diff --git a/bin/ota-track.js b/bin/ota-track.js
index 77e480ac5..40745362a 100755
--- a/bin/ota-track.js
+++ b/bin/ota-track.js
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ program
   .option('-s, --services [serviceId...]', 'service IDs of services to track')
   .option('-t, --types [termsType...]', 'terms types to track')
   .option('-e, --extract-only', 'extract versions from existing snapshots with latest declarations and engine, without recording new snapshots')
-  .option('--schedule', 'track automatically at a regular interval');
+  .option('--schedule', 'track automatically at a regular interval')
+  .option('--skipPreRun', 'skip the pre run')
+  .option('--skipReadBack', 'skip the read-back of snapshots')
+  .option('--skipSnapshots', 'skip both the writing and the read-back of the snapshots');
 
 track(program.parse(process.argv).opts());
diff --git a/src/archivist/index.js b/src/archivist/index.js
index e69ede836..ee43aaac6 100644
--- a/src/archivist/index.js
+++ b/src/archivist/index.js
@@ -127,13 +127,17 @@ export default class Archivist extends events.EventEmitter {
     this.emit('trackingCompleted', servicesIds.length, numberOfTerms, extractOnly);
   }
 
-  async trackTermsChanges({ terms, extractOnly = false }) {
+  async trackTermsChanges({ terms, extractOnly = false, skipReadBack = false, skipSnapshots = false }) {
     if (!extractOnly) {
       await this.fetchSourceDocuments(terms);
-      await this.recordSnapshots(terms);
+      if (!skipSnapshots) {
+        await this.recordSnapshots(terms);
+      }
     }
 
-    await this.loadSourceDocumentsFromSnapshots(terms);
+    if (!skipSnapshots && !skipReadBack) {
+      await this.loadSourceDocumentsFromSnapshots(terms);
+    }
 
     if (terms.sourceDocuments.filter(sourceDocument => !sourceDocument.content).length) {
       // If some source documents do not have associated snapshots, it is not possible to generate a fully valid version
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 2083e1802..2f33fcf63 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import Reporter from './reporter/index.js';
 
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 
-export default async function track({ services, types, extractOnly, schedule }) {
-  const archivist = new Archivist({
+export default async function track({ services, types, extractOnly, skipPreRun, skipSnapshots, skipReadBack, schedule }) {
+    const archivist = new Archivist({
     recorderConfig: config.get('@opentermsarchive/engine.recorder'),
     fetcherConfig: config.get('@opentermsarchive/engine.fetcher'),
   });
@@ -39,9 +39,11 @@ export default async function track({ services, types, extractOnly, schedule })
 
   // The result of the extraction step that generates the version from the snapshots may depend on changes to the engine or its dependencies.
   // The process thus starts by only performing the extraction process so that any version following such changes can be labelled (to avoid sending notifications, for example)
-  await archivist.track({ services, types, extractOnly: true });
+  if (!skipPreRun) {
+    await archivist.track({ services, types, extractOnly: true, skipSnapshots });
+  }
 
-  if (extractOnly) {
+  if (extractOnly && !skipPreRun) {
     return;
   }
 
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ export default async function track({ services, types, extractOnly, schedule })
   }
 
   if (!schedule) {
-    await archivist.track({ services, types });
+    await archivist.track({ services, types, extractOnly, skipSnapshots, skipReadBack });
 
     return;
   }