diff --git a/internal/encoding/json/codec.go b/internal/encoding/json/codec.go
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/encoding/json/codec.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package json
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+)
+
+// Codec implements the encoding.Encoder and encoding.Decoder interfaces for JSON encoding.
+type Codec struct{}
+
+func (Codec) Encode(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+	// TODO: expose prefix and indent in the Codec as setting?
+	return json.MarshalIndent(v, "", "  ")
+}
+
+func (Codec) Decode(b []byte, v interface{}) error {
+	return json.Unmarshal(b, v)
+}