diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9bb5ae9e3..d8ad18ad5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@ If you are interested in contributing to this project, please read the [contribu
 
 ### Publishing
 
+### For @dfinity/core
+
+@dfinity/core is published independently of the rest of the packages in this repo. To publish a new version of @dfinity/core, follow these steps;
+
+- Update the version in `packages/core/package.json`
+- `npm install`
+- `npm run build --workspace @dfinity/core`
+- `npm publish --workspace @dfinity/core`
+
+### For the rest of the packages
+
 To publish to NPM, create a branch and run the following commands;
 
 - `git clean -dfx`. Removes all non-tracked files and directories.
@@ -57,7 +68,7 @@ Then, when you have merged the new versions and published to npm, open https://g
 
 ### Publishing Docs
 
-Until we have an internal process and centrally owned canister, docs can be released manually for `@dfinity/agent` and `@dfinity/authentication`.
+Until we have an internal process and centrally owned canister, docs can be released manually for all packages in this monorepo.
 
 - Start from a fresh clone (or `git clean -dfx .`)
 - `npm install`
diff --git a/bin/version.ts b/bin/version.ts
index 01e430aa9..c580e8442 100644
--- a/bin/version.ts
+++ b/bin/version.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ const newVersion = (() => {
 console.log('New version will be: ' + newVersion);
 
 // Read workspaces from root package.json
-const workspaces: string[] = rootPackage.workspaces?.packages;
+const workspaces: string[] = rootPackage.workspaces?.packages.filter(
+  // omit @dfinity/core, whose version is not pinned
+  workspace => !workspace.includes('core'),
+);
 
 // Identify packages in `/packages directory
 const packages = workspaces
diff --git a/docs/generated/changelog.html b/docs/generated/changelog.html
index 6d22722ae..74a27313c 100644
--- a/docs/generated/changelog.html
+++ b/docs/generated/changelog.html
@@ -12,6 +12,19 @@ <h1>Agent-JS Changelog</h1>
     <section>
       <h2>Version x.x.x</h2>
       <ul>
+        <li>
+          Introduces @dfinity/core, a meta-package that will be released seperately from the
+          versions of the rest of the agent-js monorepo. It bundles the following packages as
+          dependencies:
+          <br />
+          <ul>
+            <li>@dfnity/agent</li>
+            <li>@dfnity/principal</li>
+            <li>@dfnity/candid</li>
+            <li>@dfnity/identity</li>
+            <li>@dfnity/utils</li>
+          </ul>
+        </li>
         <li>
           Corrects some dev dependencies incorrectly listed as dependencies in auth-client
           package.json
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ad8f31141..426f3e31b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
           "packages/auth-client",
           "packages/assets",
           "packages/identity-secp256k1",
+          "packages/core",
           "e2e/node",
           "e2e/browser",
           "demos/sample-javascript"
@@ -1940,6 +1941,10 @@
       "resolved": "packages/candid",
       "link": true
     },
+    "node_modules/@dfinity/core": {
+      "resolved": "packages/core",
+      "link": true
+    },
     "node_modules/@dfinity/identity": {
       "resolved": "packages/identity",
       "link": true
@@ -1952,6 +1957,11 @@
       "resolved": "packages/principal",
       "link": true
     },
+    "node_modules/@dfinity/utils": {
+      "version": "0.0.10",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@dfinity/utils/-/utils-0.0.10.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-aLXpDvbbtIPM5bYyVkXGeCCF8NnF4OxvlKMgb6uopHqP545JVejTgEOnAiSV0g5vqhPD6cyaAR2lnBV8Ze4Y8Q=="
+    },
     "node_modules/@discoveryjs/json-ext": {
       "version": "0.5.7",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@discoveryjs/json-ext/-/json-ext-0.5.7.tgz",
@@ -11319,8 +11329,7 @@
     "node_modules/idb": {
       "version": "7.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/idb/-/idb-7.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-jjKrT1EnyZewQ/gCBb/eyiYrhGzws2FeY92Yx8qT9S9GeQAmo4JFVIiWRIfKW/6Ob9A+UDAOW9j9jn58fy2HIg==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-jjKrT1EnyZewQ/gCBb/eyiYrhGzws2FeY92Yx8qT9S9GeQAmo4JFVIiWRIfKW/6Ob9A+UDAOW9j9jn58fy2HIg=="
     },
     "node_modules/idb-keyval": {
       "version": "6.2.0",
@@ -19643,6 +19652,9 @@
       "name": "@dfinity/auth-client",
       "version": "0.15.1",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "idb": "^7.0.2"
+      },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@peculiar/webcrypto": "^1.4.0",
         "@types/jest": "^28.1.4",
@@ -19652,7 +19664,6 @@
         "eslint": "^8.19.0",
         "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "^39.3.3",
         "fake-indexeddb": "^4.0.0",
-        "idb": "^7.0.2",
         "jest": "^28.1.2",
         "jest-environment-jsdom": "^28.1.2",
         "size-limit": "^8.1.0",
@@ -19893,6 +19904,18 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "packages/core": {
+      "name": "@dfinity/core",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "license": "Apache-2.0",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@dfinity/agent": "0.15.x",
+        "@dfinity/candid": "^0.15.x",
+        "@dfinity/identity": "^0.15.x",
+        "@dfinity/principal": "^0.15.x",
+        "@dfinity/utils": "^0.0.x"
+      }
+    },
     "packages/identity": {
       "name": "@dfinity/identity",
       "version": "0.15.1",
@@ -21825,6 +21848,16 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "@dfinity/core": {
+      "version": "file:packages/core",
+      "requires": {
+        "@dfinity/agent": "0.15.x",
+        "@dfinity/candid": "^0.15.x",
+        "@dfinity/identity": "^0.15.x",
+        "@dfinity/principal": "^0.15.x",
+        "@dfinity/utils": "^0.0.x"
+      }
+    },
     "@dfinity/identity": {
       "version": "file:packages/identity",
       "requires": {
@@ -22007,6 +22040,11 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "@dfinity/utils": {
+      "version": "0.0.10",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@dfinity/utils/-/utils-0.0.10.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-aLXpDvbbtIPM5bYyVkXGeCCF8NnF4OxvlKMgb6uopHqP545JVejTgEOnAiSV0g5vqhPD6cyaAR2lnBV8Ze4Y8Q=="
+    },
     "@discoveryjs/json-ext": {
       "version": "0.5.7",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@discoveryjs/json-ext/-/json-ext-0.5.7.tgz",
@@ -28906,8 +28944,7 @@
     "idb": {
       "version": "7.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/idb/-/idb-7.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-jjKrT1EnyZewQ/gCBb/eyiYrhGzws2FeY92Yx8qT9S9GeQAmo4JFVIiWRIfKW/6Ob9A+UDAOW9j9jn58fy2HIg==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-jjKrT1EnyZewQ/gCBb/eyiYrhGzws2FeY92Yx8qT9S9GeQAmo4JFVIiWRIfKW/6Ob9A+UDAOW9j9jn58fy2HIg=="
     },
     "idb-keyval": {
       "version": "6.2.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c300b0879..36d1e68a4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
       "packages/auth-client",
       "packages/assets",
       "packages/identity-secp256k1",
+      "packages/core",
       "e2e/node",
       "e2e/browser",
       "demos/sample-javascript"
diff --git a/packages/core/.gitignore b/packages/core/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40ba0014d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+build_info.json
+node_modules/
+dist/
+**/*.js
+**/*.js.map
+**/*.d.ts
+
+# generated docs
+/docs/reference
+
+# Cannot ignore .d.ts files in types/
+!types/**/*.d.ts
+
+# Cannot ignore setup files for webpack and jest, which are still JavaScript.
+!webpack.config.js
+!jest.config.js
+!test-setup.js
diff --git a/packages/core/.npmignore b/packages/core/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb725972f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# We work with a safelist here, so block everything that's not permitted, and add packages
+# that are.
+**
+
+!lib/**
+!types/**/*.d.ts
+!package.json
+!README.md
+
+# The following line further removes all test files (which matches .js and .d.ts).
+lib/**/*.test.*
diff --git a/packages/core/README.md b/packages/core/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59aeb35f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# @dfinity/core
+
+This package provides the core functionality for interacting with the Internet Computer using JavaScript.
+
+It contains and re-exports the following packages:
+
+- [@dfinity/agent](../agent/README.md)
+- [@dfinity/candid](../candid/README.md)
+- [@dfinity/principal](../principal/README.md)
+- [@dfinity/identity](../identity/README.md)
+- [@dfinity/utils](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/blob/main/packages/utils/README.md)
+
+## Installation
+
+```bash
+npm install @dfinity/core
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+```js
+import {
+  Actor,
+  HttpAgent,
+  ECDSAKeyIdentity,
+  uint8ArrayToBigInt,
+  createAgent,
+  toNullable,
+} from '@dfinity/core';
+```
+
+All the good stuff is in here. More documentation coming soon.
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7fb1dec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+{
+  "name": "@dfinity/core",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "author": "DFINITY Stiftung <sdk@dfinity.org>",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "description": "JavaScript and TypeScript library to interact with the Internet Computer",
+  "homepage": "https://internetcomputer.org",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/dfinity/agent-js.git",
+    "directory": "packages/agent"
+  },
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/dfinity/agent-js/issues"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "internet computer",
+    "internet-computer",
+    "ic",
+    "dfinity",
+    "agent",
+    "actor",
+    "dfx",
+    "canister",
+    "candid",
+    "motoko",
+    "javascript",
+    "typescript",
+    "blockchain",
+    "crypto",
+    "distributed",
+    "api",
+    "sdk"
+  ],
+  "main": "./lib/cjs/index",
+  "module": "./lib/esm/index",
+  "unpkg": "./lib/esm/index",
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "tsc -b && tsc -p tsconfig-cjs.json",
+    "build:watch": "tsc -b --watch",
+    "bundle": "esbuild --bundle src/index.ts --outfile=dist/index.js",
+    "eslint:fix": "npm run lint -- --fix",
+    "eslint": "eslint --ext '.js,.jsx,.ts,.tsx' src/index.ts",
+    "lint": "npm run eslint",
+    "make:docs/reference": "typedoc src/index.ts --out ../../docs/generated/core --excludeInternal",
+    "release": "npm publish",
+    "test": "jest --verbose",
+    "test:coverage": "jest --verbose --collectCoverage",
+    "tslint:fix": "npm run lint -- --fix",
+    "tslint": "tslint --project tsconfig.json --config tslint.json"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@dfinity/agent": "0.15.x",
+    "@dfinity/candid": "^0.15.x",
+    "@dfinity/identity": "^0.15.x",
+    "@dfinity/principal": "^0.15.x",
+    "@dfinity/utils": "^0.0.x"
+  },
+  "size-limit": [
+    {
+      "path": "./dist/index.js",
+      "limit": "100 kB",
+      "webpack": false
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/index.ts b/packages/core/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e725d7c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+export * from '@dfinity/agent';
+export * from '@dfinity/identity';
+export * from '@dfinity/principal';
+export type { JsonArray, JsonObject, JsonValue } from '@dfinity/candid';
+export {
+  IDL,
+  idlLabelToId,
+  safeRead,
+  safeReadUint8,
+  slebDecode,
+  slebEncode,
+  lebDecode,
+  lebEncode,
+  writeIntLE,
+  writeUIntLE,
+  readIntLE,
+  readUIntLE,
+  concat,
+  toHexString,
+  fromHexString,
+  PipeArrayBuffer,
+} from '@dfinity/candid';
+
+export * from '@dfinity/utils';
diff --git a/packages/core/tsconfig-cjs.json b/packages/core/tsconfig-cjs.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..524a27af4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/tsconfig-cjs.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "CommonJS",
+    "outDir": "lib/cjs"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/tsconfig.json b/packages/core/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea45e450a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "baseUrl": "./",
+    "composite": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+    "incremental": true,
+    "lib": ["dom", "es2017"],
+    "module": "ES2020",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "outDir": "lib/esm",
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "rootDir": "./src",
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "inlineSources": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "target": "es2017",
+    "tsBuildInfoFile": "./build_info.json"
+  },
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"]
+}