diff --git a/rust/core/src/automatic_branching.rs b/rust/core/src/automatic_branching.rs
index a338e375..2e80cb11 100644
--- a/rust/core/src/automatic_branching.rs
+++ b/rust/core/src/automatic_branching.rs
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ pub async fn derive_sha256_file_contents(
     Ok(HEXLOWER.encode(digest.as_ref()))
 }
 
-/// derive_hash_views returns table names for every model
-/// and seed inside of the project that is passed in. The returned type is a map from the model
+/// derive_hash_views returns table names for every model/snapshot and seed inside 
+/// of the project that is passed in. The returned type is a map from the model
 /// to a tuple of the model hash and sql statements required to create the view.
 pub fn derive_hash_views<'a>(
     database: &impl DatabaseQueryGenerator,
diff --git a/rust/core/src/automatic_branching_build_cached.rs b/rust/core/src/automatic_branching_build_cached.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..997b8cdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/core/src/automatic_branching_build_cached.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+use crate::{
+    automatic_branching::{derive_hash_views, is_cache_full_path},
+    databases::DatabaseQueryGenerator,
+    file_system::FileSystem,
+    graph::project_to_graph,
+    project::project_and_fs_to_sql_for_views,
+};
+use quary_proto::Project;
+use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, HashSet};
+
+fn build_only_non_cached_things(
+    project: &Project,
+    file_system: &impl FileSystem,
+    database: &impl DatabaseQueryGenerator,
+    view_paths_in_target: HashSet<String>,
+) -> Result<BTreeMap<String, Vec<String>>, String> {
+    let filtered_cache_views = view_paths_in_target
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|name| {
+            let is_cache = is_cache_full_path(database, &name)?;
+            Ok((name, is_cache))
+        })
+        .collect::<Result<BTreeMap<String, bool>, String>>()?
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter(|(_, is_cache)| !is_cache)
+        .collect::<BTreeSet<_>>();
+
+    let views_to_create =
+        project_and_fs_to_sql_for_views(project, file_system, database, false, false);
+
+    let graph = project_to_graph(project.clone());
+    let hashed_views = derive_hash_views(database, project, graph);
+
+    
+
+    unimplemented!();
+}
diff --git a/rust/core/src/lib.rs b/rust/core/src/lib.rs
index 590e27a3..ddbdef9e 100644
--- a/rust/core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/core/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 extern crate core;
 
 pub mod automatic_branching;
+pub mod automatic_branching_build_cached;
 pub mod chart;
 pub mod config;
 pub mod database_bigquery;