diff --git a/compiler/forget/src/HIR/Pipeline.ts b/compiler/forget/src/HIR/Pipeline.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b73f4413c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/forget/src/HIR/Pipeline.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+import { NodePath } from "@babel/traverse";
+import * as t from "@babel/types";
+import { lower } from "../HIR/BuildHIR";
+import { eliminateRedundantPhi } from "../HIR/EliminateRedundantPhi";
+import enterSSA from "../HIR/EnterSSA";
+import { Environment } from "../HIR/HIRBuilder";
+import { inferMutableRanges } from "../HIR/InferMutableLifetimes";
+import inferReferenceEffects from "../HIR/InferReferenceEffects";
+import leaveSSA from "../HIR/LeaveSSA";
+import codegen from "./Codegen";
+import { HIRFunction } from "./HIR";
+import { inferReactiveScopeVariables } from "./InferReactiveScopeVariables";
+
+export type CompilerFlags = {
+  eliminateRedundantPhi: boolean;
+  inferReferenceEffects: boolean;
+  inferMutableRanges: boolean;
+  inferReactiveScopeVariables: boolean;
+  leaveSSA: boolean;
+  codegen: boolean;
+};
+
+export type CompilerResult = {
+  ir: HIRFunction;
+  ast: t.Function | null;
+};
+
+export default function (
+  func: NodePath<t.FunctionDeclaration>,
+  flags: CompilerFlags
+): CompilerResult {
+  const env = new Environment();
+  const ir = lower(func, env);
+  enterSSA(ir, env);
+  if (flags.eliminateRedundantPhi) {
+    eliminateRedundantPhi(ir);
+  }
+  if (flags.inferReferenceEffects) {
+    inferReferenceEffects(ir);
+  }
+  if (flags.inferMutableRanges) {
+    inferMutableRanges(ir);
+  }
+  if (flags.inferReactiveScopeVariables) {
+    inferReactiveScopeVariables(ir);
+  }
+  if (flags.leaveSSA) {
+    leaveSSA(ir);
+  }
+  if (flags.codegen) {
+    return {
+      ast: codegen(ir),
+      ir: ir,
+    };
+  }
+
+  return { ast: null, ir: ir };
+}
diff --git a/compiler/forget/src/__tests__/hir-test.ts b/compiler/forget/src/__tests__/hir-test.ts
index dccc49c0ea..bb2e38c947 100644
--- a/compiler/forget/src/__tests__/hir-test.ts
+++ b/compiler/forget/src/__tests__/hir-test.ts
@@ -14,18 +14,9 @@ import { wasmFolder } from "@hpcc-js/wasm";
 import invariant from "invariant";
 import path from "path";
 import prettier from "prettier";
-import { lower } from "../HIR/BuildHIR";
-import codegen from "../HIR/Codegen";
-import { eliminateRedundantPhi } from "../HIR/EliminateRedundantPhi";
-import enterSSA from "../HIR/EnterSSA";
-import { HIRFunction } from "../HIR/HIR";
-import { Environment } from "../HIR/HIRBuilder";
-import { inferMutableRanges } from "../HIR/InferMutableLifetimes";
-import { inferReactiveScopeVariables } from "../HIR/InferReactiveScopeVariables";
-import inferReferenceEffects from "../HIR/InferReferenceEffects";
-import leaveSSA from "../HIR/LeaveSSA";
 import printHIR from "../HIR/PrintHIR";
 import visualizeHIRMermaid from "../HIR/VisualizeHIRMermaid";
+import run from "./../HIR/Pipeline";
 import generateTestsFromFixtures from "./test-utils/generateTestsFromFixtures";
 
 function wrapWithTripleBackticks(s: string, ext?: string) {
@@ -65,18 +56,23 @@ describe("React Forget (HIR version)", () => {
       traverse(ast, {
         FunctionDeclaration: {
           enter(nodePath) {
-            const env: Environment = new Environment();
-            const ir: HIRFunction = lower(nodePath, env);
-            enterSSA(ir, env);
-            eliminateRedundantPhi(ir);
-            inferReferenceEffects(ir);
-            inferMutableRanges(ir);
-            inferReactiveScopeVariables(ir);
-            leaveSSA(ir);
+            const compilerFlags = {
+              eliminateRedundantPhi: true,
+              inferReferenceEffects: true,
+              inferMutableRanges: true,
+              leaveSSA: true,
+              inferReactiveScopeVariables: true,
+              codegen: true,
+            };
+
+            const { ast, ir } = run(nodePath, compilerFlags);
+            invariant(
+              ast !== null,
+              "ast is null when codegen option is enabled"
+            );
+
             const textHIR = printHIR(ir.body);
             const visualization = visualizeHIRMermaid(ir);
-
-            const ast = codegen(ir);
             const text = prettier.format(
               generate(ast).code.replace("\n\n", "\n"),
               {