diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/createDefaultFilters.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/index.ts
rename to plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/createDefaultFilters.ts
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/parseEntityRef/examples.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/parseEntityRef/examples.ts
index fd6219c998..aef5b451bb 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/parseEntityRef/examples.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/parseEntityRef/examples.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { TemplateFilterExample } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
-
 /*
  * Copyright 2025 The Backstage Authors
  *
@@ -15,6 +13,8 @@ import { TemplateFilterExample } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+import { TemplateFilterExample } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
+
 export const examples: TemplateFilterExample[] = [
   {
     description: 'Without context',
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/parseEntityRef/filter.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/parseEntityRef/filter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23ce340370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/parseEntityRef/filter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { parseEntityRef as filter } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { createTemplateFilter } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
+import { examples } from './examples';
+
+export const parseEntityRef = createTemplateFilter({
+  id: 'parseEntityRef',
+  description:
+    'Extracts the parts of an entity reference, such as the kind, namespace, and name.',
+  schema: z =>
+    z
+      .function()
+      .args(
+        z.union([
+          z.string().describe('compact entity reference'),
+          z
+            .object({
+              kind: z.string().optional(),
+              namespace: z.string().optional(),
+              name: z.string(),
+            })
+            .describe('`CompoundEntityRef`'),
+        ]),
+        z
+          .object({
+            defaultKind: z
+              .string()
+              .describe('The default kind, if none is given in the reference'),
+            defaultNamespace: z
+              .string()
+              .describe(
+                'The default namespace, if none is given in the reference',
+              ),
+          })
+          .partial()
+          .optional(),
+      )
+      .returns(
+        z
+          .object({
+            kind: z.string(),
+            namespace: z.string(),
+            name: z.string(),
+          })
+          .describe('`CompoundEntityRef`'),
+      ),
+  examples,
+  filter,
+});
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/parseEntityRef/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/parseEntityRef/index.ts
index 221be44055..b11d925161 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/parseEntityRef/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/parseEntityRef/index.ts
@@ -13,49 +13,4 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { parseEntityRef as filter } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-import { createTemplateFilter } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
-import { examples } from './examples';
-
-export const parseEntityRef = createTemplateFilter({
-  id: 'parseEntityRef',
-  description:
-    'Extracts the parts of an entity reference, such as the kind, namespace, and name.',
-  schema: z =>
-    z.function(
-      z.tuple([
-        z.union([
-          z.string().describe('compact entity reference'),
-          z
-            .object({
-              kind: z.string().optional(),
-              namespace: z.string().optional(),
-              name: z.string(),
-            })
-            .describe('`CompoundEntityRef`'),
-        ]),
-        z
-          .object({
-            defaultKind: z
-              .string()
-              .describe('The default kind, if none is given in the reference'),
-            defaultNamespace: z
-              .string()
-              .describe(
-                'The default namespace, if none is given in the reference',
-              ),
-          })
-          .partial()
-          .optional(),
-      ]),
-      z
-        .object({
-          kind: z.string(),
-          namespace: z.string(),
-          name: z.string(),
-        })
-        .describe('`CompoundEntityRef`'),
-    ),
-  examples,
-  filter,
-});
+export { parseEntityRef } from './filter';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/parseRepoUrl/filter.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/parseRepoUrl/filter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a7daea3bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/parseRepoUrl/filter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
+import { parseRepoUrl } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
+import { createTemplateFilter } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
+import { examples } from './examples';
+
+export const createParseRepoUrl = (integrations: ScmIntegrations) =>
+  createTemplateFilter({
+    id: 'parseRepoUrl',
+    description:
+      'Parses a repository URL into its constituent parts: owner, repository name, etc.',
+    schema: z =>
+      z
+        .function()
+        .args(
+          z.string().describe('repo URL as collected from repository picker'),
+        )
+        .returns(
+          z
+            .object({
+              repo: z.string(),
+              host: z.string(),
+            })
+            .merge(
+              z
+                .object({
+                  owner: z.string(),
+                  organization: z.string(),
+                  workspace: z.string(),
+                  project: z.string(),
+                })
+                .partial(),
+            )
+            .describe('`RepoSpec`'),
+        ),
+    examples,
+    filter: url => parseRepoUrl(url, integrations),
+  });
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/parseRepoUrl/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/parseRepoUrl/index.ts
index 1c65852bbb..ed505315b5 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/parseRepoUrl/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/parseRepoUrl/index.ts
@@ -13,38 +13,4 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
-import { parseRepoUrl } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
-import { createTemplateFilter } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
-import { examples } from './examples';
-
-export const createParseRepoUrl = (integrations: ScmIntegrations) =>
-  createTemplateFilter({
-    id: 'parseRepoUrl',
-    description:
-      'Parses a repository URL into its constituent parts: owner, repository name, etc.',
-    schema: z =>
-      z.function(
-        z.tuple([
-          z.string().describe('repo URL as collected from repository picker'),
-        ]),
-        z
-          .object({
-            repo: z.string(),
-            host: z.string(),
-          })
-          .merge(
-            z
-              .object({
-                owner: z.string(),
-                organization: z.string(),
-                workspace: z.string(),
-                project: z.string(),
-              })
-              .partial(),
-          )
-          .describe('`RepoSpec`'),
-      ),
-    examples,
-    filter: url => parseRepoUrl(url, integrations),
-  });
+export { createParseRepoUrl } from './filter';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/pick/filter.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/pick/filter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a38855becc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/pick/filter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { createTemplateFilter } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
+import { get as filter } from 'lodash';
+import { examples } from './examples';
+
+export const pick = createTemplateFilter({
+  id: 'pick',
+  description:
+    'Selects a specific property (e.g. kind, namespace, name) from an object.',
+  schema: z =>
+    z
+      .function()
+      .args(z.any(), z.string().describe('Property'))
+      .returns(z.any().describe('Selected property')),
+  examples,
+  filter,
+});
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/pick/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/pick/index.ts
index 5d8a0d664a..b3ca69bc38 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/pick/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/pick/index.ts
@@ -13,19 +13,4 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { createTemplateFilter } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
-import { get as filter } from 'lodash';
-import { examples } from './examples';
-
-export const pick = createTemplateFilter({
-  id: 'pick',
-  description:
-    'Selects a specific property (e.g. kind, namespace, name) from an object.',
-  schema: z =>
-    z.function(
-      z.tuple([z.any(), z.string().describe('Property')]),
-      z.any().describe('Selected property'),
-    ),
-  examples,
-  filter,
-});
+export { pick } from './filter';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/projectSlug/filter.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/projectSlug/filter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6d0eaf681
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/projectSlug/filter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
+import { parseRepoUrl } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
+import { createTemplateFilter } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
+import { examples } from './examples';
+
+export const createProjectSlug = (integrations: ScmIntegrations) =>
+  createTemplateFilter({
+    id: 'projectSlug',
+    description: 'Generates a project slug from a repository URL.',
+    schema: z =>
+      z
+        .function()
+        .args(
+          z.string().describe('repo URL as collected from repository picker'),
+        )
+        .returns(z.string()),
+    examples,
+    filter: repoUrl => {
+      const { owner, repo } = parseRepoUrl(repoUrl, integrations);
+      return `${owner}/${repo}`;
+    },
+  });
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/projectSlug/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/projectSlug/index.ts
index 05bb6d61cd..71a092232c 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/projectSlug/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/lib/templating/filters/projectSlug/index.ts
@@ -13,25 +13,4 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
-import { parseRepoUrl } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
-import { createTemplateFilter } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
-import { examples } from './examples';
-
-export const createProjectSlug = (integrations: ScmIntegrations) =>
-  createTemplateFilter({
-    id: 'projectSlug',
-    description: 'Generates a project slug from a repository URL.',
-    schema: z =>
-      z.function(
-        z.tuple([
-          z.string().describe('repo URL as collected from repository picker'),
-        ]),
-        z.string(),
-      ),
-    examples,
-    filter: repoUrl => {
-      const { owner, repo } = parseRepoUrl(repoUrl, integrations);
-      return `${owner}/${repo}`;
-    },
-  });
+export { createProjectSlug } from './filter';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/template.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/template.ts
index 2e036abc19..8dfa26057b 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/template.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/template.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import globby from 'globby';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { isBinaryFile } from 'isbinaryfile';
 import { SecureTemplater } from '../../../../lib/templating/SecureTemplater';
-import { createDefaultFilters } from '../../../../lib/templating/filters';
+import { createDefaultFilters } from '../../../../lib/templating/filters/createDefaultFilters';
 import { examples } from './template.examples';
 import { convertFiltersToRecord } from '../../../../util/templating';
 
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/templateFile.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/templateFile.ts
index 9353f5e8d2..2cd4ce883c 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/templateFile.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/templateFile.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import {
   TemplateGlobal,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 import { SecureTemplater } from '../../../../lib/templating/SecureTemplater';
-import { createDefaultFilters } from '../../../../lib/templating/filters';
+import { createDefaultFilters } from '../../../../lib/templating/filters/createDefaultFilters';
 import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { convertFiltersToRecord } from '../../../../util/templating';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
index e918511354..c352714d9d 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ import {
   TemplateFilter,
   TemplateGlobal,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
-import { createDefaultFilters } from '../../lib/templating/filters';
+import { createDefaultFilters } from '../../lib/templating/filters/createDefaultFilters';
 import { scaffolderActionRules } from '../../service/rules';
 import { createCounterMetric, createHistogramMetric } from '../../util/metrics';
 import { BackstageLoggerTransport, WinstonLogger } from './logger';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/util/templating.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/util/templating.test.ts
index f32e94f95c..61d8637016 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/util/templating.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/util/templating.test.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import {
   extractGlobalValueMetadata,
 } from './templating';
 import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
-import { createDefaultFilters } from '../lib/templating/filters';
+import { createDefaultFilters } from '../lib/templating/filters/createDefaultFilters';
 import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
 import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
 
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/report-alpha.api.md b/plugins/scaffolder-node/report-alpha.api.md
index 6ff02c7ad0..a96f312d2d 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/report-alpha.api.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/report-alpha.api.md
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ export interface WorkspaceProvider {
   }): Promise<void>;
 }
 
-// @alpha
+// @alpha (undocumented)
 export type ZodFunctionSchema<
   TFunctionArgs extends [z.ZodTypeAny, ...z.ZodTypeAny[]],
   TReturnType extends z.ZodTypeAny,
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/filters/createTemplateFilter.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/filters/createTemplateFilter.ts
index 03fb7fd18e..f648658588 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/filters/createTemplateFilter.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/filters/createTemplateFilter.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import {
-  CreatedTemplateFilter,
-  TemplateFilterExample,
-  ZodFunctionSchema,
-} from './types';
+import { ZodFunctionSchema } from '../types';
+import { CreatedTemplateFilter, TemplateFilterExample } from './types';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
 /**
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/filters/types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/filters/types.ts
index 741d4e2ca7..1906ba1c9c 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/filters/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/filters/types.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import { z } from 'zod';
+import { ZodFunctionSchema } from '../types';
 
 export type { TemplateFilter } from '../../types';
 
@@ -24,21 +25,6 @@ export type TemplateFilterExample = {
   notes?: string;
 };
 
-/**
- * Type for template filter schema functions that supports both Zod function definition methods:
- * @alpha
- */
-export type ZodFunctionSchema<
-  TFunctionArgs extends [z.ZodTypeAny, ...z.ZodTypeAny[]],
-  TReturnType extends z.ZodTypeAny,
-> = (
-  zod: typeof z,
-) =>
-  | z.ZodFunction<z.ZodTuple<TFunctionArgs, null>, TReturnType>
-  | z.ZodType<
-      (...args: z.infer<z.ZodTuple<TFunctionArgs>>) => z.infer<TReturnType>
-    >;
-
 /** @alpha */
 export type CreatedTemplateFilter<
   TFunctionArgs extends [z.ZodTypeAny, ...z.ZodTypeAny[]],
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/globals/createTemplateGlobal.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/globals/createTemplateGlobal.ts
index a277363f3a..2687b83bb4 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/globals/createTemplateGlobal.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/globals/createTemplateGlobal.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
   CreatedTemplateGlobalValue,
   TemplateGlobalFunctionExample,
 } from './types';
-import { ZodFunctionSchema } from '../filters';
+import { ZodFunctionSchema } from '../types';
 
 /**
  * This function is used to create new template global values in type-safe manner.
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/globals/types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/globals/types.ts
index 4754bcaa88..27a3a700e5 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/globals/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/globals/types.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
 import { z } from 'zod';
-import { ZodFunctionSchema } from '../filters/types';
+import { ZodFunctionSchema } from '../types';
 
 export type { TemplateGlobal } from '../../types';
 
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/index.ts
index eb97447a5c..9df968a52d 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/index.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { CreatedTemplateGlobal } from './globals';
 export * from '../tasks/alpha';
 export * from './filters';
 export * from './globals';
+export * from './types';
 
 /**
  * Extension point for managing scaffolder actions.
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca52973775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/alpha/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
+/**
+ * @alpha
+ */
+export type ZodFunctionSchema<
+  TFunctionArgs extends [z.ZodTypeAny, ...z.ZodTypeAny[]],
+  TReturnType extends z.ZodTypeAny,
+> = (
+  zod: typeof z,
+) =>
+  | z.ZodFunction<z.ZodTuple<TFunctionArgs, null>, TReturnType>
+  | z.ZodType<
+      (...args: z.infer<z.ZodTuple<TFunctionArgs>>) => z.infer<TReturnType>
+    >;