diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f0b49d1..3f247a2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kinode_process_lib"
-version = "0.5.4"
+version = "0.5.5"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-rpc-types",
  "anyhow",
diff --git a/src/kernel_types.rs b/src/kernel_types.rs
index 87303f2..7c5e084 100644
--- a/src/kernel_types.rs
+++ b/src/kernel_types.rs
@@ -218,6 +218,17 @@ pub struct PackageManifestEntry {
     pub public: bool,
 }
 
+/// the type that gets deserialized from a `scripts.json` object
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct DotScriptsEntry {
+    pub root: bool,
+    pub public: bool,
+    pub request_networking: bool,
+    pub request_capabilities: Option<Vec<serde_json::Value>>,
+    pub grant_capabilities: Option<Vec<serde_json::Value>>,
+}
+
 impl std::fmt::Display for Message {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
         match self {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 19b3ba1..68591e4 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -215,3 +215,10 @@ pub fn get_capability(our: &Address, params: &str) -> Option<Capability> {
         })
         .cloned()
 }
+
+pub fn await_next_request_body() -> anyhow::Result<Vec<u8>> {
+    let Ok(Message::Request { body, .. }) = await_message() else {
+        return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("failed to get request body, bailing out"));
+    };
+    Ok(body)
+}