diff --git a/datasette/extras.py b/datasette/extras.py
index 5cab52a4..36014185 100644
--- a/datasette/extras.py
+++ b/datasette/extras.py
@@ -81,6 +81,16 @@ class ExtraRegistry:
     def public_classes_for_scope(self, scope):
         return self.classes_for_scope(scope, include_internal=False)
 
+    def internal_classes_for_scope(self, scope):
+        # Extras that are available to HTML templates but excluded from
+        # JSON responses - plain Providers are dependency plumbing and
+        # never surface as keys, so they are not included
+        return [
+            cls
+            for cls in self.classes_for_scope(scope)
+            if issubclass(cls, Extra) and not cls.public
+        ]
+
     def _registry_for_scope(self, scope):
         registry = self._scope_registries.get(scope)
         if registry is None:
diff --git a/datasette/views/__init__.py b/datasette/views/__init__.py
index 88106737..de851708 100644
--- a/datasette/views/__init__.py
+++ b/datasette/views/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,27 @@
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+import dataclasses
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class ContextField:
+    name: str
+    type_name: str
+    help: str
+
+
 class Context:
     "Base class for all documented contexts"
+
+    @classmethod
+    def documented_fields(cls):
+        "List of ContextField describing the documented fields of this context"
+        documented = []
+        for f in dataclasses.fields(cls):
+            documented.append(
+                ContextField(
+                    name=f.name,
+                    type_name=getattr(f.type, "__name__", str(f.type)),
+                    help=f.metadata.get("help", ""),
+                )
+            )
+        return documented
diff --git a/tests/test_extras.py b/tests/test_extras.py
index ad8a9f00..73b4965e 100644
--- a/tests/test_extras.py
+++ b/tests/test_extras.py
@@ -23,6 +23,38 @@ class DependentExtra(Extra):
         return slow_value + 1
 
 
+class InternalOnlyExtra(Extra):
+    description = "Internal extra for HTML templates only"
+    scopes = {ExtraScope.TABLE}
+    public = False
+
+    async def resolve(self, context):
+        return "internal"
+
+
+def test_internal_classes_for_scope():
+    registry = ExtraRegistry([SlowValueExtra, DependentExtra, InternalOnlyExtra])
+    assert registry.internal_classes_for_scope(ExtraScope.TABLE) == [InternalOnlyExtra]
+    assert registry.public_classes_for_scope(ExtraScope.TABLE) == [
+        SlowValueExtra,
+        DependentExtra,
+    ]
+
+
+def _registered_extra_classes():
+    # Plain Providers are internal dependency plumbing, only Extra
+    # subclasses surface as documented JSON/template keys
+    from datasette.views.table_extras import table_extra_registry
+
+    return [cls for cls in table_extra_registry.classes if issubclass(cls, Extra)]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("cls", _registered_extra_classes(), ids=lambda cls: cls.key())
+def test_registered_extras_have_descriptions(cls):
+    # Every registered extra is part of the documented template/JSON contract
+    assert cls.description, "{} is missing a description".format(cls.__name__)
+
+
 def test_registry_is_built_once_per_scope():
     registry = ExtraRegistry([SlowValueExtra, DependentExtra])
     first = registry._registry_for_scope(ExtraScope.TABLE)
diff --git a/tests/test_template_context.py b/tests/test_template_context.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ce00a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_template_context.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+"""
+Tests for the documented template context - the contract that custom
+template authors can rely on for Datasette 1.0.
+"""
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+
+import pytest
+
+from datasette.views import Context
+from datasette.views.database import DatabaseContext, QueryContext
+
+
+def test_documented_fields():
+    @dataclass
+    class DemoContext(Context):
+        name: str = field(metadata={"help": "The name"})
+        count: int = field(metadata={"help": "How many there are"})
+
+    fields = DemoContext.documented_fields()
+    assert [(f.name, f.type_name, f.help) for f in fields] == [
+        ("name", "str", "The name"),
+        ("count", "int", "How many there are"),
+    ]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("klass", (DatabaseContext, QueryContext))
+def test_context_dataclass_fields_all_have_help(klass):
+    for context_field in klass.documented_fields():
+        assert context_field.help, "{}.{} is missing help metadata".format(
+            klass.__name__, context_field.name
+        )