diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 78a1287a..0aa89426 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@
    #689)
  - Update server settings on the fly when tweaking them in VSCode.
    Implement `workspace/didChangeConfiguration` (@ejgallego, #702)
+ - [Coq API] Add functions to retrieve list of declarations done in
+   .vo files (@ejallego, @eytans, #704)
 
 # coq-lsp 0.1.8.1: Spring fix
 -----------------------------
diff --git a/coq/library_file.ml b/coq/library_file.ml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33569df1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coq/library_file.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+type t = Names.DirPath.t
+
+let name n = n
+let loaded ~token ~st = State.in_state ~token ~st ~f:Library.loaded_libraries ()
+
+(* Function to extract definitions and lemmas from the environment *)
+module DynHandle = Libobject.Dyn.Map (struct
+  type 'a t = 'a -> unit
+end)
+
+(* Prefix is the module / section things are defined *)
+let const_handler
+    (fn : Names.Constant.t -> Decls.logical_kind -> Constr.t -> unit) prefix
+    (id, obj) =
+  let open Names in
+  let kn = KerName.make prefix.Nametab.obj_mp (Label.of_id id) in
+  let cst = Global.constant_of_delta_kn kn in
+  let gr = GlobRef.ConstRef cst in
+  let env = Global.env () in
+  let typ, _ = Typeops.type_of_global_in_context env gr in
+  let kind = Declare.Internal.Constant.kind obj in
+  fn cst kind typ
+
+let iter_constructors indsp u fn env nconstr =
+  for i = 1 to nconstr do
+    let typ =
+      Inductive.type_of_constructor
+        ((indsp, i), u)
+        (Inductive.lookup_mind_specif env indsp)
+    in
+    fn (Names.GlobRef.ConstructRef (indsp, i)) typ
+  done
+
+let ind_handler fn prefix (id, _) =
+  let open Names in
+  let kn = KerName.make prefix.Nametab.obj_mp (Label.of_id id) in
+  let mind = Global.mind_of_delta_kn kn in
+  let mib = Global.lookup_mind mind in
+  let env = Global.env () in
+  let iter_packet i mip =
+    let ind = (mind, i) in
+    let u =
+      UVars.make_abstract_instance
+        (Declareops.inductive_polymorphic_context mib)
+    in
+    let typ =
+      Inductive.type_of_inductive (Inductive.lookup_mind_specif env ind, u)
+    in
+    let () = fn (GlobRef.IndRef ind) typ in
+    let len = Array.length mip.Declarations.mind_user_lc in
+    iter_constructors ind u fn env len
+  in
+  Array.iteri iter_packet mib.mind_packets
+
+let handler fn_c fn_i prefix =
+  DynHandle.add Declare.Internal.Constant.tag (const_handler fn_c prefix)
+  @@ DynHandle.add DeclareInd.Internal.objInductive (ind_handler fn_i prefix)
+  @@ DynHandle.empty
+
+let handle h (Libobject.Dyn.Dyn (tag, o)) =
+  match DynHandle.find tag h with
+  | f -> f o
+  | exception Stdlib.Not_found -> ()
+
+let obj_action fn_c fn_i prefix lobj =
+  match lobj with
+  | Libobject.AtomicObject o -> handle (handler fn_c fn_i prefix) o
+  | _ -> ()
+
+let constructor_name c idx =
+  let cname =
+    Nametab.shortest_qualid_of_global Names.Id.Set.empty
+      (Names.GlobRef.ConstructRef (c, idx))
+  in
+  Libnames.string_of_qualid cname
+
+let constructor_info (gref : Names.GlobRef.t) =
+  match gref with
+  | ConstructRef (ind, idx) ->
+    let ind_dp = Names.(MutInd.modpath (fst ind) |> ModPath.dp) in
+    Some (ind_dp, constructor_name ind idx)
+  | VarRef _ | ConstRef _ | IndRef _ -> None
+
+let belongs_to_lib dps dp =
+  List.exists (fun p -> Libnames.is_dirpath_prefix_of p dp) dps
+
+let toc dps : _ list =
+  let res = ref [] in
+  let obj_action =
+    let fn_c (cst : Names.Constant.t) (_ : Decls.logical_kind) (typ : Constr.t)
+        =
+      let cst_dp = Names.(Constant.modpath cst |> ModPath.dp) in
+      if belongs_to_lib dps cst_dp then
+        (* let () = F.eprintf "cst found: %s@\n%!" (Names.Constant.to_string
+           cst) in *)
+        let name = Names.Constant.to_string cst in
+        res := (name, typ) :: !res
+      else ()
+    in
+    (* We do nothing for inductives, note this is called both on constructors
+       and inductives, with the name and type *)
+    let fn_i (gref : Names.GlobRef.t) (typ : Constr.t) =
+      match constructor_info gref with
+      | None -> ()
+      | Some (ind_dp, name) ->
+        if belongs_to_lib dps ind_dp then res := (name, typ) :: !res
+    in
+    obj_action fn_c fn_i
+  in
+  let () = Declaremods.iter_all_interp_segments obj_action in
+  List.rev !res
diff --git a/coq/library_file.mli b/coq/library_file.mli
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36151318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coq/library_file.mli
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+(* API to handle vo libraries, we cannot use Library as module name due to Coq's
+   libs not being wrapped... *)
+
+(* Library stored in a .vo file, it can contain several modules *)
+type t
+
+(** Logical path of the library *)
+val name : t -> Names.DirPath.t
+
+(** [toc libs] Returns the list of constants and inductives found on .vo
+    libraries [libs], as pairs of [name, typ]. Note that the constants are
+    returned in the order they appear on the file.
+
+    NOTE that (unfortunately) this is a very expensive process, similary to
+    Coq's Search, as this routine will have to traverse all the library objects
+    in scope.
+
+    Hence, we provide a slightly more efficient version that can do multiple
+    libraries but with the same complexity.
+
+    There have been several upstream Coq PRs trying to improve this situation,
+    but so far they didn't make enough progress. *)
+val toc : t list -> (string * Constr.t) list
+
+(** Recovers the list of loaded libraries for state [st] *)
+val loaded : token:Limits.Token.t -> st:State.t -> (t list, Loc.t) Protect.E.t