diff --git a/crates/derive/Cargo.toml b/crates/derive/Cargo.toml
index c041914c9..99a56a8fd 100644
--- a/crates/derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ repository.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-# ...
diff --git a/crates/derive/src/lib.rs b/crates/derive/src/lib.rs
index b75ab099b..f8b585e96 100644
--- a/crates/derive/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/derive/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@
 #![deny(unused_must_use, rust_2018_idioms)]
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
 #![no_std]
+
+// extern crate alloc;
+
+pub mod stages;
+pub mod traits;
diff --git a/crates/derive/src/stages/batch_queue.rs b/crates/derive/src/stages/batch_queue.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b1378917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/derive/src/stages/batch_queue.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/crates/derive/src/stages/channel_bank.rs b/crates/derive/src/stages/channel_bank.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b1378917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/derive/src/stages/channel_bank.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/crates/derive/src/stages/channel_reader.rs b/crates/derive/src/stages/channel_reader.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b1378917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/derive/src/stages/channel_reader.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/crates/derive/src/stages/engine_queue.rs b/crates/derive/src/stages/engine_queue.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b1378917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/derive/src/stages/engine_queue.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/crates/derive/src/stages/frame_queue.rs b/crates/derive/src/stages/frame_queue.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b1378917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/derive/src/stages/frame_queue.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/crates/derive/src/stages/l1_retrieval.rs b/crates/derive/src/stages/l1_retrieval.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b1378917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/derive/src/stages/l1_retrieval.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/crates/derive/src/stages/l1_traversal.rs b/crates/derive/src/stages/l1_traversal.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b1378917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/derive/src/stages/l1_traversal.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/crates/derive/src/stages/mod.rs b/crates/derive/src/stages/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..320331dc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/derive/src/stages/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+//! This module contains each stage of the derivation pipeline, and offers a high-level API to functionally
+//! apply each stage's output as an input to the next stage, until finally arriving at the produced execution
+//! payloads.
+//!
+//! **Stages:**
+//! 1. L1 Traversal
+//! 2. L1 Retrieval
+//! 3. Frame Queue
+//! 4. Channel Bank
+//! 5. Channel Reader (Batch Decoding)
+//! 6. Batch Queue
+//! 7. Payload Attributes Derivation
+//! 8. Engine Queue
+
+pub(crate) mod batch_queue;
+pub(crate) mod channel_bank;
+pub(crate) mod channel_reader;
+pub(crate) mod engine_queue;
+pub(crate) mod frame_queue;
+pub(crate) mod l1_retrieval;
+pub(crate) mod l1_traversal;
+pub(crate) mod payload_derivation;
diff --git a/crates/derive/src/stages/payload_derivation.rs b/crates/derive/src/stages/payload_derivation.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b1378917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/derive/src/stages/payload_derivation.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/crates/derive/src/traits/data_sources.rs b/crates/derive/src/traits/data_sources.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ffc6965e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/derive/src/traits/data_sources.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+//! Contains traits that describe the functionality of various data sources used in the derivation pipeline's stages.
diff --git a/crates/derive/src/traits/mod.rs b/crates/derive/src/traits/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90b81e81c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/derive/src/traits/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+//! This module contains all of the traits describing functionality of portions of the derivation pipeline.
+
+pub mod data_sources;