diff --git a/.changeset/modern-owls-mate.md b/.changeset/modern-owls-mate.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73d98f426c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/modern-owls-mate.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-techdocs': minor
+---
+
+Added experimental support for declarative integration.
diff --git a/packages/app-next/src/App.tsx b/packages/app-next/src/App.tsx
index 2ab447c68f..f19fb1c109 100644
--- a/packages/app-next/src/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-next/src/App.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   createPageExtension,
 } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
 import { entityRouteRef } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
+import techdocsPlugin from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs/alpha';
 
 /*
 
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ const app = createApp({
     graphiqlPlugin,
     pagesPlugin,
     techRadarPlugin,
+    techdocsPlugin,
     userSettingsPlugin,
     createExtensionOverrides({
       extensions: [entityPageExtension],
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs/src/alpha.tsx b/plugins/techdocs/src/alpha.tsx
index 864780afff..2f991f2fcc 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs/src/alpha.tsx
+++ b/plugins/techdocs/src/alpha.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { createSearchResultListItemExtension } from '@backstage/plugin-search-re
 import {
   configApiRef,
   createApiFactory,
+  createRouteRef,
   discoveryApiRef,
   fetchApiRef,
   identityApiRef,
@@ -34,7 +35,15 @@ import {
   techdocsStorageApiRef,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs-react';
 import { TechDocsClient, TechDocsStorageClient } from './client';
-import { rootDocsRouteRef, rootRouteRef } from './routes';
+
+const rootRouteRef = createRouteRef({
+  id: 'plugin.techdocs.indexPage',
+});
+
+const rootDocsRouteRef = createRouteRef({
+  id: 'plugin.techdocs.readerPage',
+  params: ['namespace', 'kind', 'name'],
+});
 
 /** @alpha */
 export const TechDocsSearchResultListItemExtension =