diff --git a/chunks.go b/chunks.go
index a86514c..f1214bb 100644
--- a/chunks.go
+++ b/chunks.go
@@ -228,4 +228,24 @@ func SortChunkStats(chunkstats []types.ChunkStats, sortSpec SortSpec) error {
 }
 
 // EXISTING_CODE
+// Syntactic sugar
+type IndexesOptions = ChunksOptions
+type ManifestsOptions = ChunksOptions
+
+// Syntactic sugar
+func (opts *IndexesOptions) IndexesList() ([]types.ChunkStats, *types.MetaData, error) {
+	return opts.ChunksStats()
+}
+func (opts *ManifestsOptions) ManifestsList() ([]types.ChunkManifest, *types.MetaData, error) {
+	return opts.ChunksManifest()
+}
+
+// Syntactic sugar
+func SortIndexes(chunkstats []types.ChunkStats, sortSpec SortSpec) error {
+	return SortChunkStats(chunkstats, sortSpec)
+}
+func SortManifests(chunkrecords []types.ChunkRecord, sortSpec SortSpec) error {
+	return SortChunkRecords(chunkrecords, sortSpec)
+}
+
 // EXISTING_CODE
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 8672783..8529677 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
+	configTypes "github.com/TrueBlocks/trueblocks-core/src/apps/chifra/pkg/configtypes"
 	"github.com/TrueBlocks/trueblocks-core/src/apps/chifra/pkg/output"
 	"github.com/TrueBlocks/trueblocks-core/src/apps/chifra/pkg/types"
 	// EXISTING_CODE
@@ -88,4 +89,12 @@ func enumFromConfigMode(values []string) (ConfigMode, error) {
 }
 
 // EXISTING_CODE
+type ConfigsOptions = ConfigOptions
+
+func (opts *ConfigsOptions) ConfigsList() ([]configTypes.Config, *types.MetaData, error) {
+	meta, err := GetMetaData(opts.Chain)
+	// the caller is responsible to fill this with the data
+	return []configTypes.Config{}, meta, err
+}
+
 // EXISTING_CODE
diff --git a/names.go b/names.go
index c869be4..a0028b1 100644
--- a/names.go
+++ b/names.go
@@ -152,4 +152,9 @@ func (opts *NamesOptions) ModifyName(op crud.Operation, cd *crud.NameCrud) ([]ty
 	return nil, nil, errors.New("invalid operation " + string(op))
 }
 
+// Syntactic sugar
+func (opts *NamesOptions) NamesList() ([]types.Name, *types.MetaData, error) {
+	return opts.Names()
+}
+
 // EXISTING_CODE
diff --git a/status.go b/status.go
index 2de2385..5d3bbca 100644
--- a/status.go
+++ b/status.go
@@ -307,4 +307,9 @@ func (opts *StatusOptions) Status() ([]types.Status, *types.MetaData, error) {
 	return opts.StatusDiagnose()
 }
 
+// Syntactic sugar
+func (opts *StatusOptions) StatusList() ([]types.Status, *types.MetaData, error) {
+	return opts.StatusAll()
+}
+
 // EXISTING_CODE