diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c53147e..428fd7c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,6 +43,25 @@ let data = encode(obj)
 let decoded = decode(data)
 decoded.y[0] // 2
 CID.asCID(decoded.z.a) // cid instance
+
+// encode/decode options are exported for use with cborg's encodedLength and decodeFirst
+import { encodeOptions, decodeOptions } from '@ipld/dag-cbor'
+import { encodedLength } from 'cborg/length'
+import { decodeFirst } from 'cborg'
+
+// dag-cbor encoded length of obj in bytes
+const byteLength = encodedLength(obj, encodeOptions)
+byteLength // 104
+
+// concatenate two dag-cbor encoded obj
+const concatenatedData = new Uint8Array(data.length * 2)
+concatenatedData.set(data)
+concatenatedData.set(data, data.length)
+
+// returns dag-cbor decoded obj at the beginning of the buffer as well as the remaining bytes
+const [first, remainder] = decodeFirst(concatenatedData, decodeOptions)
+assert.deepStrictEqual(first, obj)
+assert.deepStrictEqual(remainder, data)
 ```
 
 ## Spec
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index cdc058f..d555222 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ function numberEncoder (num) {
   return null
 }
 
-const encodeOptions = {
+const _encodeOptions = {
   float64: true,
   typeEncoders: {
     Object: cidEncoder,
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ const encodeOptions = {
   }
 }
 
+export const encodeOptions = {
+  ..._encodeOptions,
+  typeEncoders: {
+    ..._encodeOptions.typeEncoders
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * @param {Uint8Array} bytes
  * @returns {CID}
@@ -84,7 +91,7 @@ function cidDecoder (bytes) {
   return CID.decode(bytes.subarray(1)) // ignore leading 0x00
 }
 
-const decodeOptions = {
+const _decodeOptions = {
   allowIndefinite: false,
   coerceUndefinedToNull: true,
   allowNaN: false,
@@ -97,7 +104,12 @@ const decodeOptions = {
   /** @type {import('cborg').TagDecoder[]} */
   tags: []
 }
-decodeOptions.tags[CID_CBOR_TAG] = cidDecoder
+_decodeOptions.tags[CID_CBOR_TAG] = cidDecoder
+
+export const decodeOptions = {
+  ..._decodeOptions,
+  tags: _decodeOptions.tags.slice()
+}
 
 export const name = 'dag-cbor'
 export const code = 0x71
@@ -107,11 +119,11 @@ export const code = 0x71
  * @param {T} node
  * @returns {ByteView<T>}
  */
-export const encode = (node) => cborg.encode(node, encodeOptions)
+export const encode = (node) => cborg.encode(node, _encodeOptions)
 
 /**
  * @template T
  * @param {ByteView<T>} data
  * @returns {T}
  */
-export const decode = (data) => cborg.decode(data, decodeOptions)
+export const decode = (data) => cborg.decode(data, _decodeOptions)
diff --git a/test/test-basics.spec.js b/test/test-basics.spec.js
index f2ee5f1..c0549c1 100644
--- a/test/test-basics.spec.js
+++ b/test/test-basics.spec.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import { Buffer } from 'buffer'
 import { garbage } from '@ipld/garbage'
 import { assert } from 'aegir/chai'
+import { decodeFirst } from 'cborg'
+import { encodedLength } from 'cborg/length'
 import { bytes, CID } from 'multiformats'
 import * as dagcbor from '../src/index.js'
 
@@ -181,4 +183,23 @@ describe('dag-cbor', () => {
     const encoded = bytes.fromHex('a3636261720363666f6f0163666f6f02')
     assert.throws(() => decode(encoded), /CBOR decode error: found repeat map key "foo"/)
   })
+
+  test('determine encoded length of obj', () => {
+    const { encodeOptions } = dagcbor
+
+    const length = encodedLength(obj, encodeOptions)
+    same(length, serializedObj.length)
+  })
+
+  test('.deserialize the first of concatenated serialized objects', () => {
+    const { decodeOptions } = dagcbor
+
+    const concatSerializedObjs = new Uint8Array(serializedObj.length * 2)
+    concatSerializedObjs.set(serializedObj)
+    concatSerializedObjs.set(serializedObj, serializedObj.length)
+
+    const [deserializedObj, remainder] = decodeFirst(concatSerializedObjs, decodeOptions)
+    same(deserializedObj, obj)
+    same(remainder, serializedObj)
+  })
 })