diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index 3cccd192..a2de691a 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -144,3 +144,4 @@ Niklas Johansson
 Bryan Paxton
 Justin Wood
 Guilherme Andrade
+Manas Chaudhari
diff --git a/src/r3.erl b/src/r3.erl
index 60a585dc..5e3b2222 100644
--- a/src/r3.erl
+++ b/src/r3.erl
@@ -1,26 +1,34 @@
 %%% @doc external alias for `rebar_agent' for more convenient
 %%% calls from a shell.
 -module(r3).
--export([do/1, do/2, async_do/1, async_do/2, break/0, resume/0]).
+-export([do/1, do/2, do/3, async_do/1, async_do/2, async_do/3, break/0, resume/0]).
 -export(['$handle_undefined_function'/2]).
 -include("rebar.hrl").
 
 %% @doc alias for `rebar_agent:do/1'
--spec do(atom()) -> ok | {error, term()}.
+-spec do(atom() | string()) -> ok | {error, term()}.
 do(Command) -> rebar_agent:do(Command).
 
 %% @doc alias for `rebar_agent:do/2'
--spec do(atom(), atom()) -> ok | {error, term()}.
+-spec do(atom(), atom() | string()) -> ok | {error, term()}.
 do(Namespace, Command) -> rebar_agent:do(Namespace, Command).
 
+%% @doc alias for `rebar_agent:do/3'
+-spec do(atom(), atom(), string()) -> ok | {error, term()}.
+do(Namespace, Command, Args) -> rebar_agent:do(Namespace, Command, Args).
+
 %% @doc alias for `rebar_agent:async_do/1'
--spec async_do(atom()) -> ok | {error, term()}.
+-spec async_do(atom()) -> ok.
 async_do(Command) -> rebar_agent:async_do(Command).
 
 %% @doc alias for `rebar_agent:async_do/2'
--spec async_do(atom(), atom()) -> ok | {error, term()}.
+-spec async_do(atom(), atom()) -> ok.
 async_do(Namespace, Command) -> rebar_agent:async_do(Namespace, Command).
 
+%% @doc alias for `rebar_agent:async_do/3'
+-spec async_do(atom(), atom(), string()) -> ok.
+async_do(Namespace, Command, Args) -> rebar_agent:async_do(Namespace, Command, Args).
+
 break() ->
     case whereis(rebar_agent) of % is the shell running
         undefined ->
diff --git a/src/rebar_agent.erl b/src/rebar_agent.erl
index b669ac45..c4eccc9d 100644
--- a/src/rebar_agent.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_agent.erl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %%% @doc Runs a process that holds a rebar3 state and can be used
 %%% to statefully maintain loaded project state into a running VM.
 -module(rebar_agent).
--export([start_link/1, do/1, do/2, async_do/1, async_do/2]).
+-export([start_link/1, do/1, do/2, do/3, async_do/1, async_do/2, async_do/3]).
 -export(['$handle_undefined_function'/2]).
 -export([init/1,
          handle_call/3, handle_cast/2, handle_info/2,
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ start_link(State) ->
     gen_server:start_link({local, ?MODULE}, ?MODULE, State, []).
 
 %% @doc runs a given command in the agent's context.
--spec do(atom()) -> ok | {error, term()}.
+-spec do(atom() | string()) -> ok | {error, term()}.
 do(Command) when is_atom(Command) ->
     gen_server:call(?MODULE, {cmd, Command}, infinity);
 do(Args) when is_list(Args) ->
@@ -29,13 +29,17 @@ do(Args) when is_list(Args) ->
 
 %% @doc runs a given command in the agent's context, under a given
 %% namespace.
--spec do(atom(), atom()) -> ok | {error, term()}.
+-spec do(atom(), atom() | string()) -> ok | {error, term()}.
 do(Namespace, Command) when is_atom(Namespace), is_atom(Command) ->
     gen_server:call(?MODULE, {cmd, Namespace, Command}, infinity);
 do(Namespace, Args) when is_atom(Namespace), is_list(Args) ->
     gen_server:call(?MODULE, {cmd, Namespace, do, Args}, infinity).
 
--spec async_do(atom()) -> ok | {error, term()}.
+-spec do(atom(), atom(), string()) -> ok | {error, term()}.
+do(Namespace, Command, Args) when is_atom(Namespace), is_atom(Command), is_list(Args) ->
+    gen_server:call(?MODULE, {cmd, Namespace, Command, Args}, infinity).
+
+-spec async_do(atom()) -> ok.
 async_do(Command) when is_atom(Command) ->
     gen_server:cast(?MODULE, {cmd, Command});
 async_do(Args) when is_list(Args) ->
@@ -47,6 +51,10 @@ async_do(Namespace, Command) when is_atom(Namespace), is_atom(Command) ->
 async_do(Namespace, Args) when is_atom(Namespace), is_list(Args) ->
     gen_server:cast(?MODULE, {cmd, Namespace, do, Args}).
 
+-spec async_do(atom(), atom(), string()) -> ok.
+async_do(Namespace, Command, Args) when is_atom(Namespace), is_atom(Command), is_list(Args) ->
+    gen_server:cast(?MODULE, {cmd, Namespace, Command, Args}).
+
 '$handle_undefined_function'(Cmd, [Namespace, Args]) ->
     gen_server:call(?MODULE, {cmd, Namespace, Cmd, Args}, infinity);
 '$handle_undefined_function'(Cmd, [Args]) ->