diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index 1e41797..6c6501a 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 *.snap
+*.typegen.ts
 README.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/builders.spec.tsx b/src/builders.spec.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0be825
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/builders.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { render, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
+import React from "react";
+
+import { viewToMachine } from "./builders";
+import { buildRootComponent } from "./xstateTree";
+
+describe("xstate-tree builders", () => {
+  describe("viewToMachine", () => {
+    it("takes a React view and wraps it in an xstate-tree machine that renders that view", async () => {
+      const ViewMachine = viewToMachine(() => <div>hello world</div>);
+      const Root = buildRootComponent(ViewMachine);
+
+      const { getByText } = render(<Root />);
+
+      await waitFor(() => getByText("hello world"));
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/builders.ts b/src/builders.ts
index 14a57cc..319d44d 100644
--- a/src/builders.ts
+++ b/src/builders.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import React from "react";
-import type {
-  EventObject,
-  StateMachine,
-  AnyStateMachine,
-  ContextFrom,
-  EventFrom,
-  InterpreterFrom,
-  AnyFunction,
+import {
+  type EventObject,
+  type StateMachine,
+  type AnyStateMachine,
+  type ContextFrom,
+  type EventFrom,
+  type InterpreterFrom,
+  type AnyFunction,
+  createMachine,
 } from "xstate";
 
 import { Slot } from "./slots";
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   XStateTreeMachineMetaV1,
   XstateTreeMachineStateSchemaV1,
   XstateTreeMachineStateSchemaV2,
+  AnyXstateTreeMachine,
 } from "./types";
 
 /**
@@ -261,3 +263,20 @@ export function createXStateTreeMachine<
 
   return machine;
 }
+
+/**
+ * @public
+ *
+ * Simple utility builder to aid in integrating existing React views with xstate-tree
+ *
+ * @param view - the React view you want to invoke in an xstate machine
+ * @returns The view wrapped into an xstate-tree machine, ready to be invoked by other xstate machines or used with `buildRootComponent`
+ */
+export function viewToMachine(view: () => JSX.Element): AnyXstateTreeMachine {
+  return createXStateTreeMachine(
+    createMachine({ initial: "idle", states: { idle: {} } }),
+    {
+      View: view,
+    }
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/test-app/AppMachine.typegen.ts b/src/test-app/AppMachine.typegen.ts
index 1d46e11..90e8106 100644
--- a/src/test-app/AppMachine.typegen.ts
+++ b/src/test-app/AppMachine.typegen.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,35 @@
-// This file was automatically generated. Edits will be overwritten
 
-export interface Typegen0 {
-  "@@xstate/typegen": true;
-  internalEvents: {
-    "xstate.init": { type: "xstate.init" };
-  };
-  invokeSrcNameMap: {
-    OtherMachine: "done.invoke.app.otherScreen:invocation[0]";
-    TodosMachine: "done.invoke.app.todos:invocation[0]";
-  };
-  missingImplementations: {
-    actions: never;
-    services: never;
-    guards: never;
-    delays: never;
-  };
-  eventsCausingActions: {};
-  eventsCausingServices: {
-    OtherMachine: "GO_SETTINGS";
-    TodosMachine: "GO_HOME";
-  };
-  eventsCausingGuards: {};
-  eventsCausingDelays: {};
-  matchesStates: "otherScreen" | "todos" | "waitingForRoute";
-  tags: never;
-}
+  // This file was automatically generated. Edits will be overwritten
+
+  export interface Typegen0 {
+        '@@xstate/typegen': true;
+        internalEvents: {
+          "xstate.init": { type: "xstate.init" };
+        };
+        invokeSrcNameMap: {
+          "OtherMachine": "done.invoke.app.otherScreen:invocation[0]";
+"TodosMachine": "done.invoke.app.todos:invocation[0]";
+        };
+        missingImplementations: {
+          actions: never;
+          delays: never;
+          guards: never;
+          services: never;
+        };
+        eventsCausingActions: {
+          
+        };
+        eventsCausingDelays: {
+          
+        };
+        eventsCausingGuards: {
+          
+        };
+        eventsCausingServices: {
+          "OtherMachine": "GO_SETTINGS";
+"TodosMachine": "GO_HOME";
+        };
+        matchesStates: "otherScreen" | "todos" | "waitingForRoute";
+        tags: never;
+      }
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/xstateTree.tsx b/src/xstateTree.tsx
index fda1a1e..c3bbb5b 100644
--- a/src/xstateTree.tsx
+++ b/src/xstateTree.tsx
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ const getViewForInterpreter = memoize(
       useEffect(() => {
         if (activeRouteEvents) {
           activeRouteEvents.forEach((event) => {
+            // @ts-ignore fixed in v5 branch
             if (interpreter.state.nextEvents.includes(event.type)) {
               interpreter.send(event);
             }
diff --git a/xstate-tree.api.md b/xstate-tree.api.md
index d34658c..0a7aa3d 100644
--- a/xstate-tree.api.md
+++ b/xstate-tree.api.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ```ts
 
 import { AnyEventObject } from 'xstate';
-import type { AnyFunction } from 'xstate';
+import { AnyFunction } from 'xstate';
 import { AnyStateMachine } from 'xstate';
 import { BaseActionObject } from 'xstate';
 import { ComponentPropsWithRef } from 'react';
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { ContextFrom } from 'xstate';
 import { EventFrom } from 'xstate';
 import { EventObject } from 'xstate';
 import { History as History_2 } from 'history';
-import type { InterpreterFrom } from 'xstate';
+import { InterpreterFrom } from 'xstate';
 import { JSXElementConstructor } from 'react';
 import { ParsedQuery } from 'query-string';
 import { default as React_2 } from 'react';
@@ -439,6 +439,9 @@ export type ViewProps<TSelectors, TActions, TSlots extends readonly Slot[], TMat
     inState: TMatches;
 };
 
+// @public
+export function viewToMachine(view: () => JSX.Element): AnyXstateTreeMachine;
+
 // @public (undocumented)
 export type XstateTreeHistory<T = unknown> = History_2<{
     meta?: T;