diff --git a/cmd/internal/common/ape/commands.go b/cmd/internal/common/ape/commands.go
index a8f50b29e..354747330 100644
--- a/cmd/internal/common/ape/commands.go
+++ b/cmd/internal/common/ape/commands.go
@@ -1,13 +1,43 @@
 package ape
 
 import (
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 
+	commonCmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common"
+	apeutil "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/util/ape"
+	cid "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/container/id"
 	apechain "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/pkg/chain"
+	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/pkg/engine"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/cli/input"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
+const (
+	defaultNamespace = "root"
+	namespaceTarget  = "namespace"
+	containerTarget  = "container"
+	userTarget       = "user"
+	groupTarget      = "group"
+
+	Ingress = "ingress"
+	S3      = "s3"
+)
+
+var mChainName = map[string]apechain.Name{
+	Ingress: apechain.Ingress,
+	S3:      apechain.S3,
+}
+
+var (
+	errSettingDefaultValueWasDeclined = errors.New("setting default value was declined")
+	errUnknownTargetType              = errors.New("unknown target type")
+	errUnsupportedChainName           = errors.New("unsupported chain name")
+)
+
 // PrintHumanReadableAPEChain print APE chain rules.
 func PrintHumanReadableAPEChain(cmd *cobra.Command, chain *apechain.Chain) {
 	cmd.Println("Chain ID: " + string(chain.ID))
@@ -39,3 +69,98 @@ func PrintHumanReadableAPEChain(cmd *cobra.Command, chain *apechain.Chain) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// ParseTarget handles target parsing of an APE chain.
+func ParseTarget(cmd *cobra.Command) engine.Target {
+	typ := ParseTargetType(cmd)
+	name, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(TargetNameFlag)
+	switch typ {
+	case engine.Namespace:
+		if name == "" {
+			ln, err := input.ReadLine(fmt.Sprintf("Target name is not set. Confirm to use %s namespace (n|Y)> ", defaultNamespace))
+			commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "read line error: %w", err)
+			ln = strings.ToLower(ln)
+			if len(ln) > 0 && (ln[0] == 'n') {
+				commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "read namespace error: %w", errSettingDefaultValueWasDeclined)
+			}
+			name = defaultNamespace
+		}
+		return engine.NamespaceTarget(name)
+	case engine.Container:
+		var cnr cid.ID
+		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "can't decode container ID: %w", cnr.DecodeString(name))
+		return engine.ContainerTarget(name)
+	case engine.User:
+		return engine.UserTarget(name)
+	case engine.Group:
+		return engine.GroupTarget(name)
+	default:
+		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "read target type error: %w", errUnknownTargetType)
+	}
+	return engine.Target{}
+}
+
+// ParseTargetType handles target type parsing of an APE chain.
+func ParseTargetType(cmd *cobra.Command) engine.TargetType {
+	typ, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(TargetTypeFlag)
+	switch typ {
+	case namespaceTarget:
+		return engine.Namespace
+	case containerTarget:
+		return engine.Container
+	case userTarget:
+		return engine.User
+	case groupTarget:
+		return engine.Group
+	}
+	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "parse target type error: %w", errUnknownTargetType)
+	return engine.TargetType(0)
+}
+
+// ParseChainID handles the parsing of APE-chain identifier.
+// For some subcommands, chain ID is optional as an input parameter and should be generated by
+// the service instead.
+func ParseChainID(cmd *cobra.Command) (id apechain.ID) {
+	chainID, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(ChainIDFlag)
+	id = apechain.ID(chainID)
+
+	hexEncoded, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool(ChainIDHexFlag)
+	if !hexEncoded {
+		return
+	}
+
+	chainIDRaw, err := hex.DecodeString(chainID)
+	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "can't decode chain ID as hex: %w", err)
+	id = apechain.ID(chainIDRaw)
+	return
+}
+
+// ParseChain parses an APE chain which can be provided either as a rule statement
+// or loaded from a binary/JSON file path.
+func ParseChain(cmd *cobra.Command) *apechain.Chain {
+	chain := new(apechain.Chain)
+	chain.ID = ParseChainID(cmd)
+
+	if rules, _ := cmd.Flags().GetStringArray(RuleFlag); len(rules) > 0 {
+		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "parser error: %w", apeutil.ParseAPEChain(chain, rules))
+	} else if encPath, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(PathFlag); encPath != "" {
+		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "decode binary or json error: %w", apeutil.ParseAPEChainBinaryOrJSON(chain, encPath))
+	} else {
+		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "parser error", errors.New("rule is not passed"))
+	}
+
+	cmd.Println("Parsed chain:")
+	PrintHumanReadableAPEChain(cmd, chain)
+
+	return chain
+}
+
+// ParseChainName parses chain name: the place in the request lifecycle where policy is applied.
+func ParseChainName(cmd *cobra.Command) apechain.Name {
+	chainName, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(ChainNameFlag)
+	apeChainName, ok := mChainName[strings.ToLower(chainName)]
+	if !ok {
+		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "", errUnsupportedChainName)
+	}
+	return apeChainName
+}
diff --git a/cmd/internal/common/ape/flags.go b/cmd/internal/common/ape/flags.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5e2a3a99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/internal/common/ape/flags.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package ape
+
+const (
+	RuleFlag           = "rule"
+	RuleFlagDesc       = "Rule statement"
+	PathFlag           = "path"
+	PathFlagDesc       = "Path to encoded chain in JSON or binary format"
+	TargetNameFlag     = "target-name"
+	TargetNameFlagDesc = "Resource name in APE resource name format"
+	TargetTypeFlag     = "target-type"
+	TargetTypeFlagDesc = "Resource type(container/namespace)"
+	ChainIDFlag        = "chain-id"
+	ChainIDFlagDesc    = "Chain id"
+	ChainIDHexFlag     = "chain-id-hex"
+	ChainIDHexFlagDesc = "Flag to parse chain ID as hex"
+	ChainNameFlag      = "chain-name"
+	ChainNameFlagDesc  = "Chain name(ingress|s3)"
+	AllFlag            = "all"
+)