diff --git a/book/_toc.yml b/book/_toc.yml
index c30a3b85..34b97c24 100644
--- a/book/_toc.yml
+++ b/book/_toc.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,12 @@ parts:
   - caption: "Framework Internals"
     chapters:
       - file: framework/intro
-        title: Introduction
+      - file: framework/tutorials/intro
+      - file: framework/how-to-guides/intro
+        sections:
+          - file: framework/how-to-guides/parallel-configuration
+          - file: framework/how-to-guides/pipeline-resumption
+      - file: framework/explanations/intro
         sections:
           - file: framework/explanations/architecture
           - file: framework/explanations/data-storage
@@ -66,8 +71,8 @@ parts:
           - file: framework/explanations/types
           - file: framework/explanations/formats
           - file: framework/explanations/provenance
-          - file: framework/how-to-guides/parallel-configuration
-          - file: framework/how-to-guides/pipeline-resumption
+      - file: framework/references/intro
+        sections:
           - file: framework/references/archive-versions
 
   - caption: "CI Internals"
diff --git a/book/framework/explanations/intro.md b/book/framework/explanations/intro.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1874c079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/book/framework/explanations/intro.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Explanations
+
+```{tableofcontents}
+```
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diff --git a/book/framework/how-to-guides/intro.md b/book/framework/how-to-guides/intro.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e93f46ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/book/framework/how-to-guides/intro.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# How-to guides
+
+```{tableofcontents}
+```
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diff --git a/book/framework/intro.md b/book/framework/intro.md
index 8feaa25a..e14d0b2c 100644
--- a/book/framework/intro.md
+++ b/book/framework/intro.md
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-# Introduction to the Framework
\ No newline at end of file
+# Introduction to QIIME 2 framework development
+
+```{tableofcontents}
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/book/framework/references/intro.md b/book/framework/references/intro.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe92aeb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/book/framework/references/intro.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# References
+
+```{tableofcontents}
+```
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diff --git a/book/framework/tutorials/intro.md b/book/framework/tutorials/intro.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17012aac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/book/framework/tutorials/intro.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Tutorials
+
+```{tableofcontents}
+```
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