diff --git a/docs/site/clanmodules/index.md b/docs/site/clanmodules/index.md
index 0d650f979..46bd76ec7 100644
--- a/docs/site/clanmodules/index.md
+++ b/docs/site/clanmodules/index.md
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ clanModules/borgbackup
 
     The `roles` folder is strictly required for `features = [ "inventory" ]`.
 
+## Registering the module
+
 === "User module"
 
     If the module should be ad-hoc loaded.
@@ -134,6 +136,56 @@ Adds the roles: `client` and `server`
     }
     ```
 
+## Adding configuration options
+
+While we recommend to keep the interface as minimal as possible and deriving all required information from the `roles` model it might sometimes be required or convinient to expose customization options beyond `roles`.
+
+The following shows how to add options to your module.
+
+**It is important to understand that every module has its own namespace where it should declare options**
+
+**`clan.{moduleName}`**
+
+???+ Example
+    The following example shows how to register options in the module interface
+
+    and how it can be set via the inventory
+
+
+    ```nix title="/default.nix"
+    custom-module = ./modules/custom-module;
+    ```
+
+    Since the module is called `custom-module` all of its exposed options should be added to `options.clan.custom-module.*...*`
+
+    ```nix title="custom-module/roles/default.nix"
+    {
+        options = {
+            clan.custom-module.foo = mkOption {
+                type = types.str;
+                default = "bar";
+            };
+        };
+    }
+    ```
+
+    If the module is [registered](#registering-the-module).
+    Configuration can be set as follows.
+
+    ```nix title="flake.nix"
+    buildClan {
+        inventory.services = {
+            custom-module.instance_1 = {
+                roles.default.machines = [ "machineA" ];
+                roles.default.config = {
+                    # All configuration here is scoped to `clan.custom-module`
+                    foo = "foobar";
+                };
+            };
+        };
+    }
+    ```
+
 ## Organizing the ClanModule
 
 Each `{role}.nix` is included into the machine if the machine is declared to have the role.
diff --git a/lib/build-clan/interface.nix b/lib/build-clan/interface.nix
index 1ed9b0314..baf1a45fb 100644
--- a/lib/build-clan/interface.nix
+++ b/lib/build-clan/interface.nix
@@ -101,8 +101,12 @@ in
           # Those options are interfaced by the CLI
           # We don't specify the type here, for better performance.
           inventory = lib.mkOption { type = lib.types.raw; };
+          # all inventory module schemas
+          moduleSchemas = lib.mkOption { type = lib.types.raw; };
           inventoryFile = lib.mkOption { type = lib.types.raw; };
+          # The machine 'imports' generated by the inventory per machine
           serviceConfigs = lib.mkOption { type = lib.types.raw; };
+          # clan-core's modules
           clanModules = lib.mkOption { type = lib.types.raw; };
           source = lib.mkOption { type = lib.types.raw; };
           meta = lib.mkOption { type = lib.types.raw; };
diff --git a/lib/build-clan/module.nix b/lib/build-clan/module.nix
index 74deadfb5..a579f9973 100644
--- a/lib/build-clan/module.nix
+++ b/lib/build-clan/module.nix
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ in
   inherit nixosConfigurations;
 
   clanInternals = {
+    moduleSchemas = clan-core.lib.modules.getModulesSchema config.inventory.modules;
     inherit serviceConfigs;
     inherit (clan-core) clanModules;
     inherit inventoryFile;
diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index 4b88491cb..e1ab88473 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -16,5 +16,8 @@ in
   facts = import ./facts.nix { inherit lib; };
   inventory = import ./inventory { inherit lib clan-core; };
   jsonschema = import ./jsonschema { inherit lib; };
-  modules = import ./frontmatter { inherit lib; };
+  modules = import ./frontmatter {
+    inherit lib;
+    self = clan-core;
+  };
 }
diff --git a/lib/frontmatter/default.nix b/lib/frontmatter/default.nix
index e200f0b01..cd8a302f4 100644
--- a/lib/frontmatter/default.nix
+++ b/lib/frontmatter/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
-{ lib }:
+{ lib, self }:
 let
   # Trim the .nix extension from a filename
   trimExtension = name: builtins.substring 0 (builtins.stringLength name - 4) name;
 
+  jsonWithoutHeader = self.lib.jsonschema {
+    includeDefaults = true;
+    header = { };
+  };
+
+  getModulesSchema =
+    modules:
+    lib.mapAttrs (
+      _moduleName: rolesOptions:
+      lib.mapAttrs (_roleName: options: jsonWithoutHeader.parseOptions options { }) rolesOptions
+    ) (self.lib.evalClanModulesWithRoles modules);
+
   evalFrontmatter =
     {
       moduleName,
@@ -90,7 +102,7 @@ in
 {
   inherit
     frontmatterOptions
-
+    getModulesSchema
     getFrontmatter
 
     checkConstraints
diff --git a/lib/inventory/schemas/default.nix b/lib/inventory/schemas/default.nix
index 56d508918..f6a6660a1 100644
--- a/lib/inventory/schemas/default.nix
+++ b/lib/inventory/schemas/default.nix
@@ -2,25 +2,14 @@
   self,
   self',
   pkgs,
-  lib,
   ...
 }:
 let
-  includeDefaults = true;
 
-  # { mName :: { roleName :: Options } }
-  modulesRolesOptions = self.lib.evalClanModulesWithRoles self.clanModules;
-  modulesSchema = lib.mapAttrs (
-    _moduleName: rolesOptions:
-    lib.mapAttrs (_roleName: options: jsonWithoutHeader.parseOptions options { }) rolesOptions
-  ) modulesRolesOptions;
+  modulesSchema = self.lib.modules.getModulesSchema self.clanModules;
 
   jsonLib = self.lib.jsonschema { inherit includeDefaults; };
-
-  jsonWithoutHeader = self.lib.jsonschema {
-    inherit includeDefaults;
-    header = { };
-  };
+  includeDefaults = true;
 
   frontMatterSchema = jsonLib.parseOptions self.lib.modules.frontmatterOptions { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/api/modules.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/api/modules.py
index 746afc628..d09da67c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/api/modules.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/api/modules.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class ModuleInfo:
 def get_modules(base_path: str) -> dict[str, str]:
     cmd = nix_eval(
         [
-            f"{base_path}#clanInternals.clanModules",
+            f"{base_path}#clanInternals.inventory.modules",
             "--json",
         ]
     )
@@ -153,11 +153,11 @@ def get_modules(base_path: str) -> dict[str, str]:
         proc = run_no_stdout(cmd)
         res = proc.stdout.strip()
     except ClanCmdError as e:
-        msg = "clanInternals might not have clanModules attributes"
+        msg = "clanInternals might not have inventory.modules attributes"
         raise ClanError(
             msg,
             location=f"list_modules {base_path}",
-            description="Evaluation failed on clanInternals.clanModules attribute",
+            description="Evaluation failed on clanInternals.inventory.modules attribute",
         ) from e
     modules: dict[str, str] = json.loads(res)
     return modules