              description = "Ingress Device/Port Description",
+              required = true, multiValued = false)
+    String ingressDeviceString = null;
+
+    @Argument(index = 1, name = "egressDevice",
+              description = "Egress Device/Port Description",
+              required = true, multiValued = false)
+    String egressDeviceString = null;
+
+    private static long id = 1;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void execute() {
+        IntentService service = get(IntentService.class);
+
+        DeviceId ingressDeviceId = DeviceId.deviceId(getDeviceId(ingressDeviceString));
+        PortNumber ingressPortNumber =
+                PortNumber.portNumber(getPortNumber(ingressDeviceString));
+        ConnectPoint ingress = new ConnectPoint(ingressDeviceId, ingressPortNumber);
+
+        DeviceId egressDeviceId = DeviceId.deviceId(getDeviceId(egressDeviceString));
+        PortNumber egressPortNumber =
+                PortNumber.portNumber(getPortNumber(egressDeviceString));
+        ConnectPoint egress = new ConnectPoint(egressDeviceId, egressPortNumber);
+
+        TrafficSelector selector = DefaultTrafficSelector.builder().build();
+        TrafficTreatment treatment = DefaultTrafficTreatment.builder().build();
+
+        Intent intent =
+                new PointToPointIntent(new IntentId(id++),
+                                                 selector,
+                                                 treatment,
+                                                 ingress,
+                                                 egress);
+        service.submit(intent);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Extracts the port number portion of the ConnectPoint.
+     *
+     * @param deviceString string representing the device/port
+     * @return port number as a string, empty string if the port is not found
+     */
+    private String getPortNumber(String deviceString) {
+        int slash = deviceString.indexOf('/');
+        if (slash <= 0) {
+            return "";
+        }
+        return deviceString.substring(slash + 1, deviceString.length());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Extracts the device ID portion of the ConnectPoint.
+     *
+     * @param deviceString string representing the device/port
+     * @return device ID string
+     */
+    private String getDeviceId(String deviceString) {
+        int slash = deviceString.indexOf('/');
+        if (slash <= 0) {
+            return "";
+        }
+        return deviceString.substring(0, slash);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cli/net/ConnectPointCompleter.java b/cli/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cli/net/ConnectPointCompleter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29994c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cli/net/ConnectPointCompleter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package org.onlab.onos.cli.net;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.SortedSet;
+
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.console.Completer;
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.console.completer.StringsCompleter;
+import org.onlab.onos.cli.AbstractShellCommand;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.Device;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.Port;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.device.DeviceService;
+
+/**
+ * ConnectPoint completer.
+ */
+public class ConnectPointCompleter implements Completer {
+    @Override
+    public int complete(String buffer, int cursor, List<String> candidates) {
+        // Delegate string completer
+        StringsCompleter delegate = new StringsCompleter();
+
+        // Fetch our service and feed it's offerings to the string completer
+        DeviceService service = AbstractShellCommand.get(DeviceService.class);
+
+        // Generate the device ID/port number identifiers
+        for (Device device : service.getDevices()) {
+            SortedSet<String> strings = delegate.getStrings();
+
+            for (Port port : service.getPorts(device.id())) {
+                strings.add(device.id().toString() + "/" + port.number());
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Now let the completer do the work for figuring out what to offer.
+        return delegate.complete(buffer, cursor, candidates);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/cli/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/shell-config.xml b/cli/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/shell-config.xml
index 92f26fd..6120d30 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/shell-config.xml
+++ b/cli/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/shell-config.xml
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@
                 <ref component-id="hostIdCompleter"/>
             </completers>
         </command>
+        <command>
+            <action class="org.onlab.onos.cli.net.AddPointToPointIntentCommand"/>
+            <completers>
+                <ref component-id="connectPointCompleter"/>
+                <ref component-id="connectPointCompleter"/>
+            </completers>
+        </command>
 
         <command>
             <action class="org.onlab.onos.cli.net.ClustersListCommand"/>
@@ -116,5 +123,6 @@
     <bean id="hostIdCompleter" class="org.onlab.onos.cli.net.HostIdCompleter"/>
     <bean id="intentIdCompleter" class="org.onlab.onos.cli.net.IntentIdCompleter"/>
     <bean id="flowRuleStatusCompleter" class="org.onlab.onos.cli.net.FlowRuleStatusCompleter"/>
+    <bean id="connectPointCompleter" class="org.onlab.onos.cli.net.ConnectPointCompleter"/>
 
 </blueprint>
diff --git a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/intent/impl/PointToPointIntentCompiler.java b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/intent/impl/PointToPointIntentCompiler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bd1703
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/intent/impl/PointToPointIntentCompiler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+package org.onlab.onos.net.intent.impl;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.ConnectPoint;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.DefaultEdgeLink;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.DefaultPath;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.Link;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.Path;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.host.HostService;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.intent.IdGenerator;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.intent.Intent;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.intent.IntentCompiler;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.intent.IntentExtensionService;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.intent.IntentId;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.intent.PathIntent;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.intent.PointToPointIntent;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.provider.ProviderId;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.topology.PathService;
+
+/**
+ * A intent compiler for {@link org.onlab.onos.net.intent.HostToHostIntent}.
+ */
+@Component(immediate = true)
+public class PointToPointIntentCompiler
+        implements IntentCompiler<PointToPointIntent> {
+
+    private static final ProviderId PID = new ProviderId("core", "org.onlab.onos.core", true);
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected IntentExtensionService intentManager;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected PathService pathService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected HostService hostService;
+
+    private IdGenerator<IntentId> intentIdGenerator;
+
+    @Activate
+    public void activate() {
+        IdBlockAllocator idBlockAllocator = new DummyIdBlockAllocator();
+        intentIdGenerator = new IdBlockAllocatorBasedIntentIdGenerator(idBlockAllocator);
+        intentManager.registerCompiler(PointToPointIntent.class, this);
+    }
+
+    @Deactivate
+    public void deactivate() {
+        intentManager.unregisterCompiler(PointToPointIntent.class);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<Intent> compile(PointToPointIntent intent) {
+        Path path = getPath(intent.ingressPoint(), intent.egressPoint());
+
+        List<Link> links = new ArrayList<>();
+        links.add(DefaultEdgeLink.createEdgeLink(intent.ingressPoint(), true));
+        links.addAll(path.links());
+        links.add(DefaultEdgeLink.createEdgeLink(intent.egressPoint(), false));
+
+        return Arrays.asList(createPathIntent(new DefaultPath(PID, links, path.cost() + 2,
+                                              path.annotations()),
+                             intent));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a path intent from the specified path and original
+     * connectivity intent.
+     *
+     * @param path path to create an intent for
+     * @param intent original intent
+     */
+    private Intent createPathIntent(Path path,
+                                    PointToPointIntent intent) {
+
+        return new PathIntent(intentIdGenerator.getNewId(),
+                              intent.selector(), intent.treatment(),
+                              path.src(), path.dst(), path);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Computes a path between two ConnectPoints.
+     *
+     * @param one start of the path
+     * @param two end of the path
+     * @return Path between the two
+     * @throws PathNotFoundException if a path cannot be found
+     */
+    private Path getPath(ConnectPoint one, ConnectPoint two) {
+        Set<Path> paths = pathService.getPaths(one.deviceId(), two.deviceId());
+        if (paths.isEmpty()) {
+            throw new PathNotFoundException("No path from " + one + " to " + two);
+        }
+        // TODO: let's be more intelligent about this eventually
+        return paths.iterator().next();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/openflow/api/pom.xml b/openflow/api/pom.xml
index 2c58e47..afc2faf 100644
--- a/openflow/api/pom.xml
+++ b/openflow/api/pom.xml
@@ -17,14 +17,11 @@
     <description>ONOS OpenFlow controller subsystem API</description>
 
     <repositories>
-        <!-- FIXME: for Loxigen. Decide how to use Loxigen before release. -->
+        <!-- FIXME: for Loxigen + optical experimenter. Decide how to use Loxigen before release. -->
         <repository>
-            <id>sonatype-oss-snapshot</id>
-            <name>Sonatype OSS snapshot repository</name>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-            <releases>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </releases>
+            <id>onlab-temp</id>
+            <name>ON.lab temporary repository</name>
+            <url>http://mavenrepo.onlab.us:8081/nexus/content/repositories/releases</url>
         </repository>
     </repositories>
 
@@ -32,7 +29,8 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.projectfloodlight</groupId>
             <artifactId>openflowj</artifactId>
-            <version>0.3.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <!-- FIXME once experimenter gets merged to upstream -->
+            <version>0.3.8-optical_experimenter</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.netty</groupId>