diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 67086d378a..67cd43fd08 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 *.log
+*.json
+*.serialised.json
 coverage
 
 conjure_oxide/tests/**/*.generated.*
@@ -167,4 +169,4 @@ fabric.properties
 .idea/misc.xml
 .idea/inspectionProfiles
 .idea/.gitignore
-.idea/conjure-oxide.iml
\ No newline at end of file
+.idea/conjure-oxide.iml
diff --git a/conjure_oxide/Cargo.toml b/conjure_oxide/Cargo.toml
index ef71cf9b09..ff7eb89fec 100644
--- a/conjure_oxide/Cargo.toml
+++ b/conjure_oxide/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,5 +24,10 @@ strum = "0.26.1"
 versions = "6.1.0"
 linkme = "0.3.22"
 
+[features]
+
+unstable = []
+unstable-solver-interface = ["unstable"]
+
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/conjure_oxide/src/lib.rs b/conjure_oxide/src/lib.rs
index 6aa6db4e0d..eb8fd40a35 100644
--- a/conjure_oxide/src/lib.rs
+++ b/conjure_oxide/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+
+// #![feature(doc_auto_cfg)]
+
 pub mod error;
 pub mod find_conjure;
 pub mod parse;
@@ -12,3 +15,5 @@ pub use conjure_core::solvers::Solver;
 pub use rules::eval_constant;
 
 pub use error::Error;
+
+pub mod unstable;
diff --git a/conjure_oxide/src/unstable/mod.rs b/conjure_oxide/src/unstable/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f45f32813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conjure_oxide/src/unstable/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+//! Unstable and in-development features of Conjure-Oxide.
+//!
+//! Enabling these may introduce breaking changes that affect code compilation.
+
+#![cfg(feature = "unstable-solver-interface")]
+pub mod solver_interface;
diff --git a/conjure_oxide/src/unstable/solver_interface/mod.rs b/conjure_oxide/src/unstable/solver_interface/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e846e38809
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conjure_oxide/src/unstable/solver_interface/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+#![cfg(feature = "unstable-solver-interface")]
+
+//! A new interface for interacting with solvers.
+//!
+//! # Example
+//!
+//! TODO
+
+// # Implementing Solver interfaces
+//
+// Solver interfaces can only be implemented inside this module, due to the SolverAdaptor crate
+// being sealed.
+//
+// To add support for a solver, implement the `SolverAdaptor` trait in a submodule.
+//
+// If incremental solving support is required, also implement `ModelModifier`. If this is not
+// required, all `ModelModifier` instances required by the SolverAdaptor trait can be replaced with
+// NotModifiable.
+//
+// For more details, see the docstrings for SolverAdaptor, ModelModifier, and NotModifiable.
+
+#![allow(dead_code)]
+#![allow(unused)]
+#![warn(clippy::exhaustive_enums)]
+
+#[doc(hidden)]
+mod private {
+    // Used to limit calling trait functions outside this module.
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    pub struct Internal;
+
+    // https://predr.ag/blog/definitive-guide-to-sealed-traits-in-rust/#the-trick-for-sealing-traits
+    // Make traits unimplementable from outside of this module.
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    pub trait Sealed {}
+}
+
+use self::incremental::*;
+use self::solver_states::*;
+use anyhow::anyhow;
+use conjure_core::ast::{Domain, Expression, Model, Name};
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::fmt::{Debug, Display};
+
+/// A [`SolverAdaptor`] provide an interface to an underlying solver. Used by [`Solver`].
+pub trait SolverAdaptor: private::Sealed {
+    /// The native model type of the underlying solver.
+    type Model: Clone;
+
+    /// The native solution type of the underlying solver.
+    type Solution: Clone;
+
+    /// The [`ModelModifier`](incremental::ModelModifier) used during incremental search.
+    ///
+    /// If incremental solving is not supported, this SHOULD be set to [NotModifiable](`incremental::NotModifiable`) .
+    type Modifier: incremental::ModelModifier;
+
+    /// Run the solver on the given model.
+    ///
+    /// Implementations of this function MUST call the user provided callback whenever a solution
+    /// is found. If the user callback returns `true`, search should continue, if the user callback
+    /// returns `false`, search should terminate.
+    fn solve(
+        &mut self,
+        model: Self::Model,
+        callback: fn(HashMap<String, String>) -> bool,
+        _: private::Internal,
+    ) -> Result<ExecutionSuccess, ExecutionFailure>;
+
+    /// Run the solver on the given model, allowing modification of the model through a
+    /// [`ModelModifier`].
+    ///
+    /// Implementations of this function MUST return [`OpNotSupported`](`ModificationFailure::OpNotSupported`)
+    /// if modifying the model mid-search is not supported. These implementations may also find the
+    /// [`NotModifiable`] modifier useful.
+    ///
+    /// As with [`solve`](SolverAdaptor::solve), this function MUST call the user provided callback
+    /// function whenever a solution is found.
+    fn solve_mut(
+        &mut self,
+        model: Self::Model,
+        callback: fn(HashMap<String, String>, Self::Modifier) -> bool,
+        _: private::Internal,
+    ) -> Result<ExecutionSuccess, ExecutionFailure>;
+    fn load_model(
+        &mut self,
+        model: Model,
+        _: private::Internal,
+    ) -> Result<Self::Model, anyhow::Error>;
+    fn init_solver(&mut self, _: private::Internal) {}
+}
+
+/// A Solver executes of a Conjure-Oxide model usign a specified solver.
+pub struct Solver<A: SolverAdaptor, State: SolverState = Init> {
+    state: std::marker::PhantomData<State>,
+    adaptor: A,
+    model: Option<A::Model>,
+}
+
+impl<A: SolverAdaptor> Solver<A, Init> {
+    // TODO: decent error handling
+    pub fn load_model(mut self, model: Model) -> Result<Solver<A, ModelLoaded>, ()> {
+        let solver_model = &mut self
+            .adaptor
+            .load_model(model, private::Internal)
+            .map_err(|_| ())?;
+        Ok(Solver {
+            state: std::marker::PhantomData::<ModelLoaded>,
+            adaptor: self.adaptor,
+            model: Some(solver_model.clone()),
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl<A: SolverAdaptor> Solver<A, ModelLoaded> {
+    pub fn solve(
+        mut self,
+        callback: fn(HashMap<String, String>) -> bool,
+    ) -> Result<ExecutionSuccess, ExecutionFailure> {
+        #[allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
+        self.adaptor
+            .solve(self.model.unwrap(), callback, private::Internal)
+    }
+
+    pub fn solve_mut(
+        mut self,
+        callback: fn(HashMap<String, String>, A::Modifier) -> bool,
+    ) -> Result<ExecutionSuccess, ExecutionFailure> {
+        #[allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
+        self.adaptor
+            .solve_mut(self.model.unwrap(), callback, private::Internal)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: SolverAdaptor> Solver<T> {
+    pub fn new(solver_adaptor: T) -> Solver<T> {
+        let mut solver = Solver {
+            state: std::marker::PhantomData::<Init>,
+            adaptor: solver_adaptor,
+            model: None,
+        };
+
+        solver.adaptor.init_solver(private::Internal);
+        solver
+    }
+}
+
+pub mod solver_states {
+    //! States of a [`Solver`].
+
+    use super::private::Sealed;
+    use super::Solver;
+
+    pub trait SolverState: Sealed {}
+
+    impl Sealed for Init {}
+    impl Sealed for ModelLoaded {}
+    impl Sealed for ExecutionSuccess {}
+    impl Sealed for ExecutionFailure {}
+
+    impl SolverState for Init {}
+    impl SolverState for ModelLoaded {}
+    impl SolverState for ExecutionSuccess {}
+    impl SolverState for ExecutionFailure {}
+
+    pub struct Init;
+    pub struct ModelLoaded;
+
+    /// The state returned by [`Solver`] if solving has been successful.
+    pub struct ExecutionSuccess;
+
+    /// The state returned by [`Solver`] if solving has not been successful.
+    #[non_exhaustive]
+    pub enum ExecutionFailure {
+        /// The desired function or solver is not implemented yet.
+        OpNotImplemented,
+
+        /// The solver does not support this operation.
+        OpNotSupported,
+
+        /// Solving timed-out.
+        TimedOut,
+
+        /// An unspecified error has occurred.
+        Error(anyhow::Error),
+    }
+}
+
+pub mod incremental {
+    //! Incremental / mutable solving (changing the model during search).
+    //!
+    //! Incremental solving can be triggered for a solverthrough the
+    //! [`Solver::solve_mut`] method.
+    //!
+    //! This gives access to a [`ModelModifier`] in the solution retrieval callback.
+    use super::private;
+    use super::Solver;
+    use conjure_core::ast::{Domain, Expression, Model, Name};
+
+    /// A ModelModifier provides an interface to modify a model during solving.
+    ///
+    /// Modifications are defined in terms of Conjure AST nodes, so must be translated to a solver
+    /// specfic form before use.
+    ///
+    /// It is implementation defined whether these constraints can be given at high level and passed
+    /// through the rewriter, or only low-level solver constraints are supported.
+    ///
+    /// See also: [`Solver::solve_mut`].
+    pub trait ModelModifier: private::Sealed {
+        fn add_constraint(constraint: Expression) -> Result<(), ModificationFailure> {
+            Err(ModificationFailure::OpNotSupported)
+        }
+
+        fn add_variable(name: Name, domain: Domain) -> Result<(), ModificationFailure> {
+            Err(ModificationFailure::OpNotSupported)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// A [`ModelModifier`] for a solver that does not support incremental solving. Returns
+    /// [`OperationNotSupported`](`ModificationFailure::OperationNotSupported`) for all operations.
+    pub struct NotModifiable;
+
+    impl private::Sealed for NotModifiable {}
+    impl ModelModifier for NotModifiable {}
+
+    /// The requested modification to the model has failed.
+    #[non_exhaustive]
+    pub enum ModificationFailure {
+        /// The desired operation is not supported for this solver adaptor.
+        OpNotSupported,
+
+        /// The desired operation is supported by this solver adaptor, but has not been
+        /// implemented yet.
+        OpNotImplemented,
+
+        // The arguments given to the operation are invalid.
+        ArgsInvalid(anyhow::Error),
+
+        /// An unspecified error has occurred.
+        Error(anyhow::Error),
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tools/gen_docs.sh b/tools/gen_docs.sh
index b4d8716d5b..f1d74f4198 100755
--- a/tools/gen_docs.sh
+++ b/tools/gen_docs.sh
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ TARGET_DIR=$(cargo metadata 2> /dev/null | jq -r .target_directory 2>/dev/null)
 cd "$PROJECT_ROOT"
 rm -rf "$TARGET_DIR/doc"
 
-RUSTDOCFLAGS="-Zunstable-options --markdown-no-toc --index-page ${PROJECT_ROOT}/doc/index.md" cargo +nightly doc --no-deps -p conjure_oxide -p conjure_core -p minion_rs -p chuffed_rs -p conjure_rules -p uniplate
+RUSTDOCFLAGS="-Zunstable-options --markdown-no-toc --index-page ${PROJECT_ROOT}/doc/index.md" cargo +nightly doc --no-deps --all-features -p conjure_oxide -p conjure_core -p minion_rs -p chuffed_rs -p conjure_rules -p uniplate $@
+