diff --git a/core.go b/core.go
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+++ b/core.go
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+// Package substrait provides access to Substrait artifacts via embed.FS.
+// Use substrait.GetSubstraitFS() to retrieve the embed.FS object.
+package substrait
+
+import "embed"
+
+// Add all directories which should be exposed in below
+//
+//go:embed extensions/*
+var substraitFS embed.FS
+
+func GetSubstraitFS() embed.FS {
+	return substraitFS
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
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+module github.com/substrait-io/substrait
+
+go 1.22.0