diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 9e0e0bdaa49..a6128d87b15 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ playwright.config.ts @grafana/plugins-platform-frontend
 /public/app/features/dashboard/ @grafana/dashboards-squad
 /public/app/features/dashboard/components/TransformationsEditor/ @grafana/dataviz-squad
 /public/app/features/dashboard-scene/ @grafana/dashboards-squad
+/public/app/features/scopes/ @grafana/dashboards-squad
 /public/app/features/datasources/ @grafana/plugins-platform-frontend @mikkancso
 /public/app/features/dimensions/ @grafana/dataviz-squad
 /public/app/features/dataframe-import/ @grafana/dataviz-squad
@@ -414,6 +415,7 @@ playwright.config.ts @grafana/plugins-platform-frontend
 /public/app/features/library-panels/ @grafana/dashboards-squad
 /public/app/features/logs/ @grafana/observability-logs
 /public/app/features/live/ @grafana/grafana-app-platform-squad
+/public/app/features/apiserver/ @grafana/grafana-app-platform-squad
 /public/app/features/manage-dashboards/ @grafana/dashboards-squad
 /public/app/features/notifications/ @grafana/grafana-frontend-platform
 /public/app/features/org/ @grafana/grafana-frontend-platform
diff --git a/public/app/features/apiserver/server.ts b/public/app/features/apiserver/server.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6b75ef795c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/apiserver/server.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import { config, getBackendSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
+
+import {
+  ListOptions,
+  ListOptionsLabelSelector,
+  MetaStatus,
+  Resource,
+  ResourceForCreate,
+  ResourceList,
+  ResourceServer,
+} from './types';
+
+export interface GroupVersionResource {
+  group: string;
+  version: string;
+  resource: string;
+}
+
+export class ScopedResourceServer<T = object, K = string> implements ResourceServer<T, K> {
+  readonly url: string;
+
+  constructor(gvr: GroupVersionResource, namespaced = true) {
+    const ns = namespaced ? `namespaces/${config.namespace}/` : '';
+
+    this.url = `/apis/${gvr.group}/${gvr.version}/${ns}${gvr.resource}`;
+  }
+
+  public async create(obj: ResourceForCreate<T, K>): Promise<void> {
+    return getBackendSrv().post(this.url, obj);
+  }
+
+  public async get(name: string): Promise<Resource<T, K>> {
+    return getBackendSrv().get<Resource<T, K>>(`${this.url}/${name}`);
+  }
+
+  public async list(opts?: ListOptions<T> | undefined): Promise<ResourceList<T, K>> {
+    const finalOpts = opts || {};
+    finalOpts.labelSelector = this.parseLabelSelector(finalOpts?.labelSelector);
+
+    return getBackendSrv().get<ResourceList<T, K>>(this.url, opts);
+  }
+
+  public async update(obj: Resource<T, K>): Promise<Resource<T, K>> {
+    return getBackendSrv().put<Resource<T, K>>(`${this.url}/${obj.metadata.name}`, obj);
+  }
+
+  public async delete(name: string): Promise<MetaStatus> {
+    return getBackendSrv().delete<MetaStatus>(`${this.url}/${name}`);
+  }
+
+  private parseLabelSelector<T>(labelSelector: ListOptionsLabelSelector<T> | undefined): string | undefined {
+    if (!Array.isArray(labelSelector)) {
+      return labelSelector;
+    }
+
+    return labelSelector
+      .map((label) => {
+        const key = String(label.key);
+        const operator = label.operator;
+
+        switch (operator) {
+          case '=':
+          case '!=':
+            return `${key}${operator}${label.value}`;
+
+          case 'in':
+          case 'notin':
+            return `${key}${operator}(${label.value.join(',')})`;
+
+          case '':
+          case '!':
+            return `${operator}${key}`;
+
+          default:
+            return null;
+        }
+      })
+      .filter(Boolean)
+      .join(',');
+  }
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/apiserver/types.test.ts b/public/app/features/apiserver/types.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fb2a81680dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/apiserver/types.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { AnnoKeyCreatedBy, Resource } from './types';
+
+interface MyObjSpec {
+  value: string;
+  count: number;
+}
+
+describe('simple typescript tests', () => {
+  const val: Resource<MyObjSpec, 'MyObject'> = {
+    apiVersion: 'xxx',
+    kind: 'MyObject',
+    metadata: {
+      name: 'A',
+      resourceVersion: '1',
+      creationTimestamp: '123',
+    },
+    spec: {
+      value: 'a',
+      count: 2,
+    },
+  };
+
+  describe('typescript helper', () => {
+    it('read and write annotations', () => {
+      expect(val.metadata.annotations?.[AnnoKeyCreatedBy]).toBeUndefined();
+      val.metadata.annotations = { 'grafana.app/createdBy': 'me' };
+      expect(val.metadata.annotations?.[AnnoKeyCreatedBy]).toBe('me');
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/public/app/features/apiserver/types.ts b/public/app/features/apiserver/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..41a8cbba08a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/apiserver/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+/**
+ * This file holds generic kubernetes compatible types.
+ *
+ * This is very much a work in progress aiming to simplify common access patterns for k8s resource
+ * Please update and improve types/utilities while we find a good pattern here!
+ *
+ * Once this is more stable and represents a more general pattern, it should be moved to @grafana/data
+ *
+ */
+
+/** The object type and version */
+export interface TypeMeta<K = string> {
+  apiVersion: string;
+  kind: K;
+}
+
+export interface ObjectMeta {
+  // Name is the unique identifier in k8s -- it maps to the "uid" value in most existing grafana objects
+  name: string;
+  // Namespace maps the owner group -- it is typically the org or stackId for most grafana resources
+  namespace?: string;
+  // Resource version will increase (not sequentially!) with any change to the saved value
+  resourceVersion: string;
+  // The first time this was saved
+  creationTimestamp: string;
+  // General resource annotations -- including the common grafana.app values
+  annotations?: GrafanaAnnotations;
+  // General application level key+value pairs
+  labels?: Record<string, string>;
+}
+
+export const AnnoKeyCreatedBy = 'grafana.app/createdBy';
+export const AnnoKeyUpdatedTimestamp = 'grafana.app/updatedTimestamp';
+export const AnnoKeyUpdatedBy = 'grafana.app/updatedBy';
+export const AnnoKeyFolder = 'grafana.app/folder';
+export const AnnoKeySlug = 'grafana.app/slug';
+
+// Identify where values came from
+const AnnoKeyOriginName = 'grafana.app/originName';
+const AnnoKeyOriginPath = 'grafana.app/originPath';
+const AnnoKeyOriginKey = 'grafana.app/originKey';
+const AnnoKeyOriginTimestamp = 'grafana.app/originTimestamp';
+
+type GrafanaAnnotations = {
+  [AnnoKeyCreatedBy]?: string;
+  [AnnoKeyUpdatedTimestamp]?: string;
+  [AnnoKeyUpdatedBy]?: string;
+  [AnnoKeyFolder]?: string;
+  [AnnoKeySlug]?: string;
+
+  [AnnoKeyOriginName]?: string;
+  [AnnoKeyOriginPath]?: string;
+  [AnnoKeyOriginKey]?: string;
+  [AnnoKeyOriginTimestamp]?: string;
+
+  // Any key value
+  [key: string]: string | undefined;
+};
+
+export interface Resource<T = object, K = string> extends TypeMeta<K> {
+  metadata: ObjectMeta;
+  spec: T;
+}
+
+export interface ResourceForCreate<T = object, K = string> extends Partial<TypeMeta<K>> {
+  metadata: Partial<ObjectMeta>;
+  spec: T;
+}
+
+export interface ListMeta {
+  resourceVersion: string;
+  continue?: string;
+  remainingItemCount?: number;
+}
+
+export interface ResourceList<T, K = string> extends TypeMeta {
+  metadata: ListMeta;
+  items: Array<Resource<T, K>>;
+}
+
+export type ListOptionsLabelSelector<T = {}> =
+  | string
+  | Array<
+      | {
+          key: keyof T;
+          operator: '=' | '!=';
+          value: string;
+        }
+      | {
+          key: keyof T;
+          operator: 'in' | 'notin';
+          value: string[];
+        }
+      | {
+          key: keyof T;
+          operator: '' | '!';
+        }
+    >;
+
+export interface ListOptions<T = {}> {
+  // continue the list at a given batch
+  continue?: string;
+
+  // Query by labels
+  // https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/labels/#label-selectors
+  labelSelector?: ListOptionsLabelSelector<T>;
+
+  // Limit the response count
+  limit?: number;
+}
+
+export interface MetaStatus {
+  // Status of the operation. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#spec-and-status
+  status: 'Success' | 'Failure';
+
+  // A human-readable description of the status of this operation.
+  message: string;
+
+  // Suggested HTTP return code for this status, 0 if not set.
+  code: number;
+
+  // A machine-readable description of why this operation is in the "Failure" status.
+  reason?: string;
+
+  // Extended data associated with the reason
+  details?: object;
+}
+
+export interface ResourceServer<T = object, K = string> {
+  create(obj: ResourceForCreate<T, K>): Promise<void>;
+  get(name: string): Promise<Resource<T, K>>;
+  list(opts?: ListOptions<T>): Promise<ResourceList<T, K>>;
+  update(obj: ResourceForCreate<T, K>): Promise<Resource<T, K>>;
+  delete(name: string): Promise<MetaStatus>;
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/playlist/api.ts b/public/app/features/playlist/api.ts
index d6c390d3eb6..48b83403b3a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/playlist/api.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/playlist/api.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import { getGrafanaDatasource } from 'app/plugins/datasource/grafana/datasource'
 import { GrafanaQuery, GrafanaQueryType } from 'app/plugins/datasource/grafana/types';
 import { dispatch } from 'app/store/store';
 
+import { ScopedResourceServer } from '../apiserver/server';
+import { Resource, ResourceForCreate, ResourceServer } from '../apiserver/types';
 import { DashboardQueryResult, getGrafanaSearcher, SearchQuery } from '../search/service';
 
 import { Playlist, PlaylistItem, PlaylistAPI } from './types';
@@ -36,38 +38,32 @@ class LegacyAPI implements PlaylistAPI {
   }
 }
 
-interface K8sPlaylistList {
-  items: K8sPlaylist[];
+interface PlaylistSpec {
+  title: string;
+  interval: string;
+  items: PlaylistItem[];
 }
 
-interface K8sPlaylist {
-  apiVersion: string;
-  kind: 'Playlist';
-  metadata: {
-    name: string;
-  };
-  spec: {
-    title: string;
-    interval: string;
-    items: PlaylistItem[];
-  };
-}
+type K8sPlaylist = Resource<PlaylistSpec>;
 
 class K8sAPI implements PlaylistAPI {
-  readonly apiVersion = 'playlist.grafana.app/v0alpha1';
-  readonly url: string;
+  readonly server: ResourceServer<PlaylistSpec>;
 
   constructor() {
-    this.url = `/apis/${this.apiVersion}/namespaces/${config.namespace}/playlists`;
+    this.server = new ScopedResourceServer<PlaylistSpec>({
+      group: 'playlist.grafana.app',
+      version: 'v0alpha1',
+      resource: 'playlists',
+    });
   }
 
   async getAllPlaylist(): Promise<Playlist[]> {
-    const result = await getBackendSrv().get<K8sPlaylistList>(this.url);
+    const result = await this.server.list();
     return result.items.map(k8sResourceAsPlaylist);
   }
 
   async getPlaylist(uid: string): Promise<Playlist> {
-    const r = await getBackendSrv().get<K8sPlaylist>(this.url + '/' + uid);
+    const r = await this.server.get(uid);
     const p = k8sResourceAsPlaylist(r);
     await migrateInternalIDs(p);
     return p;
@@ -75,22 +71,20 @@ class K8sAPI implements PlaylistAPI {
 
   async createPlaylist(playlist: Playlist): Promise<void> {
     const body = this.playlistAsK8sResource(playlist);
-    await withErrorHandling(() => getBackendSrv().post(this.url, body));
+    await withErrorHandling(() => this.server.create(body));
   }
 
   async updatePlaylist(playlist: Playlist): Promise<void> {
     const body = this.playlistAsK8sResource(playlist);
-    await withErrorHandling(() => getBackendSrv().put(`${this.url}/${playlist.uid}`, body));
+    await withErrorHandling(() => this.server.update(body).then(() => {}));
   }
 
   async deletePlaylist(uid: string): Promise<void> {
-    await withErrorHandling(() => getBackendSrv().delete(`${this.url}/${uid}`), 'Playlist deleted');
+    await withErrorHandling(() => this.server.delete(uid).then(() => {}), 'Playlist deleted');
   }
 
-  playlistAsK8sResource = (playlist: Playlist): K8sPlaylist => {
+  playlistAsK8sResource = (playlist: Playlist): ResourceForCreate<PlaylistSpec> => {
     return {
-      apiVersion: this.apiVersion,
-      kind: 'Playlist',
       metadata: {
         name: playlist.uid, // uid as k8s name
       },
@@ -104,7 +98,7 @@ class K8sAPI implements PlaylistAPI {
 }
 
 // This converts a saved k8s resource into a playlist object
-// the main difference is that k8s uses metdata.name as the uid
+// the main difference is that k8s uses metadata.name as the uid
 // to avoid future confusion, the display name is now called "title"
 function k8sResourceAsPlaylist(r: K8sPlaylist): Playlist {
   const { spec, metadata } = r;
diff --git a/public/app/features/scopes/server.ts b/public/app/features/scopes/server.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9ee48b346e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/scopes/server.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { Scope, ScopeDashboard } from '@grafana/data';
+
+import { ScopedResourceServer } from '../apiserver/server';
+import { ResourceServer } from '../apiserver/types';
+
+// config.bootData.settings.listDashboardScopesEndpoint || '/apis/scope.grafana.app/v0alpha1/scopedashboards';
+// config.bootData.settings.listScopesEndpoint || '/apis/scope.grafana.app/v0alpha1/scopes';
+
+interface ScopeServers {
+  scopes: ResourceServer<Scope>;
+  dashboards: ResourceServer<ScopeDashboard>;
+}
+
+let instance: ScopeServers | undefined = undefined;
+
+export function getScopeServers() {
+  if (!instance) {
+    instance = {
+      scopes: new ScopedResourceServer<Scope>({
+        group: 'scope.grafana.app',
+        version: 'v0alpha1',
+        resource: 'scopes',
+      }),
+      dashboards: new ScopedResourceServer<ScopeDashboard>({
+        group: 'scope.grafana.app',
+        version: 'v0alpha1',
+        resource: 'scopedashboards',
+      }),
+    };
+  }
+  return instance;
+}