diff --git a/docs/api.md b/docs/api.md
index a8d29fe..964ea58 100644
--- a/docs/api.md
+++ b/docs/api.md
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
     ChunksToZarr
     DatasetToZarr
     make_template
+    setup_zarr
+    validate_zarr_chunk
+    write_chunk_to_zarr
 ```
 
 ## Aggregation
diff --git a/xarray_beam/__init__.py b/xarray_beam/__init__.py
index e107f1b..791fee1 100644
--- a/xarray_beam/__init__.py
+++ b/xarray_beam/__init__.py
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
 from xarray_beam._src.zarr import (
     open_zarr,
     make_template,
+    setup_zarr,
+    validate_zarr_chunk,
+    write_chunk_to_zarr,
     ChunksToZarr,
     DatasetToZarr,
 )
diff --git a/xarray_beam/_src/zarr.py b/xarray_beam/_src/zarr.py
index d8b1f6c..e471a50 100644
--- a/xarray_beam/_src/zarr.py
+++ b/xarray_beam/_src/zarr.py
@@ -241,8 +241,24 @@ def _infer_zarr_chunks(dataset: xarray.Dataset) -> Dict[str, int]:
   }
 
 
-def _setup_zarr(template, store, zarr_chunks):
-  """Setup a Zarr store."""
+def setup_zarr(
+    template: xarray.Dataset,
+    store: WritableStore,
+    zarr_chunks: Optional[Mapping[str, int]] = None,
+) -> None:
+  """Setup a Zarr store.
+
+  Creates a zarr template at the specified store by writing template metadata.
+
+  Args:
+    template: a lazy xarray.Dataset already chunked using Dask (e.g., as created
+      by `xarray_beam.make_template`). One or more variables are expected to be
+      "chunked" with Dask, and will only have their metadata written to Zarr
+      without array values.
+    store: a string corresponding to a Zarr path or an existing Zarr store.
+    zarr_chunks: chunking scheme to use for Zarr. If set, overrides the chunking
+      scheme on already chunked arrays in template.
+  """
   if zarr_chunks is not None:
     template = _override_chunks(template, zarr_chunks)
   _verify_template_is_lazy(template)
@@ -256,8 +272,28 @@ def _setup_zarr(template, store, zarr_chunks):
   template2.to_zarr(store, compute=False, consolidated=True, mode='w')
 
 
-def _validate_zarr_chunk(key, chunk, template, zarr_chunks):
-  """Check a chunk for consistency against the given template."""
+def validate_zarr_chunk(
+    key: core.Key,
+    chunk: xarray.Dataset,
+    template: xarray.Dataset,
+    zarr_chunks: Optional[Mapping[str, int]] = None,
+) -> None:
+  """Check a chunk for consistency against the given template.
+
+  Args:
+    key: the Key corresponding to the position of the chunk to write in the
+      template.
+    chunk: the chunk to write.
+      by `xarray_beam.make_template`). One or more variables are expected to be
+      "chunked" with Dask, and will only have their metadata written to Zarr
+      without array values.
+    template: a lazy xarray.Dataset already chunked using Dask (e.g., as created
+      by `xarray_beam.make_template`). One or more variables are expected to be
+      "chunked" with Dask, and will only have their metadata written to Zarr
+      without array values.
+    zarr_chunks: chunking scheme to use for Zarr. If set, overrides the chunking
+      scheme on already chunked arrays in template.
+  """
   unexpected_indexes = [k for k in chunk.indexes if k not in template.indexes]
   if unexpected_indexes:
     raise ValueError(
@@ -265,7 +301,8 @@ def _validate_zarr_chunk(key, chunk, template, zarr_chunks):
         f'{unexpected_indexes}'
     )
 
-  region = core.offsets_to_slices(key.offsets, chunk.sizes)
+  # Immutable dicts not considered a Mapping type which method expects.
+  region = core.offsets_to_slices(key.offsets, chunk.sizes)  # pytype: disable=wrong-arg-types
   for dim, full_index in template.indexes.items():
     if dim in chunk.indexes:
       expected_index = full_index[region[dim]]
@@ -303,9 +340,26 @@ def _validate_zarr_chunk(key, chunk, template, zarr_chunks):
   # Note that variable names, shapes & dtypes are verified in xarray's to_zarr()
 
 
-def _write_chunk_to_zarr(key, chunk, store, template):
-  """Write a single Dataset chunk to Zarr."""
-  region = core.offsets_to_slices(key.offsets, chunk.sizes)
+def write_chunk_to_zarr(
+    key: core.Key,
+    chunk: xarray.Dataset,
+    store: WritableStore,
+    template: xarray.Dataset,
+) -> None:
+  """Write a single Dataset chunk to Zarr.
+
+  Args:
+    key: the Key corresponding to the position of the chunk to write in the
+      template.
+    chunk: the chunk to write.
+    store: a string corresponding to a Zarr path or an existing Zarr store.
+    template: a lazy xarray.Dataset already chunked using Dask (e.g., as created
+      by `xarray_beam.make_template`). One or more variables are expected to be
+      "chunked" with Dask, and will only have their metadata written to Zarr
+      without array values.
+  """
+  # Immutable dicts not considered a Mapping type which method expects.
+  region = core.offsets_to_slices(key.offsets, chunk.sizes)  # pytype: disable=wrong-arg-types
   already_written = [
       k for k in chunk.variables if k in _unchunked_vars(template)
   ]
@@ -369,9 +423,9 @@ def __init__(
     # pyformat: enable
     if isinstance(template, xarray.Dataset):
       if setup_executor is not None:
-        setup_executor.submit(_setup_zarr, template, store, zarr_chunks)
+        setup_executor.submit(setup_zarr, template, store, zarr_chunks)
       else:
-        _setup_zarr(template, store, zarr_chunks)
+        setup_zarr(template, store, zarr_chunks)
       if zarr_chunks is None:
         zarr_chunks = _infer_zarr_chunks(template)
       template = _make_template_from_chunked(template)
@@ -394,12 +448,12 @@ def _validate_zarr_chunk(self, key, chunk, template=None):
     # must have defaults for MapTuple". Beam should probably be happy with a
     # keyword-only argument, too, but it doesn't like that yet.
     assert template is not None
-    _validate_zarr_chunk(key, chunk, template, self.zarr_chunks)
+    validate_zarr_chunk(key, chunk, template, self.zarr_chunks)
     return key, chunk
 
   def _write_chunk_to_zarr(self, key, chunk, template=None):
     assert template is not None
-    return _write_chunk_to_zarr(key, chunk, self.store, template)
+    return write_chunk_to_zarr(key, chunk, self.store, template)
 
   def expand(self, pcoll):
     if isinstance(self.template, xarray.Dataset):
@@ -415,7 +469,7 @@ def expand(self, pcoll):
         )
       setup_result = beam.pvalue.AsSingleton(
           template.pvalue
-          | 'SetupZarr' >> beam.Map(_setup_zarr, self.store, self.zarr_chunks)
+          | 'SetupZarr' >> beam.Map(setup_zarr, self.store, self.zarr_chunks)
       )
     return (
         pcoll
diff --git a/xarray_beam/_src/zarr_test.py b/xarray_beam/_src/zarr_test.py
index d85cceb..c8e0dff 100644
--- a/xarray_beam/_src/zarr_test.py
+++ b/xarray_beam/_src/zarr_test.py
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ def test_validate_zarr_chunk_accepts_partial_key(self):
         coords={'x': np.arange(3), 'y': np.arange(2)},
     )
     # Should not raise an exception:
-    xbeam._src.zarr._validate_zarr_chunk(
+    xbeam._src.zarr.validate_zarr_chunk(
         key=xbeam.Key({'x': 0}),
         chunk=dataset,
         template=dataset.chunk(),