diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 4ff0ef8c3cb..b37938d86fd 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -801,6 +801,7 @@ embed.go @grafana/grafana-as-code
 /.github/workflows/commands.yml @torkelo
 /.github/workflows/community-release.yml @grafana/grafana-developer-enablement-squad
 /.github/workflows/detect-breaking-changes-* @grafana/plugins-platform-frontend
+/.github/workflows/detect-plugin-extension-changes.yml @grafana/plugins-platform-frontend
 /.github/workflows/documentation-ci.yml @grafana/docs-tooling
 /.github/workflows/deploy-pr-preview.yml @grafana/docs-tooling
 /.github/workflows/feature-toggles-ci.yml @grafana/docs-tooling
diff --git a/.github/workflows/detect-plugin-extension-changes.yml b/.github/workflows/detect-plugin-extension-changes.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b5ab96725d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/detect-plugin-extension-changes.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+---
+name: Detect Plugin Extension Changes
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+permissions: {}
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+    paths:
+      - 'packages/**'
+      - 'public/**'
+
+env:
+  # Space-separated list of keywords referring to plugin extensions
+  PLUGIN_EXTENSION_KEYWORDS: "usePluginLinks, usePluginComponent, usePluginComponents, usePluginFunctions, PluginExtensionPoints"
+
+jobs:
+  detect-plugin-extension-changes:
+    name: Detect Plugin Extension Changes
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
+    if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Check for plugin extension changes
+        id: check-changes
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const { execSync } = require('child_process');
+            const fs = require('fs');
+            
+            // Plugin extension keywords from environment
+            const keywords = process.env.PLUGIN_EXTENSION_KEYWORDS.split(',');
+            const baseSha = '${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}';
+            const headSha = '${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}';
+            
+            console.log('Checking for plugin extension changes...');
+            console.log('Keywords:', keywords);
+            
+            // Get changed files in packages/ and public/ directories
+            let changedFiles = [];
+            const diffOutput = execSync(
+              `git diff --name-only ${baseSha}...${headSha} -- packages/ public/`,
+              { encoding: 'utf8' }
+            ).trim();
+            
+            if (diffOutput) {
+              changedFiles = diffOutput.split('\n').filter(file => {
+                // Validate file path and ensure it's in target directories
+                return file.match(/^(packages\/|public\/)/) && 
+                        file.match(/^[a-zA-Z0-9._/-]+$/) && 
+                        fs.existsSync(file);
+              });
+            }
+            
+            console.log('Changed files to check:', changedFiles);
+            
+            // Check each file for plugin extension keywords
+            const filesWithChanges = new Set();
+            let hasPluginExtensionChanges = false;
+            
+            for (const file of changedFiles) {
+              try {
+                // Get the diff for this specific file
+                const fileDiff = execSync(
+                  `git diff ${baseSha}...${headSha} -- "${file}"`,
+                  { encoding: 'utf8' }
+                );
+                
+                // Check if any keywords are in the diff
+                for (const keyword of keywords) {
+                  if (fileDiff.includes(keyword)) {
+                    console.log(`Found ${keyword} in ${file}`);
+                    filesWithChanges.add(file);
+                    hasPluginExtensionChanges = true;
+                    break; // Found at least one keyword, move to next file
+                  }
+                }
+              } catch (error) {
+                console.log(`Error checking file ${file}:`, error.message);
+              }
+            }
+            
+            // Set outputs
+            const filesArray = Array.from(filesWithChanges);
+            const formattedFiles = filesArray.length > 0 
+              ? '`' + filesArray.join('`\\n- `') + '`'
+              : '';
+            
+            core.setOutput('plugin_extension_changes', hasPluginExtensionChanges.toString());
+            core.setOutput('formatted_changed_files', formattedFiles);
+
+            if (hasPluginExtensionChanges) {
+              console.log('The following files have changes that may affect plugin extensions:');
+              console.log(filesArray);
+            } else {
+              console.log('No changes detected in core Grafana extensions or extension points.');
+            }
+
+      - name: Send Slack Message via Payload
+        id: slack
+        if: steps.check-changes.outputs.plugin_extension_changes == 'true'
+        uses: grafana/shared-workflows/actions/send-slack-message@0941e3408fa4789fec9062c44a2a9e1832146ba6 #v2.0.1
+        with:
+          method: chat.postMessage
+          payload-templated: true
+          payload: |
+            {
+              "channel": "C031SLFH6G0",
+              "text": "Plugin Extension changes in core Grafana *PR:* <${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}|#${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} :information_source:",
+              "icon_emoji": ":grot:",
+              "username": "Plugin Extension Bot",
+              "blocks": [
+                {
+                  "type": "section",
+                  "text": {
+                    "type": "mrkdwn",
+                    "text": "*Plugin Extensions:* possible changes to extension points in core Grafana."
+                  }
+                },
+                {
+                  "type": "section",
+                  "text": {
+                    "type": "mrkdwn",
+                    "text": "*PR:* <${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}|#${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}>\n*Job:* <${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}|View Job>"
+                  }
+                },
+                {
+                  "type": "section",
+                  "text": {
+                    "type": "mrkdwn",
+                    "text": "*File(s) with changes:*\n- ${{ steps.check-changes.outputs.formatted_changed_files }}"
+                  }
+                },
+                {
+                  "type": "section",
+                  "text": {
+                    "type": "mrkdwn",
+                    "text": "*What to do?*\nMake sure that:\n- All extension point ids start with `grafana/`\n- All extension point ids are exposed via <https://github.com/grafana/grafana/blob/main/packages/grafana-data/src/types/pluginExtensions.ts#L183|the `PluginExtensionPoints` enum in grafana-data>\n- Core Grafana is not registering extensions to extension points offered by plugins"
+                  }
+                }
+              ]
+            } 
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