diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/data-extensions-editor/auto-modeler.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/data-extensions-editor/auto-modeler.ts
index d0adbbe68..1a82b2cf3 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/data-extensions-editor/auto-modeler.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/data-extensions-editor/auto-modeler.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { ExternalApiUsage } from "./external-api-usage";
+import { ExternalApiUsage, MethodSignature } from "./external-api-usage";
 import { ModeledMethod } from "./modeled-method";
 import { extLogger } from "../common/logging/vscode";
 import { load as loadYaml } from "js-yaml";
-import { withProgress } from "../common/vscode/progress";
+import { ProgressCallback, withProgress } from "../common/vscode/progress";
 import { createAutoModelV2Request, getCandidates } from "./auto-model-v2";
 import { runAutoModelQueries } from "./auto-model-codeml-queries";
 import { loadDataExtensionYaml } from "./yaml";
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ export class AutoModeler {
     modeledMethods: Record<string, ModeledMethod>,
     mode: Mode,
   ): Promise<void> {
-    await this.model(externalApiUsages, modeledMethods, mode);
+    await this.modelDependency(externalApiUsages, modeledMethods, mode);
   }
 
-  private async model(
+  private async modelDependency(
     externalApiUsages: ExternalApiUsage[],
     modeledMethods: Record<string, ModeledMethod>,
     mode: Mode,
@@ -63,84 +63,93 @@ export class AutoModeler {
         return;
       }
 
-      const usages = await runAutoModelQueries({
-        mode,
-        candidateMethods,
-        cliServer: this.cliServer,
-        queryRunner: this.queryRunner,
-        queryStorageDir: this.queryStorageDir,
-        databaseItem: this.databaseItem,
-        progress: (update) => progress({ ...update, maxStep }),
-      });
-      if (!usages) {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      progress({
-        step: 1800,
-        maxStep,
-        message: "Creating request",
-      });
-
-      const request = await createAutoModelV2Request(mode, usages);
-
-      progress({
-        step: 2000,
-        maxStep,
-        message: "Sending request",
-      });
-
-      const response = await this.callAutoModelApi(request);
-      if (!response) {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      progress({
-        step: 2500,
-        maxStep,
-        message: "Parsing response",
-      });
-
-      const models = loadYaml(response.models, {
-        filename: "auto-model.yml",
-      });
-
-      const loadedMethods = loadDataExtensionYaml(models);
-      if (!loadedMethods) {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      // Any candidate that was part of the response is a negative result
-      // meaning that the canidate is not a sink for the kinds that the LLM is checking for.
-      // For now we model this as a sink neutral method, however this is subject
-      // to discussion.
-      for (const candidate of candidateMethods) {
-        if (!(candidate.signature in loadedMethods)) {
-          loadedMethods[candidate.signature] = {
-            type: "neutral",
-            kind: "sink",
-            input: "",
-            output: "",
-            provenance: "ai-generated",
-            signature: candidate.signature,
-            packageName: candidate.packageName,
-            typeName: candidate.typeName,
-            methodName: candidate.methodName,
-            methodParameters: candidate.methodParameters,
-          };
-        }
-      }
-
-      progress({
-        step: 2800,
-        maxStep,
-        message: "Applying results",
-      });
-
-      await this.addModeledMethods(loadedMethods);
+      await this.modelCandidates(candidateMethods, mode, progress, maxStep);
     });
   }
 
+  private async modelCandidates(
+    candidateMethods: MethodSignature[],
+    mode: Mode,
+    progress: ProgressCallback,
+    maxStep: number,
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    const usages = await runAutoModelQueries({
+      mode,
+      candidateMethods,
+      cliServer: this.cliServer,
+      queryRunner: this.queryRunner,
+      queryStorageDir: this.queryStorageDir,
+      databaseItem: this.databaseItem,
+      progress: (update) => progress({ ...update, maxStep }),
+    });
+    if (!usages) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    progress({
+      step: 1800,
+      maxStep,
+      message: "Creating request",
+    });
+
+    const request = await createAutoModelV2Request(mode, usages);
+
+    progress({
+      step: 2000,
+      maxStep,
+      message: "Sending request",
+    });
+
+    const response = await this.callAutoModelApi(request);
+    if (!response) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    progress({
+      step: 2500,
+      maxStep,
+      message: "Parsing response",
+    });
+
+    const models = loadYaml(response.models, {
+      filename: "auto-model.yml",
+    });
+
+    const loadedMethods = loadDataExtensionYaml(models);
+    if (!loadedMethods) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Any candidate that was part of the response is a negative result
+    // meaning that the canidate is not a sink for the kinds that the LLM is checking for.
+    // For now we model this as a sink neutral method, however this is subject
+    // to discussion.
+    for (const candidate of candidateMethods) {
+      if (!(candidate.signature in loadedMethods)) {
+        loadedMethods[candidate.signature] = {
+          type: "neutral",
+          kind: "sink",
+          input: "",
+          output: "",
+          provenance: "ai-generated",
+          signature: candidate.signature,
+          packageName: candidate.packageName,
+          typeName: candidate.typeName,
+          methodName: candidate.methodName,
+          methodParameters: candidate.methodParameters,
+        };
+      }
+    }
+
+    progress({
+      step: 2800,
+      maxStep,
+      message: "Applying results",
+    });
+
+    await this.addModeledMethods(loadedMethods);
+  }
+
   private async callAutoModelApi(
     request: ModelRequest,
   ): Promise<ModelResponse | null> {