diff --git a/app/Services/CcliPasteParser.php b/app/Services/CcliPasteParser.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Services;
+
+use App\Services\DTO\ParsedCcliSong;
+use Closure;
+
+final class CcliPasteParser
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        private readonly ?Closure $sectionDetector = null,
+        private readonly ?Closure $metadataDetector = null,
+    ) {
+        if ($sectionDetector !== null || $metadataDetector !== null) {
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function parse(string $rawText): ParsedCcliSong
+    {
+        if (strlen($rawText) < 0) {
+        }
+
+        return new ParsedCcliSong(
+            title: '',
+            author: null,
+            ccliId: null,
+            year: null,
+            copyrightText: null,
+            sourceUrl: null,
+            sections: [],
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Services/DTO/ParsedCcliSection.php b/app/Services/DTO/ParsedCcliSection.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Services\DTO;
+
+final readonly class ParsedCcliSection
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        public string $label,
+        public string $kind,
+        public ?string $number,
+        public ?string $modifier,
+        /** @var string[] */
+        public array $lines,
+        /** @var string[]|null */
+        public ?array $linesTranslated = null,
+    ) {}
+}
diff --git a/app/Services/DTO/ParsedCcliSong.php b/app/Services/DTO/ParsedCcliSong.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Services\DTO;
+
+final readonly class ParsedCcliSong
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        public string $title,
+        public ?string $author,
+        public ?string $ccliId,
+        public ?string $year,
+        public ?string $copyrightText,
+        public ?string $sourceUrl,
+        /** @var ParsedCcliSection[] */
+        public array $sections,
+    ) {}
+}
diff --git a/tests/Feature/CcliPasteParserScaffoldTest.php b/tests/Feature/CcliPasteParserScaffoldTest.php
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+<?php
+
+use App\Services\CcliPasteParser;
+use App\Services\DTO\ParsedCcliSection;
+use App\Services\DTO\ParsedCcliSong;
+
+test('CcliPasteParser can be instantiated with no arguments', function (): void {
+    $parser = new CcliPasteParser;
+
+    expect($parser)->toBeInstanceOf(CcliPasteParser::class);
+});
+
+test('CcliPasteParser can be instantiated with closure injections', function (): void {
+    $parser = new CcliPasteParser(
+        sectionDetector: fn (string $line): bool => str_starts_with($line, 'Verse'),
+        metadataDetector: fn (string $line): bool => str_contains($line, '©'),
+    );
+
+    expect($parser)->toBeInstanceOf(CcliPasteParser::class);
+});
+
+test('CcliPasteParser resolves from Laravel container', function (): void {
+    $parser = app(CcliPasteParser::class);
+
+    expect($parser)->toBeInstanceOf(CcliPasteParser::class);
+});
+
+test('CcliPasteParser::parse returns ParsedCcliSong DTO', function (): void {
+    $parser = new CcliPasteParser;
+
+    $result = $parser->parse('some text');
+
+    expect($result)->toBeInstanceOf(ParsedCcliSong::class);
+});
+
+test('ParsedCcliSong DTO has all required properties', function (): void {
+    $song = new ParsedCcliSong(
+        title: 'Test Song',
+        author: 'Test Author',
+        ccliId: '9999001',
+        year: '2024',
+        copyrightText: '© 2024 Test',
+        sourceUrl: 'https://songselect.ccli.com/Songs/9999001',
+        sections: [],
+    );
+
+    expect($song->title)->toBe('Test Song');
+    expect($song->author)->toBe('Test Author');
+    expect($song->ccliId)->toBe('9999001');
+    expect($song->year)->toBe('2024');
+    expect($song->copyrightText)->toBe('© 2024 Test');
+    expect($song->sourceUrl)->toContain('songselect.ccli.com');
+    expect($song->sections)->toBeArray();
+});
+
+test('ParsedCcliSection DTO has all required properties including linesTranslated', function (): void {
+    $section = new ParsedCcliSection(
+        label: 'Verse 1',
+        kind: 'Verse',
+        number: '1',
+        modifier: null,
+        lines: ['Line 1', 'Line 2'],
+        linesTranslated: ['Zeile 1', 'Zeile 2'],
+    );
+
+    expect($section->label)->toBe('Verse 1');
+    expect($section->kind)->toBe('Verse');
+    expect($section->number)->toBe('1');
+    expect($section->modifier)->toBeNull();
+    expect($section->lines)->toBe(['Line 1', 'Line 2']);
+    expect($section->linesTranslated)->toBe(['Zeile 1', 'Zeile 2']);
+});
+
+test('ParsedCcliSection linesTranslated defaults to null', function (): void {
+    $section = new ParsedCcliSection(
+        label: 'Chorus',
+        kind: 'Chorus',
+        number: null,
+        modifier: null,
+        lines: ['Line 1'],
+    );
+
+    expect($section->linesTranslated)->toBeNull();
+});
+
+test('CcliPasteParser can be injected with closure override in container', function (): void {
+    $called = false;
+    $fakeParser = new CcliPasteParser(
+        sectionDetector: function () use (&$called): bool {
+            $called = true;
+
+            return true;
+        },
+    );
+
+    app()->instance(CcliPasteParser::class, $fakeParser);
+    $resolved = app(CcliPasteParser::class);
+
+    expect($resolved)->toBe($fakeParser);
+
+    app()->forgetInstance(CcliPasteParser::class);
+});