diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 98fc987..1d6e99c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ install:
 	@python3 -m venv venv
 	@source $(CURDIR)/venv/bin/activate && \
 		pip install --upgrade pip && \
-	    pip install -e .[lint,test,dev,docs,plots] && \
+	    pip install --no-cache-dir -e .[lint,test,dev,docs,plots] && \
 	    deactivate
 	@-mkdir -p ~/.deeporigin
 	@test -f ~/.deeporigin/deeporigin || ln -s $(CURDIR)/venv/bin/deeporigin ~/.deeporigin/deeporigin
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 40b772e..56e54b9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyjwt",
     "cryptography",
     "python-box",
+    "do-sdk-platform==1.0.0",
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]
 
diff --git a/src/data_hub/_api.py b/src/data_hub/_api.py
index 3545e61..b34cdf1 100644
--- a/src/data_hub/_api.py
+++ b/src/data_hub/_api.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from beartype import beartype
 from box import Box
 from deeporigin import auth
 from deeporigin.exceptions import DeepOriginException
@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@
 }
 
 
-def _get_client_methods():
+@beartype
+def _get_client_methods() -> set:
     # the only reason we're creating this client is to
     # extract methods from it. So no need to
     # authenticate
diff --git a/src/platform/__init__.py b/src/platform/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/platform/organizations.py b/src/platform/organizations.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba0ad2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/organizations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"""bridge module to interact with the platform organizations api"""
+
+import sys
+
+from deeporigin.platform.utils import add_functions_to_module
+
+methods = add_functions_to_module(
+    module=sys.modules[__name__],
+    api_name="OrganizationsApi",
+)
+
+__all__ = list(methods)
diff --git a/src/platform/tools.py b/src/platform/tools.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0508e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/tools.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"""bridge module to interact with the platform tools api"""
+
+import sys
+
+from deeporigin.platform.utils import add_functions_to_module
+
+methods = add_functions_to_module(
+    module=sys.modules[__name__],
+    api_name="ToolsApi",
+)
+
+__all__ = list(methods)
diff --git a/src/platform/users.py b/src/platform/users.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9459693
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/users.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"""bridge module to interact with the platform users api"""
+
+import sys
+
+from deeporigin.platform.utils import add_functions_to_module
+
+methods = add_functions_to_module(
+    module=sys.modules[__name__],
+    api_name="UsersApi",
+)
+
+__all__ = list(methods)
diff --git a/src/platform/utils.py b/src/platform/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..243598f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+"""module to automatically wrap methods in autogenerated low-level code and re-expose them as high-level functions"""
+
+import inspect
+from urllib.parse import urljoin
+
+import do_sdk_platform
+from beartype import beartype
+from box import Box
+from deeporigin.auth import get_tokens
+from deeporigin.config import get_value
+from deeporigin.utils.core import _get_method
+
+
+@beartype
+def add_functions_to_module(
+    module: str,
+    api_name: str,
+) -> set:
+    """utility function to dynamically add functions to a module
+
+    This function works by calling setattr on the module.
+
+    Args:
+        module (str): name of the module
+        api_name (str): name of the API
+
+    Returns:
+        set of methods that were added
+    """
+    methods = _get_client_methods(
+        _get_api_client(
+            api_name=api_name,
+        )
+    )
+
+    for method in methods:
+        # clean up the name so that it's more readable
+        sanitized_method_name = method.split("controller")[0].rstrip("_")
+
+        # add this function as an attribute to this module
+        # so that we can call it
+        setattr(
+            module,
+            sanitized_method_name,
+            _create_function(
+                method_path=method,
+                api_name=api_name,
+            ),
+        )
+
+    return methods
+
+
+@beartype
+def _get_api_client(*, api_name: str, configure: bool = True):
+    """return a configured client for the API we want to access
+
+    Args:
+        api_name (str): name of the API
+
+    Returns:
+        configured client
+    """
+
+    if configure:
+        configuration = do_sdk_platform.configuration.Configuration(
+            host=urljoin(get_value()["api_endpoint"], "/api"),
+            access_token=get_tokens()["access"],
+        )
+
+        client = do_sdk_platform.ApiClient(configuration=configuration)
+    else:
+        client = do_sdk_platform.ApiClient()
+
+    api_class = getattr(do_sdk_platform, api_name)
+    client = api_class(api_client=client)
+    return client
+
+
+@beartype
+def _get_client_methods(client) -> set:
+    """utility function to get methods from the client that return raw responses from the server"""
+    methods = set(
+        [
+            attr
+            for attr in dir(client)
+            if callable(getattr(client, attr))
+            and not attr.startswith("_")
+            and "without_preload_content" in attr
+        ]
+    )
+
+    return methods
+
+
+def _create_function(*, method_path: str, api_name: str):
+    """utility function the dynamically creates functions
+    that wrap low-level functions in the DeepOrigin data API"""
+
+    # we're constructing a client solely for the purposes
+    # of inspecting its methods and extracting
+    # function signatures. So we don't need any
+    # authentication
+
+    client = _get_api_client(
+        configure=False,
+        api_name=api_name,
+    )
+
+    method = _get_method(client, method_path)
+
+    signature = inspect.signature(method)
+
+    def dynamic_function(
+        *,
+        client=None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        """dynamic function that wraps low-level functions in the DeepOrigin platform API"""
+
+        if client is None:
+            client = _get_api_client(api_name=api_name)
+        method = _get_method(client, method_path)
+
+        # call the low level API method
+        response = method(**kwargs)
+
+        if not isinstance(response, dict):
+            response = response.json()
+
+        if "data" in response.keys():
+            response = response["data"]
+            if isinstance(response, list):
+                response = [Box(item) for item in response]
+            else:
+                response = Box(response)
+        else:
+            response = Box(response)
+
+        return response
+
+    # attach the signature of the underlying method to the
+    # function so that IDEs can display it properly
+    dynamic_function.__signature__ = signature
+
+    return dynamic_function
diff --git a/src/platform/volumes.py b/src/platform/volumes.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4a0bba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/volumes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"""bridge module to interact with the platform tools api"""
+
+import sys
+
+from deeporigin.platform.utils import add_functions_to_module
+
+methods = add_functions_to_module(
+    module=sys.modules[__name__],
+    api_name="VolumesApi",
+)
+
+__all__ = list(methods)
diff --git a/src/platform/workstations.py b/src/platform/workstations.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b87de61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/workstations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"""bridge module to interact with the platform tools api"""
+
+import sys
+
+from deeporigin.platform.utils import add_functions_to_module
+
+methods = add_functions_to_module(
+    module=sys.modules[__name__],
+    api_name="ComputebenchesApi",
+)
+
+__all__ = list(methods)
diff --git a/src/utils/core.py b/src/utils/core.py
index ca4ff40..da640c8 100644
--- a/src/utils/core.py
+++ b/src/utils/core.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def clear(self):
         self._save(self._data)
 
 
-def _get_method(obj, method_path):
+def _get_method(obj, method_path: str):
     # Split the method path into components
     methods = method_path.split(".")
 
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index ca46e7d..17d22d1 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+"""helper module to set up tests"""
+
 import io
 from contextlib import redirect_stderr, redirect_stdout