diff --git a/octobot_evaluators/api/matrix.py b/octobot_evaluators/api/matrix.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ce6f70d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/octobot_evaluators/api/matrix.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#  Drakkar-Software OctoBot-Evaluators
+#  Copyright (c) Drakkar-Software, All rights reserved.
+#
+#  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+#  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+#  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+#  version 3.0 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+#  Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+#  License along with this library.
+from octobot_evaluators.data.matrix import Matrix
+from octobot_evaluators.matrices.matrices import Matrices
+
+
+def get_matrix(matrix_id) -> Matrix:
+    return Matrices.instance().get_matrix(matrix_id)
+
+
+def get_node_children_by_names(matrix) -> dict:
+    return matrix.get_node_children_by_names_at_path([])
+
+
+def get_children_list(matrix_node) -> list:
+    return matrix_node.children
+
+
+def has_children(matrix_node) -> bool:
+    return bool(matrix_node.children)
+
+
+def get_value(matrix_node) -> object:
+    return matrix_node.node_value
diff --git a/octobot_evaluators/data/matrix.pxd b/octobot_evaluators/data/matrix.pxd
index b441fb82..c8e40e8e 100644
--- a/octobot_evaluators/data/matrix.pxd
+++ b/octobot_evaluators/data/matrix.pxd
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ cdef class Matrix:
 
     cpdef void set_tentacle_value(self, object value, object value_type, list value_path)
     cpdef list get_node_children_at_path(self, list node_path, EventTreeNode starting_node=*)
+    cpdef dict get_node_children_by_names_at_path(self, list node_path, EventTreeNode starting_node=*)
     cpdef EventTreeNode get_node_at_path(self, list node_path, EventTreeNode starting_node=*)
     cpdef list get_tentacle_nodes(self, str exchange_name=*, object tentacle_type=*, str tentacle_name=*)
     cpdef list get_tentacles_value_nodes(self, list tentacle_nodes, str cryptocurrency=*, str symbol=*, str time_frame=*)
diff --git a/octobot_evaluators/data/matrix.py b/octobot_evaluators/data/matrix.py
index 30861543..3f7f07fe 100644
--- a/octobot_evaluators/data/matrix.py
+++ b/octobot_evaluators/data/matrix.py
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ def get_node_children_at_path(self, node_path, starting_node=None):
         except NodeExistsError:
             return []
 
+    def get_node_children_by_names_at_path(self, node_path, starting_node=None):
+        try:
+            return {key: val
+                    for key, val in self.matrix.get_node(node_path, starting_node=starting_node).children.items()}
+        except NodeExistsError:
+            return {}
+
     def get_node_at_path(self, node_path, starting_node=None):
         try:
             return self.matrix.get_node(node_path, starting_node=starting_node)