diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 87eb6d1..8f07f2a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3034,6 +3034,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "publicsuffix",
  "quickpeep_densedoc",
  "quickpeep_moz_readability",
+ "quickpeep_seed_parser",
  "quickpeep_structs",
  "quickpeep_utils",
  "rand 0.8.5",
diff --git a/quickpeep_raker/Cargo.toml b/quickpeep_raker/Cargo.toml
index 0f34960..b8b0b0c 100644
--- a/quickpeep_raker/Cargo.toml
+++ b/quickpeep_raker/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 ### Subcrates
 quickpeep_moz_readability = { path = "../quickpeep_moz_readability" }
 quickpeep_densedoc = { path = "../quickpeep_densedoc" }
+quickpeep_seed_parser = { path = "../quickpeep_seed_parser" }
 quickpeep_structs = { path = "../quickpeep_structs" }
 quickpeep_utils = { path = "../quickpeep_utils" }
 
diff --git a/quickpeep_raker/src/bin/qp-seedrake.rs b/quickpeep_raker/src/bin/qp-seedrake.rs
index 7d68541..1c312b5 100644
--- a/quickpeep_raker/src/bin/qp-seedrake.rs
+++ b/quickpeep_raker/src/bin/qp-seedrake.rs
@@ -3,15 +3,16 @@ use std::collections::BTreeSet;
 
 use env_logger::Env;
 
-use anyhow::{bail, Context};
+use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Context};
 use arc_interner::ArcIntern;
 use smartstring::alias::CompactString;
 
-use std::path::{PathBuf};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use tokio::sync::mpsc::{Receiver, Sender};
 
 use quickpeep_raker::config;
 use quickpeep_raker::storage::RakerStore;
+use quickpeep_seed_parser::parse_seeds;
 
 /// Seeds a raker's queue with URLs
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Parser)]
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ pub async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
 pub struct Seed {
     url: UrlOrUrlPattern,
-    tags: ArcIntern<BTreeSet<CompactString>>,
+    tags: BTreeSet<CompactString>,
 }
 
 /// Either a URL or a URL prefix.
@@ -71,14 +72,49 @@ pub enum UrlOrUrlPattern {
 /// Task that loads seeds from the filesystem
 async fn seed_loader(seed_files: Vec<PathBuf>, send: &Sender<Seed>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     for seed_file in seed_files {
-        // TODO parse the seed file
-
-        // TODO send out seeds
+        // Parse the seed file and send out the seeds.
+        let seed_file_text = tokio::fs::read_to_string(&seed_file).await?;
+        match parse_seeds(&seed_file_text) {
+            Ok(seedblocks) => {
+                for seedblock in seedblocks {
+                    for seed in seedblock.seeds {
+                        let tags: BTreeSet<CompactString> = seedblock
+                            .tags
+                            .iter()
+                            .chain(seed.extra_tags.iter())
+                            .cloned()
+                            .collect();
+                        send.send(Seed {
+                            url: seed_url_parse_pattern(seed.url),
+                            tags,
+                        })
+                        .await
+                        .map_err(|_| anyhow!("Seed receiver shut down prematurely"))?;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            Err(err) => {
+                eprintln!(
+                    "~~~~~ Error in seed file ({:?}):\n{:?}\n~~~~~",
+                    seed_file, err
+                );
+                bail!("Failed to parse {:?}; see error above.", seed_file);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     Ok(())
 }
 
+fn seed_url_parse_pattern(mut url: String) -> UrlOrUrlPattern {
+    if url.ends_with('*') {
+        url.pop();
+        UrlOrUrlPattern::UrlPrefix(url)
+    } else {
+        UrlOrUrlPattern::Url(url)
+    }
+}
+
 async fn find_seed_files(seed_dir: PathBuf) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<PathBuf>> {
     let mut dirs = vec![seed_dir];
     let mut seedfiles = Vec::new();