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diff --git a/mingling_macros/src/entry.rs b/mingling_macros/src/entry.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6237e41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mingling_macros/src/entry.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+use proc_macro::TokenStream;
+use quote::quote;
+use syn::{Ident, LitStr, parse_macro_input};
+
+enum EntryInput {
+    Typed { ident: Ident, strings: Vec<String> },
+    Untyped { strings: Vec<String> },
+}
+
+impl syn::parse::Parse for EntryInput {
+    fn parse(input: syn::parse::ParseStream) -> syn::Result<Self> {
+        // entry!(EntryType, ["a", "b", "c"])
+        // entry!["a", "b", "c"]  — comes in as just ["a", "b", "c"]
+        if input.peek(Ident) && input.peek2(syn::Token![,]) {
+            // entry!(EntryType, ["a", "b", "c"])
+            let ident: Ident = input.parse()?;
+            let _comma: syn::Token![,] = input.parse()?;
+            let content;
+            syn::bracketed!(content in input);
+            let strings = parse_strings(&content)?;
+            Ok(EntryInput::Typed { ident, strings })
+        } else {
+            // entry!["a", "b", "c"]  — bare bracket content
+            let strings = parse_strings(input)?;
+            Ok(EntryInput::Untyped { strings })
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn parse_strings(input: &syn::parse::ParseBuffer) -> syn::Result<Vec<String>> {
+    let mut strings = Vec::new();
+    while !input.is_empty() {
+        let s: LitStr = input.parse()?;
+        strings.push(s.value());
+        if input.peek(syn::Token![,]) {
+            let _comma: syn::Token![,] = input.parse()?;
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(strings)
+}
+
+pub fn entry(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
+    let parsed = parse_macro_input!(input as EntryInput);
+
+    let string_exprs = match &parsed {
+        EntryInput::Typed { .. } | EntryInput::Untyped { .. } => {
+            let strings = match &parsed {
+                EntryInput::Typed { strings, .. } => strings,
+                EntryInput::Untyped { strings } => strings,
+            };
+            strings
+                .iter()
+                .map(|s| {
+                    let lit = syn::LitStr::new(s, proc_macro2::Span::call_site());
+                    quote! { #lit.to_string() }
+                })
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        }
+    };
+
+    let expanded = match parsed {
+        EntryInput::Typed { ident, .. } => {
+            quote! {
+                #ident::new(vec![#(#string_exprs),*])
+            }
+        }
+        EntryInput::Untyped { .. } => {
+            quote! {
+                vec![#(#string_exprs),*].into()
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    expanded.into()
+}
diff --git a/mingling_macros/src/lib.rs b/mingling_macros/src/lib.rs
index 8c98ba3..57f37a1 100644
--- a/mingling_macros/src/lib.rs
+++ b/mingling_macros/src/lib.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ mod dispatch_tree_gen;
 mod dispatcher;
 #[cfg(feature = "clap")]
 mod dispatcher_clap;
+mod entry;
 mod enum_tag;
 mod groupped;
 mod help;
@@ -776,6 +777,27 @@ pub fn dispatcher_clap(attr: TokenStream, item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
     dispatcher_clap::dispatcher_clap_attr(attr, item)
 }
 
+/// Creates a packed entry value from a list of string literals.
+///
+/// # Syntax
+///
+/// Two forms:
+///
+/// ```rust,ignore
+/// // With explicit type — expands to MyEntry::new(vec!["a".to_string(), ...])
+/// entry!(MyEntry, ["a", "b", "c"])
+///
+/// // Without type — use bracket syntax, expands to vec!["a".to_string(), ...].into()
+/// entry!["a", "b", "c"]
+/// ```
+///
+/// This is a convenience macro for constructing entry wrapper types (created
+/// via `pack!` or `dispatcher!`) with test data.
+#[proc_macro]
+pub fn entry(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
+    entry::entry(input)
+}
+
 /// Registers a help request mapping between an entry type and a help struct.
 ///
 /// This macro is used internally by the `#[help]`(macro.help.html) attribute