diff --git a/pkg/codegen/coremodel.go b/pkg/codegen/coremodel.go
index c6d46a8e069..5266d379d20 100644
--- a/pkg/codegen/coremodel.go
+++ b/pkg/codegen/coremodel.go
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ type ExtractedLineage struct {
 	// code from not-yet-canonical coremodels should include appropriate caveats in
 	// documentation and possibly be hidden from external public API surface areas.
 	IsCanonical bool
+
+	// Indicates whether the coremodel represents an API type, and should therefore
+	// be included in API client code generation.
+	IsAPIType bool
 }
 
 // ExtractLineage loads a Grafana Thema lineage from the filesystem.
@@ -100,6 +104,7 @@ func ExtractLineage(path string, lib thema.Library) (*ExtractedLineage, error) {
 		return ec, err
 	}
 	ec.IsCanonical = isCanonical(ec.Lineage.Name())
+	ec.IsAPIType = isAPIType(ec.Lineage.Name())
 	return ec, nil
 }
 
@@ -122,11 +127,20 @@ func isCanonical(name string) bool {
 	return canonicalCoremodels[name]
 }
 
+func isAPIType(name string) bool {
+	return !nonAPITypes[name]
+}
+
 // FIXME specifying coremodel canonicality DOES NOT belong here - it should be part of the coremodel declaration.
 var canonicalCoremodels = map[string]bool{
 	"dashboard": false,
 }
 
+// FIXME this also needs to be moved into coremodel metadata
+var nonAPITypes = map[string]bool{
+	"pluginmeta": true,
+}
+
 // GenerateGoCoremodel generates a standard Go model struct and coremodel
 // implementation from a coremodel CUE declaration.
 //
diff --git a/pkg/coremodel/pluginmeta/coremodel.cue b/pkg/coremodel/pluginmeta/coremodel.cue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a376f47209c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/coremodel/pluginmeta/coremodel.cue
@@ -0,0 +1,340 @@
+package pluginmeta
+
+import "github.com/grafana/thema"
+
+thema.#Lineage
+name: "pluginmeta"
+seqs: [
+	{
+		schemas: [
+			{
+				// Unique name of the plugin. If the plugin is published on
+				// grafana.com, then the plugin id has to follow the naming
+				// conventions.
+				id: =~"^[0-9a-z]+\\-([0-9a-z]+\\-)?(app|panel|datasource)$"
+
+				// type indicates which type of Grafana plugin this is, of the defined
+				// set of Grafana plugin types.
+				type: #Type
+
+				// Type is a string identifier of the Grafana plugin type.
+				#Type: "app" | "datasource" | "panel" | "renderer" | "secretsmanager"
+
+				// IncludeType is a string identifier of a plugin include type, which is
+				// a superset of plugin types.
+				#IncludeType: #Type | "dashboard" | "page"
+
+				// Human-readable name of the plugin that is shown to the user in
+				// the UI.
+				name: string
+
+				// Plugin category used on the Add data source page.
+				category?: "tsdb" | "logging" | "cloud" | "tracing" | "sql" | "enterprise" | "other"
+
+				// For data source plugins, if the plugin supports annotation
+				// queries.
+				annotations?: bool
+
+				// For data source plugins, if the plugin supports alerting.
+				alerting?: bool
+
+				// If the plugin has a backend component.
+				backend?: bool
+
+				// The first part of the file name of the backend component
+				// executable. There can be multiple executables built for
+				// different operating system and architecture. Grafana will
+				// check for executables named `<executable>_<$GOOS>_<lower case
+				// $GOARCH><.exe for Windows>`, e.g. `plugin_linux_amd64`.
+				// Combination of $GOOS and $GOARCH can be found here:
+				// https://golang.org/doc/install/source#environment.
+				executable?: string
+
+				// Initialize plugin on startup. By default, the plugin
+				// initializes on first use.
+				preload?: bool
+
+				// Marks a plugin as a pre-release.
+				state?: #ReleaseState
+
+				// ReleaseState indicates release maturity state of a plugin.
+				#ReleaseState: "alpha" | "beta" | *"stable"
+
+				// Resources to include in plugin.
+				includes?: [...#Include]
+
+				// A resource to be included in a plugin.
+				#Include: {
+					// Unique identifier of the included resource
+					uid?:  string
+					type:  #IncludeType
+					name?: string
+
+					// (Legacy) The Angular component to use for a page.
+					component?: string
+					role?:      "Admin" | "Editor" | "Viewer"
+
+					// Used for app plugins.
+					path?: string
+
+					// Add the include to the side menu.
+					addToNav?: bool
+
+					// Page or dashboard when user clicks the icon in the side menu.
+					defaultNav?: bool
+
+					// Icon to use in the side menu. For information on available
+					// icon, refer to [Icons
+					// Overview](https://developers.grafana.com/ui/latest/index.html?path=/story/docs-overview-icon--icons-overview).
+					icon?: string
+					...
+				}
+
+				// For data source plugins, if the plugin supports logs.
+				logs?: bool
+
+				// For panel plugins. Hides the query editor.
+				skipDataQuery?: bool
+
+				// For data source plugins, if the plugin supports metric queries.
+				// Used in Explore.
+				metrics?: bool
+
+				// For data source plugins, if the plugin supports streaming.
+				streaming?: bool
+
+				// This is an undocumented feature.
+				tables?: bool
+
+				// For data source plugins, if the plugin supports tracing.
+				tracing?: bool
+
+				// For data source plugins, include hidden queries in the data
+				// request.
+				hiddenQueries?: bool
+
+				// Set to true for app plugins that should be enabled by default
+				// in all orgs
+				autoEnabled?: bool
+
+				// Dependencies needed by the plugin.
+				dependencies: #Dependencies
+
+				#Dependencies: {
+					// (Deprecated) Required Grafana version for this plugin, e.g.
+					// `6.x.x 7.x.x` to denote plugin requires Grafana v6.x.x or
+					// v7.x.x.
+					grafanaVersion?: =~"^([0-9]+)(\\.[0-9x]+)?(\\.[0-9x])?$"
+
+					// Required Grafana version for this plugin. Validated using
+					// https://github.com/npm/node-semver.
+					grafanaDependency: =~"^(<=|>=|<|>|=|~|\\^)?([0-9]+)(\\.[0-9x\\*]+)(\\.[0-9x\\*])?(\\s(<=|>=|<|=>)?([0-9]+)(\\.[0-9x]+)(\\.[0-9x]))?$"
+
+					// An array of required plugins on which this plugin depends.
+					plugins?: [...#Dependency]
+				}
+
+				// Dependency describes another plugin on which a plugin depends.
+				// The id refers to the plugin package identifier, as given on
+				// the grafana.com plugin marketplace.
+				#Dependency: {
+					id:      =~"^[0-9a-z]+\\-([0-9a-z]+\\-)?(app|panel|datasource)$"
+					type:    "app" | "datasource" | "panel"
+					name:    string
+					version: string
+					...
+				}
+
+				// Metadata about the plugin.
+				info: #Info
+
+				// Metadata about a Grafana plugin. Some fields are used on the plugins
+				// page in Grafana and others on grafana.com, if the plugin is published.
+				#Info: {
+					// Information about the plugin author.
+					author?: {
+						// Author's name.
+						name?: string
+
+						// Author's name.
+						email?: string
+
+						// Link to author's website.
+						url?: string
+					}
+
+					// Build information
+					build?: #BuildInfo
+
+					// Description of plugin. Used on the plugins page in Grafana and
+					// for search on grafana.com.
+					description?: string
+
+					// Array of plugin keywords. Used for search on grafana.com.
+					keywords: [...string]
+					// should be this, but CUE to openapi converter screws this up
+					// by inserting a non-concrete default.
+					// keywords: [string, ...string]
+
+					// An array of link objects to be displayed on this plugin's
+					// project page in the form `{name: 'foo', url:
+					// 'http://example.com'}`
+					links?: [...{
+						name?: string
+						url?:  string
+					}]
+
+					// SVG images that are used as plugin icons.
+					logos: {
+						// Link to the "small" version of the plugin logo, which must be
+						// an SVG image. "Large" and "small" logos can be the same image.
+						small: string
+
+						// Link to the "large" version of the plugin logo, which must be
+						// an SVG image. "Large" and "small" logos can be the same image.
+						large: string
+					}
+
+					// An array of screenshot objects in the form `{name: 'bar', path:
+					// 'img/screenshot.png'}`
+					screenshots?: [...{
+						name?: string
+						path?: string
+					}]
+
+					// Date when this plugin was built.
+					updated: =~"^(\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}|\\%TODAY\\%)$"
+
+					// Project version of this commit, e.g. `6.7.x`.
+					version: =~"^(0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.(0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.(0|[1-9]\\d*$|\\%VERSION\\%)"
+				}
+
+				#BuildInfo: {
+					// Time when the plugin was built, as a Unix timestamp.
+					time?: int64
+					repo?: string
+
+					// Git branch the plugin was built from.
+					branch?: string
+
+					// Git hash of the commit the plugin was built from
+					hash?:     string
+					"number"?: int64
+
+					// GitHub pull request the plugin was built from
+					pr?: int32
+				}
+
+				// For data source plugins. There is a query options section in
+				// the plugin's query editor and these options can be turned on
+				// if needed.
+				queryOptions?: {
+					// For data source plugins. If the `max data points` option should
+					// be shown in the query options section in the query editor.
+					maxDataPoints?: bool
+
+					// For data source plugins. If the `min interval` option should be
+					// shown in the query options section in the query editor.
+					minInterval?: bool
+
+					// For data source plugins. If the `cache timeout` option should
+					// be shown in the query options section in the query editor.
+					cacheTimeout?: bool
+				}
+
+				// Routes is a list of proxy routes, if any. For datasource plugins only.
+				routes?: [...#Route]
+
+				// Header describes an HTTP header that is forwarded with a proxied request for
+				// a plugin route.
+				#Header: {
+					name:    string
+					content: string
+				}
+
+				// URLParam describes query string parameters for
+				// a url in a plugin route
+				#URLParam: {
+					name:    string
+					content: string
+				}
+
+				// A proxy route used in datasource plugins for plugin authentication
+				// and adding headers to HTTP requests made by the plugin.
+				// For more information, refer to [Authentication for data source
+				// plugins](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/plugins/authentication/).
+				#Route: {
+					// For data source plugins. The route path that is replaced by the
+					// route URL field when proxying the call.
+					path?: string
+
+					// For data source plugins. Route method matches the HTTP verb
+					// like GET or POST. Multiple methods can be provided as a
+					// comma-separated list.
+					method?: string
+
+					// For data source plugins. Route URL is where the request is
+					// proxied to.
+					url?: string
+
+					urlParams?: [...#URLParam]
+					reqSignedIn?: bool
+					reqRole?:     string
+
+					// For data source plugins. Route headers adds HTTP headers to the
+					// proxied request.
+					headers?: [...#Header]
+
+					// For data source plugins. Route headers set the body content and
+					// length to the proxied request.
+					body?: {
+						...
+					}
+
+					// For data source plugins. Token authentication section used with
+					// an OAuth API.
+					tokenAuth?: #TokenAuth
+
+					// For data source plugins. Token authentication section used with
+					// an JWT OAuth API.
+					jwtTokenAuth?: #JWTTokenAuth
+				}
+
+				// TODO docs
+				#TokenAuth: {
+					// URL to fetch the authentication token.
+					url?: string
+
+					// The list of scopes that your application should be granted
+					// access to.
+					scopes?: [...string]
+
+					// Parameters for the token authentication request.
+					params: [string]: string
+				}
+
+				// TODO docs
+				// TODO should this really be separate from TokenAuth?
+				#JWTTokenAuth: {
+					// URL to fetch the JWT token.
+					url: string
+
+					// The list of scopes that your application should be granted
+					// access to.
+					scopes: [...string]
+
+					// Parameters for the JWT token authentication request.
+					params: [string]: string
+				}
+
+				// Grafana Enerprise specific features.
+				enterpriseFeatures?: {
+					// Enable/Disable health diagnostics errors. Requires Grafana
+					// >=7.5.5.
+					healthDiagnosticsErrors?: bool | *false
+					...
+				}
+			},
+		]
+	},
+]
diff --git a/pkg/coremodel/pluginmeta/pluginmeta_gen.go b/pkg/coremodel/pluginmeta/pluginmeta_gen.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4e9bfc17c79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/coremodel/pluginmeta/pluginmeta_gen.go
@@ -0,0 +1,590 @@
+// This file is autogenerated. DO NOT EDIT.
+//
+// Run "make gen-cue" from repository root to regenerate.
+//
+// Derived from the Thema lineage at pkg/coremodel/pluginmeta
+
+package pluginmeta
+
+import (
+	"embed"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/cuectx"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/framework/coremodel"
+	"github.com/grafana/thema"
+)
+
+// Defines values for PluginmetaCategory.
+const (
+	CategoryCloud Category = "cloud"
+
+	CategoryEnterprise Category = "enterprise"
+
+	CategoryLogging Category = "logging"
+
+	CategoryOther Category = "other"
+
+	CategorySql Category = "sql"
+
+	CategoryTracing Category = "tracing"
+
+	CategoryTsdb Category = "tsdb"
+)
+
+// Defines values for PluginmetaType.
+const (
+	TypeApp Type = "app"
+
+	TypeDatasource Type = "datasource"
+
+	TypePanel Type = "panel"
+
+	TypeRenderer Type = "renderer"
+
+	TypeSecretsmanager Type = "secretsmanager"
+)
+
+// Defines values for PluginmetaDependencyType.
+const (
+	DependencyTypeApp DependencyType = "app"
+
+	DependencyTypeDatasource DependencyType = "datasource"
+
+	DependencyTypePanel DependencyType = "panel"
+)
+
+// Defines values for PluginmetaIncludeRole.
+const (
+	IncludeRoleAdmin IncludeRole = "Admin"
+
+	IncludeRoleEditor IncludeRole = "Editor"
+
+	IncludeRoleViewer IncludeRole = "Viewer"
+)
+
+// Defines values for PluginmetaIncludeType.
+const (
+	IncludeTypeApp IncludeType = "app"
+
+	IncludeTypeDashboard IncludeType = "dashboard"
+
+	IncludeTypeDatasource IncludeType = "datasource"
+
+	IncludeTypePage IncludeType = "page"
+
+	IncludeTypePanel IncludeType = "panel"
+
+	IncludeTypeRenderer IncludeType = "renderer"
+
+	IncludeTypeSecretsmanager IncludeType = "secretsmanager"
+)
+
+// Defines values for PluginmetaReleaseState.
+const (
+	ReleaseStateAlpha ReleaseState = "alpha"
+
+	ReleaseStateBeta ReleaseState = "beta"
+
+	ReleaseStateStable ReleaseState = "stable"
+)
+
+// Pluginmeta defines model for pluginmeta.
+//
+// THIS TYPE IS INTENDED FOR INTERNAL USE BY THE GRAFANA BACKEND, AND IS SUBJECT TO BREAKING CHANGES.
+// Equivalent Go types at stable import paths are provided in https://github.com/grafana/grok.
+type Model struct {
+	// For data source plugins, if the plugin supports alerting.
+	Alerting *bool `json:"alerting,omitempty"`
+
+	// For data source plugins, if the plugin supports annotation
+	// queries.
+	Annotations *bool `json:"annotations,omitempty"`
+
+	// Set to true for app plugins that should be enabled by default
+	// in all orgs
+	AutoEnabled *bool `json:"autoEnabled,omitempty"`
+
+	// If the plugin has a backend component.
+	Backend *bool `json:"backend,omitempty"`
+
+	// Plugin category used on the Add data source page.
+	Category *Category `json:"category,omitempty"`
+
+	// Dependencies needed by the plugin.
+	Dependencies struct {
+		// Required Grafana version for this plugin. Validated using
+		// https://github.com/npm/node-semver.
+		GrafanaDependency string `json:"grafanaDependency"`
+
+		// (Deprecated) Required Grafana version for this plugin, e.g.
+		// `6.x.x 7.x.x` to denote plugin requires Grafana v6.x.x or
+		// v7.x.x.
+		GrafanaVersion *string `json:"grafanaVersion,omitempty"`
+
+		// An array of required plugins on which this plugin depends.
+		Plugins *[]Dependency `json:"plugins,omitempty"`
+	} `json:"dependencies"`
+
+	// Grafana Enerprise specific features.
+	EnterpriseFeatures *struct {
+		// Enable/Disable health diagnostics errors. Requires Grafana
+		// >=7.5.5.
+		HealthDiagnosticsErrors *bool `json:"healthDiagnosticsErrors,omitempty"`
+	} `json:"enterpriseFeatures,omitempty"`
+
+	// The first part of the file name of the backend component
+	// executable. There can be multiple executables built for
+	// different operating system and architecture. Grafana will
+	// check for executables named `<executable>_<$GOOS>_<lower case
+	// $GOARCH><.exe for Windows>`, e.g. `plugin_linux_amd64`.
+	// Combination of $GOOS and $GOARCH can be found here:
+	// https://golang.org/doc/install/source#environment.
+	Executable *string `json:"executable,omitempty"`
+
+	// For data source plugins, include hidden queries in the data
+	// request.
+	HiddenQueries *bool `json:"hiddenQueries,omitempty"`
+
+	// Unique name of the plugin. If the plugin is published on
+	// grafana.com, then the plugin id has to follow the naming
+	// conventions.
+	Id string `json:"id"`
+
+	// Resources to include in plugin.
+	Includes *[]Include `json:"includes,omitempty"`
+
+	// Metadata about the plugin.
+	Info struct {
+		// Information about the plugin author.
+		Author *struct {
+			// Author's name.
+			Email *string `json:"email,omitempty"`
+
+			// Author's name.
+			Name *string `json:"name,omitempty"`
+
+			// Link to author's website.
+			Url *string `json:"url,omitempty"`
+		} `json:"author,omitempty"`
+		Build *BuildInfo `json:"build,omitempty"`
+
+		// Description of plugin. Used on the plugins page in Grafana and
+		// for search on grafana.com.
+		Description *string `json:"description,omitempty"`
+
+		// Array of plugin keywords. Used for search on grafana.com.
+		Keywords []string `json:"keywords"`
+
+		// An array of link objects to be displayed on this plugin's
+		// project page in the form `{name: 'foo', url:
+		// 'http://example.com'}`
+		Links *[]struct {
+			Name *string `json:"name,omitempty"`
+			Url  *string `json:"url,omitempty"`
+		} `json:"links,omitempty"`
+
+		// SVG images that are used as plugin icons.
+		Logos struct {
+			// Link to the "large" version of the plugin logo, which must be
+			// an SVG image. "Large" and "small" logos can be the same image.
+			Large string `json:"large"`
+
+			// Link to the "small" version of the plugin logo, which must be
+			// an SVG image. "Large" and "small" logos can be the same image.
+			Small string `json:"small"`
+		} `json:"logos"`
+
+		// An array of screenshot objects in the form `{name: 'bar', path:
+		// 'img/screenshot.png'}`
+		Screenshots *[]struct {
+			Name *string `json:"name,omitempty"`
+			Path *string `json:"path,omitempty"`
+		} `json:"screenshots,omitempty"`
+
+		// Date when this plugin was built.
+		Updated string `json:"updated"`
+
+		// Project version of this commit, e.g. `6.7.x`.
+		Version string `json:"version"`
+	} `json:"info"`
+
+	// For data source plugins, if the plugin supports logs.
+	Logs *bool `json:"logs,omitempty"`
+
+	// For data source plugins, if the plugin supports metric queries.
+	// Used in Explore.
+	Metrics *bool `json:"metrics,omitempty"`
+
+	// Human-readable name of the plugin that is shown to the user in
+	// the UI.
+	Name string `json:"name"`
+
+	// Initialize plugin on startup. By default, the plugin
+	// initializes on first use.
+	Preload *bool `json:"preload,omitempty"`
+
+	// For data source plugins. There is a query options section in
+	// the plugin's query editor and these options can be turned on
+	// if needed.
+	QueryOptions *struct {
+		// For data source plugins. If the `cache timeout` option should
+		// be shown in the query options section in the query editor.
+		CacheTimeout *bool `json:"cacheTimeout,omitempty"`
+
+		// For data source plugins. If the `max data points` option should
+		// be shown in the query options section in the query editor.
+		MaxDataPoints *bool `json:"maxDataPoints,omitempty"`
+
+		// For data source plugins. If the `min interval` option should be
+		// shown in the query options section in the query editor.
+		MinInterval *bool `json:"minInterval,omitempty"`
+	} `json:"queryOptions,omitempty"`
+
+	// Routes is a list of proxy routes, if any. For datasource plugins only.
+	Routes *[]Route `json:"routes,omitempty"`
+
+	// For panel plugins. Hides the query editor.
+	SkipDataQuery *bool `json:"skipDataQuery,omitempty"`
+
+	// ReleaseState indicates release maturity state of a plugin.
+	State *ReleaseState `json:"state,omitempty"`
+
+	// For data source plugins, if the plugin supports streaming.
+	Streaming *bool `json:"streaming,omitempty"`
+
+	// This is an undocumented feature.
+	Tables *bool `json:"tables,omitempty"`
+
+	// For data source plugins, if the plugin supports tracing.
+	Tracing *bool `json:"tracing,omitempty"`
+
+	// type indicates which type of Grafana plugin this is, of the defined
+	// set of Grafana plugin types.
+	Type Type `json:"type"`
+}
+
+// Plugin category used on the Add data source page.
+//
+// THIS TYPE IS INTENDED FOR INTERNAL USE BY THE GRAFANA BACKEND, AND IS SUBJECT TO BREAKING CHANGES.
+// Equivalent Go types at stable import paths are provided in https://github.com/grafana/grok.
+type Category string
+
+// type indicates which type of Grafana plugin this is, of the defined
+// set of Grafana plugin types.
+//
+// THIS TYPE IS INTENDED FOR INTERNAL USE BY THE GRAFANA BACKEND, AND IS SUBJECT TO BREAKING CHANGES.
+// Equivalent Go types at stable import paths are provided in https://github.com/grafana/grok.
+type Type string
+
+// PluginmetaBuildInfo defines model for pluginmeta.BuildInfo.
+//
+// THIS TYPE IS INTENDED FOR INTERNAL USE BY THE GRAFANA BACKEND, AND IS SUBJECT TO BREAKING CHANGES.
+// Equivalent Go types at stable import paths are provided in https://github.com/grafana/grok.
+type BuildInfo struct {
+	// Git branch the plugin was built from.
+	Branch *string `json:"branch,omitempty"`
+
+	// Git hash of the commit the plugin was built from
+	Hash   *string `json:"hash,omitempty"`
+	Number *int64  `json:"number,omitempty"`
+
+	// GitHub pull request the plugin was built from
+	Pr   *int32  `json:"pr,omitempty"`
+	Repo *string `json:"repo,omitempty"`
+
+	// Time when the plugin was built, as a Unix timestamp.
+	Time *int64 `json:"time,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// PluginmetaDependencies defines model for pluginmeta.Dependencies.
+//
+// THIS TYPE IS INTENDED FOR INTERNAL USE BY THE GRAFANA BACKEND, AND IS SUBJECT TO BREAKING CHANGES.
+// Equivalent Go types at stable import paths are provided in https://github.com/grafana/grok.
+type Dependencies struct {
+	// Required Grafana version for this plugin. Validated using
+	// https://github.com/npm/node-semver.
+	GrafanaDependency string `json:"grafanaDependency"`
+
+	// (Deprecated) Required Grafana version for this plugin, e.g.
+	// `6.x.x 7.x.x` to denote plugin requires Grafana v6.x.x or
+	// v7.x.x.
+	GrafanaVersion *string `json:"grafanaVersion,omitempty"`
+
+	// An array of required plugins on which this plugin depends.
+	Plugins *[]Dependency `json:"plugins,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// Dependency describes another plugin on which a plugin depends.
+// The id refers to the plugin package identifier, as given on
+// the grafana.com plugin marketplace.
+//
+// THIS TYPE IS INTENDED FOR INTERNAL USE BY THE GRAFANA BACKEND, AND IS SUBJECT TO BREAKING CHANGES.
+// Equivalent Go types at stable import paths are provided in https://github.com/grafana/grok.
+type Dependency struct {
+	Id      string         `json:"id"`
+	Name    string         `json:"name"`
+	Type    DependencyType `json:"type"`
+	Version string         `json:"version"`
+}
+
+// PluginmetaDependencyType defines model for PluginmetaDependency.Type.
+//
+// THIS TYPE IS INTENDED FOR INTERNAL USE BY THE GRAFANA BACKEND, AND IS SUBJECT TO BREAKING CHANGES.
+// Equivalent Go types at stable import paths are provided in https://github.com/grafana/grok.
+type DependencyType string
+
+// Header describes an HTTP header that is forwarded with a proxied request for
+// a plugin route.
+//
+// THIS TYPE IS INTENDED FOR INTERNAL USE BY THE GRAFANA BACKEND, AND IS SUBJECT TO BREAKING CHANGES.
+// Equivalent Go types at stable import paths are provided in https://github.com/grafana/grok.
+type Header struct {
+	Content string `json:"content"`
+	Name    string `json:"name"`
+}
+
+// A resource to be included in a plugin.
+//
+// THIS TYPE IS INTENDED FOR INTERNAL USE BY THE GRAFANA BACKEND, AND IS SUBJECT TO BREAKING CHANGES.
+// Equivalent Go types at stable import paths are provided in https://github.com/grafana/grok.
+type Include struct {
+	// Add the include to the side menu.
+	AddToNav *bool `json:"addToNav,omitempty"`
+
+	// (Legacy) The Angular component to use for a page.
+	Component *string `json:"component,omitempty"`
+
+	// Page or dashboard when user clicks the icon in the side menu.
+	DefaultNav *bool `json:"defaultNav,omitempty"`
+
+	// Icon to use in the side menu. For information on available
+	// icon, refer to [Icons
+	// Overview](https://developers.grafana.com/ui/latest/index.html?path=/story/docs-overview-icon--icons-overview).
+	Icon *string `json:"icon,omitempty"`
+	Name *string `json:"name,omitempty"`
+
+	// Used for app plugins.
+	Path *string      `json:"path,omitempty"`
+	Role *IncludeRole `json:"role,omitempty"`
+	Type IncludeType  `json:"type"`
+
+	// Unique identifier of the included resource
+	Uid *string `json:"uid,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// PluginmetaIncludeRole defines model for PluginmetaInclude.Role.
+//
+// THIS TYPE IS INTENDED FOR INTERNAL USE BY THE GRAFANA BACKEND, AND IS SUBJECT TO BREAKING CHANGES.
+// Equivalent Go types at stable import paths are provided in https://github.com/grafana/grok.
+type IncludeRole string
+
+// PluginmetaIncludeType defines model for PluginmetaInclude.Type.
+//
+// THIS TYPE IS INTENDED FOR INTERNAL USE BY THE GRAFANA BACKEND, AND IS SUBJECT TO BREAKING CHANGES.
+// Equivalent Go types at stable import paths are provided in https://github.com/grafana/grok.
+type IncludeType string
+
+// Metadata about a Grafana plugin. Some fields are used on the plugins
+// page in Grafana and others on grafana.com, if the plugin is published.
+//
+// THIS TYPE IS INTENDED FOR INTERNAL USE BY THE GRAFANA BACKEND, AND IS SUBJECT TO BREAKING CHANGES.
+// Equivalent Go types at stable import paths are provided in https://github.com/grafana/grok.
+type Info struct {
+	// Information about the plugin author.
+	Author *struct {
+		// Author's name.
+		Email *string `json:"email,omitempty"`
+
+		// Author's name.
+		Name *string `json:"name,omitempty"`
+
+		// Link to author's website.
+		Url *string `json:"url,omitempty"`
+	} `json:"author,omitempty"`
+	Build *BuildInfo `json:"build,omitempty"`
+
+	// Description of plugin. Used on the plugins page in Grafana and
+	// for search on grafana.com.
+	Description *string `json:"description,omitempty"`
+
+	// Array of plugin keywords. Used for search on grafana.com.
+	Keywords []string `json:"keywords"`
+
+	// An array of link objects to be displayed on this plugin's
+	// project page in the form `{name: 'foo', url:
+	// 'http://example.com'}`
+	Links *[]struct {
+		Name *string `json:"name,omitempty"`
+		Url  *string `json:"url,omitempty"`
+	} `json:"links,omitempty"`
+
+	// SVG images that are used as plugin icons.
+	Logos struct {
+		// Link to the "large" version of the plugin logo, which must be
+		// an SVG image. "Large" and "small" logos can be the same image.
+		Large string `json:"large"`
+
+		// Link to the "small" version of the plugin logo, which must be
+		// an SVG image. "Large" and "small" logos can be the same image.
+		Small string `json:"small"`
+	} `json:"logos"`
+
+	// An array of screenshot objects in the form `{name: 'bar', path:
+	// 'img/screenshot.png'}`
+	Screenshots *[]struct {
+		Name *string `json:"name,omitempty"`
+		Path *string `json:"path,omitempty"`
+	} `json:"screenshots,omitempty"`
+
+	// Date when this plugin was built.
+	Updated string `json:"updated"`
+
+	// Project version of this commit, e.g. `6.7.x`.
+	Version string `json:"version"`
+}
+
+// TODO docs
+// TODO should this really be separate from TokenAuth?
+//
+// THIS TYPE IS INTENDED FOR INTERNAL USE BY THE GRAFANA BACKEND, AND IS SUBJECT TO BREAKING CHANGES.
+// Equivalent Go types at stable import paths are provided in https://github.com/grafana/grok.
+type JWTTokenAuth struct {
+	// Parameters for the JWT token authentication request.
+	Params map[string]interface{} `json:"params"`
+
+	// The list of scopes that your application should be granted
+	// access to.
+	Scopes []string `json:"scopes"`
+
+	// URL to fetch the JWT token.
+	Url string `json:"url"`
+}
+
+// ReleaseState indicates release maturity state of a plugin.
+//
+// THIS TYPE IS INTENDED FOR INTERNAL USE BY THE GRAFANA BACKEND, AND IS SUBJECT TO BREAKING CHANGES.
+// Equivalent Go types at stable import paths are provided in https://github.com/grafana/grok.
+type ReleaseState string
+
+// A proxy route used in datasource plugins for plugin authentication
+// and adding headers to HTTP requests made by the plugin.
+// For more information, refer to [Authentication for data source
+// plugins](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/plugins/authentication/).
+//
+// THIS TYPE IS INTENDED FOR INTERNAL USE BY THE GRAFANA BACKEND, AND IS SUBJECT TO BREAKING CHANGES.
+// Equivalent Go types at stable import paths are provided in https://github.com/grafana/grok.
+type Route struct {
+	// For data source plugins. Route headers set the body content and
+	// length to the proxied request.
+	Body *map[string]interface{} `json:"body,omitempty"`
+
+	// For data source plugins. Route headers adds HTTP headers to the
+	// proxied request.
+	Headers *[]Header `json:"headers,omitempty"`
+
+	// TODO docs
+	// TODO should this really be separate from TokenAuth?
+	JwtTokenAuth *JWTTokenAuth `json:"jwtTokenAuth,omitempty"`
+
+	// For data source plugins. Route method matches the HTTP verb
+	// like GET or POST. Multiple methods can be provided as a
+	// comma-separated list.
+	Method *string `json:"method,omitempty"`
+
+	// For data source plugins. The route path that is replaced by the
+	// route URL field when proxying the call.
+	Path        *string `json:"path,omitempty"`
+	ReqRole     *string `json:"reqRole,omitempty"`
+	ReqSignedIn *bool   `json:"reqSignedIn,omitempty"`
+
+	// TODO docs
+	TokenAuth *TokenAuth `json:"tokenAuth,omitempty"`
+
+	// For data source plugins. Route URL is where the request is
+	// proxied to.
+	Url       *string     `json:"url,omitempty"`
+	UrlParams *[]URLParam `json:"urlParams,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// TODO docs
+//
+// THIS TYPE IS INTENDED FOR INTERNAL USE BY THE GRAFANA BACKEND, AND IS SUBJECT TO BREAKING CHANGES.
+// Equivalent Go types at stable import paths are provided in https://github.com/grafana/grok.
+type TokenAuth struct {
+	// Parameters for the token authentication request.
+	Params map[string]interface{} `json:"params"`
+
+	// The list of scopes that your application should be granted
+	// access to.
+	Scopes *[]string `json:"scopes,omitempty"`
+
+	// URL to fetch the authentication token.
+	Url *string `json:"url,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// URLParam describes query string parameters for
+// a url in a plugin route
+//
+// THIS TYPE IS INTENDED FOR INTERNAL USE BY THE GRAFANA BACKEND, AND IS SUBJECT TO BREAKING CHANGES.
+// Equivalent Go types at stable import paths are provided in https://github.com/grafana/grok.
+type URLParam struct {
+	Content string `json:"content"`
+	Name    string `json:"name"`
+}
+
+//go:embed coremodel.cue
+var cueFS embed.FS
+
+// codegen ensures that this is always the latest Thema schema version
+var currentVersion = thema.SV(0, 0)
+
+// Lineage returns the Thema lineage representing a Grafana pluginmeta.
+//
+// The lineage is the canonical specification of the current pluginmeta schema,
+// all prior schema versions, and the mappings that allow migration between
+// schema versions.
+func Lineage(lib thema.Library, opts ...thema.BindOption) (thema.Lineage, error) {
+	return cuectx.LoadGrafanaInstancesWithThema(filepath.Join("pkg", "coremodel", "pluginmeta"), cueFS, lib, opts...)
+}
+
+var _ thema.LineageFactory = Lineage
+var _ coremodel.Interface = &Coremodel{}
+
+// Coremodel contains the foundational schema declaration for pluginmetas.
+// It implements coremodel.Interface.
+type Coremodel struct {
+	lin thema.Lineage
+}
+
+// Lineage returns the canonical pluginmeta Lineage.
+func (c *Coremodel) Lineage() thema.Lineage {
+	return c.lin
+}
+
+// CurrentSchema returns the current (latest) pluginmeta Thema schema.
+func (c *Coremodel) CurrentSchema() thema.Schema {
+	return thema.SchemaP(c.lin, currentVersion)
+}
+
+// GoType returns a pointer to an empty Go struct that corresponds to
+// the current Thema schema.
+func (c *Coremodel) GoType() interface{} {
+	return &Model{}
+}
+
+// New returns a new instance of the pluginmeta coremodel.
+//
+// Note that this function does not cache, and initially loading a Thema lineage
+// can be expensive. As such, the Grafana backend should prefer to access this
+// coremodel through a registry (pkg/framework/coremodel/registry), which does cache.
+func New(lib thema.Library) (*Coremodel, error) {
+	lin, err := Lineage(lib)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &Coremodel{
+		lin: lin,
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/framework/coremodel/gen.go b/pkg/framework/coremodel/gen.go
index 2d0796e7ac8..61115cbf850 100644
--- a/pkg/framework/coremodel/gen.go
+++ b/pkg/framework/coremodel/gen.go
@@ -72,12 +72,15 @@ func main() {
 		}
 		wd.Merge(gofiles)
 
-		tsfiles, err := ls.GenerateTypescriptCoremodel(filepath.Join(tsroot, ls.Lineage.Name()))
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "failed to generate TypeScript for %s: %s\n", ls.Lineage.Name(), err)
-			os.Exit(1)
+		// Only generate TS for API types
+		if ls.IsAPIType {
+			tsfiles, err := ls.GenerateTypescriptCoremodel(filepath.Join(tsroot, ls.Lineage.Name()))
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "failed to generate TypeScript for %s: %s\n", ls.Lineage.Name(), err)
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
+			wd.Merge(tsfiles)
 		}
-		wd.Merge(tsfiles)
 	}
 
 	regfiles, err := gcgen.GenerateCoremodelRegistry(filepath.Join(groot, "pkg", "framework", "coremodel", "registry", "registry_gen.go"), lins)
diff --git a/pkg/framework/coremodel/registry/registry_gen.go b/pkg/framework/coremodel/registry/registry_gen.go
index cdca94666c1..d434dfd636b 100644
--- a/pkg/framework/coremodel/registry/registry_gen.go
+++ b/pkg/framework/coremodel/registry/registry_gen.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/coremodel/dashboard"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/coremodel/pluginmeta"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/framework/coremodel"
 	"github.com/grafana/thema"
 )
@@ -23,13 +24,15 @@ import (
 // Prefer All() when performing operations generically across all coremodels. For example,
 // a validation HTTP middleware for any coremodel-schematized object type.
 type Base struct {
-	all       []coremodel.Interface
-	dashboard *dashboard.Coremodel
+	all        []coremodel.Interface
+	dashboard  *dashboard.Coremodel
+	pluginmeta *pluginmeta.Coremodel
 }
 
 // type guards
 var (
 	_ coremodel.Interface = &dashboard.Coremodel{}
+	_ coremodel.Interface = &pluginmeta.Coremodel{}
 )
 
 // Dashboard returns the dashboard coremodel. The return value is guaranteed to
@@ -38,6 +41,12 @@ func (s *Base) Dashboard() *dashboard.Coremodel {
 	return s.dashboard
 }
 
+// Pluginmeta returns the pluginmeta coremodel. The return value is guaranteed to
+// implement coremodel.Interface.
+func (s *Base) Pluginmeta() *pluginmeta.Coremodel {
+	return s.pluginmeta
+}
+
 func doProvideBase(lib thema.Library) *Base {
 	var err error
 	reg := &Base{}
@@ -48,5 +57,11 @@ func doProvideBase(lib thema.Library) *Base {
 	}
 	reg.all = append(reg.all, reg.dashboard)
 
+	reg.pluginmeta, err = pluginmeta.New(lib)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("error while initializing pluginmeta coremodel: %s", err))
+	}
+	reg.all = append(reg.all, reg.pluginmeta)
+
 	return reg
 }