diff --git a/exca/processors.py b/exca/processors.py
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+import contextlib
+import typing as tp
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from .helpers import DiscriminatedModel
+
+
+class ClusterConfig(DiscriminatedModel, discriminated_key="processor"):
+    """Base class for cluster configurations"""
+
+    # workdir: None | WorkDir = None
+
+    def submit(
+        self, func: tp.Callable[..., tp.Any], *args: tp.Any, **kwargs: tp.Any
+    ) -> Any:
+        """Submit a job and return job object"""
+        ...
+
+    @contextlib.contextmanager
+    def submission_context(self) -> tp.Iterator[None]:
+        yield None
+
+
+class _SubmititConfig(ClusterConfig):
+    job_name: str | None = None
+    timeout_min: int | None = None
+    conda_env: Path | str | None = None
+    _excecutor: tp.Any = None
+
+    @contextlib.contextmanager
+    def submission_context(self) -> tp.Iterator[None]:
+        yield None
+
+
+class Slurm(_SubmititConfig):
+    nodes: int = 1
+    tasks_per_node: int = 1
+    cpus_per_task: int | None = None
+    gpus_per_node: int | None = None
+    mem_gb: float | None = None
+    partition: str | None = None
+    account: str | None = None
diff --git a/exca/test_processors.py b/exca/test_processors.py
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