diff --git a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
--- a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
+++ b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
@@ -1601,6 +1601,7 @@
     'MultimeterLabel' => 'applications/multimeter/storage/MultimeterLabel.php',
     'MultimeterSampleController' => 'applications/multimeter/controller/MultimeterSampleController.php',
     'MultimeterViewer' => 'applications/multimeter/storage/MultimeterViewer.php',
+    'NuanceCommandImplementation' => 'applications/nuance/command/NuanceCommandImplementation.php',
     'NuanceConduitAPIMethod' => 'applications/nuance/conduit/NuanceConduitAPIMethod.php',
     'NuanceConsoleController' => 'applications/nuance/controller/NuanceConsoleController.php',
     'NuanceContentSource' => 'applications/nuance/contentsource/NuanceContentSource.php',
@@ -1636,6 +1637,7 @@
     'NuanceItemRequestorTransaction' => 'applications/nuance/xaction/NuanceItemRequestorTransaction.php',
     'NuanceItemSearchEngine' => 'applications/nuance/query/NuanceItemSearchEngine.php',
     'NuanceItemSourceTransaction' => 'applications/nuance/xaction/NuanceItemSourceTransaction.php',
+    'NuanceItemStatusTransaction' => 'applications/nuance/xaction/NuanceItemStatusTransaction.php',
     'NuanceItemTransaction' => 'applications/nuance/storage/NuanceItemTransaction.php',
     'NuanceItemTransactionComment' => 'applications/nuance/storage/NuanceItemTransactionComment.php',
     'NuanceItemTransactionQuery' => 'applications/nuance/query/NuanceItemTransactionQuery.php',
@@ -1690,6 +1692,7 @@
     'NuanceSourceTransactionType' => 'applications/nuance/xaction/NuanceSourceTransactionType.php',
     'NuanceSourceViewController' => 'applications/nuance/controller/NuanceSourceViewController.php',
     'NuanceTransaction' => 'applications/nuance/storage/NuanceTransaction.php',
+    'NuanceTrashCommand' => 'applications/nuance/command/NuanceTrashCommand.php',
     'NuanceWorker' => 'applications/nuance/worker/NuanceWorker.php',
     'OwnersConduitAPIMethod' => 'applications/owners/conduit/OwnersConduitAPIMethod.php',
     'OwnersEditConduitAPIMethod' => 'applications/owners/conduit/OwnersEditConduitAPIMethod.php',
@@ -6714,6 +6717,7 @@
     'MultimeterLabel' => 'MultimeterDimension',
     'MultimeterSampleController' => 'MultimeterController',
     'MultimeterViewer' => 'MultimeterDimension',
+    'NuanceCommandImplementation' => 'Phobject',
     'NuanceConduitAPIMethod' => 'ConduitAPIMethod',
     'NuanceConsoleController' => 'NuanceController',
     'NuanceContentSource' => 'PhabricatorContentSource',
@@ -6759,6 +6763,7 @@
     'NuanceItemRequestorTransaction' => 'NuanceItemTransactionType',
     'NuanceItemSearchEngine' => 'PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine',
     'NuanceItemSourceTransaction' => 'NuanceItemTransactionType',
+    'NuanceItemStatusTransaction' => 'NuanceItemTransactionType',
     'NuanceItemTransaction' => 'NuanceTransaction',
     'NuanceItemTransactionComment' => 'PhabricatorApplicationTransactionComment',
     'NuanceItemTransactionQuery' => 'PhabricatorApplicationTransactionQuery',
@@ -6822,6 +6827,7 @@
     'NuanceSourceTransactionType' => 'PhabricatorModularTransactionType',
     'NuanceSourceViewController' => 'NuanceSourceController',
     'NuanceTransaction' => 'PhabricatorModularTransaction',
+    'NuanceTrashCommand' => 'NuanceCommandImplementation',
     'NuanceWorker' => 'PhabricatorWorker',
     'OwnersConduitAPIMethod' => 'ConduitAPIMethod',
     'OwnersEditConduitAPIMethod' => 'PhabricatorEditEngineAPIMethod',
diff --git a/src/applications/nuance/command/NuanceCommandImplementation.php b/src/applications/nuance/command/NuanceCommandImplementation.php
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/applications/nuance/command/NuanceCommandImplementation.php
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+<?php
+
+abstract class NuanceCommandImplementation
+  extends Phobject {
+
+  private $actor;
+
+  private $transactionQueue = array();
+
+  final public function setActor(PhabricatorUser $actor) {
+    $this->actor = $actor;
+    return $this;
+  }
+
+  final public function getActor() {
+    return $this->actor;
+  }
+
+  abstract public function getCommandName();
+  abstract public function canApplyToItem(NuanceItem $item);
+
+  abstract protected function executeCommand(
+    NuanceItem $item,
+    NuanceItemCommand $command);
+
+  final public function applyCommand(
+    NuanceItem $item,
+    NuanceItemCommand $command) {
+
+    $command_key = $command->getCommand();
+    $implementation_key = $this->getCommandKey();
+    if ($command_key !== $implementation_key) {
+      throw new Exception(
+        pht(
+          'This command implementation("%s") can not apply a command of a '.
+          'different type ("%s").',
+          $implementation_key,
+          $command_key));
+    }
+
+    if (!$this->canApplyToItem($item)) {
+      throw new Exception(
+        pht(
+          'This command implementation ("%s") can not be applied to an '.
+          'item of type "%s".',
+          $implementation_key,
+          $item->getItemType()));
+    }
+
+    $this->transactionQueue = array();
+
+    $command_type = NuanceItemCommandTransaction::TRANSACTIONTYPE;
+    $command_xaction = $this->newTransaction($command_type);
+
+    $result = $this->executeCommand($item, $command);
+
+    $xactions = $this->transactionQueue;
+    $this->transactionQueue = array();
+
+    $command_xaction->setNewValue(
+      array(
+        'command' => $command->getCommand(),
+        'parameters' => $command->getParameters(),
+        'result' => $result,
+      ));
+
+    // TODO: Maybe preserve the actor's original content source?
+    $source = PhabricatorContentSource::newForSource(
+      PhabricatorDaemonContentSource::SOURCECONST);
+
+    $actor = $this->getActor();
+
+    id(new NuanceItemEditor())
+      ->setActor($actor)
+      ->setActingAsPHID($command->getAuthorPHID())
+      ->setContentSource($source)
+      ->setContinueOnMissingFields(true)
+      ->setContinueOnNoEffect(true)
+      ->applyTransactions($item, $xactions);
+  }
+
+  final public function getCommandKey() {
+    return $this->getPhobjectClassConstant('COMMANDKEY');
+  }
+
+  final public static function getAllCommands() {
+    return id(new PhutilClassMapQuery())
+      ->setAncestorClass(__CLASS__)
+      ->setUniqueMethod('getCommandKey')
+      ->execute();
+  }
+
+  protected function newTransaction($type) {
+    $xaction = id(new NuanceItemTransaction())
+      ->setTransactionType($type);
+
+    $this->transactionQueue[] = $xaction;
+
+    return $xaction;
+  }
+
+  protected function newStatusTransaction($status) {
+    return $this->newTransaction(NuanceItemStatusTransaction::TRANSACTIONTYPE)
+      ->setNewValue($status);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/applications/nuance/command/NuanceTrashCommand.php b/src/applications/nuance/command/NuanceTrashCommand.php
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/applications/nuance/command/NuanceTrashCommand.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+
+final class NuanceTrashCommand
+  extends NuanceCommandImplementation {
+
+  const COMMANDKEY = 'trash';
+
+  public function getCommandName() {
+    return pht('Throw in Trash');
+  }
+
+  public function canApplyToItem(NuanceItem $item) {
+    $type = $item->getImplementation();
+    return ($type instanceof NuanceFormItemType);
+  }
+
+  protected function executeCommand(
+    NuanceItem $item,
+    NuanceItemCommand $command) {
+    $this->newStatusTransaction(NuanceItem::STATUS_CLOSED);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/applications/nuance/item/NuanceGitHubEventItemType.php b/src/applications/nuance/item/NuanceGitHubEventItemType.php
--- a/src/applications/nuance/item/NuanceGitHubEventItemType.php
+++ b/src/applications/nuance/item/NuanceGitHubEventItemType.php
@@ -329,6 +329,9 @@
     NuanceItem $item,
     NuanceItemCommand $command) {
 
+    // TODO: This code is no longer reachable, and has moved to
+    // CommandImplementation subclasses.
+
     $action = $command->getCommand();
     switch ($action) {
       case 'sync':
diff --git a/src/applications/nuance/item/NuanceItemType.php b/src/applications/nuance/item/NuanceItemType.php
--- a/src/applications/nuance/item/NuanceItemType.php
+++ b/src/applications/nuance/item/NuanceItemType.php
@@ -106,46 +106,6 @@
     return $this->newWorkCommands($item);
   }
 
-  final public function applyCommand(
-    NuanceItem $item,
-    NuanceItemCommand $command) {
-
-    $result = $this->handleCommand($item, $command);
-
-    if ($result === null) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    $xaction = id(new NuanceItemTransaction())
-      ->setTransactionType(NuanceItemCommandTransaction::TRANSACTIONTYPE)
-      ->setNewValue(
-        array(
-          'command' => $command->getCommand(),
-          'parameters' => $command->getParameters(),
-          'result' => $result,
-        ));
-
-    $viewer = $this->getViewer();
-
-    // TODO: Maybe preserve the actor's original content source?
-    $source = PhabricatorContentSource::newForSource(
-      PhabricatorDaemonContentSource::SOURCECONST);
-
-    $editor = id(new NuanceItemEditor())
-      ->setActor($viewer)
-      ->setActingAsPHID($command->getAuthorPHID())
-      ->setContentSource($source)
-      ->setContinueOnMissingFields(true)
-      ->setContinueOnNoEffect(true)
-      ->applyTransactions($item, array($xaction));
-  }
-
-  protected function handleCommand(
-    NuanceItem $item,
-    NuanceItemCommand $command) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
   final protected function newContentSource(
     NuanceItem $item,
     $agent_phid) {
diff --git a/src/applications/nuance/storage/NuanceItem.php b/src/applications/nuance/storage/NuanceItem.php
--- a/src/applications/nuance/storage/NuanceItem.php
+++ b/src/applications/nuance/storage/NuanceItem.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
   const STATUS_IMPORTING = 'importing';
   const STATUS_ROUTING = 'routing';
   const STATUS_OPEN = 'open';
-  const STATUS_ASSIGNED = 'assigned';
   const STATUS_CLOSED = 'closed';
 
   protected $status;
diff --git a/src/applications/nuance/worker/NuanceItemUpdateWorker.php b/src/applications/nuance/worker/NuanceItemUpdateWorker.php
--- a/src/applications/nuance/worker/NuanceItemUpdateWorker.php
+++ b/src/applications/nuance/worker/NuanceItemUpdateWorker.php
@@ -68,13 +68,29 @@
       ->execute();
     $commands = msort($commands, 'getID');
 
+    $executors = NuanceCommandImplementation::getAllCommands();
     foreach ($commands as $command) {
       $command
         ->setStatus(NuanceItemCommand::STATUS_EXECUTING)
         ->save();
 
       try {
-        $impl->applyCommand($item, $command);
+        $command_key = $command->getCommand();
+
+        $executor = idx($executors, $command_key);
+        if (!$executor) {
+          throw new Exception(
+            pht(
+              'Unable to execute command "%s": this command does not have '.
+              'a recognized command implementation.',
+              $command_key));
+        }
+
+        $executor = clone $executor;
+
+        $executor
+          ->setActor($viewer)
+          ->applyCommand($item, $command);
 
         $command
           ->setStatus(NuanceItemCommand::STATUS_DONE)
diff --git a/src/applications/nuance/xaction/NuanceItemCommandTransaction.php b/src/applications/nuance/xaction/NuanceItemCommandTransaction.php
--- a/src/applications/nuance/xaction/NuanceItemCommandTransaction.php
+++ b/src/applications/nuance/xaction/NuanceItemCommandTransaction.php
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
     return null;
   }
 
-  public function applyInternalEffects($object, $value) {
-    // TODO: Probably implement this.
-  }
-
   public function getTitle() {
+    $spec = $this->getNewValue();
+    $command_key = idx($spec, 'command', '???');
+
     return pht(
-      '%s applied a command to this item.',
-      $this->renderAuthor());
+      '%s applied a "%s" command to this item.',
+      $this->renderAuthor(),
+      $command_key);
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/applications/nuance/xaction/NuanceItemStatusTransaction.php b/src/applications/nuance/xaction/NuanceItemStatusTransaction.php
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/applications/nuance/xaction/NuanceItemStatusTransaction.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+final class NuanceItemStatusTransaction
+  extends NuanceItemTransactionType {
+
+  const TRANSACTIONTYPE = 'nuance.item.status';
+
+  public function generateOldValue($object) {
+    return $object->getStatus();
+  }
+
+  public function applyInternalEffects($object, $value) {
+    $object->setStatus($value);
+  }
+
+  public function getTitle() {
+    return pht(
+      '%s changed the status of this item from %s to %s.',
+      $this->renderAuthor(),
+      $this->renderOldValue(),
+      $this->renderNewValue());
+  }
+
+
+}