Citizens - Creating a new NPC (via code) and setting options

So i am thinking of moving all my NPC controls over to Citizens, however i can't seem to find how i can create and modify NPCs, etc.

Are these sort of things only accessible through the plugin? Because tbh, i don't want any of the citizens things to be really used. I want everything to be done through my mod. They will be there if the user wants them, but my plugin is using spout, and one of the aims is to make everything done through GUI's rather than commands.

So if anyone could tell me a way to create NPC's through Citizens with code, that would be great!
Thanks in advance,
Randomman159

 

Have you tried communicating with the author of Citizens? They may offer a public API. If they don't currently, they may help you make one.