diff --git a/prometeu-compiler/prometeu-build-pipeline/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/models/AnalysisSnapshot.java b/prometeu-compiler/prometeu-build-pipeline/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/models/AnalysisSnapshot.java
index 324f1a5b..3160e38e 100644
--- a/prometeu-compiler/prometeu-build-pipeline/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/models/AnalysisSnapshot.java
+++ b/prometeu-compiler/prometeu-build-pipeline/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/models/AnalysisSnapshot.java
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 package p.studio.compiler.models;
 
 import p.studio.compiler.messages.BuildingIssue;
-import p.studio.compiler.source.tables.FileTable;
+import p.studio.compiler.source.tables.FileTableReader;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
 public record AnalysisSnapshot(
         List<BuildingIssue> diagnostics,
         ResolvedWorkspace resolvedWorkspace,
-        FileTable fileTable,
-        IRBackend irBackend) {
+        FileTableReader fileTable,
+        IRBackendReader irBackend) {
     public AnalysisSnapshot {
         diagnostics = List.copyOf(diagnostics);
     }
diff --git a/prometeu-compiler/prometeu-build-pipeline/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/workspaces/BuilderPipelineService.java b/prometeu-compiler/prometeu-build-pipeline/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/workspaces/BuilderPipelineService.java
index 273f7d25..4a2accbb 100644
--- a/prometeu-compiler/prometeu-build-pipeline/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/workspaces/BuilderPipelineService.java
+++ b/prometeu-compiler/prometeu-build-pipeline/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/workspaces/BuilderPipelineService.java
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ package p.studio.compiler.workspaces;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import p.studio.compiler.exceptions.BuildException;
 import p.studio.compiler.messages.BuildingIssue;
-import p.studio.compiler.models.BuilderPipelineContext;
 import p.studio.compiler.models.AnalysisSnapshot;
 import p.studio.compiler.models.BuildResult;
+import p.studio.compiler.models.BuilderPipelineContext;
 import p.studio.compiler.models.CompileResult;
 import p.studio.compiler.workspaces.stages.*;
 import p.studio.utilities.logs.LogAggregator;
@@ -19,30 +19,45 @@ public class BuilderPipelineService {
     public final static BuilderPipelineService INSTANCE;
 
     static {
-        final var stages = List.<PipelineStage>of(
+
+        final var analyses = List.<PipelineStage>of(
                 new ResolveDepsPipelineStage(),
                 new LoadSourcesPipelineStage(),
-                new FrontendPhasePipelineStage(),
+                new FrontendPhasePipelineStage()
+        );
+
+        final var compile = List.<PipelineStage>of(
                 new LowerToIRVMPipelineStage(),
                 new OptimizeIRVMPipelineStage(),
                 new EmitBytecodePipelineStage(),
                 new LinkBytecodePipelineStage(),
-                new VerifyBytecodePipelineStage(),
+                new VerifyBytecodePipelineStage()
+        );
+
+        final var build = List.<PipelineStage>of(
                 new WriteBytecodeArtifactPipelineStage()
         );
-        INSTANCE = new BuilderPipelineService(stages);
+
+        INSTANCE = new BuilderPipelineService(analyses, compile, build);
     }
 
-    private final List<PipelineStage> stages;
+    private final List<PipelineStage> analyses;
+    private final List<PipelineStage> compile;
+    private final List<PipelineStage> build;
 
-    BuilderPipelineService(List<PipelineStage> stages) {
-        this.stages = stages;
+    BuilderPipelineService(
+            final List<PipelineStage> analyses,
+            final List<PipelineStage> compile,
+            final List<PipelineStage> build) {
+        this.analyses = analyses;
+        this.compile = compile;
+        this.build = build;
     }
 
     public AnalysisSnapshot analyze(
             final BuilderPipelineContext ctx,
             final LogAggregator logs) {
-        final var diagnostics = runToTerminal(ctx, logs, FrontendPhasePipelineStage.class);
+        final var diagnostics = run(ctx, logs, analyses, new ArrayList<>());
         return new AnalysisSnapshot(
                 diagnostics,
                 ctx.resolvedWorkspace,
@@ -53,12 +68,8 @@ public class BuilderPipelineService {
     public CompileResult compile(
             final BuilderPipelineContext ctx,
             final LogAggregator logs) {
-        final var diagnostics = runToTerminal(ctx, logs, VerifyBytecodePipelineStage.class);
-        final var analysisSnapshot = new AnalysisSnapshot(
-                diagnostics,
-                ctx.resolvedWorkspace,
-                ctx.fileTable,
-                ctx.irBackend);
+        final var analysisSnapshot = this.analyze(ctx, logs);
+        final var diagnostics = run(ctx, logs, compile, new ArrayList<>(analysisSnapshot.diagnostics()));
         return new CompileResult(
                 analysisSnapshot,
                 diagnostics,
@@ -71,31 +82,19 @@ public class BuilderPipelineService {
     public BuildResult build(
             final BuilderPipelineContext ctx,
             final LogAggregator logs) {
-        final var diagnostics = runToTerminal(ctx, logs, WriteBytecodeArtifactPipelineStage.class);
-        final var analysisSnapshot = new AnalysisSnapshot(
-                diagnostics,
-                ctx.resolvedWorkspace,
-                ctx.fileTable,
-                ctx.irBackend);
-        final var compileResult = new CompileResult(
-                analysisSnapshot,
-                diagnostics,
-                ctx.irvm,
-                ctx.optimizedIrvm,
-                ctx.bytecodeModule,
-                ctx.bytecodeBytes);
+        final var compileResult = this.compile(ctx, logs);
+        final var diagnostics = run(ctx, logs, build, new ArrayList<>(compileResult.diagnostics()));
         return new BuildResult(
                 compileResult,
                 diagnostics,
                 ctx.bytecodeArtifactPath);
     }
 
-    private List<BuildingIssue> runToTerminal(
+    private List<BuildingIssue> run(
             final BuilderPipelineContext ctx,
             final LogAggregator logs,
-            final Class<? extends PipelineStage> terminalStage) {
-        final var diagnostics = new ArrayList<BuildingIssue>();
-        var completed = false;
+            final List<PipelineStage> stages,
+            final List<BuildingIssue> diagnostics) {
         for (final var builderPipelineStage : stages) {
             final var issues = builderPipelineStage.run(ctx, logs);
             diagnostics.addAll(issues.asCollection());
@@ -103,15 +102,8 @@ public class BuilderPipelineService {
             if (issues.hasErrors()) {
                 throw new BuildException("issues found on pipeline stage: " + builderPipelineStage.getClass().getSimpleName());
             }
-            if (terminalStage.isInstance(builderPipelineStage)) {
-                completed = true;
-                break;
-            }
         }
-        if (!completed) {
-            throw new BuildException("terminal stage not found on builder pipeline: " + terminalStage.getSimpleName());
-        }
-        logs.using(log).info("builder pipeline completed successfully through " + terminalStage.getSimpleName());
+        logs.using(log).info("builder pipeline completed successfully");
         return List.copyOf(diagnostics);
     }
 
diff --git a/prometeu-compiler/prometeu-build-pipeline/src/test/java/p/studio/compiler/workspaces/BuilderPipelineServiceOrderTest.java b/prometeu-compiler/prometeu-build-pipeline/src/test/java/p/studio/compiler/workspaces/BuilderPipelineServiceOrderTest.java
index 44ba2f13..ad630a53 100644
--- a/prometeu-compiler/prometeu-build-pipeline/src/test/java/p/studio/compiler/workspaces/BuilderPipelineServiceOrderTest.java
+++ b/prometeu-compiler/prometeu-build-pipeline/src/test/java/p/studio/compiler/workspaces/BuilderPipelineServiceOrderTest.java
@@ -14,31 +14,36 @@ import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 class BuilderPipelineServiceOrderTest {
 
     @Test
-    void canonicalOrderMustContainOptimizeBetweenLowerAndEmit() throws Exception {
-        final Field field = BuilderPipelineService.class.getDeclaredField("stages");
-        field.setAccessible(true);
-
-        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-        final var stages = (List<PipelineStage>) field.get(BuilderPipelineService.INSTANCE);
-        final var stageTypes = stages.stream().map(Object::getClass).toList();
+    void canonicalOrderMustExposeExpectedStageGroups() throws Exception {
+        final var analyzeStages = stages("analyses");
+        final var compileStages = stages("compile");
+        final var buildStages = stages("build");
 
         assertEquals(
                 List.of(
                         ResolveDepsPipelineStage.class,
                         LoadSourcesPipelineStage.class,
-                        FrontendPhasePipelineStage.class,
+                        FrontendPhasePipelineStage.class),
+                analyzeStages);
+
+        assertEquals(
+                List.of(
                         LowerToIRVMPipelineStage.class,
                         OptimizeIRVMPipelineStage.class,
                         EmitBytecodePipelineStage.class,
                         LinkBytecodePipelineStage.class,
-                        VerifyBytecodePipelineStage.class,
-                        WriteBytecodeArtifactPipelineStage.class),
-                stageTypes);
+                        VerifyBytecodePipelineStage.class),
+                compileStages);
+
+        assertEquals(
+                List.of(WriteBytecodeArtifactPipelineStage.class),
+                buildStages);
     }
 
     @Test
     void publicSurfaceMustExposeExplicitEntryPointsWithoutRun() {
-        final var methodNames = List.of(BuilderPipelineService.class.getDeclaredMethods()).stream()
+        final var methodNames = List.of(BuilderPipelineService.class.getMethods()).stream()
+                .filter(method -> method.getDeclaringClass().equals(BuilderPipelineService.class))
                 .map(Method::getName)
                 .toList();
 
@@ -47,4 +52,12 @@ class BuilderPipelineServiceOrderTest {
         assertTrue(methodNames.contains("build"));
         assertFalse(methodNames.contains("run"));
     }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    private List<Class<?>> stages(final String fieldName) throws Exception {
+        final Field field = BuilderPipelineService.class.getDeclaredField(fieldName);
+        field.setAccessible(true);
+        final var stages = (List<PipelineStage>) field.get(BuilderPipelineService.INSTANCE);
+        return stages.stream().map(Object::getClass).toList();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/prometeu-compiler/prometeu-frontend-api/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/models/IRBackend.java b/prometeu-compiler/prometeu-frontend-api/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/models/IRBackend.java
index fdc469c1..92bbdb73 100644
--- a/prometeu-compiler/prometeu-frontend-api/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/models/IRBackend.java
+++ b/prometeu-compiler/prometeu-frontend-api/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/models/IRBackend.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 
 @Builder
 @Getter
-public class IRBackend {
+public class IRBackend implements IRBackendReader {
     @Builder.Default
     private final String entryPointCallableName = "main";
     @Builder.Default
diff --git a/prometeu-compiler/prometeu-frontend-api/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/models/IRBackendReader.java b/prometeu-compiler/prometeu-frontend-api/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/models/IRBackendReader.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7db83ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prometeu-compiler/prometeu-frontend-api/src/main/java/p/studio/compiler/models/IRBackendReader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package p.studio.compiler.models;
+
+import p.studio.compiler.source.identifiers.ModuleId;
+import p.studio.compiler.source.tables.CallableSignatureRef;
+import p.studio.compiler.source.tables.IntrinsicReference;
+import p.studio.compiler.source.tables.ModuleReference;
+import p.studio.utilities.structures.ReadOnlyList;
+
+public interface IRBackendReader {
+    String getEntryPointCallableName();
+    ModuleId getEntryPointModuleId();
+    ReadOnlyList<IRFunction> getFunctions();
+    ReadOnlyList<IRSyntheticFunction> getSyntheticFunctions();
+    ReadOnlyList<IRGlobal> getGlobals();
+    ReadOnlyList<IRBackendExecutableFunction> getExecutableFunctions();
+    ReadOnlyList<ModuleReference> getModulePool();
+    ReadOnlyList<CallableSignatureRef> getCallableSignatures();
+    ReadOnlyList<IntrinsicReference> getIntrinsicPool();
+    IRReservedMetadata getReservedMetadata();
+}
diff --git a/prometeu-studio/src/main/java/p/studio/workspaces/builder/ShipperWorkspace.java b/prometeu-studio/src/main/java/p/studio/workspaces/builder/ShipperWorkspace.java
index 628ce6df..c383adcb 100644
--- a/prometeu-studio/src/main/java/p/studio/workspaces/builder/ShipperWorkspace.java
+++ b/prometeu-studio/src/main/java/p/studio/workspaces/builder/ShipperWorkspace.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;
 import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
 import p.studio.Container;
 import p.studio.compiler.messages.BuilderPipelineConfig;
+import p.studio.compiler.models.BuilderPipelineContext;
 import p.studio.compiler.workspaces.BuilderPipelineService;
 import p.studio.projects.ProjectReference;
 import p.studio.utilities.i18n.I18n;
@@ -67,7 +68,8 @@ public class ShipperWorkspace extends Workspace {
             logs.clear();
             final var logAggregator = LogAggregator.with(logs::appendText);
             final var config = new BuilderPipelineConfig(false, projectReference.rootPath().toString());
-            BuilderPipelineService.INSTANCE.run(config, logAggregator);
+            final var ctx = BuilderPipelineContext.fromConfig(config);
+            BuilderPipelineService.INSTANCE.build(ctx, logAggregator);
         });
 
         clearButton.textProperty().bind(Container.i18n().bind(I18n.WORKSPACE_SHIPPER_BUTTON_CLEAR));