diff --git a/.betterer.results b/.betterer.results
index 634983e4e11..8f55ae02fe6 100644
--- a/.betterer.results
+++ b/.betterer.results
@@ -3951,10 +3951,6 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
     "public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/QueryTemplatesTable/QueryDescriptionCell.tsx:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "0"]
     ],
-    "public/app/features/explore/RichHistory/RichHistoryAddToLibraryForm.tsx:5381": [
-      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "0"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "1"]
-    ],
     "public/app/features/explore/RichHistory/RichHistoryCard.tsx:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "Styles should be written using objects.", "0"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Styles should be written using objects.", "1"],
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/ExplorePage.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/ExplorePage.tsx
index 050c0eaf16f..2372df87670 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/ExplorePage.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/ExplorePage.tsx
@@ -1,22 +1,27 @@
 import { css, cx } from '@emotion/css';
-import { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 
-import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
+import { CoreApp, GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
-import { ErrorBoundaryAlert, useStyles2, useTheme2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { DataQuery } from '@grafana/schema/dist/esm/index';
+import { ErrorBoundaryAlert, Modal, useStyles2, useTheme2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { QueryOperationAction } from 'app/core/components/QueryOperationRow/QueryOperationAction';
 import { SplitPaneWrapper } from 'app/core/components/SplitPaneWrapper/SplitPaneWrapper';
 import { useGrafana } from 'app/core/context/GrafanaContext';
 import { useNavModel } from 'app/core/hooks/useNavModel';
-import { Trans } from 'app/core/internationalization';
+import { Trans, t } from 'app/core/internationalization';
 import { GrafanaRouteComponentProps } from 'app/core/navigation/types';
 import { useSelector } from 'app/types';
 import { ExploreQueryParams } from 'app/types/explore';
 
+import { RowActionComponents } from '../query/components/QueryActionComponent';
+
 import { CorrelationEditorModeBar } from './CorrelationEditorModeBar';
 import { ExploreActions } from './ExploreActions';
 import { ExploreDrawer } from './ExploreDrawer';
 import { ExplorePaneContainer } from './ExplorePaneContainer';
 import { QueriesDrawerContextProvider, useQueriesDrawerContext } from './QueriesDrawer/QueriesDrawerContext';
+import { AddToLibraryForm } from './QueryLibrary/AddToLibraryForm';
 import RichHistoryContainer from './RichHistory/RichHistoryContainer';
 import { useExplorePageTitle } from './hooks/useExplorePageTitle';
 import { useKeyboardShortcuts } from './hooks/useKeyboardShortcuts';
@@ -26,6 +31,7 @@ import { useTimeSrvFix } from './hooks/useTimeSrvFix';
 import { isSplit, selectCorrelationDetails, selectPanesEntries } from './state/selectors';
 
 const MIN_PANE_WIDTH = 200;
+const QUERY_LIBRARY_ACTION_KEY = 'queryLibraryAction';
 
 export default function ExplorePage(props: GrafanaRouteComponentProps<{}, ExploreQueryParams>) {
   return (
@@ -55,6 +61,7 @@ function ExplorePageContent(props: GrafanaRouteComponentProps<{}, ExploreQueryPa
   const correlationDetails = useSelector(selectCorrelationDetails);
   const { drawerOpened, setDrawerOpened, queryLibraryAvailable } = useQueriesDrawerContext();
   const showCorrelationEditorBar = config.featureToggles.correlations && (correlationDetails?.editorMode || false);
+  const [queryToAdd, setQueryToAdd] = useState<DataQuery | undefined>();
 
   useEffect(() => {
     //This is needed for breadcrumbs and topnav.
@@ -64,6 +71,25 @@ function ExplorePageContent(props: GrafanaRouteComponentProps<{}, ExploreQueryPa
     });
   }, [chrome, navModel]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const hasQueryLibrary = config.featureToggles.queryLibrary || false;
+    if (hasQueryLibrary) {
+      RowActionComponents.addKeyedExtraRenderAction(QUERY_LIBRARY_ACTION_KEY, {
+        scope: CoreApp.Explore,
+        queryActionComponent: (props) => (
+          <QueryOperationAction
+            key={props.key}
+            title={t('query-operation.header.save-to-query-library', 'Save to query library')}
+            icon="save"
+            onClick={() => {
+              setQueryToAdd(props.query);
+            }}
+          />
+        ),
+      });
+    }
+  }, []);
+
   useKeyboardShortcuts();
 
   return (
@@ -105,6 +131,23 @@ function ExplorePageContent(props: GrafanaRouteComponentProps<{}, ExploreQueryPa
           />
         </ExploreDrawer>
       )}
+      <Modal
+        title={t('explore.add-to-library-modal.title', 'Add query to Query Library')}
+        isOpen={queryToAdd !== undefined}
+        onDismiss={() => setQueryToAdd(undefined)}
+      >
+        <AddToLibraryForm
+          onCancel={() => {
+            setQueryToAdd(undefined);
+          }}
+          onSave={(isSuccess) => {
+            if (isSuccess) {
+              setQueryToAdd(undefined);
+            }
+          }}
+          query={queryToAdd!}
+        />
+      </Modal>
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/RichHistory/RichHistoryAddToLibraryForm.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/AddToLibraryForm.tsx
similarity index 55%
rename from public/app/features/explore/RichHistory/RichHistoryAddToLibraryForm.tsx
rename to public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/AddToLibraryForm.tsx
index b787773fb42..551f63edde2 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/RichHistory/RichHistoryAddToLibraryForm.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/AddToLibraryForm.tsx
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 import { useMemo } from 'react';
 import { useForm } from 'react-hook-form';
 
-import { DataSourcePicker } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { AppEvents, dateTime } from '@grafana/data';
+import { DataSourcePicker, getAppEvents } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { DataQuery } from '@grafana/schema';
 import { Button, InlineSwitch, Modal, RadioButtonGroup, TextArea } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { Field } from '@grafana/ui/';
 import { Input } from '@grafana/ui/src/components/Input/Input';
-import { t } from 'app/core/internationalization';
+import { Trans, t } from 'app/core/internationalization';
+import { getQueryDisplayText } from 'app/core/utils/richHistory';
+import { useAddQueryTemplateMutation } from 'app/features/query-library';
+import { AddQueryTemplateCommand } from 'app/features/query-library/types';
 
-import { getQueryDisplayText } from '../../../core/utils/richHistory';
 import { useDatasource } from '../QueryLibrary/utils/useDatasource';
 
 type Props = {
   onCancel: () => void;
-  onSave: (details: QueryDetails) => void;
+  onSave: (isSuccess: boolean) => void;
   query: DataQuery;
 };
 
@@ -22,8 +25,8 @@ export type QueryDetails = {
 };
 
 const VisibilityOptions = [
-  { value: 'Public', label: 'Public' },
-  { value: 'Private', label: 'Private' },
+  { value: 'Public', label: t('explore.query-library.public', 'Public') },
+  { value: 'Private', label: t('explore.query-library.private', 'Private') },
 ];
 
 const info = t(
@@ -31,17 +34,47 @@ const info = t(
   `You're about to save this query. Once saved, you can easily access it in the Query Library tab for future use and reference.`
 );
 
-export const RichHistoryAddToLibraryForm = ({ onCancel, onSave, query }: Props) => {
+export const AddToLibraryForm = ({ onCancel, onSave, query }: Props) => {
   const { register, handleSubmit } = useForm<QueryDetails>();
 
+  const [addQueryTemplate] = useAddQueryTemplateMutation();
+
+  const handleAddQueryTemplate = async (addQueryTemplateCommand: AddQueryTemplateCommand) => {
+    return addQueryTemplate(addQueryTemplateCommand)
+      .unwrap()
+      .then(() => {
+        getAppEvents().publish({
+          type: AppEvents.alertSuccess.name,
+          payload: [
+            t('explore.query-library.query-template-added', 'Query template successfully added to the library'),
+          ],
+        });
+        return true;
+      })
+      .catch(() => {
+        getAppEvents().publish({
+          type: AppEvents.alertError.name,
+          payload: [
+            t('explore.query-library.query-template-error', 'Error attempting to add this query to the library'),
+          ],
+        });
+        return false;
+      });
+  };
+
   const datasource = useDatasource(query.datasource);
 
   const displayText = useMemo(() => {
     return datasource?.getQueryDisplayText?.(query) || getQueryDisplayText(query);
   }, [datasource, query]);
 
-  const onSubmit = (data: QueryDetails) => {
-    onSave(data);
+  const onSubmit = async (data: QueryDetails) => {
+    const timestamp = dateTime().toISOString();
+    const temporaryDefaultTitle =
+      data.description || t('explore.query-library.default-description', 'Public', { timestamp: timestamp });
+    handleAddQueryTemplate({ title: temporaryDefaultTitle, targets: [query] }).then((isSuccess) => {
+      onSave(isSuccess);
+    });
   };
 
   return (
@@ -72,10 +105,10 @@ export const RichHistoryAddToLibraryForm = ({ onCancel, onSave, query }: Props)
       />
       <Modal.ButtonRow>
         <Button variant="secondary" onClick={() => onCancel()} fill="outline">
-          Cancel
+          <Trans i18nKey="explore.query-library.cancel">Cancel</Trans>
         </Button>
         <Button variant="primary" type="submit">
-          Save
+          <Trans i18nKey="explore.query-library.save">Save</Trans>
         </Button>
       </Modal.ButtonRow>
     </form>
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/RichHistory/RichHistoryAddToLibrary.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/RichHistory/RichHistoryAddToLibrary.tsx
index a9cc225455a..8bfcde6e6e8 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/RichHistory/RichHistoryAddToLibrary.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/RichHistory/RichHistoryAddToLibrary.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 import { t } from 'i18next';
 import { useState } from 'react';
 
-import { AppEvents, dateTime } from '@grafana/data';
-import { getAppEvents } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { DataQuery } from '@grafana/schema';
 import { Button, Modal } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { isQueryLibraryEnabled, useAddQueryTemplateMutation } from 'app/features/query-library';
-import { AddQueryTemplateCommand } from 'app/features/query-library/types';
+import { isQueryLibraryEnabled } from 'app/features/query-library';
 
-import { QueryDetails, RichHistoryAddToLibraryForm } from './RichHistoryAddToLibraryForm';
+import { AddToLibraryForm } from '../QueryLibrary/AddToLibraryForm';
 
 type Props = {
   query: DataQuery;
@@ -16,29 +13,11 @@ type Props = {
 
 export const RichHistoryAddToLibrary = ({ query }: Props) => {
   const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState(false);
-  const [addQueryTemplate, { isSuccess }] = useAddQueryTemplateMutation();
-
-  const handleAddQueryTemplate = async (addQueryTemplateCommand: AddQueryTemplateCommand) => {
-    const result = await addQueryTemplate(addQueryTemplateCommand);
-    if (!result.error) {
-      getAppEvents().publish({
-        type: AppEvents.alertSuccess.name,
-        payload: [
-          t('explore.rich-history-card.query-template-added', 'Query template successfully added to the library'),
-        ],
-      });
-    }
-  };
+  const [hasBeenSaved, setHasBeenSaved] = useState(false);
 
   const buttonLabel = t('explore.rich-history-card.add-to-library', 'Add to library');
 
-  const submit = (data: QueryDetails) => {
-    const timestamp = dateTime().toISOString();
-    const temporaryDefaultTitle = data.description || `Imported from Explore - ${timestamp}`;
-    handleAddQueryTemplate({ title: temporaryDefaultTitle, targets: [query] });
-  };
-
-  return isQueryLibraryEnabled() && !isSuccess ? (
+  return isQueryLibraryEnabled() && !hasBeenSaved ? (
     <>
       <Button variant="secondary" aria-label={buttonLabel} onClick={() => setIsOpen(true)}>
         {buttonLabel}
@@ -48,12 +27,14 @@ export const RichHistoryAddToLibrary = ({ query }: Props) => {
         isOpen={isOpen}
         onDismiss={() => setIsOpen(false)}
       >
-        <RichHistoryAddToLibraryForm
+        <AddToLibraryForm
           onCancel={() => setIsOpen(() => false)}
           query={query}
-          onSave={(data) => {
-            submit(data);
-            setIsOpen(false);
+          onSave={(isSuccess) => {
+            if (isSuccess) {
+              setIsOpen(false);
+              setHasBeenSaved(true);
+            }
           }}
         />
       </Modal>
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/spec/helper/interactions.ts b/public/app/features/explore/spec/helper/interactions.ts
index 4f8ed1fbdf6..5a3f567a6ac 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/spec/helper/interactions.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/spec/helper/interactions.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export const submitAddToQueryLibrary = async ({ description }: { description: st
   const input = within(screen.getByRole('dialog')).getByLabelText('Description');
   await userEvent.type(input, description);
   const saveButton = screen.getByRole('button', {
-    name: /save/i,
+    name: /^save$/i,
   });
   await userEvent.click(saveButton);
 };
diff --git a/public/app/features/query-library/api/mappers.ts b/public/app/features/query-library/api/mappers.ts
index d3a90d6e497..3df53b95795 100644
--- a/public/app/features/query-library/api/mappers.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/query-library/api/mappers.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export const convertAddQueryTemplateCommandToDataQuerySpec = (
     apiVersion: API_VERSION,
     kind: QueryTemplateKinds.QueryTemplate,
     metadata: {
-      generateName: 'A' + title,
+      generateName: 'A' + title.replaceAll(' ', '-'),
     },
     spec: {
       title: title,
diff --git a/public/app/features/query/components/QueryActionComponent.ts b/public/app/features/query/components/QueryActionComponent.ts
index 6960c1180c6..de162d358bd 100644
--- a/public/app/features/query/components/QueryActionComponent.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/query/components/QueryActionComponent.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { DataQuery, DataSourceInstanceSettings, TimeRange } from '@grafana/data';
+import { CoreApp, DataQuery, DataSourceInstanceSettings, TimeRange } from '@grafana/data';
 
 interface ActionComponentProps {
   query?: DataQuery;
@@ -10,18 +10,41 @@ interface ActionComponentProps {
   key: string | number;
 }
 
-type QueryActionComponent = (props: ActionComponentProps) => JSX.Element | null;
+export type QueryActionComponent = (props: ActionComponentProps) => JSX.Element | null;
+
+type ScopedQueryActionComponent = {
+  scope: CoreApp;
+  queryActionComponent: QueryActionComponent;
+};
 
 class QueryActionComponents {
   extraRenderActions: QueryActionComponent[] = [];
+  /* additional actions added in core grafana are likely to be needed in only one kind of app, 
+    and the add function may be ran multiple times by the component so it is keyed to ensure uniqueness
+  */
+  keyedScopedExtraRenderActions: Map<string, ScopedQueryActionComponent> = new Map();
 
   addExtraRenderAction(extra: QueryActionComponent) {
     this.extraRenderActions = this.extraRenderActions.concat(extra);
   }
 
+  // for adding actions that will need to be unique, even if the add function is ran multiple times
+  addKeyedExtraRenderAction(key: string, extra: ScopedQueryActionComponent) {
+    this.keyedScopedExtraRenderActions.set(key, extra);
+  }
+
+  // only returns actions that are not scoped to a specific CoreApp
   getAllExtraRenderAction(): QueryActionComponent[] {
     return this.extraRenderActions;
   }
+
+  getScopedExtraRenderAction(scope: CoreApp): QueryActionComponent[] {
+    const scopedActions = Array.from(this.keyedScopedExtraRenderActions, (value) => value[1]).filter(
+      (sra) => sra.scope === scope
+    );
+
+    return scopedActions.map((sa) => sa.queryActionComponent);
+  }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/public/app/features/query/components/QueryEditorRow.tsx b/public/app/features/query/components/QueryEditorRow.tsx
index a68d235fe1f..637817cfad6 100644
--- a/public/app/features/query/components/QueryEditorRow.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/query/components/QueryEditorRow.tsx
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import { getTimeSrv } from 'app/features/dashboard/services/TimeSrv';
 import { DashboardModel } from 'app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardModel';
 import { PanelModel } from 'app/features/dashboard/state/PanelModel';
 
-import { RowActionComponents } from './QueryActionComponent';
+import { QueryActionComponent, RowActionComponents } from './QueryActionComponent';
 import { QueryEditorRowHeader } from './QueryEditorRowHeader';
 import { QueryErrorAlert } from './QueryErrorAlert';
 
@@ -425,9 +425,17 @@ export class QueryEditorRow<TQuery extends DataQuery> extends PureComponent<Prop
   };
 
   renderExtraActions = () => {
-    const { query, queries, data, onAddQuery, dataSource } = this.props;
+    const { query, queries, data, onAddQuery, dataSource, app } = this.props;
 
-    const extraActions = RowActionComponents.getAllExtraRenderAction()
+    const unscopedActions = RowActionComponents.getAllExtraRenderAction();
+
+    let scopedActions: QueryActionComponent[] = [];
+
+    if (app !== undefined) {
+      scopedActions = RowActionComponents.getScopedExtraRenderAction(app);
+    }
+
+    const extraActions = [...unscopedActions, ...scopedActions]
       .map((action, index) =>
         action({
           query,
diff --git a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
index 588436406d2..d86905eceb9 100644
--- a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
+++ b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
@@ -660,10 +660,17 @@
       "stop-scan": "Stop scan"
     },
     "query-library": {
+      "cancel": "Cancel",
+      "default-description": "Public",
       "delete-query": "Delete query",
       "delete-query-text": "You're about to remove this query from the query library. This action cannot be undone. Do you want to continue?",
       "delete-query-title": "Delete query",
-      "query-deleted": "Query deleted"
+      "private": "Private",
+      "public": "Public",
+      "query-deleted": "Query deleted",
+      "query-template-added": "Query template successfully added to the library",
+      "query-template-error": "Error attempting to add this query to the library",
+      "save": "Save"
     },
     "rich-history": {
       "close-tooltip": "Close query history",
@@ -694,7 +701,6 @@
       "edit-comment-tooltip": "Edit comment",
       "optional-description": "An optional description of what the query does.",
       "query-comment-label": "Query comment",
-      "query-template-added": "Query template successfully added to the library",
       "query-text-label": "Query text",
       "save-comment": "Save comment",
       "star-query-tooltip": "Star query",
@@ -1787,6 +1793,7 @@
       "expand-row": "Expand query row",
       "hide-response": "Hide response",
       "remove-query": "Remove query",
+      "save-to-query-library": "Save to query library",
       "show-response": "Show response",
       "toggle-edit-mode": "Toggle text edit mode"
     },
diff --git a/public/locales/pseudo-LOCALE/grafana.json b/public/locales/pseudo-LOCALE/grafana.json
index 5b879b8130b..18e762dc655 100644
--- a/public/locales/pseudo-LOCALE/grafana.json
+++ b/public/locales/pseudo-LOCALE/grafana.json
@@ -660,10 +660,17 @@
       "stop-scan": "Ŝŧőp şčäʼn"
     },
     "query-library": {
+      "cancel": "Cäʼnčęľ",
+      "default-description": "Pūþľįč",
       "delete-query": "Đęľęŧę qūęřy",
       "delete-query-text": "Ÿőū'řę äþőūŧ ŧő řęmővę ŧĥįş qūęřy ƒřőm ŧĥę qūęřy ľįþřäřy. Ŧĥįş äčŧįőʼn čäʼnʼnőŧ þę ūʼnđőʼnę. Đő yőū ŵäʼnŧ ŧő čőʼnŧįʼnūę?",
       "delete-query-title": "Đęľęŧę qūęřy",
-      "query-deleted": "Qūęřy đęľęŧęđ"
+      "private": "Přįväŧę",
+      "public": "Pūþľįč",
+      "query-deleted": "Qūęřy đęľęŧęđ",
+      "query-template-added": "Qūęřy ŧęmpľäŧę şūččęşşƒūľľy äđđęđ ŧő ŧĥę ľįþřäřy",
+      "query-template-error": "Ēřřőř äŧŧęmpŧįʼnģ ŧő äđđ ŧĥįş qūęřy ŧő ŧĥę ľįþřäřy",
+      "save": "Ŝävę"
     },
     "rich-history": {
       "close-tooltip": "Cľőşę qūęřy ĥįşŧőřy",
@@ -694,7 +701,6 @@
       "edit-comment-tooltip": "Ēđįŧ čőmmęʼnŧ",
       "optional-description": "Åʼn őpŧįőʼnäľ đęşčřįpŧįőʼn őƒ ŵĥäŧ ŧĥę qūęřy đőęş.",
       "query-comment-label": "Qūęřy čőmmęʼnŧ",
-      "query-template-added": "Qūęřy ŧęmpľäŧę şūččęşşƒūľľy äđđęđ ŧő ŧĥę ľįþřäřy",
       "query-text-label": "Qūęřy ŧęχŧ",
       "save-comment": "Ŝävę čőmmęʼnŧ",
       "star-query-tooltip": "Ŝŧäř qūęřy",
@@ -1787,6 +1793,7 @@
       "expand-row": "Ēχpäʼnđ qūęřy řőŵ",
       "hide-response": "Ħįđę řęşpőʼnşę",
       "remove-query": "Ŗęmővę qūęřy",
+      "save-to-query-library": "Ŝävę ŧő qūęřy ľįþřäřy",
       "show-response": "Ŝĥőŵ řęşpőʼnşę",
       "toggle-edit-mode": "Ŧőģģľę ŧęχŧ ęđįŧ mőđę"
     },