diff --git a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/CsProj/CsProjGenerator.cs b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/CsProj/CsProjGenerator.cs
index 2a5afebc15..0fb8349b1f 100644
--- a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/CsProj/CsProjGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/CsProj/CsProjGenerator.cs
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ protected override string GetBuildArtifactsDirectoryPath(BuildPartition buildPar
             return Path.Combine(directoryName, programName);
         }
 
-        protected override string GetProjectFilePath(string binariesDirectoryPath)
-            => Path.Combine(binariesDirectoryPath, "BenchmarkDotNet.Autogenerated.csproj");
+        protected override string GetProjectFilePath(string buildArtifactsDirectoryPath)
+            => Path.Combine(buildArtifactsDirectoryPath, "BenchmarkDotNet.Autogenerated.csproj");
 
         protected override string GetBinariesDirectoryPath(string buildArtifactsDirectoryPath, string configuration)
             => Path.Combine(buildArtifactsDirectoryPath, "bin", configuration, TargetFrameworkMoniker);
@@ -61,7 +61,11 @@ protected override void GenerateProject(BuildPartition buildPartition, Artifacts
             File.WriteAllText(artifactsPaths.ProjectFilePath, content);
         }
 
-        protected string GetRuntimeSettings(GcMode gcMode, IResolver resolver)
+        /// <summary>
+        /// returns an MSBuild string that defines Runtime settings
+        /// </summary>
+        [PublicAPI]
+        protected virtual string GetRuntimeSettings(GcMode gcMode, IResolver resolver)
         {
             if (!gcMode.HasChanges)
                 return string.Empty;
@@ -112,7 +116,11 @@ private string GetSettingsThatNeedsToBeCopied(FileInfo projectFile)
             return customSettings.ToString();
         }
 
-        protected static FileInfo GetProjectFilePath(Type benchmarkTarget, ILogger logger)
+        /// <summary>
+        /// returns a path to the project file which defines the benchmarks
+        /// </summary>
+        [PublicAPI]
+        protected virtual FileInfo GetProjectFilePath(Type benchmarkTarget, ILogger logger)
         {
             if (!GetSolutionRootDirectory(out var solutionRootDirectory))
             {
diff --git a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/DotNetCli/DotNetCliCommandExecutor.cs b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/DotNetCli/DotNetCliCommandExecutor.cs
index d8041859f9..5f009a25c1 100644
--- a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/DotNetCli/DotNetCliCommandExecutor.cs
+++ b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/DotNetCli/DotNetCliCommandExecutor.cs
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@
 
 namespace BenchmarkDotNet.Toolchains.DotNetCli
 {
-    internal static class DotNetCliCommandExecutor
+    [PublicAPI]
+    public static class DotNetCliCommandExecutor
     {
-        internal struct CommandResult
+        public struct CommandResult
         {
-            public bool IsSuccess { get; }
+            [PublicAPI] public bool IsSuccess { get; }
 
             [PublicAPI] public TimeSpan ExecutionTime { get; }
 
@@ -46,7 +47,8 @@ public static CommandResult Failure(TimeSpan time, string standardError, string
                 => new CommandResult(false, time, standardOutput, standardError);
         }
 
-        internal static CommandResult ExecuteCommand(
+        [PublicAPI]
+        public static CommandResult ExecuteCommand(
             string customDotNetCliPath, string commandWithArguments, string workingDirectory, ILogger logger, 
             IReadOnlyList<EnvironmentVariable> environmentVariables = null, bool useSharedCompilation = false)
         {
diff --git a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/GeneratorBase.cs b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/GeneratorBase.cs
index 9b9693fe09..7cc1b9ea76 100644
--- a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/GeneratorBase.cs
+++ b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/GeneratorBase.cs
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
 using BenchmarkDotNet.Portability;
 using BenchmarkDotNet.Running;
 using BenchmarkDotNet.Toolchains.Results;
+using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using StreamWriter = System.IO.StreamWriter;
 
 namespace BenchmarkDotNet.Toolchains
 {
+    [PublicAPI]
     public abstract class GeneratorBase : IGenerator
     {
         public GenerateResult GenerateProject(BuildPartition buildPartition, ILogger logger, string rootArtifactsFolderPath)
@@ -35,25 +37,80 @@ public GenerateResult GenerateProject(BuildPartition buildPartition, ILogger log
             }
         }
 
-        protected abstract string GetBuildArtifactsDirectoryPath(BuildPartition assemblyLocation, string programName);
-
-        protected virtual string GetBinariesDirectoryPath(string buildArtifactsDirectoryPath, string configuration) => buildArtifactsDirectoryPath;
-
-        protected virtual string GetExecutableExtension() => RuntimeInformation.ExecutableExtension;
-
-        protected virtual string GetProjectFilePath(string binariesDirectoryPath) => string.Empty;
-
-        protected abstract string[] GetArtifactsToCleanup(ArtifactsPaths artifactsPaths);
-
-        protected virtual void CopyAllRequiredFiles(ArtifactsPaths artifactsPaths) { }
-
-        protected virtual void GenerateNuGetConfig(ArtifactsPaths artifactsPaths) { }
-
-        protected virtual void GenerateProject(BuildPartition buildPartition, ArtifactsPaths artifactsPaths, ILogger logger) { }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// returns a path to the folder where auto-generated project and code are going to be placed
+        /// </summary>
+        [PublicAPI] protected abstract string GetBuildArtifactsDirectoryPath(BuildPartition assemblyLocation, string programName);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// returns a path where executable should be found after the build
+        /// </summary>
+        [PublicAPI] protected virtual string GetBinariesDirectoryPath(string buildArtifactsDirectoryPath, string configuration)
+            => buildArtifactsDirectoryPath;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// returns OS-specific executable extension
+        /// </summary>
+        [PublicAPI] protected virtual string GetExecutableExtension()
+            => RuntimeInformation.ExecutableExtension;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// returns a path to the auto-generated .csproj file
+        /// </summary>
+        [PublicAPI] protected virtual string GetProjectFilePath(string buildArtifactsDirectoryPath)
+            => string.Empty;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// returns a list of artifacts that should be removed after running the benchmarks
+        /// </summary>
+        [PublicAPI] protected abstract string[] GetArtifactsToCleanup(ArtifactsPaths artifactsPaths);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// if you need to copy some extra files to make the benchmarks work you should override this method
+        /// </summary>
+        [PublicAPI] protected virtual void CopyAllRequiredFiles(ArtifactsPaths artifactsPaths) { }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// generates Nuget.Config file to make sure that BDN is using the right NuGet feeds
+        /// </summary>
+        [PublicAPI] protected virtual void GenerateNuGetConfig(ArtifactsPaths artifactsPaths) { }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// generates .csproj file with a reference to the project with benchmarks
+        /// </summary>
+        [PublicAPI] protected virtual void GenerateProject(BuildPartition buildPartition, ArtifactsPaths artifactsPaths, ILogger logger) { }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// generates a script can be used when dubugging compilation issues
+        /// </summary>
+        [PublicAPI] protected abstract void GenerateBuildScript(BuildPartition buildPartition, ArtifactsPaths artifactsPaths);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// returns a path to the folder where NuGet packages should be restored
+        /// </summary>
+        [PublicAPI] protected virtual string GetPackagesDirectoryPath(string buildArtifactsDirectoryPath)
+            => Path.Combine(buildArtifactsDirectoryPath, "packages");
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// genrates an app.config file next to the executable with benchmarks
+        /// </summary>
+        [PublicAPI] protected virtual void GenerateAppConfig(BuildPartition buildPartition, ArtifactsPaths artifactsPaths)
+        {
+            string sourcePath = buildPartition.AssemblyLocation + ".config";
 
-        protected abstract void GenerateBuildScript(BuildPartition buildPartition, ArtifactsPaths artifactsPaths);
+            using (var source = File.Exists(sourcePath) ? new StreamReader(File.OpenRead(sourcePath)) : TextReader.Null)
+            using (var destination = new StreamWriter(File.Create(artifactsPaths.AppConfigPath), Encoding.UTF8))
+            {
+                AppConfigGenerator.Generate(buildPartition.RepresentativeBenchmarkCase.Job, source, destination, buildPartition.Resolver);
+            }
+        }
 
-        protected virtual string GetPackagesDirectoryPath(string buildArtifactsDirectoryPath) => Path.Combine(buildArtifactsDirectoryPath, "packages");
+        /// <summary>
+        /// generates the C# source code with all required boilerplate.
+        /// <remarks>You most probably do NOT need to override this method!!</remarks>
+        /// </summary>
+        [PublicAPI] protected virtual void GenerateCode(BuildPartition buildPartition, ArtifactsPaths artifactsPaths) 
+            => File.WriteAllText(artifactsPaths.ProgramCodePath, CodeGenerator.Generate(buildPartition));
 
         private ArtifactsPaths GetArtifactsPaths(BuildPartition buildPartition, string rootArtifactsFolderPath)
         {
@@ -78,19 +135,5 @@ private ArtifactsPaths GetArtifactsPaths(BuildPartition buildPartition, string r
                 programName: programName,
                 packagesDirectoryName: GetPackagesDirectoryPath(buildArtifactsDirectoryPath));
         }
-
-        private static void GenerateCode(BuildPartition buildPartition, ArtifactsPaths artifactsPaths) 
-            => File.WriteAllText(artifactsPaths.ProgramCodePath, CodeGenerator.Generate(buildPartition));
-
-        private static void GenerateAppConfig(BuildPartition buildPartition, ArtifactsPaths artifactsPaths)
-        {
-            string sourcePath = buildPartition.AssemblyLocation + ".config";
-
-            using (var source = File.Exists(sourcePath) ? new StreamReader(File.OpenRead(sourcePath)) : TextReader.Null)
-            using (var destination = new StreamWriter(File.Create(artifactsPaths.AppConfigPath), Encoding.UTF8))
-            {
-                AppConfigGenerator.Generate(buildPartition.RepresentativeBenchmarkCase.Job, source, destination, buildPartition.Resolver);
-            }
-        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/Results/BuildResult.cs b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/Results/BuildResult.cs
index a1c0137520..91e03cfca3 100644
--- a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/Results/BuildResult.cs
+++ b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Toolchains/Results/BuildResult.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 using System;
+using JetBrains.Annotations;
 
 namespace BenchmarkDotNet.Toolchains.Results
 {
+    [PublicAPI]
     public class BuildResult : GenerateResult
     {
         public bool IsBuildSuccess { get; }
@@ -16,9 +18,9 @@ private BuildResult(GenerateResult generateResult, bool isBuildSuccess, Exceptio
 
         public bool FailedToAccess => IsGenerateSuccess && !IsBuildSuccess && BuildException.Message.Contains("cannot access");
 
-        public static BuildResult Success(GenerateResult generateResult) => new BuildResult(generateResult, true, null);
+        [PublicAPI] public static BuildResult Success(GenerateResult generateResult) => new BuildResult(generateResult, true, null);
 
-        public static BuildResult Failure(GenerateResult generateResult, Exception exception = null) => new BuildResult(generateResult, false, exception);
+        [PublicAPI] public static BuildResult Failure(GenerateResult generateResult, Exception exception = null) => new BuildResult(generateResult, false, exception);
 
         public override string ToString() => "BuildResult: " + (IsBuildSuccess ? "Success" : "Failure");
     }