diff --git a/legend-engine-xts-ingest/legend-engine-xt-ingest-protocol/pom.xml b/legend-engine-xts-ingest/legend-engine-xt-ingest-protocol/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c3c507594b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/legend-engine-xts-ingest/legend-engine-xt-ingest-protocol/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.finos.legend.engine</groupId>
+        <artifactId>legend-engine-xts-ingest</artifactId>
+        <version>4.66.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>legend-engine-xt-ingest-protocol</artifactId>
+
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.finos.legend.engine</groupId>
+            <artifactId>legend-engine-executionPlan-dependencies</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <addResourcesToClasspath>true</addResourcesToClasspath>
+                </configuration>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>generate metamodel</id>
+                        <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>java</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <includePluginDependencies>true</includePluginDependencies>
+                            <mainClass>org.finos.legend.engine.protocol.generation.GenerateMetaClasses</mainClass>
+                            <arguments>
+                                <argument>core_ingest_metamodel.protocol.json</argument>
+                                <argument>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/</argument>
+                            </arguments>
+                            <classpathScope>test</classpathScope>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+                <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.finos.legend.engine</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>legend-engine-protocol-generation</artifactId>
+                        <version>${project.version}</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.finos.legend.engine</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>legend-engine-xt-ingest-pure</artifactId>
+                        <version>${project.version}</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>add-source</id>
+                        <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>add-source</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <sources>
+                                <source>${project.basedir}/target/generated-sources/</source>
+                            </sources>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/legend-engine-xts-ingest/legend-engine-xt-ingest-protocol/src/main/resources/core_ingest_metamodel.protocol.json b/legend-engine-xts-ingest/legend-engine-xt-ingest-protocol/src/main/resources/core_ingest_metamodel.protocol.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..10c47469bf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/legend-engine-xts-ingest/legend-engine-xt-ingest-protocol/src/main/resources/core_ingest_metamodel.protocol.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "purePackage": "meta::external::ingest::metamodel",
+  "javaPackage": "org.finos.legend.engine.protocol.ingest.metamodel",
+  "elementsToBeExcluded": [
+    "meta::external::ingest::metamodel::IngestConfig"
+  ]
+}
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diff --git a/legend-engine-xts-ingest/pom.xml b/legend-engine-xts-ingest/pom.xml
index 745f78992b3..7b9830d9ef4 100644
--- a/legend-engine-xts-ingest/pom.xml
+++ b/legend-engine-xts-ingest/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <modules>
         <module>legend-engine-xt-ingest-pure</module>
+        <module>legend-engine-xt-ingest-protocol</module>
     </modules>
 
     <properties>