diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/api/alertingApi.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/api/alertingApi.ts
index 906a9b12084..9f368f4f966 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/api/alertingApi.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/api/alertingApi.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export const alertingApi = createApi({
     'GrafanaLabels',
     'CombinedAlertRule',
     'GrafanaRulerRule',
+    'GrafanaSlo',
   ],
   endpoints: () => ({}),
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/api/sloApi.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/api/sloApi.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..86f26794cec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/api/sloApi.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { SupportedPlugin } from '../types/pluginBridges';
+
+import { alertingApi } from './alertingApi';
+
+export interface Label {
+  key: string;
+  value: string;
+}
+
+export interface SloAlertingMetadata {
+  annotations?: Label[];
+  labels?: Label[];
+}
+
+export interface SloAlerting {
+  annotations?: Label[];
+  fastBurn?: SloAlertingMetadata;
+  labels?: Label[];
+  slowBurn?: SloAlertingMetadata;
+}
+
+export interface Slo {
+  alerting?: SloAlerting;
+}
+
+const SLO_API_PATH = `/api/plugins/${SupportedPlugin.Slo}/resources/v1`;
+
+export const sloApi = alertingApi.injectEndpoints({
+  endpoints: (build) => ({
+    getSlos: build.query<{ slos: Slo[] }, void>({
+      query: () => ({ url: `${SLO_API_PATH}/slo`, showErrorAlert: false }),
+      providesTags: ['GrafanaSlo'],
+    }),
+  }),
+});
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/grafanaAppReceivers/types.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/grafanaAppReceivers/types.ts
index 6b65cc39322..8a316af702d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/grafanaAppReceivers/types.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/grafanaAppReceivers/types.ts
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ export const GRAFANA_APP_RECEIVERS_SOURCE_IMAGE: Record<SupportedPlugin, string>
   [SupportedPlugin.Incident]: '',
   [SupportedPlugin.MachineLearning]: '',
   [SupportedPlugin.Labels]: '',
+  [SupportedPlugin.Slo]: '',
 };
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/types/pluginBridges.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/types/pluginBridges.ts
index fbe809743b6..926a75ff41d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/types/pluginBridges.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/types/pluginBridges.ts
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ export enum SupportedPlugin {
   OnCall = 'grafana-oncall-app',
   MachineLearning = 'grafana-ml-app',
   Labels = 'grafana-labels-app',
+  Slo = 'grafana-slo-app',
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/gops/configuration-tracker/irmHooks.ts b/public/app/features/gops/configuration-tracker/irmHooks.ts
index b845de6033b..f182633940f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/gops/configuration-tracker/irmHooks.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/gops/configuration-tracker/irmHooks.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { isContactPointReady } from './alerting/utils';
 import { ConfigurationStepsEnum, DataSourceConfigurationData, IrmCardConfiguration } from './components/ConfigureIRM';
 import { useGetIncidentPluginConfig } from './incidents/hooks';
 import { useOnCallChatOpsConnections, useOnCallOptions } from './onCall/hooks';
+import { useSloChecks } from './slo/hooks';
 
 interface UrlLink {
   url: string;
@@ -68,13 +69,17 @@ function useGetConfigurationForApps() {
     is_integration_chatops_connected,
     isLoading: isOnCallConfigLoading,
   } = useOnCallChatOpsConnections();
+  // configuration checks for slo
+  const { hasSlo, hasSloWithAlert, isLoading: isSloLoading } = useSloChecks();
+
   // check if any of the configurations are loading
   const isLoading =
     isLoadingContactPoints ||
     isLoadingDefaultContactPoint ||
     isLoadingAlertCreatedDone ||
     isIncidentsConfigLoading ||
-    isOnCallConfigLoading;
+    isOnCallConfigLoading ||
+    isSloLoading;
 
   return {
     alerting: {
@@ -91,6 +96,10 @@ function useGetConfigurationForApps() {
       is_chatops_connected,
       is_integration_chatops_connected,
     },
+    slo: {
+      hasSlo,
+      hasSloWithAlert,
+    },
     isLoading,
   };
 }
@@ -100,6 +109,7 @@ export function useGetEssentialsConfiguration(): EssentialsConfigurationData {
     alerting: { contactPoints, defaultContactpoint, isCreateAlertRuleDone },
     incidents: { isChatOpsInstalled, isIncidentsInstalled },
     onCall: { onCallOptions, is_chatops_connected, is_integration_chatops_connected },
+    slo: { hasSlo, hasSloWithAlert },
     isLoading,
   } = useGetConfigurationForApps();
 
@@ -165,6 +175,40 @@ export function useGetEssentialsConfiguration(): EssentialsConfigurationData {
             },
             done: isCreateAlertRuleDone,
           },
+          {
+            title: 'Create your first SLO',
+            description: 'Create SLOs to monitor your service.',
+            button: {
+              type: 'openLink',
+              urlLink: {
+                url: '/a/grafana-slo-app/wizard/new',
+              },
+              label: 'Create',
+              urlLinkOnDone: {
+                url: '/a/grafana-slo-app/manage-slos',
+              },
+              labelOnDone: 'View',
+            },
+            done: hasSlo,
+          },
+          {
+            title: 'Enable SLO alerting',
+            description: 'Configure SLO alerting to receive notifications when your SLOs are breached.',
+            button: {
+              type: 'openLink',
+              urlLink: {
+                queryParams: { alertsEnabled: 'disabled' },
+                url: '/a/grafana-slo-app/manage-slos',
+              },
+              label: 'Enable',
+              urlLinkOnDone: {
+                queryParams: { alertsEnabled: 'enabled' },
+                url: '/a/grafana-slo-app/manage-slos',
+              },
+              labelOnDone: 'View',
+            },
+            done: hasSloWithAlert,
+          },
         ],
       },
       {
diff --git a/public/app/features/gops/configuration-tracker/slo/hooks.ts b/public/app/features/gops/configuration-tracker/slo/hooks.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e260fc68067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/gops/configuration-tracker/slo/hooks.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { sloApi } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/api/sloApi';
+import { usePluginBridge } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/hooks/usePluginBridge';
+import { SupportedPlugin } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/types/pluginBridges';
+
+export function useSloChecks() {
+  const { installed: sloPluginInstalled } = usePluginBridge(SupportedPlugin.Slo);
+
+  const { data, isLoading } = sloApi.endpoints.getSlos.useQuery(undefined, {
+    skip: !sloPluginInstalled,
+    refetchOnFocus: true,
+    refetchOnReconnect: true,
+    refetchOnMountOrArgChange: true,
+  });
+
+  return {
+    isLoading,
+    hasSlo: Boolean(data?.slos.length),
+    hasSloWithAlert: Boolean(data?.slos?.some((slo) => slo.alerting)),
+  };
+}