diff --git a/mediapipe/dart/mediapipe/cc/packet.c b/mediapipe/dart/mediapipe/cc/packet.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e275fdc23
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+++ b/mediapipe/dart/mediapipe/cc/packet.c
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+#include "packet.h"
+
+char *packet_create_string(char *data)
+{
+
+    // another possibility -
+    // call MediaPipe functionality here instead of
+    // having another C++ layer?
+
+    return PacketBinding.create_string(data);
+}
+
+// psueodcode option 1 for high level C-wrapper:
+// ClassificationResult classify_text(char* data) {
+//     packets = create_input_packets(data)
+//     results = classify(packets)
+//     return results
+// }
+
+// psueodcode option 2 for high level C-wrapper:
+// char* classify_text(char* data) {
+//     packets = create_input_packets(data)
+//     // could `results` already be a serioalized proto?
+//     results = classify(packets)
+//     // then we return the serialized proto straight to Dart?
+//     return results
+// }
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diff --git a/mediapipe/dart/mediapipe/cc/packet.cc b/mediapipe/dart/mediapipe/cc/packet.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48d2c7d2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediapipe/dart/mediapipe/cc/packet.cc
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+#include "google3/third_party/mediapipe/framework/packet.h";
+
+// Copied from: https://source.corp.google.com/piper///depot/google3/third_party/mediapipe/python/pybind/packet_creator.cc;rcl=549487063
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#endif
+
+    class PacketBinding
+    {
+        Packet create_string(std::string &data)
+        {
+            // actually call MediaPipe
+        }
+
+        Packet create_bool(bool data)
+        {
+        }
+
+        Packet create_int8(int8 data)
+        {
+        }
+
+        Packet create_int16(int16 data)
+        {
+        }
+
+        Packet create_int32(int32 data)
+        {
+        }
+
+        Packet create_int64(int64 data)
+        {
+        }
+
+        Packet create_uint8(uint8 data)
+        {
+        }
+
+        Packet create_uint16(uint16 data)
+        {
+        }
+
+        Packet create_uint32(uint32 data)
+        {
+        }
+
+        Packet create_uint64(uint64 data)
+        {
+        }
+
+        Packet create_float(float data)
+        {
+        }
+
+        Packet create_double(double data)
+        {
+        }
+
+        Packet create_int_array(std::vector<int> &data)
+        {
+        }
+
+        Packet create_float_array(std::vector<float> &data)
+        {
+        }
+
+        Packet create_int_vector(std::vector<int> &data)
+        {
+        }
+
+        Packet create_bool_vector(std::vector<bool> &data)
+        {
+        }
+
+        Packet create_float_vector(std::vector<float> &data)
+        {
+        }
+
+        Packet create_string_vector(std::vector<std::string> &data)
+        {
+        }
+
+        Packet create_image_vector(std::vector<Image> &data)
+        {
+        }
+
+        Packet create_packet_vector(std::vector<Packet> &data)
+        {
+        }
+
+        Packet create_string_to_packet_map(std::map<std::string, Packet> &data)
+        {
+        }
+
+        Packet create_matrix(Eigen::MatrixXf &matrix, bool transpose)
+        {
+        }
+
+        Packet create_from_serialized(const bytes &encoding)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
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diff --git a/mediapipe/dart/mediapipe/cc/task_runner.cc b/mediapipe/dart/mediapipe/cc/task_runner.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd1e479b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediapipe/dart/mediapipe/cc/task_runner.cc
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+#include "third_party/mediapipe/tasks/cc/core/task_runner.h"
+
+// Inspired by: https://source.corp.google.com/piper///depot/google3/third_party/mediapipe/tasks/python/core/pybind/task_runner.cc;l=42;rcl=549487063
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#endif
+
+    TaskRunner task_runner_create(CalculatorGraphConfig graph_config)
+    {
+    }
+
+    Map task_runner_process(TaskRunner runner, Map input_packets)
+    {
+    }
+
+    void task_runner_send(TaskRunner runner, Map input_packets)
+    {
+    }
+
+    void task_runner_send(TaskRunner runner, Map input_packets)
+    {
+    }
+
+    void task_runner_close(TaskRunner runner)
+    {
+    }
+
+    void task_runner_restart(TaskRunner runner)
+    {
+    }
+
+    CalculatorGraphConfig task_runner_get_graph_config(TaskRunner runner)
+    {
+    }
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
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