That doesn't sound like a feature request - sounds more like you have code you want to share. Which is awesome!
I'd love to see it when you get it ready for everyone. Would be loved by many in the community I believe.
Instead of modifying core code, you can always submit a pull request to the CI repo and explain why you need that public (a getter would be preferred here...) and we'd likely accept it. Especially to enable a package like this.
