diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 67e011e5e2e..21fe7a8da3e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -3684,7 +3684,7 @@
       }
     },
     "packages/compute-baseline": {
-      "version": "0.1.1",
+      "version": "0.2.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@js-temporal/polyfill": "^0.4.4",
diff --git a/packages/compute-baseline/README.md b/packages/compute-baseline/README.md
index 4e057a9218f..f4837d3d6c1 100644
--- a/packages/compute-baseline/README.md
+++ b/packages/compute-baseline/README.md
@@ -2,23 +2,21 @@
 
 By the [W3C WebDX Community Group](https://www.w3.org/community/webdx/) and contributors.
 
-`compute-baseline` computes preliminary [Baseline statuses](https://github.com/web-platform-dx/web-features/blob/main/docs/baseline.md) from `@mdn/browser-compat-data` feature keys.
+`compute-baseline` computes [Baseline statuses](https://github.com/web-platform-dx/web-features/blob/main/docs/baseline.md) from `@mdn/browser-compat-data` feature keys.
 You can use `compute-baseline` to help you find interoperable web platform features, propose new [`web-features`](https://github.com/web-platform-dx/web-features/) features, or compare support between features.
 
 `compute-baseline` also provides utility classes for working with `@mdn/browser-compat-data` generally.
 
 ## Limitations
 
-If you need authoritative Baseline statuses, check out the [`web-features`](https://github.com/web-platform-dx/web-features/tree/main/packages/web-features) package instead.
+If you need authoritative Baseline statuses, check out the [`web-features`](https://github.com/web-platform-dx/web-features/tree/main/packages/web-features) package first.
+Most of the time, the status information provided by `web-features` is the best representation of a feature overall.
 
-Don't use `compute-baseline` to generate publishable Baseline statuses for arbitrary web platform features.
-The results of `compute-baseline` invocations have _not_ received editorial review.
-Strictly speaking, a Baseline status requires editorial review, so statuses generated by `compute-baseline` are tentative.
-If you need authoritative Baseline statuses, check out the [`web-features`](https://github.com/web-platform-dx/web-features/tree/main/packages/web-features) package instead.
-
-You can use `compute-baseline` to explore possibilities or do error correction.
-For example, you might use `compute-baseline` to hide a Baseline status, when showing a broader feature's status might be misleading.
+If you need to know the Baseline status of a specific browser compatibility data entry within a `web-features` feature, then you can use the `getStatus` method.
+The `web-features` package and the `getStatus` method are the **only** ways to get a status that have completed the full Baseline editorial review process.
 
+All other invocations of `compute-baseline` have _not_ received editorial review.
+Don't use `compute-baseline` to generate publishable Baseline statuses for arbitrary web platform features.
 If you're not sure whether your application fits with the definition of Baseline, please [file an issue](https://github.com/web-platform-dx/web-features/issues/new).
 
 ## Prerequisites
@@ -40,8 +38,41 @@ Run:
 
 ## Usage
 
+### Get a Baseline status for a portion of a feature
+
+To get a Baseline status for a specific browser compatibility data entry within a `web-features` feature, call `getStatus` with the web feature's ID and the BCD feature key as parameters, as shown below:
+
+<!-- TODO: replace getStatus("fetch", "api.Response.json") with a call that produces different results than the main feature status, when there is one -->
+
+```javascript
+import { getStatus } from "compute-baseline";
+
+getStatus("fetch", "api.Response.json");
+```
+
+Returns:
+
+```
+{
+  baseline: 'high',
+  baseline_low_date: '2017-03-27',
+  baseline_high_date: '2019-09-27',
+  support: {
+    chrome: '42',
+    chrome_android: '42',
+    edge: '14',
+    firefox: '39',
+    firefox_android: '39',
+    safari: '10.1',
+    safari_ios: '10.3'
+  }
+}
+```
+
 ### Check support for a group of compat keys
 
+**Note**: This example returns support data that has not received an editorial review. Do not use for presenting a Baseline status. See [Limitations](#limitations).
+
 ```javascript
 import { computeBaseline } from "compute-baseline";
 
@@ -73,6 +104,8 @@ Use the `toJSON()` method to get a `web-features`-like plain JSON representation
 
 ### Check support for a single support key
 
+**Note**: This example returns support data that has not received an editorial review. Do not use for presenting a Baseline status. See [Limitations](#limitations).
+
 Sometimes it can be helpful to know if parent features have less support than the specific feature you're checking (for example, the parent is behind a prefix or flag) when computing a status for a deeply-nested feature.
 This is typically most interesting when checking a single key.
 Use the `withAncestors` option:
@@ -88,7 +121,9 @@ computeBaseline({
 
 ### Bring your own compatibility data
 
-If you don't want to import `@mdn/browser-compat-data` as your data source, you can bring your own schema-compatible compat data.
+**Note**: This example returns support data that has not received an editorial review. Do not use for presenting a Baseline status. See [Limitations](#limitations).
+
+If you want to use some other source of data (such as pre-release browser-compat-data), you can bring your own schema-compatible compat data.
 
 ```javascript
 import data from "some-parsed-json-file";
diff --git a/packages/compute-baseline/package.json b/packages/compute-baseline/package.json
index 676057815fb..b9ad0f0fa7b 100644
--- a/packages/compute-baseline/package.json
+++ b/packages/compute-baseline/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "compute-baseline",
-  "version": "0.1.1",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
   "description": "A library for computing web-features statuses from browser compatibility data",
   "exports": {
     ".": "./dist/baseline/index.js",
diff --git a/packages/compute-baseline/src/baseline/index.test.ts b/packages/compute-baseline/src/baseline/index.test.ts
index db0e9431adb..5cbe64e6103 100644
--- a/packages/compute-baseline/src/baseline/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/compute-baseline/src/baseline/index.test.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,26 @@ import { Temporal } from "@js-temporal/polyfill";
 import * as chai from "chai";
 import chaiJestSnapshot from "chai-jest-snapshot";
 
-import { computeBaseline, keystoneDateToStatus } from "./index.js";
+import { computeBaseline, getStatus, keystoneDateToStatus } from "./index.js";
 
 chai.use(chaiJestSnapshot);
 
+describe("getStatus", function () {
+  before(function () {
+    chaiJestSnapshot.resetSnapshotRegistry();
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(function () {
+    chaiJestSnapshot.configureUsingMochaContext(this);
+  });
+
+  it("returns a status", function () {
+    const result = getStatus("fetch", "api.Response.json");
+    assert.equal(result.baseline, "high");
+    chai.expect(result).to.matchSnapshot();
+  });
+});
+
 describe("computeBaseline", function () {
   before(function () {
     chaiJestSnapshot.resetSnapshotRegistry();
diff --git a/packages/compute-baseline/src/baseline/index.test.ts.snap b/packages/compute-baseline/src/baseline/index.test.ts.snap
index c63dbe31747..9648f1ba518 100644
--- a/packages/compute-baseline/src/baseline/index.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/compute-baseline/src/baseline/index.test.ts.snap
@@ -130,3 +130,20 @@ Object {
 }",
 }
 `;
+
+exports[`getStatus returns a status 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "baseline": "high",
+  "baseline_high_date": "2019-09-27",
+  "baseline_low_date": "2017-03-27",
+  "support": Object {
+    "chrome": "42",
+    "chrome_android": "42",
+    "edge": "14",
+    "firefox": "39",
+    "firefox_android": "39",
+    "safari": "10.1",
+    "safari_ios": "10.3",
+  },
+}
+`;
diff --git a/packages/compute-baseline/src/baseline/index.ts b/packages/compute-baseline/src/baseline/index.ts
index 8cc576a5aff..829dd9b3c39 100644
--- a/packages/compute-baseline/src/baseline/index.ts
+++ b/packages/compute-baseline/src/baseline/index.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export const BASELINE_LOW_TO_HIGH_DURATION = Temporal.Duration.from({
 type BaselineStatus = "low" | "high" | false;
 type BaselineDate = string | null;
 
-interface SupportStatus {
+interface SupportDetails {
   compatKey?: string;
   baseline: BaselineStatus;
   baseline_low_date: BaselineDate;
@@ -44,6 +44,41 @@ interface SupportStatus {
   toJSON: () => string;
 }
 
+// TODO: Use a type from `web-features` directly, instead of approximating it here
+interface SupportStatus {
+  baseline: "low" | "high" | false;
+  baseline_low_date: string;
+  baseline_high_date?: string;
+  support: Record<string, string>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Calculate a Baseline status for specific browser compat data keys within a
+ * web-features feature, in the style of a web-feature's `status` key. Use this
+ * method to calculate fine-grained support statuses. This is the only method
+ * approved to compute Baseline statuses not otherwise published in the
+ * `web-features` package.
+ *
+ * For example, suppose you want to show a Baseline status for a specific method
+ * in a feature, which might've been supported earlier or later than the broader
+ * feature overall. Then you'd call `getStatus('example-feature',
+ * 'api.ExampleManager.doExample')`.
+ */
+export function getStatus(
+  featureId: string,
+  compatKey: string,
+  compat: Compat = defaultCompat,
+): SupportStatus {
+  // TODO: actually check that featureId is a valid feature
+  // TODO: actually check that compatKey is tagged as featureId in BCD _or_ listed in web-features
+  return JSON.parse(
+    computeBaseline(
+      { compatKeys: [compatKey], checkAncestors: true },
+      compat,
+    ).toJSON(),
+  );
+}
+
 /**
  * Given a set of compat keys, compute the aggregate Baseline support ("high",
  * "low" or false, dates, and releases) for those keys.
@@ -54,7 +89,7 @@ export function computeBaseline(
     checkAncestors?: boolean;
   },
   compat: Compat = defaultCompat,
-): SupportStatus {
+): SupportDetails {
   const { compatKeys } = featureSelector;
   const keys = featureSelector.checkAncestors
     ? compatKeys.flatMap((key) => withAncestors(key, compat))
@@ -88,7 +123,7 @@ export function computeBaseline(
  * Compute the Baseline support ("high", "low" or false, dates, and releases)
  * for a single compat key.
  */
-function calculate(compatKey: string, compat: Compat): SupportStatus {
+function calculate(compatKey: string, compat: Compat): SupportDetails {
   const f = feature(compatKey);
   const s = support(f, browsers(compat));
   const keystoneDate = findKeystoneDate([...s.values()]);
@@ -227,7 +262,7 @@ function findKeystoneDate(
   return latestDate;
 }
 
-function jsonify(status: SupportStatus): string {
+function jsonify(status: SupportDetails): string {
   const { baseline_low_date, baseline_high_date } = status;
   const support: Record<string, string> = {};