diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5f76031ce..b08629d28 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6147,7 +6147,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-primitives",
  "reth-provider",
  "reth-revm",
- "reth-stages",
+ "reth-stages-api",
  "reth-transaction-pool",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
@@ -6238,7 +6238,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-primitives",
  "reth-provider",
  "reth-revm",
- "reth-stages",
+ "reth-stages-api",
  "reth-trie",
  "reth-trie-parallel",
  "tokio",
@@ -7427,6 +7427,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-primitives",
  "reth-provider",
  "reth-revm",
+ "reth-stages-api",
  "reth-static-file",
  "reth-tokio-util",
  "reth-trie",
@@ -7438,6 +7439,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "reth-stages-api"
+version = "0.2.0-beta.5"
+dependencies = [
+ "aquamarine",
+ "assert_matches",
+ "auto_impl",
+ "futures-util",
+ "metrics",
+ "reth-db",
+ "reth-interfaces",
+ "reth-metrics",
+ "reth-primitives",
+ "reth-provider",
+ "reth-static-file",
+ "reth-tokio-util",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-stream",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "reth-static-file"
 version = "0.2.0-beta.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2ce5d813d..e025f29d5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ members = [
     "crates/node-api/",
     "crates/node-e2e-tests/",
     "crates/stages/",
+    "crates/stages-api",
     "crates/static-file/",
     "crates/storage/codecs/",
     "crates/storage/codecs/derive/",
@@ -95,9 +96,9 @@ resolver = "2"
 rust.missing_debug_implementations = "warn"
 rust.missing_docs = "warn"
 rust.unreachable_pub = "warn"
-rustdoc.all = "warn"
 rust.unused_must_use = "deny"
 rust.rust_2018_idioms = "deny"
+rustdoc.all = "warn"
 
 [workspace.lints.clippy]
 # These are some of clippy's nursery (i.e., experimental) lints that we like.
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ reth-rpc-engine-api = { path = "crates/rpc/rpc-engine-api" }
 reth-rpc-types = { path = "crates/rpc/rpc-types" }
 reth-rpc-types-compat = { path = "crates/rpc/rpc-types-compat" }
 reth-stages = { path = "crates/stages" }
+reth-stages-api = { path = "crates/stages-api" }
 reth-static-file = { path = "crates/static-file" }
 reth-tasks = { path = "crates/tasks" }
 reth-tokio-util = { path = "crates/tokio-util" }
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/commands/import.rs b/bin/reth/src/commands/import.rs
index ce9cd3efe..d15106ce3 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/commands/import.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/commands/import.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ use reth_provider::{HeaderSyncMode, ProviderFactory, StageCheckpointReader};
 use reth_stages::{
     prelude::*,
     stages::{ExecutionStage, ExecutionStageThresholds, SenderRecoveryStage},
+    Pipeline, StageSet,
 };
 use reth_static_file::StaticFileProducer;
 use std::{path::PathBuf, sync::Arc};
diff --git a/crates/blockchain-tree/Cargo.toml b/crates/blockchain-tree/Cargo.toml
index 81bf9ea05..3a6ab1439 100644
--- a/crates/blockchain-tree/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/blockchain-tree/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ reth-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-interfaces.workspace = true
 reth-db.workspace = true
 reth-provider.workspace = true
-reth-stages.workspace = true
+reth-stages-api.workspace = true
 reth-trie = { workspace = true, features = ["metrics"] }
 reth-trie-parallel = { workspace = true, features = ["parallel"] }
 
diff --git a/crates/blockchain-tree/src/blockchain_tree.rs b/crates/blockchain-tree/src/blockchain_tree.rs
index 7c51590eb..eb699ff1a 100644
--- a/crates/blockchain-tree/src/blockchain_tree.rs
+++ b/crates/blockchain-tree/src/blockchain_tree.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use reth_provider::{
     CanonStateNotification, CanonStateNotificationSender, CanonStateNotifications, Chain,
     ChainSpecProvider, DisplayBlocksChain, ExecutorFactory, HeaderProvider, ProviderError,
 };
-use reth_stages::{MetricEvent, MetricEventsSender};
+use reth_stages_api::{MetricEvent, MetricEventsSender};
 use std::{
     collections::{btree_map::Entry, BTreeMap, HashSet},
     sync::Arc,
diff --git a/crates/consensus/auto-seal/Cargo.toml b/crates/consensus/auto-seal/Cargo.toml
index 72a593b5a..5fbf4f07a 100644
--- a/crates/consensus/auto-seal/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/consensus/auto-seal/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ reth-beacon-consensus.workspace = true
 reth-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-interfaces.workspace = true
 reth-provider.workspace = true
-reth-stages.workspace = true
+reth-stages-api.workspace = true
 reth-revm.workspace = true
 reth-transaction-pool.workspace = true
 reth-evm.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/consensus/auto-seal/src/task.rs b/crates/consensus/auto-seal/src/task.rs
index 6d7a29a33..e76b4333e 100644
--- a/crates/consensus/auto-seal/src/task.rs
+++ b/crates/consensus/auto-seal/src/task.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use reth_evm::ConfigureEvm;
 use reth_interfaces::consensus::ForkchoiceState;
 use reth_primitives::{Block, ChainSpec, IntoRecoveredTransaction, SealedBlockWithSenders};
 use reth_provider::{CanonChainTracker, CanonStateNotificationSender, Chain, StateProviderFactory};
-use reth_stages::PipelineEvent;
+use reth_stages_api::PipelineEvent;
 use reth_transaction_pool::{TransactionPool, ValidPoolTransaction};
 use std::{
     collections::VecDeque,
diff --git a/crates/node-e2e-tests/tests/it/eth.rs b/crates/node-e2e-tests/tests/it/eth.rs
index 5686c6e18..a2c761221 100644
--- a/crates/node-e2e-tests/tests/it/eth.rs
+++ b/crates/node-e2e-tests/tests/it/eth.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use node_e2e_tests::{node::NodeHelper, wallet::Wallet};
 use reth::{
-    self,
     args::RpcServerArgs,
     builder::{NodeBuilder, NodeConfig, NodeHandle},
     tasks::TaskManager,
diff --git a/crates/stages-api/Cargo.toml b/crates/stages-api/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d1eccd6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/stages-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+[package]
+name = "reth-stages-api"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+exclude.workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+# reth
+reth-primitives.workspace = true
+reth-provider.workspace = true
+reth-db.workspace = true
+reth-interfaces.workspace = true
+reth-static-file.workspace = true
+assert_matches.workspace = true
+reth-tokio-util.workspace = true
+
+# metrics
+reth-metrics.workspace = true
+metrics.workspace = true
+
+# async
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["sync"] }
+tokio-stream.workspace = true
+futures-util.workspace = true
+
+# misc
+thiserror.workspace = true
+tracing.workspace = true
+auto_impl = "1"
+aquamarine.workspace = true
+
+[features]
+test-utils = []
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/stages/docs/mermaid/pipeline.mmd b/crates/stages-api/docs/mermaid/pipeline.mmd
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/stages/docs/mermaid/pipeline.mmd
rename to crates/stages-api/docs/mermaid/pipeline.mmd
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/error.rs b/crates/stages-api/src/error.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from crates/stages/src/error.rs
rename to crates/stages-api/src/error.rs
index e8a5e3a71..3b744e7cb 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/error.rs
+++ b/crates/stages-api/src/error.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-use crate::pipeline::PipelineEvent;
 use reth_interfaces::{
-    consensus, db::DatabaseError as DbError, executor, p2p::error::DownloadError,
-    provider::ProviderError, RethError,
+    consensus, db::DatabaseError as DbError, executor, p2p::error::DownloadError, RethError,
 };
 use reth_primitives::{BlockNumber, SealedHeader, StaticFileSegment, TxNumber};
+use reth_provider::ProviderError;
 use thiserror::Error;
+
+use crate::PipelineEvent;
 use tokio::sync::mpsc::error::SendError;
 
 /// Represents the specific error type within a block error.
diff --git a/crates/stages-api/src/lib.rs b/crates/stages-api/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa6cd74e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/stages-api/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+//! Staged syncing primitives for reth.
+mod error;
+mod metrics;
+mod pipeline;
+mod stage;
+#[allow(missing_docs)]
+#[cfg(any(test, feature = "test-utils"))]
+pub mod test_utils;
+mod util;
+
+pub use crate::metrics::*;
+pub use error::*;
+pub use pipeline::*;
+pub use stage::*;
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/metrics/listener.rs b/crates/stages-api/src/metrics/listener.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from crates/stages/src/metrics/listener.rs
rename to crates/stages-api/src/metrics/listener.rs
index 39ccc29a3..2aa566744 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/metrics/listener.rs
+++ b/crates/stages-api/src/metrics/listener.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ pub enum MetricEvent {
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct MetricsListener {
     events_rx: UnboundedReceiver<MetricEvent>,
-    pub(crate) sync_metrics: SyncMetrics,
+    /// underline metrics of stages
+    pub sync_metrics: SyncMetrics,
 }
 
 impl MetricsListener {
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/metrics/mod.rs b/crates/stages-api/src/metrics/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/stages/src/metrics/mod.rs
rename to crates/stages-api/src/metrics/mod.rs
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/metrics/sync_metrics.rs b/crates/stages-api/src/metrics/sync_metrics.rs
similarity index 64%
rename from crates/stages/src/metrics/sync_metrics.rs
rename to crates/stages-api/src/metrics/sync_metrics.rs
index 148368f02..64c38c21e 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/metrics/sync_metrics.rs
+++ b/crates/stages-api/src/metrics/sync_metrics.rs
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ use reth_primitives::stage::StageId;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]
-pub(crate) struct SyncMetrics {
-    pub(crate) stages: HashMap<StageId, StageMetrics>,
-    pub(crate) execution_stage: ExecutionStageMetrics,
+pub struct SyncMetrics {
+    pub stages: HashMap<StageId, StageMetrics>,
+    pub execution_stage: ExecutionStageMetrics,
 }
 
 impl SyncMetrics {
     /// Returns existing or initializes a new instance of [StageMetrics] for the provided [StageId].
-    pub(crate) fn get_stage_metrics(&mut self, stage_id: StageId) -> &mut StageMetrics {
+    pub fn get_stage_metrics(&mut self, stage_id: StageId) -> &mut StageMetrics {
         self.stages
             .entry(stage_id)
             .or_insert_with(|| StageMetrics::new_with_labels(&[("stage", stage_id.to_string())]))
@@ -22,19 +22,19 @@ impl SyncMetrics {
 
 #[derive(Metrics)]
 #[metrics(scope = "sync")]
-pub(crate) struct StageMetrics {
+pub struct StageMetrics {
     /// The block number of the last commit for a stage.
-    pub(crate) checkpoint: Gauge,
+    pub checkpoint: Gauge,
     /// The number of processed entities of the last commit for a stage, if applicable.
-    pub(crate) entities_processed: Gauge,
+    pub entities_processed: Gauge,
     /// The number of total entities of the last commit for a stage, if applicable.
-    pub(crate) entities_total: Gauge,
+    pub entities_total: Gauge,
 }
 
 /// Execution stage metrics.
 #[derive(Metrics)]
 #[metrics(scope = "sync.execution")]
-pub(crate) struct ExecutionStageMetrics {
+pub struct ExecutionStageMetrics {
     /// The total amount of gas processed (in millions)
-    pub(crate) mgas_processed_total: Counter,
+    pub mgas_processed_total: Counter,
 }
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/pipeline/builder.rs b/crates/stages-api/src/pipeline/builder.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/stages/src/pipeline/builder.rs
rename to crates/stages-api/src/pipeline/builder.rs
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/pipeline/ctrl.rs b/crates/stages-api/src/pipeline/ctrl.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/stages/src/pipeline/ctrl.rs
rename to crates/stages-api/src/pipeline/ctrl.rs
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/pipeline/event.rs b/crates/stages-api/src/pipeline/event.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/stages/src/pipeline/event.rs
rename to crates/stages-api/src/pipeline/event.rs
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/pipeline/mod.rs b/crates/stages-api/src/pipeline/mod.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from crates/stages/src/pipeline/mod.rs
rename to crates/stages-api/src/pipeline/mod.rs
index eb1f40cbd..d19325a3c 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/pipeline/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/stages-api/src/pipeline/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-use crate::{
-    error::*, ExecInput, ExecOutput, MetricEvent, MetricEventsSender, Stage, StageExt, UnwindInput,
-};
+mod ctrl;
+mod event;
+pub use crate::pipeline::ctrl::ControlFlow;
+pub use event::*;
+
 use futures_util::Future;
 use reth_db::database::Database;
 use reth_interfaces::RethResult;
@@ -20,15 +22,22 @@ use tokio::sync::watch;
 use tokio_stream::wrappers::UnboundedReceiverStream;
 use tracing::*;
 
-mod builder;
-mod ctrl;
-mod event;
-mod progress;
-mod set;
+// (todo) remove it
+#[allow(missing_docs)]
+pub mod builder;
 
-pub use crate::pipeline::ctrl::ControlFlow;
+// (todo) remove it
+#[allow(missing_docs)]
+pub mod progress;
+// (todo) remove it
+#[allow(missing_docs)]
+pub mod set;
+
+use crate::{
+    BlockErrorKind, ExecInput, ExecOutput, MetricEvent, MetricEventsSender, PipelineError, Stage,
+    StageError, StageExt, UnwindInput,
+};
 pub use builder::*;
-pub use event::*;
 use progress::*;
 pub use set::*;
 
@@ -372,7 +381,7 @@ where
             let exec_input = ExecInput { target, checkpoint: prev_checkpoint };
 
             self.listeners.notify(PipelineEvent::Prepare {
-                pipeline_stages_progress: event::PipelineStagesProgress {
+                pipeline_stages_progress: PipelineStagesProgress {
                     current: stage_index + 1,
                     total: total_stages,
                 },
@@ -390,7 +399,7 @@ where
             }
 
             self.listeners.notify(PipelineEvent::Run {
-                pipeline_stages_progress: event::PipelineStagesProgress {
+                pipeline_stages_progress: PipelineStagesProgress {
                     current: stage_index + 1,
                     total: total_stages,
                 },
@@ -415,7 +424,7 @@ where
                     provider_rw.save_stage_checkpoint(stage_id, checkpoint)?;
 
                     self.listeners.notify(PipelineEvent::Ran {
-                        pipeline_stages_progress: event::PipelineStagesProgress {
+                        pipeline_stages_progress: PipelineStagesProgress {
                             current: stage_index + 1,
                             total: total_stages,
                         },
@@ -896,9 +905,9 @@ mod tests {
     ///
     /// - Stage A syncs to block 10
     /// - Stage B triggers an unwind, marking block 5 as bad
-    /// - Stage B unwinds to it's previous progress, block 0 but since it is still at block 0, it is
+    /// - Stage B unwinds to its previous progress, block 0 but since it is still at block 0, it is
     ///   skipped entirely (there is nothing to unwind)
-    /// - Stage A unwinds to it's previous progress, block 0
+    /// - Stage A unwinds to its previous progress, block 0
     /// - Stage A syncs back up to block 10
     /// - Stage B syncs to block 10
     /// - The pipeline finishes
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/pipeline/progress.rs b/crates/stages-api/src/pipeline/progress.rs
similarity index 77%
rename from crates/stages/src/pipeline/progress.rs
rename to crates/stages-api/src/pipeline/progress.rs
index 1c4bbcf6c..cb124a8bc 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/pipeline/progress.rs
+++ b/crates/stages-api/src/pipeline/progress.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-use super::ctrl::ControlFlow;
-use crate::util::opt;
+use crate::{util::opt, ControlFlow};
 use reth_primitives::BlockNumber;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]
-pub(crate) struct PipelineProgress {
+pub struct PipelineProgress {
     /// Block number reached by the stage.
-    pub(crate) block_number: Option<BlockNumber>,
+    pub block_number: Option<BlockNumber>,
     /// The maximum block number achieved by any stage during the execution of the pipeline.
-    pub(crate) maximum_block_number: Option<BlockNumber>,
+    pub maximum_block_number: Option<BlockNumber>,
     /// The minimum block number achieved by any stage during the execution of the pipeline.
-    pub(crate) minimum_block_number: Option<BlockNumber>,
+    pub minimum_block_number: Option<BlockNumber>,
 }
 
 impl PipelineProgress {
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/pipeline/set.rs b/crates/stages-api/src/pipeline/set.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/stages/src/pipeline/set.rs
rename to crates/stages-api/src/pipeline/set.rs
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/stage.rs b/crates/stages-api/src/stage.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/stages/src/stage.rs
rename to crates/stages-api/src/stage.rs
diff --git a/crates/stages-api/src/test_utils/mod.rs b/crates/stages-api/src/test_utils/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a44c2fa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/stages-api/src/test_utils/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+mod stage;
+pub use stage::TestStage;
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/test_utils/stage.rs b/crates/stages-api/src/test_utils/stage.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/stages/src/test_utils/stage.rs
rename to crates/stages-api/src/test_utils/stage.rs
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/util.rs b/crates/stages-api/src/util.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/stages/src/util.rs
rename to crates/stages-api/src/util.rs
diff --git a/crates/stages/Cargo.toml b/crates/stages/Cargo.toml
index 84ef28e0f..4c9fc8dde 100644
--- a/crates/stages/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/stages/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ reth-tokio-util.workspace = true
 reth-etl.workspace = true
 reth-static-file.workspace = true
 reth-config.workspace = true
+reth-stages-api = {workspace = true , features = ["test-utils"]}
 
 # async
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["sync"] }
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ serde_json.workspace = true
 pprof = { workspace = true, features = ["flamegraph", "frame-pointer", "criterion"] }
 
 [features]
-test-utils = ["reth-interfaces/test-utils", "reth-db/test-utils", "reth-provider/test-utils"]
+test-utils = ["reth-interfaces/test-utils", "reth-db/test-utils", "reth-provider/test-utils", "reth-stages-api/test-utils"]
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "criterion"
diff --git a/crates/stages/benches/criterion.rs b/crates/stages/benches/criterion.rs
index 03cb52383..13f7d5386 100644
--- a/crates/stages/benches/criterion.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/benches/criterion.rs
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ use reth_primitives::{stage::StageCheckpoint, BlockNumber};
 use reth_stages::{
     stages::{MerkleStage, SenderRecoveryStage, TransactionLookupStage},
     test_utils::TestStageDB,
-    ExecInput, Stage, StageExt, UnwindInput,
 };
+use reth_stages_api::{ExecInput, Stage, StageExt, UnwindInput};
 use std::{ops::RangeInclusive, sync::Arc};
 
 mod setup;
diff --git a/crates/stages/benches/setup/mod.rs b/crates/stages/benches/setup/mod.rs
index 76c1faaf0..e94fb81b3 100644
--- a/crates/stages/benches/setup/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/benches/setup/mod.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ use reth_primitives::{fs, Account, Address, SealedBlock, B256, U256};
 use reth_stages::{
     stages::{AccountHashingStage, StorageHashingStage},
     test_utils::{StorageKind, TestStageDB},
-    ExecInput, Stage, UnwindInput,
 };
 use reth_trie::StateRoot;
 use std::{collections::BTreeMap, path::Path, sync::Arc};
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@ mod constants;
 
 mod account_hashing;
 pub use account_hashing::*;
+use reth_stages_api::{ExecInput, Stage, UnwindInput};
 
 pub(crate) type StageRange = (ExecInput, UnwindInput);
 
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/lib.rs b/crates/stages/src/lib.rs
index 6e123f750..e11302543 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/lib.rs
@@ -77,12 +77,6 @@
 )]
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
 
-mod error;
-mod metrics;
-mod pipeline;
-mod stage;
-mod util;
-
 #[allow(missing_docs)]
 #[cfg(any(test, feature = "test-utils"))]
 pub mod test_utils;
@@ -95,7 +89,5 @@ pub mod stages;
 
 pub mod sets;
 
-pub use crate::metrics::*;
-pub use error::*;
-pub use pipeline::*;
-pub use stage::*;
+// re-export the stages API
+pub use reth_stages_api::*;
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/prelude.rs b/crates/stages/src/prelude.rs
index 3826c8d2c..a6c56e56e 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/prelude.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/prelude.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-pub use crate::{
-    error::{PipelineError, StageError},
-    pipeline::{Pipeline, PipelineBuilder, PipelineEvent, StageSet, StageSetBuilder},
-    sets::{
-        DefaultStages, ExecutionStages, HashingStages, HistoryIndexingStages, OfflineStages,
-        OnlineStages,
-    },
+pub use crate::sets::{
+    DefaultStages, ExecutionStages, HashingStages, HistoryIndexingStages, OfflineStages,
+    OnlineStages,
 };
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/stages/bodies.rs b/crates/stages/src/stages/bodies.rs
index b52274b1e..6dfe7a6a8 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/stages/bodies.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/stages/bodies.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
-use crate::{ExecInput, ExecOutput, Stage, StageError, UnwindInput, UnwindOutput};
+use std::{
+    cmp::Ordering,
+    task::{ready, Context, Poll},
+};
+
 use futures_util::TryStreamExt;
+use tracing::*;
+
 use reth_db::{
     cursor::{DbCursorRO, DbCursorRW},
     database::Database,
@@ -19,11 +25,9 @@ use reth_provider::{
     providers::{StaticFileProvider, StaticFileWriter},
     BlockReader, DatabaseProviderRW, HeaderProvider, ProviderError, StatsReader,
 };
-use std::{
-    cmp::Ordering,
-    task::{ready, Context, Poll},
-};
-use tracing::*;
+use reth_stages_api::{ExecInput, ExecOutput, StageError, UnwindInput, UnwindOutput};
+
+use reth_stages_api::Stage;
 
 // TODO(onbjerg): Metrics and events (gradual status for e.g. CLI)
 /// The body stage downloads block bodies.
@@ -374,13 +378,16 @@ fn stage_checkpoint<DB: Database>(
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::*;
+    use assert_matches::assert_matches;
+
+    use reth_primitives::stage::StageUnitCheckpoint;
+    use test_utils::*;
+
     use crate::test_utils::{
         stage_test_suite_ext, ExecuteStageTestRunner, StageTestRunner, UnwindStageTestRunner,
     };
-    use assert_matches::assert_matches;
-    use reth_primitives::stage::StageUnitCheckpoint;
-    use test_utils::*;
+
+    use super::*;
 
     stage_test_suite_ext!(BodyTestRunner, body);
 
@@ -588,15 +595,16 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     mod test_utils {
-        use crate::{
-            stages::bodies::BodyStage,
-            test_utils::{
-                ExecuteStageTestRunner, StageTestRunner, TestRunnerError, TestStageDB,
-                UnwindStageTestRunner,
-            },
-            ExecInput, ExecOutput, UnwindInput,
+        use std::{
+            collections::{HashMap, VecDeque},
+            ops::RangeInclusive,
+            pin::Pin,
+            sync::Arc,
+            task::{Context, Poll},
         };
+
         use futures_util::Stream;
+
         use reth_db::{
             cursor::DbCursorRO,
             models::{StoredBlockBodyIndices, StoredBlockOmmers},
@@ -626,12 +634,14 @@ mod tests {
         use reth_provider::{
             providers::StaticFileWriter, HeaderProvider, ProviderFactory, TransactionsProvider,
         };
-        use std::{
-            collections::{HashMap, VecDeque},
-            ops::RangeInclusive,
-            pin::Pin,
-            sync::Arc,
-            task::{Context, Poll},
+        use reth_stages_api::{ExecInput, ExecOutput, UnwindInput};
+
+        use crate::{
+            stages::bodies::BodyStage,
+            test_utils::{
+                ExecuteStageTestRunner, StageTestRunner, TestRunnerError, TestStageDB,
+                UnwindStageTestRunner,
+            },
         };
 
         /// The block hash of the genesis block.
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/stages/execution.rs b/crates/stages/src/stages/execution.rs
index 7c6cefbb8..ecaae33c3 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/stages/execution.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/stages/execution.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-use crate::{
-    stages::MERKLE_STAGE_DEFAULT_CLEAN_THRESHOLD, BlockErrorKind, ExecInput, ExecOutput,
-    MetricEvent, MetricEventsSender, Stage, StageError, UnwindInput, UnwindOutput,
-};
+use crate::stages::MERKLE_STAGE_DEFAULT_CLEAN_THRESHOLD;
 use num_traits::Zero;
 use reth_db::{
     cursor::{DbCursorRO, DbCursorRW, DbDupCursorRO},
@@ -22,6 +19,10 @@ use reth_provider::{
     BlockReader, DatabaseProviderRW, ExecutorFactory, HeaderProvider, LatestStateProviderRef,
     OriginalValuesKnown, ProviderError, StatsReader, TransactionVariant,
 };
+use reth_stages_api::{
+    BlockErrorKind, ExecInput, ExecOutput, MetricEvent, MetricEventsSender, Stage, StageError,
+    UnwindInput, UnwindOutput,
+};
 use std::{
     cmp::Ordering,
     ops::RangeInclusive,
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/stages/finish.rs b/crates/stages/src/stages/finish.rs
index e0e0057c3..c7b2f5a8e 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/stages/finish.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/stages/finish.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-use crate::{ExecInput, ExecOutput, Stage, StageError, UnwindInput, UnwindOutput};
 use reth_db::database::Database;
 use reth_primitives::stage::{StageCheckpoint, StageId};
 use reth_provider::DatabaseProviderRW;
+use reth_stages_api::{ExecInput, ExecOutput, Stage, StageError, UnwindInput, UnwindOutput};
 
 /// The finish stage.
 ///
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/stages/hashing_account.rs b/crates/stages/src/stages/hashing_account.rs
index 4afccc77f..051b6a85f 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/stages/hashing_account.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/stages/hashing_account.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use crate::{ExecInput, ExecOutput, Stage, StageError, UnwindInput, UnwindOutput};
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use reth_config::config::EtlConfig;
 use reth_db::{
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ use reth_primitives::{
     Account, B256,
 };
 use reth_provider::{AccountExtReader, DatabaseProviderRW, HashingWriter, StatsReader};
+use reth_stages_api::{ExecInput, ExecOutput, Stage, StageError, UnwindInput, UnwindOutput};
 use std::{
     fmt::Debug,
     ops::{Range, RangeInclusive},
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/stages/hashing_storage.rs b/crates/stages/src/stages/hashing_storage.rs
index 54f4b9520..97da1278d 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/stages/hashing_storage.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/stages/hashing_storage.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use crate::{ExecInput, ExecOutput, Stage, StageError, UnwindInput, UnwindOutput};
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use reth_config::config::EtlConfig;
 use reth_db::{
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ use reth_primitives::{
     BufMut, StorageEntry, B256,
 };
 use reth_provider::{DatabaseProviderRW, HashingWriter, StatsReader, StorageReader};
+use reth_stages_api::{ExecInput, ExecOutput, Stage, StageError, UnwindInput, UnwindOutput};
 use std::{
     fmt::Debug,
     sync::mpsc::{self, Receiver},
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/stages/headers.rs b/crates/stages/src/stages/headers.rs
index 3d71d8776..a862d4afc 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/stages/headers.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/stages/headers.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use crate::{BlockErrorKind, ExecInput, ExecOutput, Stage, StageError, UnwindInput, UnwindOutput};
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
 use reth_codecs::Compact;
 use reth_config::config::EtlConfig;
@@ -26,6 +25,9 @@ use reth_provider::{
     BlockHashReader, DatabaseProviderRW, HeaderProvider, HeaderSyncGap, HeaderSyncGapProvider,
     HeaderSyncMode,
 };
+use reth_stages_api::{
+    BlockErrorKind, ExecInput, ExecOutput, Stage, StageError, UnwindInput, UnwindOutput,
+};
 use std::{
     sync::Arc,
     task::{ready, Context, Poll},
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/stages/index_account_history.rs b/crates/stages/src/stages/index_account_history.rs
index 89c77d6e1..d45240651 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/stages/index_account_history.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/stages/index_account_history.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use super::{collect_history_indices, load_history_indices};
-use crate::{ExecInput, ExecOutput, Stage, StageError, UnwindInput, UnwindOutput};
 use reth_config::config::EtlConfig;
 use reth_db::{
     database::Database, models::ShardedKey, table::Decode, tables, transaction::DbTxMut,
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ use reth_primitives::{
 use reth_provider::{
     DatabaseProviderRW, HistoryWriter, PruneCheckpointReader, PruneCheckpointWriter,
 };
+use reth_stages_api::{ExecInput, ExecOutput, Stage, StageError, UnwindInput, UnwindOutput};
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use tracing::info;
 
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/stages/index_storage_history.rs b/crates/stages/src/stages/index_storage_history.rs
index b321f1c56..6d5b6e2ad 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/stages/index_storage_history.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/stages/index_storage_history.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use super::{collect_history_indices, load_history_indices};
-use crate::{ExecInput, ExecOutput, Stage, StageError, UnwindInput, UnwindOutput};
 use reth_config::config::EtlConfig;
 use reth_db::{
     database::Database,
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ use reth_primitives::{
 use reth_provider::{
     DatabaseProviderRW, HistoryWriter, PruneCheckpointReader, PruneCheckpointWriter,
 };
+use reth_stages_api::{ExecInput, ExecOutput, Stage, StageError, UnwindInput, UnwindOutput};
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use tracing::info;
 
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/stages/merkle.rs b/crates/stages/src/stages/merkle.rs
index e1d651169..9b4eec87f 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/stages/merkle.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/stages/merkle.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use crate::{BlockErrorKind, ExecInput, ExecOutput, Stage, StageError, UnwindInput, UnwindOutput};
 use reth_codecs::Compact;
 use reth_db::{
     database::Database,
@@ -15,6 +14,9 @@ use reth_provider::{
     DatabaseProviderRW, HeaderProvider, ProviderError, StageCheckpointReader,
     StageCheckpointWriter, StatsReader,
 };
+use reth_stages_api::{
+    BlockErrorKind, ExecInput, ExecOutput, Stage, StageError, UnwindInput, UnwindOutput,
+};
 use reth_trie::{IntermediateStateRootState, StateRoot, StateRootProgress};
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use tracing::*;
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/stages/mod.rs b/crates/stages/src/stages/mod.rs
index 8d97491f1..3539451f1 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/stages/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/stages/mod.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ use utils::*;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use crate::{stage::Stage, test_utils::TestStageDB, ExecInput};
+    use crate::test_utils::TestStageDB;
     use alloy_rlp::Decodable;
     use reth_db::{
         cursor::DbCursorRO,
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ mod tests {
         StorageReader,
     };
     use reth_revm::EvmProcessorFactory;
+    use reth_stages_api::{ExecInput, Stage};
     use std::sync::Arc;
 
     #[tokio::test]
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/stages/sender_recovery.rs b/crates/stages/src/stages/sender_recovery.rs
index afb65c560..04a30cb2e 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/stages/sender_recovery.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/stages/sender_recovery.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use crate::{BlockErrorKind, ExecInput, ExecOutput, Stage, StageError, UnwindInput, UnwindOutput};
 use reth_db::{
     cursor::DbCursorRW,
     database::Database,
@@ -16,6 +15,9 @@ use reth_provider::{
     BlockReader, DatabaseProviderRW, HeaderProvider, ProviderError, PruneCheckpointReader,
     StatsReader,
 };
+use reth_stages_api::{
+    BlockErrorKind, ExecInput, ExecOutput, Stage, StageError, UnwindInput, UnwindOutput,
+};
 use std::{fmt::Debug, ops::Range, sync::mpsc};
 use thiserror::Error;
 use tracing::*;
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/stages/tx_lookup.rs b/crates/stages/src/stages/tx_lookup.rs
index 7bdeb4e1a..918be21c5 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/stages/tx_lookup.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/stages/tx_lookup.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use crate::{ExecInput, ExecOutput, Stage, StageError, UnwindInput, UnwindOutput};
 use num_traits::Zero;
 use reth_config::config::EtlConfig;
 use reth_db::{
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ use reth_provider::{
     BlockReader, DatabaseProviderRW, PruneCheckpointReader, PruneCheckpointWriter, StatsReader,
     TransactionsProvider, TransactionsProviderExt,
 };
+use reth_stages_api::{ExecInput, ExecOutput, Stage, StageError, UnwindInput, UnwindOutput};
 use tracing::*;
 
 /// The transaction lookup stage.
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/stages/utils.rs b/crates/stages/src/stages/utils.rs
index e04021090..be0ecc7f6 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/stages/utils.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/stages/utils.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 //! Utils for `stages`.
-use crate::StageError;
 use reth_config::config::EtlConfig;
 use reth_db::{
     cursor::{DbCursorRO, DbCursorRW},
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@ use reth_db::{
 };
 use reth_etl::Collector;
 use reth_primitives::BlockNumber;
+use reth_stages_api::StageError;
 use std::{collections::HashMap, hash::Hash, ops::RangeBounds};
 use tracing::info;
 
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/test_utils/macros.rs b/crates/stages/src/test_utils/macros.rs
index 0ffb16f08..0ce346d70 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/test_utils/macros.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/test_utils/macros.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ macro_rules! stage_test_suite {
                 let runner = $runner::default();
 
                 // Execute the stage with empty database
-                let input = crate::stage::ExecInput::default();
+                let input = reth_stages_api::ExecInput::default();
 
                 // Run stage execution
                 let result = runner.execute(input).await;
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ macro_rules! stage_test_suite {
 
                 // Set up the runner
                 let mut runner = $runner::default();
-                let input = crate::stage::ExecInput {
+                let input = reth_stages_api::ExecInput {
                     target: Some(target),
                     checkpoint: Some(reth_primitives::stage::StageCheckpoint::new(current_checkpoint)),
                 };
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ macro_rules! stage_test_suite {
             async fn [< unwind_no_new_entries_ $name>] () {
                 // Set up the runner
                 let mut runner = $runner::default();
-                let input = crate::stage::UnwindInput::default();
+                let input = reth_stages_api::UnwindInput::default();
 
                 // Seed the database
-                runner.seed_execution(crate::stage::ExecInput::default()).expect("failed to seed");
+                runner.seed_execution(reth_stages_api::ExecInput::default()).expect("failed to seed");
 
                 runner.before_unwind(input).expect("failed to execute before_unwind hook");
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ macro_rules! stage_test_suite {
 
                 // Set up the runner
                 let mut runner = $runner::default();
-                let execute_input = crate::stage::ExecInput {
+                let execute_input = reth_stages_api::ExecInput {
                     target: Some(target),
                     checkpoint: Some(reth_primitives::stage::StageCheckpoint::new(current_checkpoint)),
                 };
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ macro_rules! stage_test_suite {
 
 
                 // Run stage unwind
-                let unwind_input = crate::stage::UnwindInput {
+                let unwind_input = reth_stages_api::UnwindInput {
                     unwind_to: current_checkpoint,
                     checkpoint: reth_primitives::stage::StageCheckpoint::new(target),
                     bad_block: None,
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ macro_rules! stage_test_suite_ext {
 
                 // Set up the runner
                 let mut runner = $runner::default();
-                let input = crate::stage::ExecInput {
+                let input = reth_stages_api::ExecInput {
                     target: Some(current_checkpoint),
                     checkpoint: Some(reth_primitives::stage::StageCheckpoint::new(current_checkpoint)),
                 };
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/test_utils/mod.rs b/crates/stages/src/test_utils/mod.rs
index dd788bca7..9e6041755 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/test_utils/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/test_utils/mod.rs
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ pub(crate) use runner::{
 mod test_db;
 pub use test_db::{StorageKind, TestStageDB};
 
-mod stage;
-pub use stage::TestStage;
-
 mod set;
 pub use set::TestStages;
 
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/test_utils/runner.rs b/crates/stages/src/test_utils/runner.rs
index b8ef44084..fd2064ac4 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/test_utils/runner.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/test_utils/runner.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 use super::TestStageDB;
-use crate::{ExecInput, ExecOutput, Stage, StageError, StageExt, UnwindInput, UnwindOutput};
 use reth_db::{test_utils::TempDatabase, DatabaseEnv};
 use reth_interfaces::db::DatabaseError;
 use reth_provider::ProviderError;
+use reth_stages_api::{
+    ExecInput, ExecOutput, Stage, StageError, StageExt, UnwindInput, UnwindOutput,
+};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use tokio::sync::oneshot;
 
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/test_utils/set.rs b/crates/stages/src/test_utils/set.rs
index c5b149284..f740d4131 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/test_utils/set.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/test_utils/set.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-use super::{TestStage, TEST_STAGE_ID};
-use crate::{ExecOutput, StageError, StageSet, StageSetBuilder, UnwindOutput};
+use super::TEST_STAGE_ID;
+use crate::{StageSet, StageSetBuilder};
 use reth_db::database::Database;
+use reth_stages_api::{test_utils::TestStage, ExecOutput, StageError, UnwindOutput};
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 
 #[derive(Default, Debug)]