Feature/better manifests

[tjayrush]

Description

Type of change

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue -- include the issue #)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• Other (please specify):

Checklist

• My code follows the style guidelines of this project
• I have performed a self-review of my own code
• I have added minimal comments to my code in difficult to understand areas
• I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
• My changes generate no new warnings
• I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works
• New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
• Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules

PR Target Branch

• I am targeting the develop branch for non-release changes.