diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f586822..09f9a11 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,6 +79,19 @@ avds vol-amixer
 avds bl
 ```
 
+You can also bind keys to commands like those in the `cmd` directory to
+perform actions and also update the status bar. For instance, you can bind
+keys to these commands to control the backlight and volume while also updating
+the status bar:
+
+```Shell
+./cmd/lowerbl
+./cmd/raisebl
+./cmd/lowervol-amixer
+./cmd/raisevol-amixer
+./cmd/mutevol-amixer
+```
+
 Modules
 -------
 
@@ -104,3 +117,14 @@ heavily upon. Please note that those bar-functions are not compatible with
 the akuma-v-dwm daemon, but they could very easily be modified to work with
 this daemon.
 
+Commands
+--------
+
+In the `cmd` directory are shell scripts that perform actions that effect
+the status bar and update the status bar, such as changing the backlight or
+volume levels. These commands can be bound to keys, so the action will be
+carried out and the status bar will be updated when the key is pressed.
+
+Please feel free to submit a pull request to have your command included as
+part of this repo.
+
diff --git a/cmd/lowerbl b/cmd/lowerbl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..93d87c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/lowerbl
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+read -r -d '' bl_dir < \
+  <(find /sys/class/backlight -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -print0 | head -z -n 1)
+read -r max_bl < "${bl_dir}"/max_brightness
+delta=$((max_bl / 10))
+bl_file="${bl_dir}"/brightness
+read -r bl < "${bl_file}"
+bl2=$((bl - delta))
+if [[ "${bl2}" -lt 0 ]]; then bl2=0; fi
+printf '%s' "${bl2}" | sudo tee "${bl_file}" &> /dev/null
+"${0%/*}"/../avds bl
+
diff --git a/cmd/lowervol-amixer b/cmd/lowervol-amixer
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6e2a5aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/lowervol-amixer
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+amixer set Master 3%- &> /dev/null
+"${0%/*}"/../avds vol-amixer
+
diff --git a/cmd/mutevol-amixer b/cmd/mutevol-amixer
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8e493ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/mutevol-amixer
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+amixer set Master toggle &> /dev/null
+"${0%/*}"/../avds vol-amixer
+
diff --git a/cmd/raisebl b/cmd/raisebl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9e9f004
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/raisebl
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+read -r -d '' bl_dir < \
+  <(find /sys/class/backlight -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -print0 | head -z -n 1)
+read -r max_bl < "${bl_dir}"/max_brightness
+delta=$((max_bl / 10))
+bl_file="${bl_dir}"/brightness
+read -r bl < "${bl_file}"
+bl2=$((bl + delta))
+if [[ "${bl2}" -gt "${max_bl}" ]]; then bl2="${max_bl}"; fi
+printf '%s' "${bl2}" | sudo tee "${bl_file}" &> /dev/null
+"${0%/*}"/../avds bl
+
diff --git a/cmd/raisevol-amixer b/cmd/raisevol-amixer
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8e29588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/raisevol-amixer
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+amixer set Master 3%+ &> /dev/null
+"${0%/*}"/../avds vol-amixer
+