diff --git a/magnet/backends/helm/models.py b/magnet/backends/helm/models.py
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+from helm.benchmark.model_deployment_registry import ALL_MODEL_DEPLOYMENTS
+from helm.benchmark.config_registry import register_builtin_configs_from_helm_package
+from helm.benchmark.model_metadata_registry import ModelMetadata, MODEL_NAME_TO_MODEL_METADATA, UNSUPPORTED_MODEL_TAG, DEPRECATED_MODEL_TAG
+
+class HELMModels:
+    """
+    Simple collection of ModelDeployments in HELM with corresponding ModelMetadata.
+
+
+    Collects all available models, model metadata, and tokenizers from HELM package (helm/config/*.yaml).
+
+    Example:
+        >>> from magnet.backends.helm.models import HELMModels
+        >>> models = HELMModels()
+        >>> len(models) # subject to change
+        482
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        if not ALL_MODEL_DEPLOYMENTS:
+            # only run once to avoid duplicates
+            register_builtin_configs_from_helm_package()
+
+        self.models = ALL_MODEL_DEPLOYMENTS
+        
+        self.model_metadata = {
+            model: metadata
+            for model, metadata in MODEL_NAME_TO_MODEL_METADATA.items()
+            if not (UNSUPPORTED_MODEL_TAG in metadata.tags or DEPRECATED_MODEL_TAG in metadata.tags)
+        }
+
+    def get_metadata_from_model_name(self, model_name: str) -> ModelMetadata:
+        return self.model_metadata[model_name]
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        """
+        Retrieve number of unique supported models that have metadata
+        """
+        # models.model_name includes 2 deprecated models
+        return len(self.model_metadata)
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diff --git a/magnet/backends/helm/scenarios.py b/magnet/backends/helm/scenarios.py
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+import importlib
+from inspect import getmembers, isclass
+import pkgutil
+from typing import Dict, Optional
+
+import helm.benchmark.scenarios as HELM_SCENARIOS_PKG
+from helm.benchmark.scenarios.scenario import Scenario
+from helm.benchmark.run_spec import discover_run_spec_functions, _REGISTERED_RUN_SPEC_FUNCTIONS, RunSpec
+
+HELM_IMPORTED_SCENARIOS: Dict[str, type[Scenario]] = {}
+
+class HELMScenarios:
+    """
+    Simple collection of HELM scenarios for aggregate exploration
+
+
+    Collects available Scenario and RunSpec definitions in HELM package (helm/benchmark/scenarios).
+
+    Example:
+        >>> from magnet.backends.helm.scenarios import HELMScenarios
+        >>> scenarios = HELMScenarios()
+        >>> len(scenarios) # subject to change; assumes crfm-helm[all] dependencies
+        345
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        if not _REGISTERED_RUN_SPEC_FUNCTIONS:
+            discover_run_spec_functions()
+
+        self.run_specs = _REGISTERED_RUN_SPEC_FUNCTIONS
+
+        if not HELM_IMPORTED_SCENARIOS:
+            discover_scenarios()
+
+        self.scenarios = HELM_IMPORTED_SCENARIOS
+
+    def get_run_specs(self, scenario_name: str) -> Optional[RunSpec]:
+        """
+        Return the run spec functions for provided scenario
+
+        WIP: If RunSpecFunction has default args, then func().scenario_spec.class_name is path to Scenario
+        Only 166/302 values of _REGISTERED_RUN_SPEC_FUNCTIONS have no required args
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        """
+        Retrieve number of implemented scenarios
+        """
+        return len(self.scenarios)
+
+# Adapted from discover_run_spec_functions() and helpers in helm/benchmark/run_spec.py
+def discover_scenarios() -> None:
+    """
+    Discover all scenarios under helm.benchmark.scenarios and store the classes by name
+    """
+    for finder, name, ispkg in pkgutil.walk_packages(HELM_SCENARIOS_PKG.__path__, HELM_SCENARIOS_PKG.__name__ + "."):
+        try:
+            module = importlib.import_module(name)
+            for cls_name, cls in getmembers(module, isclass):
+                # remove "test_" per docs/scenarios.md
+                if issubclass(cls, Scenario) and cls is not Scenario and "test_" not in cls_name:
+                    HELM_IMPORTED_SCENARIOS[cls_name] = cls
+        except ModuleNotFoundError as e:
+            print(f"Failed to import {name}; Missing {e}")
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